MOVIES INFO: Diesel is a tough guy with the shaved head, the tattoos and the throwaway one-liners (after he's busted for stealing a car and driving it off a bridge, he says, "It was only a Corvette."). In last summer's "The Fast and the Furious," he hurtled cars down city streets in death-defying races. As we meet him in "XXX," he's a famous sports daredevil who steals computer chips and cars and is finally hunted down by Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), a National Security Agency spymaster with a scarred face and a role inspired by M in the Bond series.
If Bond is a patriot, Xander is a man who looks out only for No. 1, until Gibbons threatens him with prison unless he agrees to go to the Czech Republic and stop a madman with, yes, a plan to destroy and/or conquer the world. This villain, named Yorgi (Marton Csokas), apparently lives in the Prague Castle, which will come as a surprise to President Vaclav Havel. He's a renegade officer of the evil Czech Secret Service; the movie doesn't seem to know that the Cold War is over and Czechs are good guys these days, but never mind: The movie was shot on location in Prague, part of the current filmmaking boom in the republic, and the scenery is terrific.
Director Rob Cohen and producer Neal H. Mortiz, who also made "The Fast and the Furious," follow the Bond formula so carefully this would be a satire if it weren't intended as a homage. We click off the 007 check points: (1) Villain in lair hidden within mountain, with faceless minions busily going about tasks; (2) a beautiful girl, former KGB, named Yelena (Asia Argento), who seems to be Yorgi's girlfriend but falls for Xander; (3) a techno-geek who supplies Xander with a trick gun and a customized GTO that has an arsenal on board; (4) stunts involving parachuting, mountains, avalanches and explosions; (5) a chase at the end to save the world, and (6), my favorite, the obligatory final scene where the hero basks in Bora Bora with the beautiful girl in a bikini, while his boss tries to persuade him to take another job.
Will he take another job? Of course he will. Xander Cage is a new franchise, and Vin Diesel, who was walking around Sundance a few years ago telling everyone he would someday be a big star, was right.
I love the lengths that villains go to in these movies. Consider Yorgi. He has devised an incredibly expensive steel speedboat armed with three rockets containing canisters of poison gas. This speedboat is inside a mountain cavern far below his lair. It is his superweapon for world domination. Fine, except where can a boat go in the landlocked Czech Republic? Down the Danube through Budapest and Vienna? In the event, he decides to attack Prague itself, and we're wondering: Considering how much it cost him to hollow out the mountain and build the boat, why not just put the gas canisters into a car and drive into town? Yorgi is the kind of bad guy who is beloved by the architects of the 'star wars' defense, staging an attack that is cumbersome, costly and visible, instead of just delivering the goods by FedEx.
As the boat speeds down the river into town, Xander does a stunt that is not only exciting but, even better, impossible. As the Russian babe pilots the GTO on a road parallel to the river, Xander fires a steel cable, which attaches to the boat, and then he transfers from the car to the boat using the cable and a parasail. Wonderful, except ... do you suppose there are any lamp posts, traffic lights or telephone poles along the road that the cable might get hung up on? Never mind. Now Xander's on board, trying to disarm the canisters by using a slicked-up cyber-version of the old standby where he has to decide between the green wire and the red wire. Meanwhile, Gibbons has a vantage point on one of the bridges, and is commanding fighter planes that are prepared to blast the boat out of the water, no doubt thereby dispersing the poison gas, but c'est la vie.
See, I like all this stuff, at least when it's done well. Diesel's gruff, monosyllabic style is refreshing as a counterpoint to the gung-ho action, and the romantic scenes with the beautiful Yelena consist of two kisses, because Xander has a world to save. The music is aggressive heavy metal by the German band Rammstein, and Csokas, as the villain, has one of those fleshy, sneering faces, surrounded by too much greasy hair, that goes with his central European accent. Oddly, he isn't from Transylvania at all, but from New Zealand, and you may have seen him on "Xena." He likes to play opposite characters with X-names.
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Sultan is an upcoming action flick film, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and produced by Aditya Chopra. The film’s star cast Salman Khan and Parineeti Chopra in lead roles. Salman Khan will play a 40 year old wrestler role in film Sultan.
The film’s release announcement video released recently. The film’s first schedule for release was on Eid 2015 but on the same day Eid Shahrukh Khan’s starrer upcoming film “Raees” is all set to release in theaters. So Salman Khan decided to avoid this clash and decide the Sultan release on Diwali 2016 not on Eid. And now Salman going to hit the box office on Diwali 2016. Salman Khan’s Sultan to be shot in Punjab, Delhi, Haryana.
