With every new film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the super-powered population swells. But in the rush to get these characters on-screen, sometimes something gets lost in the translation. Radically-changed back-stories, different costumes or motivations can turn an old favorite into someone barely recognizable. Here are seven characters who got the shaft — err, so […]
For his second career retrospective, WWE fans get to take a road trip with Chris Jericho in ‘The Road is Jericho: Epic Stories & Rare Matches From Y2J” Jericho is leaving New York en route to a gig, but he’s invited a WWE camera crew along for the ride in his limo. In a departure […]
Synopsis: Sometimes a pagan virility idol is just a pagan virility idol. Other times its that and the headstone for an ancient, carnage-loving demon starved for blood. Choose carefully. Freed from it’s centuries slumber by a bolt of lightning, aforementioned demon Rawhead Rex tears across the Irish countryside, leaving devastation and a trail of body parts […]
THE GUNMAN Director : Pierre Morel Cast : Sean Penn, Jasmine Trinca, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Peter Franzén, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance Genre : Action/Thriller Run Time : 105 mins Opens : 20 March 2015 Rating : R Middle-aged, grimacing, gun-toting heroes seem to be in vogue. Sean Penn probably looked at Liam Neeson’s recent output and […]
Synopsis: Something is stalking the Las Vegas strip. Something exceptionally strong, seemingly bulletproof and with a taste for human blood. Hard-boiled reporter Carl Kolchak is called back from his vacation to cover the story and soon discovers that there’s more to the case than meets the eye. A high-level government cover-up, late night break-ins at the local blood bank and […]
FURIOUS 7 Director : James Wan Cast : Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Elsa Pataky, Lucas Black, Jason Statham, Djimon Hounsou, Tony Jaa, Ronda Rousey, Kurt Russell Genre : Action/Thriller Run Time : 137 mins Opens : 3 April 2015 Big wheels keep on turning, […]
“They will make cemeteries their cathedrals, and the cities will be your tombs.” Synopsis: Given a pair of tickets by a mysterious masked stranger, Cheryl and Kathy blow off class to attend a movie premiere at the newly-renovated Metropol theater. While waiting in the strangely-decorated lobby the girls meet George and Ken, who follow the girls […]
It’s a rare franchise that really hits its groove in its fifth installment, but with its shiny rims, jacked up cast and wildly over the top action, ‘Fast Five’ shifts to new gear that races ahead of the pack to kick off the summer movie season and just might leave every other blockbuster in the […]
After the lukewarm reception of ‘Tokyo Drift,’ Universal Pictures executives decided there was still life in the ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise, but only if they got the band back together. That meant bye bye Lucas Black and Bow Wow and hello Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster and Michelle Rodriguez. The move proved sound as […]
Tonight on Jon Benjamin Has One Eye: Synopsis: Malcolm, a down-on-his-luck artist, has taken to breaking-and-entering and robbery to pay the bills. While burglarizing a dark apartment, he inadvertently wakes the woman sleeping there. Assuming Malcolm is a rapist (this was the early 1970s, after all) the woman defends herself with whatever is in reach, in […]