Lee B. Golden III

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Joel Kinnaman Talks SUICIDE SQUAD 2

David Ayer’s Suicide Squad is live-streaming its red-carpet premere in New York City on Monday, just five days ahead of its release in time for Warner Bros. The film also comes off of earlier rumblings back in March of a possible sequel that Ayer himself may direct once he wraps his forthcoming reunion with Suicide Squad co-lead, actor Will Smith for Netflix’s sci-fi cop thriller, Bright. With that in mind, Suicide Squad is the talk of the town this week with word from Variety‘s latest interview with actor Joel Kinnaman on whether or not he would join the sequel or other DC Comics movies. “We’ll see. Maybe we’ll make more ‘Suicide Squad’ movies. Who knows? The audience will decide.” says Kinnaman. “If there’s like military involved in one of the other films than maybe they’ll call me. You can definitely see how Amanda Waller has a place in the other […]

BLOOD FATHER Gets A Close Shave In The New Poster!

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On the hinges of its forthcoming premiere at Fantasia Festival, director Jean-François Richet’s latest novel adaptation, Blood Father, is getting a limited theatrical release in the U.S. on August 12. Further details will follow, though needless to say its easing on the soul for many a Mel Gibson fan who’ve spent the past few years waiting on this one. SYNOPSIS: BLOOD FATHER stars Mel Gibson as John Link, an ex-convict who fights to protect his estranged daughter from the drug cartel that is hunting her down. In this thrilling action film, John must use his connections from his past life and his skills as an ex-criminal to keep him and his daughter alive. The good folks over at Yahoo! Movies are keeping fans abreast this week, and in large part with a brand new poster showing a clean-shaven Mel ready to do some damage! Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks, […]

Scott Epstein Sets His Sights On The Fight In The New THE BUTTERFLY GUARD Teaser Trailer

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I have to say, dating back to 2011 when I first saw mixed martial artist Scott Epstein in Michael Jai White’s Never Back Down 2, I never really pegged him as an actor. He was certainly new to me then, though it appears he’s no stranger to the camera having done film and television for close to two decades now, and it serves him well with a notable performance caliber, much to our delight. As the year rounds out, he’ll be bringing that same gravitas to festival screens in actor, martial artist and filmmaker Michael Worth’s latest venture with CNC Movie Factory, The Butterfly Guard. Worth, best known for his roles in the hit TV series and films like Acapulco H.E.A.T., Joseph Merhi’s To Be The Best and Isaac Florentine’s U.S. Seals 2: The Ultimate Force, joins Epstein for the story of two beleagured professional fighters living on opposite sides […]

Joe Carnahan Goes UNCHARTED To Script The Sony Adaptation

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Have you ever seen the 2014 action comedy, Stretch? Yes, the one that The A-Team remake helmer Joe Carnahan directed which fell into release limbo months before finally being granted a Fall opening on VoD and Digital. I’ll tell you, if there was ever a film not to overlook in the course of your life and if you’re looking for something good, funny, energetic and full of laughs and spectacle, Stretch is something you’re going to want to add to your memories as a cinephile. That said, I’m pretty damn glad that Carnahan is the one sitting in to lead the way for the third installment of Sony’s Bad Boys trilogy and I’m glad to see he’s moved onto other prospects as well. For this, I speak of Variety’s latest reporting on the director’s involvement with Sony’s forthcoming live-action adaptation, Uncharted. A director is currently being sought after while Carnahan […]

Hell Is Coming In The New Season Three Trailer For El Rey's FROM DUSK TIL DAWN: THE SERIES

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The next chapter is almost here, folks! Two seasons into El Rey’s From Dusk Til Dawn: The Series, and a LOT has happened. Politics rule the criminal and supernatural underworld of culebras, and underneath it all, the stories of six people desperate for answers to find themselves between battles is a journey that has thusfar continued with a good number of casualties. Yes, winners and losers have comprised both sides of this brewing war, but dark twists of intrigue and danger await with new characters inbound that will further shape the remainder of this bloodletting saga. It all goes down beginning September 6 at 9:00pm Eastern Time, and for this, the latest trailer for season three is all you need to help quench your own thirst until then! Season three features a returning ensemble cast including D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Eiza González, Jesse Garcia, Madison Davenport, Brandon Soo Hoo, Emily […]

Ezra Miller To Reprise His Role As 'The Flash' In SUICIDE SQUAD

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Warner Bros. Had enough press following last week’s pulse-pounding comic con trailer for David Ayer’s Suicide Squad? Well, make room for just a little more, because news broke on Thursday of a press kit that just revealed more than one superhero cameo will be in the film. Yes, you probably already know Batman will make an appearance, but leave it to The Wrap who have it on good terms that actor Ezra Miller will make a pit stop as well in the role of The Flash. It is unknown to what capacity the character will appear in the film but as far as guesses go, it probably won’t matter as Warner Bros. digs itself deeper into its DC Comics movieverse and continues to generate the positive responses they’re now receiving since airing trailers for Wonder Woman and Justice League in which Miller will also star next November. For now though, […]

WARCRAFT Comes Home On Blu-Ray, DVD, Digital & 4K This September

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Didn’t get a chance to see Warcraft in theaters? Well, neither did I. Thankfully the film is well on it’s way to its regularly-scheduled home releases on Digital, Blu-Ray and standard DVD in a few months so you won’t have to go without. Personally, I’m hoping that the film’s global box office results from this summer’s release warrants a sequel. The chances of such are pretty slim since it typically takes better numbers in the U.S. for any news of a follow-up even though lighting does strike once in a while (talking to you, Pacific Rim 2!) Beyond that, this definitely looks like a fun film to own, and you can take a look at all the specs and Blu-ray/DVD/4K artwork starting below! From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment And Legendary Pictures: Warcraft Earning Over $400 Million At The Global Box Office And Based On One Of The Most Popular Game […]

Disney's THE ROCKETEERS Now In Development With A Black Female Lead

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I thoroughly enjoyed City Slickers and Kevin Reynolds’s Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves back in 1991. Unfortunately that wasn’t great news for director Joe Johnston a week after that film opened with his own pulp hero adaptation, The Rocketeer – based on Dave Stevens’s 1982 independent comic, falling short of expectations at the box office for Disney. Fast forward a couple of decades later, however, and it turns out that the prospects of a remake or a sequel have brightened up since then, and thanks to a rather festive cult following built over the years. Thus, word from THR now brings news of a reboot that will sequelize Johnston’s orginal film which cast Scott Campbell in the role of a Los Angeles stunt pilot in 1938 who finds a stolen jetpack and uses his heroic alias to take on NAZIs infiltrating the U.S., led by a spy masquerading as an […]

Jackie Chan Actioner, BLEEDING STEEL Gets Its Cast

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Renny Harlin’s latest, Skiptrace, is off to a good start this past weekend at the box office overseas, which is good news for its lead actor, action star Jackie Chan who is currently scheduled for an In Conversation event at the Syndey Opera House where he will discuss his career in a little over a week. In the meantime, production rolls onward for Chan’s new venture in the area, Bleeding Steel, from sophomore director and writer Leo Zhang as of earlier this month and casting news is finally making the rounds. The film, from Village Roadshow Pictures Asia and Heyi Pictures, sees Chan in the role of a special forces agent fighting to protect an important witness to a major case as the two find themselves tangled in a conspiracy. Chan is producing the film from a script by Zhang, and a cast that includes Mermaid co-star Show Luo, Nana […]

THE GREAT WALL Stacks Against Fire And Monsters In The First Trailer

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Universal and Legendary’s latest 3D prospect, The Great Wall, took a bit of time to gather its casting before finally nabbing actors like Matt Damon, Andy Lau and actress Jing Tian who is soon to make her way in Legendary Pictures’s Kong: Skull Island next year as well. That said, it’s a Damon-loaded week with the actor’s latest, Jason Bourne, heading to theaters this weekend, which couldn’t be a better time to promote the epic new China-shot 3D fantasy which retells a mythological perspective behind the construction of one of today’s biggest landmarks. SYNOPSIS: Matt Damon leads humanity’s greatest fight for survival in “The Great Wall” from Legendary and Universal Pictures. When a mercenary warrior (Damon) is imprisoned within The Great Wall, he discovers the mystery behind one of the greatest wonders of our world. As wave after wave of marauding beasts besiege the massive structure, his quest for fortune […]