Official Salman Khan’s Sultan directed by Ali Abbas Zafar goes on floor on 15th November 2015 at Punjab followed by a shooting schedule at Delhi and HaryanaRiding high on the success of Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Salman Khan is all set to wrap up the shooting of his next film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo by the first week of September.
The film’s pre-production has started, the lady who is supposed to feature opposite the super star is yet to be finalised.Rumors was that, actress Anushka Sharma is playing role opposite Salman Khan in the film.
But according to the latest news Anushka Sharma denied to work in Sultan. Anushka Sharma currently in London for Karan Johar’s next film “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”.
Anushka confirmed! “Here i’m busy shooting & I read that my next film is sultan! News to me guys..sorry to disappoint….I am always supposedly doing more films than the ones I am actually committed to doing! Strange !”
According to the latest news, actress Anushka Sharma playing lead actress role in “Sultan” opposite Salman Khan.
Sultan is NOT postponed to Diwali 2016. Confirmed for Eid 2016. Which means, Sultan [Salman Khan] versus Raees [SRK] clash is on!
Official – Salman Khan’s ’Sultan’ Teaser out with Shah Rukh Khan’s FAN. Salman Khan’s Sultan Teaser will release with Shah Rukh Khan’s FAN prints on 15th April.
Shah Rukh Khan‘s FAN is slated to release on 15th April 2016. Salman Khan’s Sultan and Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees is slated to clash at box office on Eid 2016. The tentative release date for Sultan and Raees as of now is 6th/7th July 2016.
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MOVIES INFO: Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Writers: Evan Spiliotopoulos, Craig Mazin Stars: Jessica Chastain, Chris Hemswo...
Stars: Jessica Chastain, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin
Language: English
Release Date: 22 April 2016 (USA)
Also Known As: Snow White and the Huntsman 2
Filming Locations: Waverley Abbey, Surrey, England, UK
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Runtime: 114 min
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
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As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land; two renegades - Eric the Huntsman - who previously aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna, and his forbidden lover, Sara set out to stop them.
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Movies Info: Rating: PG-13 (for extended sequences of intense fantasy violence) Genre: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction ...
Rating: PG-13 (for extended sequences of intense fantasy violence) Genre: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy Directed By: Duncan Jones Written By: Charles Leavitt, Duncan Jones In Theaters: Jun 10, 2016 Limited Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min. Universal Pictures
This year's BlizzCon event was full of exciting news for World of Warcraft, including a trailer for the upcoming movie and the announcement of a release time frame for the game's sixth expansion pack, Legion. But just days before BlizzCon started, the news for Blizzard's massively multiplayer role-playing game looked much more grim. The developer revealed that the game was down to 5.5 million subscribers, its lowest number since 2005, and that it would no longer be sharing subscription numbers at all.
Is it all so bad as it looks? We spoke with World of Warcraft executive producer J Allen Brack during BlizzCon, and he called the issue of subscriptions "a difficult problem."
"One of the problems that we have as a team and that I think the community has as well is this perception that there's a direct relationship between the number that we announce and the health of that community, and the health of that business," Brack said. "That's not really true. I wouldn't say that World of Warcraft is necessarily half as successful now as in previous times."
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Director: Alexander Yellen Awards: Telly Award for Non-Broadcast Productions Film/Video - Sound/Sound Design Movie Info: Battle...
Awards: Telly Award for Non-Broadcast Productions Film/Video - Sound/Sound Design
Movie Info: Battledogs is movie for those who are 13 years old and up. It is also for those who like a SciFi Horrox mix. Battledogs is a different kind of werewolf story that most of us are used to. Usually, it is the moon which triggers the werewolf. In this movie, it is the heartbeat. Battledogs is a scary movie. The werewolf adds to the scariness, but the most scary part of this movie is what people in power can do with such weapons of power and knowledge. That makes it scary. We always wonder just what our Government has in it bio-warfare arsenal. I am sure that it all stays out of the press. Teens like werewolves and vamps so this is right down their alley. Bring out the popcorn in this movie. I give Battledogs 5 thumbs up.
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Movie Info: Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's prim...
Movie Info:Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, and Mary Shelley, horror films have existed for more than a century. The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes, and may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction and thriller genres.[1]
Horror films often deal with viewers' nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, extraterrestrials, vampires, werewolves, demons, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibals, psychopaths, and serial killers.
Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of George Hogg, a young British journalist, who rescues 60 orphaned children. He leads them on a treacherous 1000-mile journey along the Silk Road, through the Liu Pan Shan Mountains into the spectacular Gobi desert. Over the course of the journey he falls in love with a determined, self-trained nurse, and makes a friend in Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group. Madame Wang, a surviving aristocrat, assists in guiding them to safety in a remote village near the western end of China's Great Wall.
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Movie Info: By all means, there are worse Asylum movies out there than Avengers Grimm, but this was especially disappointing because t...
By all means, there are worse Asylum movies out there than Avengers Grimm, but this was especially disappointing because the premise was great, one of the best ideas they've ever come up. However, the execution was bad, terrible even at worst, and the very misleading and irrelevant title does nothing in its favour and that's putting it mildly.
What saves Avengers Grimm from being unwatchable are the confident Red of Elizabeth Peterson and Casper Van Dien who is clearly having fun as Rumpelstiltskin (the one character that the writers even attempted to do something with). The rest of the acting is atrocious, Lauren Parkinson's Snow White's line delivery just grates, Kimo Leopoldo is as un-wolf-like as one could possibly get and Marah Fairclough spends the entire time looking dead as Sleeping Beauty. There's also the most forgettable version of Cinderella ever, both in acting and how the character is written. With the exceptions of Peterson and Van Dien, nobody looks interested or like they wanted to be there. Lou Ferringo is nice to see but is made up weirdly (the Dr Freeze and Colossus comparison is pretty apt) and bogged down with bad material and an under-characterised character who's barely in the movie to make enough of an impression, good to see him again but it doesn't go beyond that.
The characters are just dull, dumb stereotypes, with characterisation almost non-existent apart from Rumpelstiltskin, while the horrid (and that's being kind) dialogue is enough to make even an amateur actor embarrassed. The story does absolutely nothing with its concept, being told in a constantly sluggishly paced, paper-thin and muddled way, further disadvantaged by very confusingly choreographed, pedestrian-paced and sloppily edited fight scenes. Avengers Grimm is directed with little competence, has a soundtrack that is too often too loud and too quirky which jars with the 'darker' (in quote marks because the movie is little more than tired cheese throughout) moments and looks cheap. A couple of sets are decent, but most are basic and too darkly lit, the editing is besieged with continuity errors with all too obvious stunt doubles, the camera work is going-through-the-motions-like and while there are worse special effects around the effects are slapdash at best.
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Movie Info: It's almost like whoever wrote this doesn't know anything about Thor. With Scifi(I refuse to type the other)pou...
It's almost like whoever wrote this doesn't know anything about Thor.
With Scifi(I refuse to type the other)pouring money in to garbage like this and canceling great shows they have destroyed the network and it started with wrestling, I don't see ever watching the channel again after the SGU finale.
I can't even watch more than 15 min of it and that was painful beyond words, then I thought it to be unfair to say the things like this without at least finishing it so i suffered... So if you want to feel like digging your eyes out with a spoon watch this. Character names were the only thing that had to do with Thor I really wish I could give it negative stars but 1 will have to do.
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Director: Wes Ball Film series: Maze Runner Adapted from: The Maze Runner Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), a teenager, arrives i...
Thomas (Dylan O'Brien), a teenager, arrives in a glade at the center of a giant labyrinth. Like the other youths dumped there before him, he has no memory of his previous life. Thomas quickly becomes part of the group and soon after demonstrates a unique perspective that scores him a promotion to Runner status -- those who patrol the always-changing maze to find an escape route. Together with Teresa (Kaya Scodelario), the only female, Thomas tries to convince his cohorts that he knows a way out.
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Movies Info: Director: Tim Story Box office: 120.7 million USD Budget: 40 million USD Rookie lawman Ben Barber (Kevin ...
Rookie lawman Ben Barber (Kevin Hart) aspires to become a detective like James Payton (Ice Cube), his future brother-in-law. James reluctantly takes Ben to Miami to follow up on a lead that's connected to a drug ring. The case brings them to a homicide detective and a computer hacker who reveals evidence that implicates a respected businessman. It's now up to James and Ben to prove that charismatic executive Antonio Pope is actually a violent crime lord who rules southern Florida's drug trade.
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Director: Ericson Core Box office: 131.3 million USD Budget: 105 million USD Thrill-seeking criminals perform a series of dared...
Thrill-seeking criminals perform a series of daredevil stunts to steal money and gems, only to give it away to the poor and less fortunate. Training for a job with the FBI, young recruit Johnny Utah suspects that only extreme athletes could pull off these heists. Utilizing his own special skills, Utah infiltrates the gang of thieves after befriending their charismatic leader, Bodhi. As Johnny experiences the rush of their lifestyle, his superiors fear that his loyalties are being tested.
