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SNOWPIERCER Gets A New Poster For Its U.S. Release

Any news is good news since director Bong Joon-ho won the battle to grant filmgoers the desired viewing of his version of his new critically acclaimed sci-fi epic, Snowpiercer. So on Friday, the kind folks over at Vulture unveiled the newest North American artwork for the film which you can take a look at below. SYNOPSIS: “Snowpiercer,” based on the French graphic novel “Le Transperceneige,” is set in a future where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an Ice Age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snow Piercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. A class system evolves on the train but a revolution brews.  The film is getting a day-and-date release in the U.S. on June 27, meaning you will be able to catch the film in select theaters throughout the […]

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LUCY Will Be Rated-R Upon Theatrical Release

Hey you, action fan. Guess what? Writer and director Luc Besson‘s forthcoming sci-fi action thriller, Lucy, is getting a kick-ass R-rating. And in a world where PG-13 movies (some good, and some needlessly rated as so) are domimating the conversation, it’s good to see that a portion of action film fans who love a good old-fashioned, grown-up R-rated movie haven’t been forgotten. So take note: Set the new rescheduled theatrical release date for July 25, 2014 on your calendar, and by all means, bring friends! Lucy also stars Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik and Amr Waked. SYNOPSIS: Scarlett Johansson stars as the eponymous Lucy, a poor girl who is kidnapped and forced by the mob to work as a drug mule. One day, a container of futuristic drugs that has been implanted inside her begins to leak, and as a result Lucy begins to develop superhuman powers. Now, with the ability […]

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SNOWPIERCER Gets Its First Official U.S. Trailer

Have you ever gotten the feeling of total, absolute frustration from hearing that other people have seen a movie for you? Well, I certainly got that feeling before the The Raid 2 finally hit theaters, and I will be fixing that same problem when I go and see X-Men: Days Of Future Past. But especially, I know where I will be on the weekend of June 27 when director Bong Joon-Ho‘s newest critically-acclaimed sci-fi action thriller, Snowpiercer, arrives on its day-and-date digital, VoD and theatrical release. And to think that all it took was a roughly a whole year after it was released in South Korea and other audiences around the world to much fan appeal. Nearly a year. It never should have taken this long. SYNOPSIS: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off all life on the planet except for a lucky few that boarded the […]

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INSURGENT Kicks Off In Atlanta!

Fans of director Neil Burger’s live-action adaptation of author Veronica Roth’s 2011 best seller, Divergent, have something extra to obsess over for throughout the summer with the current production of Insurgent, the second in Roth’s highly successful series of young-adult novels. The official press release is out today, with further info regarding The Hunger Games: Catching Fire co-star Stephanie L. Schulnd reportedly in the mix. Considering her name wasn’t in the following press release, it could be a strategic play on Lionsgate as casting sometimes occurs during production. So at any rate, we might hear more on who will star in the forthcoming quadrilogical trilogy. Or not. We’ll see. Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) announced today that principal photography has commenced in Atlanta on the feature film adaptation of INSURGENT, the second installment of the blockbuster DIVERGENT action adventure franchise, starring Golden Globe® nominated Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Academy Award® winner […]

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BRUTAL Is The Name Of The Movie. For The New Trailer, It's An Understatement.

It’s been a while since we heard from writer and director Donald Flaherty who has been busy promoting his latest contained mixed martial arts action sci-fi thriller, Brutal. A trailer went viral in October last year and eventually had its share of exclusive screenings. Nowadays, it appears Flaherty is ready to stir things up following its debut at Cannes, which means some brand new sales ink. It also means a trailer, and no, it’s not for the faint of heart. But it’s safe to say that this little gem isn’t exactly geared toward the PG-13 crowd. Grown folks only, kids! Check it all out below! SYNOPSIS: BRUTAL centers on Trevor (Morgan Benoit), abducted from his backyard at the age of fifteen by an unseen alien presence. Forced into nearly two decades of savage fights to the finish against other abductees inside an unearthly mixed martial arts arena, Trevor has evolved […]

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The Force Is With 'Godzilla' Helmer Gareth Edwards To Direct A Star Wars Spin-Off

