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Ed Skrein Confirms Killer Role In DEADPOOL

Actor Ed Skrein will be the next in line to share in the weight of producer Luc Besson’s Transporter franchise with the prequel trilogy starter, The Transporter Refueled. Time will tell, of course, if the Northmen: A Viking Saga, former Game Of Thrones co-star and co-star of upcoming home invasion thriller, Tiger House can maintain the fanfare under Brick Mansions helmer Camille Delamarre’s direction, but in the meantime, he’s since snagged himself a new role in 20th Century Fox’s live-action take on Marvel property, Daredevil. #deadpool #ajax pic.twitter.com/wfyRU9i9fV — Ed Skrein (@edskrein) April 7, 2015 SYNOPSIS: 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 […]

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THE NEXT GENERATION: PATLABOR – TOKYO WAR Launches Its Assault With Two Promo Spots!

The past two years have been nothing short of electric for the cast and crew behind the 12-episode roll-out of Oshii Mamoru’s live-action series, The Next Generation: Patlabor. Episodes are currently streaming online via various Otaku sites, and next month, the feature film culminating the show following its announcement in 2013 will finally release in the form of The Next Generation: Patlabor – Tokyo War. SYNOPSIS: At the end of the 20th century, there was a rise in crime due to the illegal use of Labors, humanoid robots specifically designed for heavy industrial work. To combat these new Labor crimes, the Metropolitan Police Department created the Special Vehicle Section 2 Patrol Labor unit.  But by the early 21st century, the decline in Labor crimes has many thinking the so-called “Patlabor” program is no longer necessary and should be discontinued due to its high cost and maintenance. As Special Vehicle Section […]

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Screener Review: SKIN TRADE (2015)

SYNOPSIS: New Jersey detective, Nick Cassidy (Dolph Lundgren) heads to Bangkok where he teams up with Thai detective, Tony Vitayakui (Tony Jaa) to hunt down Viktor Dragovic (Ron Perlman) and destroy his human trafficking network. Nick had mistakenly killed Dragovic’s son in a sting operation on the New Jersey docks, and Dragovic responded by attempting to kill Nick and his family. Nick miraculously survived the brutal attack, but his wife and daughter were killed. With nothing but vengeance to live for, Nick and Tony traverse their way through the Bangkok underworld in search of the elusive Dragovic. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Eddie Reed (Michael Jai White) is sent in to bring Nick home. But as the crossfire ensues, Nick has to determine who his true allies are. REVIEW: It’s taken close to twelve years since first breaking out with the 2003 hit film, Ong Bak, followed by a string of movies […]

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The Story Of Sam And Quorra Continues: Hedlund And Wilde To Return For TRON 3

As frustrating as it may have been for fans wondering about the future of Walt Disney Pictures’s Tron franchise following the sequel run of Tron: Legacy in 2010, it appears things are finally coming a float. It was early last month when a report broke that a third installment would begin shooting in Vancouver this October (much to the surprise of many) which may or may not have meant the return of actor Garett Hedlund to his previous role on top of speculation over that of actress Olivia Wilde‘s reprisal as well. This week, THR brings official word that both Hedlund and Wilde will be reunited with director Joseph Kosinski for Tron 3 with producer Justin Springer on board. Plot details are being heavily kept underwraps, but those not in the know, the first film, Tron, released in 1982 from writer and director Steve Lisberger with actor Jeff Bridges starring […]

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Watch Young Twenty-Somethings Trade Beatings In The New Trailer For ZUTABORO

Author Itaya Gettsu’s 2012 novel publication, Zutaboro, is now a fully-fledged live-action feature these days, and much to the favor of those familiar with the source material. Of course, if you’re one for intense and violent action to boot, then it shouldn’t be a total loss with this particular dramedy, brutally crafted by Flower And Snake Zero helmer Hashimoto Hajime. SYNOPSIS: Koichi (Tasuku Nagase), Yakko (Atsushi Arai) and Kyamu graduate from the same middle school. Koichi now attends high school and joins a motorcycle gang with Yakko. In the gang, he meets Ueki (Arata Horij) and Oni (Eiki Narita). Koichi can fight well and enjoys flirting with the girls. Yakko has a hard time though, he’s bullied in the gang and becomes withdrawn. Swearing revenge for Yakko, Koichi joins the yakuza which his mother hates the most. The film is expected to arrive next month on May 9, so check […]