On Sept. 11, 2012, Islamic militants attack the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and Sean Smith, an officer for the Foreign Service. Stationed less than one mile away are members (James Badge Dale, John Krasinski, Max Martini) of the Annex Security Team, former soldiers assigned to protect operatives and diplomats in the city. As the assault rages on, the six men engage the combatants in a fierce firefight to save the lives of the remaining Americans.
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Movies Info: The second half of Suzanne Collins' final Hunger Games book is adapted in this Lionsgate production. ~ Jeremy Whee...
The second half of Suzanne Collins' final Hunger Games book is adapted in this Lionsgate production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and action, and for some thematic material)
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By: Francis Lawrence
Written By: Danny Strong, Suzanne Collins, Peter Craig
Runtime:2 hr. 17 min.
Realizing the stakes are no longer just for survival, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) teams up with her closest friends, including Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), Gale (Liam Hemsworth) and Finnick for the ultimate mission. Together, they leave District 13 to liberate the citizens of war-torn Panem and assassinate President Snow, who's obsessed with destroying Katniss. What lies ahead are mortal traps, dangerous enemies and moral choices that will ultimately determine the future of millions.
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Insurgent full movies MOVIE INFO THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answ...
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Tris (Woodley) and Four (James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Winslet), the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sacrificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the t...more
Rating: PG-13 (For intense violence and action throughout, some sensuality, thematic elements and brief language.)
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By: Robert Schwentke
Written By: Akiva Goldsman, Brian Duffield, Mark Bomback
US Box Office:$130.1M
Runtime: 1 hr. 59 min.
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X-Men Movie Info: The X-Men film series is an American series of superhero films based on the fictional superhero team of the ...
Movie Info:The X-Men film series is an American series of superhero films based on the fictional superhero team of the same name, who originally appeared in a series of comic books created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and published by Marvel Comics. 20th Century Fox obtained the film rights to the characters in 1994, and after numerous drafts, Bryan Singer was hired to direct X-Men (2000) and its sequel, X2 (2003). Singer left the potential third and fourth films, leaving Brett Ratner to direct X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
After each film earned higher box-office grosses than its predecessor, several spin-off films were released. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), directed by Gavin Hood, features Wolverine's origin story. X-Men: First Class (2011), directed by Matthew Vaughn, focuses on the origins of Professor X and Magneto. The Wolverine (2013), directed by James Mangold, follows Wolverine after the events of The Last Stand. The seventh film, X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), featured the return of the original trilogy cast and Singer as director, serving as a sequel to both X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: First Class. The eighth film, Deadpool (2016), is a spin-off focused on Deadpool, a character introduced in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
X-Men, X2, X-Men: First Class, The Wolverine and Deadpool were all met with positive reviews, while X-Men: Days of Future Past was the best-received film in the series. In the cases of X-Men and X2, critics especially highlighted their dark, realistic tones, and subtexts dealing with discrimination and intolerance, while Deadpool was highlighted for its faithful interpretation of the source material and for its "R" rating. X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine were met with mixed and negative reviews from critics, respectively.
With eight films released, the X-Men film series is the tenth highest-grossing film franchise of all-time, having grossed over US$3.5 billion worldwide. It is set to continue with a sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, in 2016, and a third Wolverine film in 2017.
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Movie Info: An undercover cop makes his way into a scene of bank-robbing extreme-sports atheletes in this remake of Kathryn Bigel...
An undercover cop makes his way into a scene of bank-robbing extreme-sports atheletes in this remake of Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break. Ericson Core directs from a script by Equilibrium's Kurt Wimmer. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi
Rating: PG-13 (for vioelnce, thematic material involving perilous activity, some sexuality, language and drug material)
Genre: Action & Adventure
Directed By: Ericson Core
Written By: Kurt Wimmer
Runtime:1 hr. 53 min.
Thrill-seeking criminals perform a series of daredevil stunts to steal money and gems, only to give it away to the poor and less fortunate. Training for a job with the FBI, young recruit Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey) suspects that only extreme athletes could pull off these heists. Utilizing his own special skills, Utah infiltrates the gang of thieves after befriending their charismatic leader, Bodhi (Édgar Ramírez).
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Deadpool full Movie Movies Info: Based upon Marvel Comics' most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story...
Based upon Marvel Comics' most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life. (C) Foxmore
Rating: R (for strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity)