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New On Blu-Ray: Zulu Dawn (1979)
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Watching “Zulu Dawn,” now out on Blu-ray, you get the distinct impression that this is a British version of frontier mythology. Instead of the wide, wild American west, you’re given Britain’s colonialism in Africa. Even the music feels like a sweeping Western score. The 1979 prequel to “Zulu” rides the line between being a pure artifact of a bygone era—one that depicts a romanticized, unrealistic version of the time—and a modern, revisionist take that strives for a more accurate portrayal of historical reality. The Zulu, though portrayed as fierce warriors, are not simply bloodthirsty savages bent on eradicating the noble white man. Granted, they’re not exactly well rounded, but they’re not presented as a monolithic evil, either. Their war is a defensive war, fought to preserve their way of life and culture. They aren’t given much to make them human on an individual level, »
- Brent McKnight
Marvel’s Shield TV Show Gets an Official Title, Synopsis, and a New Castmember
16 hours ago
ABC and Marvel’s upcoming Shield TV show has gotten an official title, and it’s … well, you can see for yourself in the title treatment above. “Marvel’s Agents of Shield”. Besides that, TVLine also previously reported that also got news that J. August Richards, who co-starred in “Angel” (the “Buffy” spin-off TV series), has landed an as-yet-unknown role on “Agents of Shield”. We do know that he will be playing a “super top-secret role”. Which is, er, super, I guess. As for “Marvel’s Agents of Shield”, ABC released this official synopsis: Fresh from his role in the summer’s box office smash, Marvel’S The Avengers, Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) returns to the worldwide law enforcement organization S.H.I.E.L.D. He puts together a small, highly trained, team of Agents to tackle the cases that haven’t been classified yet, the new, the strange and the unknown. That »
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Tony Stark Sends Holiday Greetings to the Mandarin in First Iron Man 3 Clip
5 April 2013 10:53 PM, PDT
Although I don’t think the Mandarin is going to feel all warm and cuddly after he hears what ol Tony Stark has to say to him by way of a bunch of nosy reporters, especially that whole bit about being “dead already”. I could be wrong, of course, but nah, probably not. Maybe Tony shouldn’t have given out his home address, though, that seems a tad, I don’t know, inviting? Anyhoo, take a look at the first clip from Marvel’s “Iron Man 3″. It’s not an action clip, but it’s certainly action-packed. Verbally speaking, anyway. (And he did totally destroy that iPhone, so that’s kinda action-y.) Marvel Studios’ “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. »
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Casting: Akinnuoye-Agbaje in Pompeii, Hawkins in Godzilla, and Cooper in Jane Got a Gun
5 April 2013 8:18 PM, PDT
A trio of casting news today, starting off with former “Lost” and “G.I. Joe” star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje joining the cast of Paul W.S. Anderson’s historical action/romance “Pompeii”. Akinnuoye-Agbaje joins Kit Harington, Kiefer Sutherland and Emily Browning on the film, which is “set in the days leading up to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and tells the tale of an enslaved gladiator — played by Harington — who faces the tyrant (Sutherland) who years before murdered his family and now threatens to steal his lover (Browning). Jared Harris, Carrie-Anne Moss and Joe Pingue round out the cast.” Akinnuoye-Agbaje will play “an enslaved gladiator who becomes friends with Harington’s character.” Over at monsterland, you can add Sally Hawkins to the cast of Gareth Edwards’ “Godzilla”, the latest Hollywood take on the venerable Japanese monster. Hawkins joins Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Ken Watanabe, David Strathairn, Brian Cranston and Juliette Binoche on the movie. »
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Wesley Snipes Is A Free Man!