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The STAR WARS DIGITAL MOVIE COLLECTION Arrives This Friday!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is coming to theaters this December, and with big things about to happen this summer, now is as good a time as any to be a fan of the legendary franchise centered in a galaxy far, far away. All six Star Wars films are getting re-released digitally this Friday, choc-filled with bonus features fans will enjoy, and time will tell what this package will fully entail and how well it will bode with moviegoers at home. For now though, it looks like an awesome gem to own and there will be no shortage of hype this year. StarWars.com brought the official announcement with the details below. The Star Wars films will soon become more powerful than you can possibly imagine: the classic series is going digital for the first time ever.  As anticipation builds for the December release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the […]

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THE HIT LIST – April 6, 2015

My weekend was huge, and the week before it was pretty busy. Still, hell bent on maintaining new content as with every week, I’ve returned once more with the Hit List with all the usual bits of action gems you can enjoy. Let’s kick things off with a new fight reel from The Challenge Letter co-star, aussie actress Maria Tran followed by reels from Travis Wong, Duy Panouvic of Arcade Killers, Ryan Hunter, Maria Sova, Jerome Teague, Nnamdi Nwosa, Andrea Ross and the latest fight reel from Cinematic Fight Studio, with some more stuntin’ from freerunners Vlad Height and Lennon Shannon! Now let’s get fighting, and for this, we can thank creator and actor Noah Fleder upon the launch of his new channel, Force Storm Entertainment and the debut of its first project, Vlad Rimburg‘s new Star Wars fan short, The Betrayal! Kicking this next portion is the latest test […]

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The New POUND OF FLESH Trailer Shows What Jean-Claude Van Damme Is Really Good At!

It’s not enough to have one or two trailers, but it has been a while since the second trailer and ten minute promotional reel for action star Jean-Claude Van Damme‘s new film, Pound Of Flesh started going viral. The film is poised to hit theaters and digital platforms on May 15 in the U.S. before hitting DVD and Blu-Ray on June 23 and so it IS fitting to have a new trailer going around as the date comes closer. It’s every bit as good in its hype-building and all the more reason to watch the brutality unfold when it arrives. SYNOPSIS: In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, Deacon (VAN DAMME), a former black-ops agent, awakes the day before the operation to find he is the latest victim of organ theft. Stitched up and pissed-off, Deacon descends from his opulent hotel in search of his stolen kidney and carves […]

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Sulinh Lafontaine And The Curious Case Of Her Credits On FURIOUS 7

Twitter went a bit crazy on Sunday night when stylist and designer, actress and self-proclaimed stuntwoman Sulinh Lafontaine claimed she performed car-driving stunts in a recent CNN iReport interview in lieu of the latest premiere of director James Wan’s new movie, Furious Seven. It wasn’t the first time she claimed having performed work on the movie, having also given mention to it in a previous interview done back in January. Well, it appears that her otherwise falsely-stated credits are paying a heavy price. The stunt community is a tightly-knit one and word tends to get around mighty fast when someone says or does something significant in any capacity. For Lafontaine, it looks as if this is no exception seeing as how the CNN iReport interview published by Joyce Chow was taken down sometime thereafter with a Facebook post later shared and messaged through by LaFontaine herself that reads as follows. […]

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MORTAL KOMBAT X Gets A Brutal New Launch Trailer

MORTAL KOMBAT X Gets A Brutal New Launch Trailer

I don’t blog much about video game trailers – rarely if ever; Hell, I haven’t touched a system in well over a decade. However, the latest launch trailer for Mortal Kombat X is out and it’s virility has already had an effect with other character trailers released prior to this one. Almost all of your favorite characters throughout the franchise will be there, including Liu Kang, Kung Lao, longstanding ninja rivals Scorpion and Sub-Zero, and towering four-armed  Goro, with new faces also attached like Cassie Cage and Jacqui Briggs – respective daughters of Earthrealm warriors, actor Johnny Cage and special forces major Jax Briggs, and also horror & sci-fi movie icons Predator and Jason Voorhees, and many more. It’s a sick cast of characters, all of whom will be playable when Mortal Kombat X releases for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on April 14, and for the PlayStation 3 […]

