behold the power of movies to bring down dictators
There’s no such thing as “just a movie.”
Jean Claude Van Damme
The Expendables 2 (review)
What this dumb movie wants you to find absolutely hilarious is random 80s action heroes — this flick is lousy with ’em — now puffy with age and sporting embarrasingly bad dye jobs popping up in deus ex actioner situations…
fair warning: ‘Expendables’ sequel all but inevitable
Sylvester Stallone: writer, director, *auteur*…
trailer break: ‘Universal Soldier: Regeneration’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I bet you get huge tax credits for shooting at Chernobyl. What’s that? They didn’t actually shoot at Chernobyl? This is what’s wrong with cinema today: everyone’s willing to let Hollywood glam and FX trump authenticity. *sigh* Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme: Which one will be … more…
North American box office: the lion is king as ‘Madagascar 2’ wins big
Last week’s box office prognostications for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa’s opening weekend were optimistic, but there seemed to be near universal agreement that $60 million would be a stretch for the flick. Well: 1. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $63.5 million (NEW) 2. Role Models: $19.3 million (NEW) 3. High School Musical 3: Senior Year: $9.3 … more…
trailer break: ‘JCVD’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Van Damme us all to hell! JCVD opens limited in the U.S. on November 7; no U.K. release date has been announced yet.
