The Mindy project – Kick-Ass 2 review

By Simon Miraudo August 20, 2013 With its second instalment, the Kick-Ass saga has officially been stripped of its satirical bite. No biggie. So long as Chloë Grace Moretz‘s murderous Mindy Macready – aka Hit Girl – remains in the limelight, I’ll take little umbrage with the bastardisation of the comics upon which these movies […]

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Jim Carrey “cannot support that level of violence” in Kick-Ass 2

Jim Carrey has publicly distanced himself from his upcoming movie Kick-Ass 2, Tweeting his inability to “support that level of violence” following the shooting at the Sandy Hook elementary school. “I did Kickass a month b4 Sandy Hook and now in all good conscience I cannot support that level of violence… my apologies to others involve with the film. […]

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Trailer Debut: Kick-Ass 2 (Red Band)

The original Kick-Ass was a clever, subversive riff on superhero stories, but the recently released trailer for the upcoming sequel seems to signal the series’ slide into generic action territory despite some offbeat touches. Director of the original film, Matthew Vaughn, moved on to rebooting the X-Men franchise, handing the Kick-Ass reigns to Jeff Wadlow, […]

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Teaser Debut: The To Do List

The red band teaser trailer for Maggie Carey’s raunchy comedy The To Do List sees Aubrey Plaza seeking to not only lose her virginity before college but check off an entire list of sexual acts. The film is set to hit cinemas Valentine’s Day 2013, and Plaza introduces the trailer in her least deadpan performance […]

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Jim Carrey wanted for Kick-Ass 2

With production on Kick-Ass 2 officially under way (we can’t believe it either!), Universal Pictures are eager to recruit mega-fan Jim Carrey. According to Deadline, Universal want Carrey to play The Colonel in the DIY superhero flick. The character brings together a group of crime-fighters, Nick Fury style, to take down evil forces. Considering he comes from the mind of comic […]

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Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, and Nicolas Cage in talks for Kick-Ass 2

We’ve trained ourselves to not believe a word that comes out of Kick-Ass author Mark Millar’s mouth, so you can imagine our surprise when Deadline revealed a sequel to his 2010 superhero flick was indeed in the works. Aaron Johnson and Chloe Moretz are currently finalising deals with Universal Pictures to appear in the second instalment as […]

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Trailer Debut: Fright Night

The trailer for the remake of 1985 teen vampire movie Fright Night – starring Colin Farrell as a vamp who moves next door to Anton Yelchin and Toni Collette – has debuted online. Apart from the fact that the trailer for the film – which was shot in 3D – looks a tad generic and overproduced and […]

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Candy coloured carnage – Kick Ass review

Kick Ass – Starring Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz and Nicolas Cage. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Rated MA. Originally published April 6, 2010. By Simon Miraudo. I make two pledges in this review. The first: I shall not specifically refer to the film’s quality as being “kick-ass”, nor will I directly infer that my own ass […]

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Mclovin the superhero – first Kick Ass pics!

source: aintitcool.com The first official photo of Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist in Matthew Vaughn‘s upcoming film Kick Ass has debuted on AICN.Kick Ass is about Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a regular kid who decides to become a superhero, as a means of providing himself with an identity and also to defend himself from constant […]

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