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AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Scores A Final Trailer

The final trailer is out for Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Be advised though, with all the TV spots there are on top of the trailers and featurettes now making the rounds, there’s a mild danger of spoiling yourself nearly to the point of feeling like you’ve already seen the film – it’s kind of a gripe I’ve developed with studios in how heavy they are becoming with their campaigns and I’m sure folks will understand. At any rate, in all likelihood, this film probably took your money already, so whatevs. It’s a fantastic franchise with a sprawling narrative hosted by a great cast of characters and a universe that always leads to bigger and better. So enjoy the trailer below along with a small flurry of IMAX posters beneath, and enjoy the movie when it arrives in the next several weeks!

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FURIOUS SEVEN: Watch The New Music Video For SEE YOU AGAIN By Charlie Puth And Wiz Khalifa

It’s Monday and I have had quite an epic weekend with much more to talk about after this. That said, hopefully you caught my video with my good friend, film enthusiast Jon Cross after watching Furious Seven as it roared through the box office. Reviews are mixed but the film is still generally loved by the majority of the fans of the franchise who have stuck around since its conception nearly fifteen years ago. Furious Seven, as it is titled on the screen in the U.S., was the third and last film to release posthumously after lead actor Paul Walker lost his life on November 30, 2013 while on holiday break from filming the movie. Thanks in large part to WETA digital, Walker’s brothers Caleb and Cody, and actor and co-star John Brotherton reportedly stood in for the late actor as filming re-commenced in Abu Dhabi in Spring of 2014 […]

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Is Cody Walker Up For A Career In Acting?

It was probably a matter of time and obvious to those in the know, but it’s apparently official now that the release of director James Wan’s Furious 7 is well underway and already well onto an epic weekend at the box-office. Among other things, perhaps the biggest proponent to finishing director James Wan’s Furious 7 in tribute to one of its lead stars, late actor Paul Walker, was the involvement of brothers Cody and Caleb, in conjunction with visual effects house, WETA Digital, in order to help fill in the blanks left behind after his death in late November of 2013. Of course, this led to speculation regarding whether or not this would lead to either brother getting a career in film in some capacity as a result, and now at least for one of the two, it appears that way, according to a recent report from THR which states […]

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Netflix's DAREDEVIL Rises In Two New Trailers

Netflix’s new series, Daredevil, is just days away from its upcomimg premiere and it’s already receiving high marks from critics, which is quite telling. Sure, it’s not exactly a big screen event like the titles in its theatrical arm, but this may turn out to be a better proven platform to accommodate the overall shift in tone when it comes to the look, the story and the action also adds to the gratification of knowing that much like 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool, not every Marvel property has to be a family-friendly rehash, and it’s okay to get down and dirty, which is exactly the feeling given in all the trailers so far. As such, there are two more trailers for the series, and yes, there is a danger to watching so many to the point where you start to feel like you’ve already seen something. Hopefully that’s not the case […]

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Danny Trejo Confirms MACHETE KILLS AGAIN IN SPACE

The recent Grindhouse-revival of director Robert Rodriguez was always geared toward a specific niche with films like Death Proof and Machete. Of course, that probably didn’t do any favors for Machete Kills, the 2013 sequel to the 2010 splatterfest revenge thriller starring Danny Trejo, which came short of its budget during its theatrical run. Nevertheless, there’s no need for fans to worry about whether or not there will be a third, because apparently it’s happening anyway according to forwarded news from Comicbook.com via Halloween Daily News. The direct-to-video Badass trilogy star was on hand in North Carolina last weekend where he confirmed the third installation, stating, “Robert and I are going to start to do Machete Kills in Space, so that’s going to be awesome. Absolutely. We’re going to be working on it this year.”. Machete Kills Again In Space has its own mock trailer following the events from the second […]

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FURIOUS 7: My Reaction With @aftermoviediner Host Jon Cross!

