A Hulk And His Khakis.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Chris

I’ve got a couple bits of THE AVENGERS news to dump on you, so may want to grab some waders. Ready? Too bad!

So far, during this movie’s media blitz, the only Avenger that we hadn’t seen was The Hulk. Sure, we saw his uninteresting alter-ego, but you and I both know that you and I don’t care about his uninteresting alter-ego. Which leads us to today and this cover for an Avengers prelude comic, courtesy of Comic Book Movie, which shows…The Hulk! Check it out!

In your face!

I don’t know what people were expecting, but that’s what I was expecting. You know; The Hulk. I guess the color of his pants could be a real deal-breaker for some people, but I’m a man so I don’t care about such things.

And onward we roll with a bunch of covers from the upcoming issue of Empire. They’re pretty standard fare…enjoy!

Stand tall, stand proud.

Palm reading.

No! You're the fem!

Agent Smolder.

How will we all get along?!

This same issue of Empire also features an interview with Kevin Feige, the President of Marvel Studios, in which he was asked about the villains in THE AVENGERS. He squashed a few rumors, but didn’t give us resolution. Here’s one excerpt from Superhero Hype.

“Who said they were aliens?” he teases. Beings from the Nine Realms, then, ventures Empire? “Closer…It’s not Skrulls, I’ve been clear about that. Beyond that, we want to hide it. The identity of the alien race is not impactful. It exists in the comic books, but we’re not setting up the Kree-Skrull war or anything like that.”

And here’s the other.

“Was Skull vaporized at the end of the movie, or thrust into another realm?” asks Feige. “That remains to be seen. It would be fun to see Skull in future, but he’s not in this one.” Whedon though is a little more circumspect when Empire confronts him. “I do have a comment on that,” he says, before pulling a move worthy of Loki himself. “It’s…oh, you’re breaking up!”

The “Skull” that he is talking about, is the Red Skull from CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER, in case you couldn’t piece that together.

That’s all I got.

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Stop Staring.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Chris

Hey there, how’s it goin’? Good, good. Hey, you want to look at that giant head from PROMETHEUS for the hundredth time? Hey, it’s cool, I don’t blame you, but I’m going to put it up this international poster anyway. Hopefully we can still be friends. 

Yup…again.

 You know, I honestly don’t know why I even bothered to post this thing. We’ve already seen this image about a zillion times and it just isn’t getting any more interesting the more my eyes are subjected to it. So, I guess what I’m saying is that I’m officially out of the giant head business…my pimp will be very disappointed (OH NO HE DIDN’T!).

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On The Wings Of The Raven.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Chris

It’s been a while since we’ve rapped about THE RAVEN, starring John Cusack as Edgar Alan Poe, and there won’t be much discourse today either as all I’ve got for you is a new poster. But hey, it’s slightly better than nothing…slightly.

I think I see Jesus in those wings!

A solid effort as far as posters go, but not as good as the first one. I’m kind of interested in this movie, but probably not enough to spend theatre money on it. Please notice that I spelled theatre with an “re;” it’s like the fanciness quotient of this joint jumped 20%!

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Fight The Red Machine.

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Chris

I’m a sucker for Man vs. Nature vs. Beasts type movies, which is why I’m excited about RED MACHINE starring Thomas Jane, James Marsden, and Billy Bob Thornton. The movie will be directed by David Hackl.

From what I read over at Variety, this movie will have Marsden and Jane playing feuding brothers who decide to take a camping trip with their girlfriends in an effort to find bro-happiness. But then, they are attacked by a frigging bear! The bear is nicknamed the Red Machine or Mr. Machine if you’re nasty. The rest of the movie is about the bear chasing them around and trying to eat them.  Billy Bob will play some kind of bear expert or something.

The movie is very much like THE EDGE but with a cast that isn’t nearly as interesting. This cast is a lot younger than Alec Baldwin and Anthony Hopkins though, so maybe we’ll see a little more running and bear-rasslin this time!

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This Is My World, Of Action.

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Chris

Boy, for someone who spends most of his time surrounded by action movies it’s kind of shameful that I didn’t know a fifth RESIDENT EVIL movie was in the works. Well, that’s not entirely true as I thought they would be doing a full reboot after AFTERLIFE, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Looks like they’ve decided to just do another Milla Jovovich-starring movie instead; this one is called RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION and it has a trailer! The trailer starts out like a Nokia commercial, but soon after there are monsters, guns, and stuff; so keep watchin.’