Andrew Garfield Fights More Than One Battle In The New Trailer For HACKSAW RIDGE

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Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson may not be without controversy from time to time, but at least one other fact worth pointing out is that he’s at his best when on set. This time, The Passion Of The Christ and Braveheart helmer is back and noted behind the camera for Lionsgate’s latest release, Hacksaw Ridge, and with nothing short of uproaring responses from earlier test screenings with Andrew Garfield front and center. SYNOPSIS: HACKSAW RIDGE is the extraordinary true story of conscientious collaborator Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He believed the war was just, but killing was nevertheless wrong; he was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon. As an army medic, Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending […]

VENGEANCE Now Filming In London With Stu Bennett And Gary Daniels

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Before we catch outgoing WWE wrestler, actor Stu Bennett in action for James Nunn’s Eliminators with Scott Adkins, pan over momentarily to filmmaker Ross Boyask who has made a name for himself among cult fans of the martial arts genre. UK titles like Left For Dead and Warrioress come to mind with the hopeful prospects of a sequel for the 2016 Mike Moeller action thriller, One Million Klicks. For now though, we bring our attention to Boyask’s latest prospect, formerly titled “The Executioner” and now iterated as the new movie Vengeance which began filming this week in London. Martial arts star Gary Daniels (Bloodmoon, Recoil, Tekken) is also starring with Diane Shorthouse and John Adams producing. When ex-Special Forces soldier turned professional mercenary, John Gold, hears that his former best friend Corporal Dan Mason, and Dan’s parents have been murdered, he heads to their home-town to find their killers. Gold […]

KUNG FU BOYS Kicks It Up A Notch In The Latest Trailer

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Every now and then it seems like a lot of new and young faces with the potential for martial arts stardom come and go. As far as Chinese cinema goes, you probably wouldn’t be able to tell the difference much with the vast sea of low-budget action films with actors the rest of us see for two minutes within a trailer and that’s it – that’s how obscure a lot of these films are which is a little frustrating. Thankfully this one, the latest from debut director Sheng Tao and filmmaker Wei Wang comes with English subtitles in its latest, and very spirited trailer. I speak of the new film, Kung Fu Boys, which doesn’t hugely stand apart from the rest in terms of production quality, but presents a talented cast led by promising young actor Chaney Lin who stars as an Americanized boy with aspirations of becoming a superhero, […]

Ben Affleck Tackles Anxiety And Assassins In The New Trailer For THE ACCOUNTANT

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Further cementing his action star status, actor Ben Affleck is returning to show moviegoers he can equally kick as much ass outside of a batsuit in Warrior helmer Gavin O’Connor’s latest, The Accountant. With a first trailer already in our midst as of a few months ago, a second trailer is now online ahead of its October 14 release in the U.S. and U.K. release in November. SYNOPSIS: Christian Wolff (Affleck) is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department’s Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King (J.K. Simmons), starting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk (Anna Kendrick) has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks […]

Martial Artist, Actor Paul Mormando Now Filming New Crime Thriller, BOUND BY DEBT

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It was a few years ago that actor, Cha Ki Do innovator and independent filmmaker Paul Mormando was on the verge of a new webseries called Double Fist. The project has since moved on to feature film status with a few VoD deals in the works, although post-production issues have tentatively impeded the film’s completion. As for Mormando, circumstances aren’t exactly slowing him down. Nope, the native New Yorker is still on his feet with production now underway for the new crime thriller, Bound By Debt. Mormando is also producing as is his wife, screenwriter Anna Mormando with plans to hopefully have a package ready for the markets later this year. Paul Mormando plays Dylan James a rough and tough underground fighter who is estranged from his family. Robert James (Bobby Ciasulli) is an addicted gambler with a wife and two daughters (Nikki Silva and Alexis Mormando). When Dylan can […]

Review: MILES AHEAD (2016) Is Chromatic Testimony Of Life, Love, Turmoil And Groove