Well, after trying and ultimately failing to wrangle together a group to go and see Furious 7 on Friday night, my friend, After Movie Diner Podcast host, film reporter and avid movie lover Jon Cross and I managed to get together with some time to spare. Needless to say, with all the reviews already surfacing amid early screeners, I had no intention of reviewing it on my blog. Thankfully, my evening with Cross left us ample opportunity to do something different, which is a video, and it truly was an honor to share such a movie moment with a fellow movie buff. Cross and I first met late last year and it was an awesome night out altogether, so it was VERY cool to see him again for such an event film as the late Paul Walker‘s final cinematic bow. It was late and we were tired to some degree […]

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Adkins, Nunn Reteam For ELIMINATORS For WWE Studios, Richwater

Martial arts action star and actor Scott Adkins can chalk another to his own slate of film appearances between now and next year. With Close Range wrapped, Jarhead: The Siege already underway and Undisputed 4 to begin this June, it’s a great time to stay excited for the Brit screenfighter whose career is a list of popular action hits that have played a huge role in maintaining the martial arts fanbase. For this, we turn to an exclusive report from Variety that states Adkins‘s forthcoming role in the new film, Eliminators, which begins filming in London possibly this May, reuniting Adkins with filmmaker James Nunn following their work on the 2013 pound-for-pound revenge fight thriller, Green Street 3. The film joins Adkins with Dead Man Down (2013) co-star, professional wrestler and actor stage-named Wade Barrett in a story that will forces a U.S. federal agent out of a witness protection […]

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Watch The Kick-Ass New Thai Trailer For SKIN TRADE!

Action star Tony Jaa‘s year has gotten off to an exciting start now that his debut Hollywood role in Furious 7 is circulating globally. It’s just the first of three movies he will be appearing in this year so far with his second, director Ekachai Uekrongtham‘s international action thriller, Skin Trade, poised to release this month as well. That’s two in one month, making it an awesome time to be a Jaa fan if there ever was. The film is getting its day in the U.S., digitally and theatrically on April 23 and May 8, respectively. At the same time, Thailand is also getting its release this month as well, and for this, we now have a new trailer to share full of heavy-hitting action with Jaa, and fellow lead action stars Dolph Lundgren and Michael Jai White to name a few. Check it all out below and mark the […]

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Pierce Brosnan And Milla Jovovich Square Off In The International Trailer For SURVIVOR!

There’s no shortage of action roles for season actors these days, and people like November Man star and former Bond of yesteryear, Pierce Brosnan is an embodiment of this kind of resilience. His latest role in V For Vendetta helmer James McTeigue‘s Survivor shows he’s not afraid to rope down a spiral stairwell or blow shit up, and that’s a problem for our heroine, Resident Evil franchise star Milla Jovovich, as every minute counts in this generic, yet harrowing, explosive tale of intrigue, deceit and blood…well, that’s certainly what the new international trailer gives off. SYNOPSIS: Milla Jovovich stars in ‘Survivor’, a thriller about a State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in London, where she is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S. Putting her in the line of fire: targeted for death, framed for crimes she didn’t commit, discredited and on the run. Now […]

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Well, This Was Pretty Cool!

“@NStarszak: If you had a too pick a new villain, who would you cast??? @creepypuppet #AskFurious7” Dame Helen Mirren 🙂 — James Wan (@creepypuppet) April 1, 2015 Provided that Furious 7 director James Wan gets to sit in for the eighth film in the new trilogy, he and franchise star, actor Vin Diesel may get their wish, and I’m saying it: Either I called it by dumb luck, or someone very famous is reading my blog. Furious 7 had its stellar premiere in Hollywood this week we’re just hours away from the film’s opening across the U.S. on Friday. In lieu of all the electricity for the new movie, Furious 8 is already making headlines with Diesel lending mentions of possible story hints located anywhere between China and New York City, and nothing is being made publicly official just yet even as the actor has been plotting a course for […]

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