5 April 2013 7:41 PM, PDT
Here’s the best news I’ve heard all day, Wesley Snipes—Aka The Artist Formerly Known As Inmate # 43355-018—is a free man once more. Snipes has been serving time in Pennsylvania’s McKean Federal Correctional Institution since December 2010 for not filing his federal taxes. They take that shit seriously. After all, it was tax evasion that finally brought down Al Capone, and he did a ton of horrible stuff. TMZ reports that Snipes was released on April 2, and that he will be under house arrest—the preferred official nomenclatures is “home confinement”—until July 19. After that he can finally get to work on “Expendables 3” and that “Passenger 57” sequel I’ve been waiting for since 1992. Okay, that last one is just a lingering teenage fantasy, but the “Expendables” part may very realistically happen. Anyway, we would like to welcome Mr. Snipes back to the land of the free, »
- Brent McKnight
First Look at X-Men: Days of Future Past’s Beast
5 April 2013 7:29 PM, PDT
Like Marc Webb on “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ (and James Mangold attempted rather vainly on “The Wolverine”), Bryan Singer is a tweeting machine, snapping a bunch of pictures from the set of “X-Men: Days of Future Past” for his Twitter followers. For those who can’t get enough of set images (no matter how abstract or mysterious), Singer has decided to take pity on you and given you something you can actually sink your teeth into. Like, say, what Beast will look like in “X-Men: Days of Future Past”: “Many a monster wears the form of a man; it is better of the two to have the heart of a man & the form of a monster” twitter.com/BryanSinger/st… — Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) April 5, 2013 Singer doesn’t say if that’s actually Nicholas Hoult, who plays Beast in the film, underneath all that make-up. This looks like a test shot for the character. »
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Green Band Trailer for Kick-Ass 2
5 April 2013 11:29 AM, PDT
Universal has released a Green Band (re: Sfw) trailer for Jeff Wadlow’s “Kick-Ass 2″, though it’s mostly the same stuff (with some new additions) and all the good bits, like Hit-Girl swearing, taken out. It’s always funny to me to see an edited trailer when you’ve already seen the unedited version. But like I said, this trailer is still worth seeing, because there are some new footage here, I think. Maybe. Anyways, see for yourself and decide. In case you wanted to compare, you can take a gander at the Red Band version here. Or not. See if I care. When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world’s first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy »
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Benedict Cumberbatch and Jessica Chastain Check Into Crimson Peak (Updated)
5 April 2013 11:08 AM, PDT
You can add “Star Trek’s” latest villain Benedict Cumberbatch to the cast of Guillermo del Toro’s Gothic horror story “Crimson Peak”. The “Sherlock” actor joins Emma Stone and del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” star Charlie Hunnam on the film. No word on what character Cumberbatch will play in the film, though Yahoo says “Crimson Peak” will be about “a woman who discovers that the man she married is not at all who he appears to be.” Hopefully she didn’t sign a pre-nup. Or maybe hopefully she Has signed a pre-nup? Anyways, I think it’s safe to assume that Stone will play the “young woman”, while Hunnam is likely playing “the man she married”. But who will Cubmerbatch play? Who knows, but it’s probably either the bad guy or the bad guy’s assistant. He just has that “look” about him, ya know? Cumberbatch is of »
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Watch the Cool Opening Scene from Ryan Gosling’s The Place Beyond the Pines
5 April 2013 8:34 AM, PDT
Check out the first 3 minutes of director Derek Cianfrance’s crime drama “The Place Beyond the Pines”, which stars Ryan Gosling as a motorcycle stunt rider who decides to put his stunt ridin’ skills to work for nefarious purposes in order to make end’s meat. This is the opening shot from the film, which is one long continuous take that follows Gosling’s character through what looks like a fair. Notice the faces of the fair goers as a blonde, tattooed Ryan Gosling walks through them. “The Place Beyond the Pines” co-stars Bradley Cooper, though you might not necessarily know that given how little face time he’s getting in the promos for the movie. A motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop »
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Tony Stark Visits South Korea to Promote Iron Man 3, Gets a Birthday Cake
5 April 2013 7:55 AM, PDT