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There is an old rumor that Ernest Hemingway could only write when he was in love, and that each of his books represents his love for one woman. It’s a nice story, if even only a reverie, and it came to mind while watching Miles Ahead, Don Cheadle’s directorial debut of the Miles Davis biopic. The short-lived love affair and marriage that Miles Davis had with Francis Taylor is a referential centerpiece of the film, and is presented as being inexorable to the reason for the jazz musician’s five year hiatus from music, during which he spiraled into drugs and reclusiveness, earning him a historical association with the eccentricities that characterized even Howard Hughes. Cheadle co-wrote Miles Ahead with Steven Baigelman, Stephen J. Rivele, and Christopher Wilkinson. It is based on the life of the great jazz musician, and the story is told in free form and flashback -as if, […]

Missed The Bourne Franchise Any? Watch A New JASON BOURNE Franchise Recap!

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Wait…have you been asleep for the last fourteen years? Well, that’s certainly longer than Robert Ludlum character Jason Bourne was, but it still doesn’t undo the depth and overall carnage that enused after he woke up. That, of course, was back in 2002, and actor Matt Damon has brought the heat three times since then and is now gearing up for a fourth opening this Friday. As such, and on the count that you haven’t seen the first three films, Damon is here to sum it all up for you in as little as 90 seconds. Peep it below, and/or watch Movieclips’s new jam-packed ultimate franchise trailer just beneath!

Cine-Asia's Return Signals Benny Chan's CALL OF HEROES For A UK Release

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Asian cinephiles in the UK once mourned the loss of popular distributor, Cine-Asia back in 2012. Now, they’re re-emerging and are back with their first theatrical release since then amid the currently-running campaign for Benny Chan’s latest, Call Of Heroes, now dated for September 2, following its August 12 release in Hong Kong from Universe Films. Marking Cine Asia’s first release since 2012, we are delighted to announce the upcoming release of Call of Heroes, the latest feature from director Benny Chan (SHAOLIN, NEW POLICE STORY). CALL OF HEROES brings together much of Hong Kong’s elite film industry talent. In addition to Benny Chan, fan favourite Sammo Hung acts as action director, and together they oversee a cast of both HK cinema veterans and rising stars. Cast includes Louis Koo (Flash Point), Wu Jing (Kill Zone 1 & 2), Sean Lau (Mad Detective) and Eddie Peng (Rise Of The Legend). […]

Bautista, Brosnan Tally Mann's FINAL SCORE Starting In August

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Fans of actor and Marvel prospect Dave Bautista (Guardians Of The Galaxy 1 & 2, Spectre) aren’t too far off for some big screen time; Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion’s Bushwick is currently in post-production while Matthias Hoene’s Warrior’s Gate opens in China on August 12, ahead of Bautista’s re-envisioning of classic martial arts villain, Tong Po in Kickboxer: Vengeance on September 2 in the U.S. In the meantime, there’s still news to report on his end, especially if you’ve enjoyed his recent work under director Scott Mann in the 2015 thriller, Heist. Screendaily reports the two will reunite once more along with actor Pierce Brosnan for the new action thriller, Final Score, produced by Signature Entertainment’s Marc Goldberg and The Fyzz Facility’s Robert Jones, James Harris, Mark Lane, and Wayne Marc Godfrey with co-producer Babak Eftekhari. The Brothers Lynch and Jonathan Frank wrote the script which sees the story […]

Harley Quinn Inspires Fashion Courtesy Of Celebs Clothing

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While I don’t particularly delve into cosplay, it’s certainly understandable how influential it is in today’s era of film and television entertainment. Moreover, it also leaves from for matters of fashion, paving the way for business like Celebs Clothing who are currently promoting their line of clothing based on DC Comics properties, namely Suicide Squad which opens in theaters on August 5 from Warner Bros. Celebs Clothing’s own Chris Jackson contacted us to help model one of their articles – a Harley Quinn jacket you can now find at their official website among other items. That said, special thanks to actress, stuntwoman and cosplayer Kealani Marie (Dark Haul, Fight Valley) who clearly – and thankfully – has a figure more befitting of Harley than I do! I sought her a little over a week ago to take a few at-home photos with the jacket and you can check those out below, along […]