The Force Is With 'Godzilla' Helmer Gareth Edwards To Direct A Star Wars Spin-Off

Following the success of his new blockbuster entry into the summer with Godzilla, director Gareth Edwards has been confirmed to direct a forthcoming Star Wars spin-off film. The news comes just as Edwards, whose own take on the classic Toho property broke opening weekend records at the box-office since its release a week ago. Edwards‘ participation also arrives in time as Lucasfilm and Disney have already begun principal photography for the upcoming seventh installment being helmed by director J.J. Abrams who co-wrote the script with Lawrence Kasdan, who in turn, will also scribe Edwards‘ spin-off with X-Men: Days Of Future Past scribe Simon Kinberg. Details on what the plot of Edwards‘ film will be are currently unknown, except it is one of three spin-offs that were announced earlier this month, with at least one poised for a December 2016 release. Edwards is also currently tapped to direct a second and […]

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The New International Trailer For JUPITER ASCENDING Is Online

As much as some film fans may complain that there are too many remakes on the big screen, the forthcoming release of the new film from Lana and Andy Wachowski, Jupiter Ascending, should be a refreshment. It’s original sci-fi, and despite some polarizing opinions about the aforementioned sibling film duo’s previous work, Cloud Atlas with co-helmer Tom Tykwer, it’s inarguable that Jupiter Ascending represents another clear example of pure creativity by artists who know how to dazzle the screen. Mila Kunis leads the cast with actor Channing Tatum, and actors Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne and Douglas Booth also starring. Check out the new international trailer for the French debut of the film which opens on July 23, following the North America date set for July 18. SYNOPSIS: Jupiter Jones (Kunis) was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams […]

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On-Set Stunts: A Word With Actor Darren Bailey For The New Film, LOST TIME

From L to R: Director Christian Sesma, actors Derek Mears, Darren Bailey and Luke Goss, co-producer A.J. Rickert-Epstein and producer Jerry Apodaca on the set of Lost Time. The latest trailer is out for the forthcoming release of director Christian Sesma‘s new sci-fi suspense thriller, Lost Time. The film is one of several films fans can expect from the director with a few more on the way featuring actor Luke Goss, who plays Carter, a cop on a mission to rescue his dying girlfriend, Valerie, who ends up caught in a web of supernatural mystery after the sudden disappearance of her sister. The film also lended quite a memorable experience for up-and-coming actor Darren Bailey (our resident film critic for The Bailey Review), best known for his work as fellow performer and co-founder of independent action film team, Thousand Pounds Action Company. Here, Bailey found himself in the good graces […]

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Noel Clarke Fights To Have A Mind Of His Own In The Sexy, Somewhat NSFW Trailer For THE ANOMALY

Noel Clarke is another one to look out for, having recently co-starred in Star Trek: Into Darkness and the British war thriller, I Am Soldier back in March, now back in a stellar new trailer for the upcoming sci-fi action thriller fresh from the UK titled The Anomaly. The film is Clarke‘s latest solo return to the director’s chair since the 2008 drama, Adulthood, based on a script by Tiger House scribe Simon Lewis which centers on a traumatized ex soldier who finds himself waking up with no memory and kidnapped with less than ten minutes to find out how he got there. Following the film’s principal photography last year in London and New York, and subsequent acquisition by Universal Pictures for UK distribution, the film is currently set to release on July 4. Clarke is joined by gorgeous actress Alexis Knapp, and actors Ian Somerhalder and Luke Hemsworth and […]

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Marvel Hosts Q & A For New Trailer Unveiling Of MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

I’m not a fan of trailer teasers, so I didn’t bother pushing the latest three for director James Gunn‘s new film, Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy. Aside from the tedious promotional stuff, full trailers are the milk and cookies that moviegoers look forward to when looking up a film on line. Speaking of which, said film above now has a full trailer which you can check out below courtesy of the film’s official Facebook page following today’s live Q and A about the film with the cast and crew. From Marvel, the studio that brought you the global blockbuster franchises of Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, comes a new team–the Guardians of the Galaxy. An action-packed, epic space adventure, Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” expands the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmos, where brash adventurer Peter Quill finds himself the object of an unrelenting bounty hunt after […]