As part of his world tour to promote “Iron Man 3″, his third outing as the Invincible Armored Avenger, Robert Downey Jr. dropped by South Korea yesterday, posed for lots of photos, and cut a birthday cake, April 4th being his birthday. He’s got Beijing, Moscow, Paris, and London scheduled next. Then it’s back to the good ol USA with Los Angeles for the premiere of the movie, and the TV rounds in New York. While he’s in South Korea, I wonder if they’re going to ask him to to suit up and help with that whole North “situation”. Couldn’t hurt, right? Marvel Studios’ “Iron Man 3” pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, »
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Twilight’s Kellan Lutz Will Flex his Biceps for Renny Harlin’s Hercules 3D
5 April 2013 7:45 AM, PDT
Renny Harlin has found his hero for his 3D take on Hercules, called, appropriately enough, “Hercules 3D” (not to be confused with that other “Hercules” movie starring Dwayne Johnson and set to be directed by Brett Ratner). That hero would be Kellen Lutz, late of the “Twilight” franchise. You know, the guy with the really big muscles? Yeah, that’s him. He’s going to be playing Hercules in “Hercules 3D” for director Renny Harlin and Nu Image/Millennium. Harlin tells THR about the casting of Lutz: It takes more than a good physique to portray the most legendary, mythological personality in history — and Kellan has exactly that, personality. He’s not afraid to explore the strengths and vulnerabilities of the character, and he impressed me with his passion and heart. The $70 million dollar film (in 3D!) will find Hercules, the son of the God Zeus, falling love with a mortal princess of Crete, »
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New Posters for Pain and Gain, Oblivion and Fast and Furious 6
4 April 2013 9:35 PM, PDT
A trio of new posters for ya today, because today is, of course, new posters day. Well not really, but just for the purposes of this post, let’s go with it. Up first, Dwayne Johnson, Mark Wahlberg, and Anthony Mackie flex their muscles in a new look at Michael Bay’s “Pain and Gain”. These guys love America, as you can see by the background. After all, nothing says America like steroids and dumbass guys committing crimes. “Pain and Gain” also stars Ed Harris, Rebel Wilson, Tony Shalhoub, Rob Corddry, Tony Plana, Bar Paly, Ken Jeong, and will pump you up this April 26, 2013. Up next, a new poster for Joseph Kosinski’s “Oblivion”, which has Tom Cruise gazing off into the distance, hopefully trying to come up with a way to save the human race. It’s not an easy job, but if anyone can do it, the Cruister can. »
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Evil Dead (2013) Movie Review
4 April 2013 7:47 PM, PDT
When we learned that there was going to be an “Evil Dead” remake, or reboot, or whatever it’s supposed to be, most of us groaned and chalked it up to another unnecessary rehash of a beloved movie from our past. While I still don’t see the need for the new “Evil Dead,” over the intervening months the production has done something none of us thought possible, they made their movie look really, really good. That was unexpected. Whether or not “Evil Dead” lives up to this newfound potential is another thing. Well I’m glad to report back with good news. “Evil Dead” is, mostly, a damn fine time. I say mostly because there’s not an ounce of originality to the plot, and the characters are nonexistent, but boy do they go for it with gusto as far as gore and terror are concerned. We’re talking a brutal, »
- Brent McKnight
Carrie Unleashes Her Fury in First Full Trailer
4 April 2013 5:18 PM, PDT
Evil teenagers, bible thumping moms, the prom of a lifetime, and oh yeah, wicked psychic powers. What could possibly go wrong? Check out the first full trailer for Kimberly Peirce’s “Carrie”, a remake of the ’70s Brian DePalma movie starring Hit-Girl herself, Chloe Moretz as the psychic teen with the major mommy issues and popularity hang-ups. Yes, no more teaser for the teaser trailer. The most amazing part about this remake of “Carrie” is that the star can not only past for a teenager, but she actually is a teenager. How’s that for a novel idea, kids? The quiet suburb of Chamberlain, Maine is home to the deeply religious and conservative Margaret White and her daughter Carrie. Carrie is a sweet but meek outcast whom Margaret has sheltered from society. Gym teacher Miss Desjardin tries in vain to protect Carrie from local mean girls led by the popular and haughty Chris Hargenson, »
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Green Band Trailer for This is the End
4 April 2013 4:57 PM, PDT
It’s the same trailer as the recently released Red Band Trailer for Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen’s celebrity-filled comedy/sci-fi/horror-whatever “This is the End”, except with most of the naughty bits taken out. So yes, feel free to let your precious grandmama see this trailer, it’s perfectly safe. Mostly. But you might not want to let your kids see it, though, since the sight of Hermione from “Harry Potter” beating people up with an ax may be a tad disconcerting. I have to say, they put a lot more money into this thing than I had originally thought. They have special effects, alien monsters (or what looks like alien monsters) and crazy CGI. Go figure. I’m guessing they got most of the actors to do it for relatively cheap, though, one of those “everyone’s doing it” type of gig. Six friends are trapped in »
