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In what looks to be the surprise blockbuster of the year, Hancock provides quality superhero action with a twist. That the super strong can also be the super drunk. And the super smelly. The film combines wry humour and large scale property damage in a pleasing manner - and seems to have really piqued the public's interest.
The phenomenal response in our Forum and in SPECTRUM has meant that we've had to bow to overwhelming demand and put up some completely awesome behind the scenes interviews and more from the film on SPECTRUM. Just go to the TRAILERS section, click on HANCOCK, and all the new clips will be there.
After previously posting some cool pics from the upcoming Clone Wars, we thought we'd add to the joy and post some more.
For those who don't have their ear to the ground re: everything Star Wars, The Clone Wars will be released theatrically in Oz in August, and will be a CG animated adventure set during, wait for it, the Clone Wars, so, in the Star Wars mythology, in between the second and third films of the prequel trilogy.
Creator George Lucas has sited Gerry Anderson and The Thunderbirds as his inspiration for the design of the new animated series, which looks to be an evolution from the highly stylized 2D Samurai Jack style of the earlier Clone War TV series. It still looks pretty funky though - Beowulf it ain't.
Principal photography is well under way on Terminator Salvation. And in the tradition of the modern digitally-savvy Hollywood director, McG is letting everyone know about it on the internet with his very own blog. Which is awesome.
But what would you expect from someone known from childhood as McGinty?
This is the place (the only place, probably) on the internet where you can be assured of getting the info on the down-low. From the McG.
This is an official artwork from the film - depicting the post-apocalyptic world that John Connor must save from the robot hellspawn of Skynet.
Okay spaceketeers, here's a genuine scoop!
For all the gigantic blockbuster Sci Fi and Super Hero movies raining down on us this 2008, there are a couple that haven't been given the same hullaballoo as your Iron Mans and your Dark Knights. One such film is Babylon AD, featuring the return of Vin Diesel to Sci Fi - and we've got the piping hot fresh trailer up and running in SPECTRUM.
B.A.D. (as we're going to call it, 'cause we're like that, and that's the way it is) looks to be a hyper-kinetic update on something akin to Children of Men, although there's not much to base that on in the trailer other than 'guy helps girl escape through dystopian landscape'. The plot sees hard man Toorop (Diesel) try to smuggle a girl from Russia to the US, who just happens to be carrying the secret to a genetically modified Messiah inside her. Hilarity (and carnage) ensue.
Released June 12
Director M.Night Shyamalan
Starring Mark Whalberg, John Leguizamo, Zooey Deschanel
Rated MA
This film is fascinating. Not entirely successful, to say the least, but fascinating in many ways. Is it M.Night Shyamalan's final filmic coffin nail? Not quite. Will people spit out out their soft drink in disbelief at what they're seeing on screen? Quite possibly. For Shyamalan has reached out boldly, and perhaps has crossed too many lines for the discerning audience to forgive him.
Released June 12
Starring Emile Hirsch, John Goodman, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon
Director The Wachowski Brothers
Rated PG
Speed Racer is a kid's movie.
A hell of a kid's movie. It's designed, however, for kids who grew up in the last ten computer game years, not before then. If you can't follow this super-saturated hyper-edited roller coaster of a movie, then your brain is old daddy-o. Old.
For those of us who grew up with Speed Racer on the TV, the shift from small screen to big screen will come as quite a shock.
Released June 5
Director Adam Adamson
Starring Ben Barnes, Georgia Hensley, William Mosely, Tilda Swinton, Peter Dinklage, Warwick Davis
Rated M
Prince Caspiaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
This is a movie about faith - especially for moviegoers! Faith in a franchise that has taken three years to return to the big screen, faith in a somewhat 'old fashioned' story and faith in, er, 'faith' - the central and extremely Christian heart of this film.
Released May 22
Starring Harrison Ford, Shia LeBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, John Hurt, Ray Winstone
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Rated M
Dun den nah naah, dun den naaaah!
Should you go and see this movie?
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is set in 1957 - that's almost twenty years since the action of the last one - and a hell of a lot has happened since then. A hell of a lot. This is where fans of the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles will be handsomely rewarded by just a few lines, because the young Indy and the older Indy have a lot in common. Whilst we haven't seen him for a while, he has continued to live life to the full, which includes adventures during World War II, and an odd little incident in 1947...
Chris Carter changed the way the world saw science fiction. The debut of Mulder and Scully on 'regular' television brought science fiction into the mainstream forever, and paved the way for such present day hits as Lost and Heroes. It also established a tradition of genre film production in Canada that continues on into the industry powerhouse of today. The twin mountain top of the 'Lionsgate' looks over Vancouver as testament to that.
Shows like Battlestar Galactica and the Stargates have taken the banner and shown the world that it's not just Hollywood that can make great Sci Fi.
With Iron Man's metal-mashing malleting of the Wachowski's Speed Racer in this weekend's US boxoffice, it looks like 2008 really is the year of the superhero - and in particular, Marvel.
As the June 13 release date gets closer, Marvel have released a new Incredible Hulk trailer that looks like it pretty much quashes the negative rumours floating around Edward Norton's supposed 'creative differences'.
Looks like Tim Roth is also back to his best in human form as Emile Blonsky and in CGI form as The Abomination. For those who were wondering what's so good about Marvel making it's own movie - Robert Downey Jr will be making an appearance as Iron Man himself, Tony Stark. Way to cross-pollinate gigantic mega-movies, Marvel.
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