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Harrison Ford Tapped To Star In BLADE RUNNER Sequel

Harrison Ford Tapped To Star In BLADE RUNNER Sequel

32 years after Warner Bros theatrically released its award-winning futuristic noir thriller, Blade Runner, it appears talk of a sequel is stirring things up at Cannes this year with word that Alcon Entertainment has offered actor Harrison Ford to his reprise his role in the new film.  In the years since then, with various versions of the film being made available in one form or another until helmer Ridley Scott‘s 2007 version, The Final Cut, hopes for a sequel have periodically come and gone for various reasons, with at least one version being prepared in 2009 by Scott, along with brother, filmmaker Tony Scott before the latter reportedly committed suicide three years later. Based on late author Phillip K. Dick’s original 1968 publication, Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, the first film is set in November in the year 2019, with Ford in the role of semi-retired LAPD detective Rick […]

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[UPDATED] Japanese Action Sci-Fi Flick, DANGER DOLLS Lines Up New Co-Partnership For Birch Tree Films

From L to R: Actresses Kayano, Rumi Hanai, Rina Takeda and Nana Seino lead the all female fighting quartet in Shusuke Kaneko’s DANGER DOLLS One can never get enough action cinema nowadays, as lately there have been some titles announced around the internet that have come and gone over the past several years. So it’s always a lovely thing to hear when a new film coming to endulge the fanbase, especially for fans of the butt-kicking female variety with ‘High Kick’ matriarch and Sang Pemberani co-star, actress Rina Takeda, and leading lady of Sono Sion’s upcoming live action manga thriller, Tokyo Tribe, actress Nana Seino. Attendees at this year’s Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival on March 1 got a first hand look at director Shusuke Kaneko‘s latest all-girl action adventure, Danger Dolls (then known as Shôjo wa isekai de tatakatta). The film has since been acquired by International sales agent, […]

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Yayan Ruhian Set To Star In Takashi Miike's YAKUZA APOCALYPSE

Attendees of the New York Asian Film Festival will likely find themselves in front of Ichi The Killer and 13 Assassins helmer Takashi Miike‘s latest manga-based action comedy, The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji this summer. But for those who follow his work in hopes of him returning to darker, more violent movies, as of last month, fans are bound to get exactly that. Following initial reports in April of the film’s principal photography kickoff on April 17 for his latest action horror production, Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War Of The Underworld, reports are now saying that Indonesian action star Yayan Ruhian has joined the cast of the new film, now set for a 2015 release. Based on an original screenplay by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi, Ruhian will be joining lead actor Hayato Ichihara who plays Kageyama, a yakuza subordinate forced to take on a group of deadly international assassins and avenge […]

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Imagine Dragons To Host The Hong Kong Premiere Of TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION

By now, you’re probably caught up in your fair share of stills going viral ahead of director Michael Bay‘s latest film, Transformers: Age Of Extinction. Photos now streaming along the internet are granting fans a few glimpses at the fresher designs for Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, and other robots set to appear in the forthcoming second trilogy of the blockbuster franchise with Mark Wahlberg and Nicola Peltz as the father and daughter who make a discovery that ultimately ensues in a showdown with a paranoid government, and of course, more epic robot battles to boot. Jack Reynor, Li Bing Bing, Stanley Tucci and Kelsey Grammer round out the principle cast of human characters with voice performances by Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, John DiMaggio, Reno Wilson, Max Ryan, Ken Watanabe and John Goodman. The film opens in the U.S. on June 27, following the film’s premiere in Hong Kong a week […]

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LUCY Gets An International Trailer

Ten years after developing a film conceptualized around neurology, director Luc Besson has finally realized that concept from its embryotic stages in the form of his latest sci-fi action thriller Lucy. Footage from the film has already earned the interest of fans by way of Wondercon 2014 last month, in addition to first trailer, featuring Marvel leading lady, actress Scarlett Johansson in Besson‘s latest contribution to the action genre, preferably adhering to his usual knack for strong female figures in his films. “I’m interested in opposites,” he said. “We always portray the man as big and strong. ‘Hasta la Vista, Baby.’ The women is always in the background in distress. I’m interested in [flipping that].”. This week, that interest continues in the form of a brand new, subtitled international trailer which you can now check out beneath the synopsis. Lucy opens in U.S. theaters on August 8, 2014. SYNOPSIS: From La […]