Oh, we’ve also been gifted with a picture/poster thing. And here it is now!

Jump back now!

I actually dig the look of this movie more than any of the others so far. It’s not nearly as slick and over-stylized as the previous entries. That’s not to say that crap couldn’t make its way in later once they’ve worked with the effects more, but I hope it doesn’t.

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Shield The Beef.

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Chris

I noticed this picture pop up on Vin Diesel’s Facebook page the other day, but I didn’t have the time to post anything about it. Sorry; maybe when someone decides I’m worth paying, I’ll sacrifice a little more. Anyway, this picture is from the set of RIDDICK and features Vin Diesel in some armor. Enjoy.

Get that cat out of here.

Yeah, that sure does look like Vin Diesel in armor alright! I don’t know about you, but I’m hoping that this movie is really good. THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK really wasn’t worthy of the Riddick character. So, there you go.

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Mr. Androido.

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Chris

I don’t remember hearing about this before and I thought others might not have either, so I decided to post an article about it. Michael Fassbender did an interview with InStyle about his upcoming spy movie HAYWIRE, with Gina Carano. During the interview he also talked about his role in PROMETHEUS and why he joined the cast. This is the blurb about it, straight from the source:

It’s the must-see film of 2012! I play the humanoid android. The first thing that struck me was a good script. Really intelligent script. A real thriller. Real anticipation. The first alien had that. The atmosphere was thick. You knew that something was going to happen. Which is very rare that you can read that in a script. And also, Ridley Scott is the master. He’s amazing. Really something else to watch him work. His attention to detail. And also his mischievousness, his playfulness. And again, no idea is stupid for him. He’ll let you bring it to the floor and have a go at it. I really, really enjoyed working with him. And of course the cast.

The thing I didn’t know before was the part where he says he’s playing an android. That was news to me. I anticipated that someone would be playing an android, but I didn’t know who it was, but now I do and so do you. I hope you’re grateful.

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Get Your Movie Spayed Or Neutered.

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Chris

I’m sorry, I don’t want to be the one to write this to you, but I have too as the ambassador of all things ACTION. The other day, Chuck Norris was having a conversation with some Polish website called Gazeta and during the interview he said the following (translation courtesy of Expendables Premeire:

In Expendables 2, there was a lot of vulgar dialogue in the screenplay. For this reason, many young people wouldn’t be able to watch this. But I don’t play in movies like this. Due to that I said I won’t be a part of that if the hardcore language is not erased. Producers accepted my conditions and the movie will be classified in the category of PG-13.

I know what you’re saying, “this can’t be right! Chuck Norris is either blowing smoke or this place got the translation wrong! It’s got to be! A PG-13 THE EXPENDABLES 2?! Think of the children!”

Well, I’m sorry, but Ain’t It Cool has gotten confirmation from Sylvester Stallone himself that this is in fact, true. My heart!

If this change was done specifically to appease The Norris, then I say they should have left him out! There’s no way that Norris is worth the loss of this movie’s balls, and a pox on Stallone for allowing it to happen! I thought he was on my side! I guess the movie could still be entertaining, but you just know it isn’t going to have the edge that it should. I don’t know, I think I’m going to need some time…

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Doesn’t Look Very Safe.

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Chris

I don’t think I mentioned this movie before, so let me mention it now…with a vengeance! The movie that I’m mentioning is SAFE, starring Jason “The Dome” Statham. In it he plays (what else) a tough guy who ends up protecting a little girl who is wanted by the mob and some corrupt cops. The movie also comes complete with a trailer and a few posters. Let’s get the posters out of the way first before jumping into the meat!

Nice "A."

Kiss it.

Good stuff, those still pictures.

And now how about something that moves?! Oh yea, can you feel it?!

Maybe it’s me, but Jason Statham has been making better and better movies as he’s gotten older. Maybe because they seem less cartoonish now-a-days? I like the looks of this one especially. It’s got a really gritty feel, but with just enough of a Steven Seagalishness to get me pumped.

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O’ Johnny Boy!

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Chris

If you’re pumped for Disney’s JOHN CARTER then this article is for you! We’ve got three all new stills from the movie courtesy of the official site. They’re pretty full of CG characters, which you probably could have guessed from watching the trailers. Check them out!

Lunch time!

This is the good army!

We're the bad army!

Boy, do I love muted colors. Really, nothing caresses the eyes tenderly like tans and bland greens. To be fair, they did shoot this in a desert. I imagine there are a lot of Earth tones out there.

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