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Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan Get it on in Scary Movie 5 Clip
4 April 2013 3:40 PM, PDT
I get the feeling Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan only show up briefly in David Zucker’s “Scary Movie 5″. Just long enough to toss in some jokes about how Charlie is a whoremonger and Lindsay is a bit of a troubled freakazoid, collect their paychecks, and skedaddle. Wouldn’t it be ironic if this clip is the duo’s entire appearance in the movie? Hey, beats digging ditches, right? Anyhoo. Here’s a sneak peek clip from “Scary Movie 5″, featuring everyone’s favorite gossip princess and the guy who used to be on “Two and a Half Men” but is now on that other show. Three dancers — one veteran performer and two upstarts who are also best friends — vie for the lead in a new production from a snooty, aloof, imperious, and oversexed director. “Scary Movie 5″ also stars Ashley Tisdale, Kate Walsh, Molly Shannon, Heather Locklear, Craig Bierko, »
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Pioneering Film Cirtic Roger Ebert Dies at 70
4 April 2013 1:00 PM, PDT
Sad news from the world of film. Roger Ebert, the famed film critic, has passed away at the age of 70. Ebert was one of the most famous faces of film criticism on TV, having hosted the long-running “Siskel & Ebert” with fellow film critic Gene Siskel, who passed away in 1999. The duo introduced the world to “Thumbs up/Thumbs down”. I think anyone who has spent any amount of time in the film “business” (no matter how tangentially) knows who Ebert is, and the fact that he has been struggling with cancer for a while now. It was that same disease that finally claimed Ebert today, with reports having the long-time Chicago Sun-Times film critic passing away from complications of cancer. I think it’s safe to say that almost everyone who has a movie website (including me) owes something to Ebert and Siskel, but in particular Ebert, who I always »
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Peter Stormare Menaces Tai Chi Hero in New U.S. Trailer
4 April 2013 11:49 AM, PDT
You can’t go wrong with a twitchy Peter Stormare as the villain of your movie. Director Stephen Fung apparently realizes that, too, because Stormare is the bad guy in Fung’s “Tai Chi Hero”, his follow-up to the steampunk martial arts flick “Tai Chi Zero”. From zero to hero, get it? Fortunately there are a bunch of kung fu badasses ready to beat Stormare to a pulp to stop his evil ways. Sorry, Peter. Check out a new U.S. trailer for the film, which is set to open Stateside later this month. And in case you missed it, you can read our James Mudge’s review of “Tai Chi Hero” here. Lu Chan is on the verge of acceptance in Chen Village, but the cozy hamlet still stands in the shadow of danger. A prodigal brother returns, Lu Chan brings a curse on the town, and Yuniang’s »
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Justin Lin Bails on Fast and Furious 7
4 April 2013 11:14 AM, PDT
I guess the road really ends here for Justin Lin. Universal wants a “Fast and Furious 7″ by next Summer, but director Justin Lin isn’t feeling that timetable, so THR reports that Lin has bailed on the 7th installment, which would have been his fifth in the franchise, having started with “Tokyo Drift” and continuing through “Fast & Furious” and “Fast Five”, and the upcoming “Fast and Furious 6″. Parts 6 and 7 in the car racing franchise turned heist series were supposed to shoot back to back, but that plan was apparently scrapped very early on after news of it leaked. If recent Plot Spoilers are to be believed, “Fast and Furious 6″ would have led directly into “Fast and Furious 7″ and tie the franchise up with its odd duck, “Tokyo Drift”, which saw a major character die … only to return in “Fast Five” and now, “Fast and Furious 6″. The good news for fans »
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The Mandarin Attacks In New Iron Man 3 TV Spot
4 April 2013 10:23 AM, PDT
Tired of “Iron Man 3″ trailers, TV spots, and concept artwork and all that other goodies yet? Of course not. How could you possibly be tired of Shane Black’s upcoming movie? From the looks of it, the film has everything the second movie was lacking, and more of the first movie. Giving the movie to Black seems to have really paid off for Marvel, because from everything I’ve seen, the franchise looks invigorated. But don’t take my word for it. Check out a new TV spot for “Iron Man 3″, featuring the Mandarin and a host of new footage. It’s only 30 seconds long, but it feels more like, oh, 35 seconds or thereabouts. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, »
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