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Watch The New Trailer Reveal For APPLESEED ALPHA

Following a batch of announcements within the past several months regarding the release of a new Appleseed movie, the latest trailer reveal has arrived for director Shinji Aramaki‘s new CG-animated action adventure thriller, Appleseed Alpha, courtesy of IGN. Produced by Halo: Legends helmer Joseph Chou, the film is the latest cinematic contribution to the franchise based on author Masamune Shirow’s 1985 cyberpunk manga publication, and will also serve as a prequel to the 2004 film, Appleseed, rebooting the story of female soldier Deunan, and her cyborg partner Briareos as they search for the city of Olympus. The film will receive a DVD/Blu-Ray release on July 22, with a digital release planned for July 15, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. H/T: Keith Hayward

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[UPDATED] Reset The Day In An Extended, Enhanced Trailer And Six Featurettes For EDGE OF TOMORROW!

Actor Tom Cruise will be poised once again to play the role of spy once the cameras start rolling (if not already), for next year’s Christmas release of director Christopher MaQuarrie’s Mission Impossible 5, for which a new screenwriter has just been assigned. Until then, action fans can catch Cruise in his own mech-suit with actress Emily Blunt for the upcoming release of the riveting new sci-fi thriller, Edge Of Tomorrow. Hopefully by now you have signed up for the recent #LiveDieRetweet contest to get your own pass to the New York red carpet premiere on May 28 in New York City, the last of three cities Cruise and Blunt will be traveling to on the same day. If not, click here and do so before the contest expires this Friday. However, for those who don’t mind waiting, the film officially opens nationwide in North America on June 6. In […]

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Move Over Hollywood, THE AKIRA PROJECT Fan Trailer Has Arrived!

Twelve years after Warner Bros. acquired the rights to Japanese comic book publisher Kodansha’s 1982 publication of author Katsuhiro Otomo’s six-volume manga, Akira, and two years since we still don’t have a live-action film. But for director and producer Nguyen Anh Nguyen, that’s just fine by him, with the reception he is currently receiving from his own inspired take on the property in the form of a brand new trailer-style fan film now circulating the internet in pure, buzzworthy fashion! If this keeps up, Hollywood might as well just give up and let Nguyen and his team take it from here. Just sayin. Director’s Statement via THE AKIRA PROJECT Official Website: The Akira Project is a crowd-sourced, non-profit project meant to create a live action fan trailer of AKIRA, the renowned manga-turned-anime film from the late 1980′s; a stunning example of both mediums as art forms. While Hollywood has been working […]

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The New Red-Band Trailer For SNOWPIERCER Draws Plenty Of Red!

It’s been a long time coming, but director Bong Joon-ho‘s latest film, Snowpiercer is finally getting the North American treatment it should have gotten at least last year. Granted, it will only be a day-and-date release, but considering how long and hard Bong fought to get his cut of the film approved after The Weinstein Company acquired the rights to it with the goal of cutting it down in order to be able to sell it to middle America, a limited theatrical release is a small price to pay. And to boot, we’re talking about a film that has already earned the explicit praise and approval of most critics around the world who have seen the film, if not all of them. Snowpiercer has an ensemble cast led by actors Song Kang-Ho, Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton and Ko Ah-sung, with Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Brewmner, Alison Pill, John Hurt […]

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The New Trailer For DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Braces For War!

Director Matt Reeves is already poised to sit back in the director’s chair for a third follow-up to his work on the forthcoming July 11, 2014 release of, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. Since then weve already seen our fair share of teasers, posters and stills to whet our visual appetites, and now we have a full trailer that reveals even more of just now promising a sequel we might have on our hands leading up to the threequel. Terminator co-star Jason Clarke leads the cast with actor Andy Serkis reprising his role as Caesar, along with actress Keri Russell and newly cast Fantastic Four reboot co-star, actor Toby Kebbell. Watch the new trailer below! SYNOPSIS: A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but […]

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