The Costner of living – 3 Days to Kill review

By Richard Haridy June 24, 2014 3 Days to Kill is an extraordinarily compelling film; unfortunately, in all the wrong ways. Several times over its strung-out two hours I stared at the screen, mouth agape, wondering what the hell I was watching. Directed by McG and co-written by Luc Besson, this is alternately a bombastic […]

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Cuts like a knife – Machete Kills review

By Simon Miraudo October 21, 2013 The market has well and truly rejected the Machete franchise, as if it were salted toothpaste or phlegm-flavoured soda. Yet still, further instalments keep getting churned out (probably just to keep Danny Trejo in moustache oil). The unnecessary Machete Kills – truly the Crystal Pepsi of cinema – opened […]

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Teaser Debut: Machete Kills

Robert Rodriguez’s mad collection of pals assemble in the teaser trailer for Machete Kills, the unlikely sequel to 2010’s Machete (which, as you may recall, began life as a fake trailer from Grindhouse). Just some of the names we get to see in action beside Danny Trejo’s title character: Lady Gaga, Sofia Vergara, Antonio Banderas, […]

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Machete Kills may not see the light of day

A lawsuit could keep Robert Rodriguez’s grindhouse sequel Machete Kills from ever seeing the light of day. According to Deadline, Overnight Productions – who hold the original rights to Machete – wish to overturn their decision to allow Rodriguez’s Quick Draw Productions to make the flick. Overnight seek to end the agreement, claiming they have been kept in […]

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Amber Heard joins Motor City

Amber Heard (Drive Angry, All The Boys Love Mandy Lane) has been cast in Albert Hughes‘ upcoming thriller Motor City, Deadline reports. Heard will star opposite Dominic Cooper (An Education, Captain America), who is playing a wrongly-imprisoned ex-con seeking revenge against the men who framed him. Motor City marks Albert’s first film without brother Allen; […]

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Trailer Debut: The Rum Diary

The trailer for Bruce Robinson‘s adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel The Rum Diary has arrived online, meaning the long-delayed film is nearing release. Johnny Depp stars as journalist Paul Kemp (but really, Hunter S. Thompson), who moves from New York to Puerto Rico and becomes embroiled in a complicated affair with a woman named […]

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>Superbowl Trailer Debut: Drive Angry 3D

>On Sunday evening in the United States, families gathered around their televisions to learn which products they should consume and which movies they should buy tickets to in the coming weeks and months. It was intermittently interrupted by a football game and a performance by the Black Eyed Peas. They call it the Superbowl. I’ve […]

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Trailer Debut: Drive Angry 3D

Drive Angry 3D stars Nicolas Cage as Milton, a vengeance seeking father who escapes from hell to murder the cult responsible for killing his daughter. The film also features William Fichtner as the Devil’s right hand man, sent to Earth to drag Milton back to hell. If you found no element of those last two […]

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