There never has been a movie star quite like Nicolas Cage. While obviously handsome and gifted with backlogs of charisma, beneath the surface there lies an unmistakable hunger, a sense of searching, and what some might even call a mania to take a role to its fullest extreme. Even when Cage is taking the “paycheck” […]
Introduction Six years ago, Universal Studios attempted to start a franchise called Dark Universe that was supposed to feature a bunch of classic horror characters. The first movie, The Mummy (2017), did exactly what I predicted it would do. Namely, it crushed the franchise in its infancy. With the Dark Universe stomped to dust, Universal. They hired Nicolas Cage to play Dracula in a movie titled Renfield.
It’s like a Mexican E.T. featuring a mythical dog-thing with wings. Charming kids’ movie Chupa, directed by Gravity writer Jonás Cuarón, is the story of a young boy called Alejandro (Evan Whitten) whose father has died, who travels to Mexico to stay with his grandfather (Demián Bichir) and cousins and befriends a strange creature. This […]
Recently, HBO announced a slew of new shows, including returning once again to Westeros in another Game of Thrones spin-off series. After the success of House of the Dragon, a slew of potential spin-off shows were at least discussed by HBO and author Geroge RR Martin. Now the rumored Dunk & Egg TV series will […]
RoboCop was a classic action film from 80’s, like The Terminator or Judge Dredd. The character was rebooted (and even appeared in several video games) in 2014 with Joel Kinnaman as the title anti-hero. Now, after aquiring MGM last year, Amazon looks to reboot the character again, according to Deadline. The character features Alex Murphy, […]
Last year Amazon acquired MGM and the rights to its entire collection of franchises for $8.5 billion. According to Deadline, they are looking to reboot the Stargate franchise for film and television. Stargate was a film and then slow of low-budget network shows from the early 1990s through the 2000s in the vein of Star […]
