X-MEN First Class is – arguably – the best of the five X-MEN films, thus far.
It is all that it promises, a big, expensive and glitzy summer box office smash that will delight and thrill. Superhero stories have gone beyond being adventures for comic book fans only, having plunged headfirst into the mainstream, especially the X-Men. This comic book franchise’s personalities evolved into major Marvel characters after initially finding themselves second fiddle to The Fantastic Four, somewhere between The Avengers and The Inhumans. The good news is that, despite some incidental flaws, X-Men First Class should have real staying power. Read the rest of this entry »
We have your first look at the official trailer of FilmDistrict’s Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark . The new horror film presented by Guillermo del Toro and starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison, hits theatres August 26th!
Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ “The Hangover Part II” has already broken multiple records on only its first day in release, it was announced today by Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution.
To celebrate the June 7th release date of Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison on blu-ray, the Zoo is giving away ONE Adam Sandler Prize Pack featuring BOTH movies, courtesy of Universal Studios Home Entertainment, to ONE lucky winner.
With The Hangover Part 2 set to inspire copycat benders the world over this week, guests at a screening of the film in New York on Tuesday were treated to a dose of reason — complementary samples of Mercy, the new hangover-prevention beverage.
In honor of the summer season kicking off this weekend, redbox is launching the Summer Fun & Games Sweepstakes and providing family entertainment all summer long. To amp up summer fun, redbox is rewarding families with incredible savings on their favorite movies and games and giving away $10,000 to two lucky winners! 
To celebrate the May 31st DVD release date of Stargate: Universe – The Complete Second and Final Season, the Zoo is giving away THREE copies of the 5-disc set, courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, to THREE lucky winners.
After a much–publicized departure from hosting NBC’s Tonight Show, O’Brien hit the road with a 32-city music-and-comedy show to exercise his performing chops and exorcise a few demons. Filmmaker Rodman Flender’s documentary, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, is an intimate portrait of an artist trained in improvisation, captured at the most improvisational time of his career.
Hustler Video, known for never shying away from controversy, is releasing a XXX movie based on the wacky sexual antics of Osama Bin Laden. There is no news on who will play Bin Laden or if the film is looking to cast 77 virgins. Those of you that have seen Hustler Films know that there are not too many virgins under contract with Hustler. 
AC/DC Live At River Plate , the definitive live concert DVD documenting AC/DC’s massive Black Ice World Tour, has debuted as the #1 selling DVD on charts in 17 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Spain, Australia, Argentina, Canada, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, New Zealand, Austria, Chile, Hungary, Finland and Italy. AC/DC experienced similar chart success with the release of their last studio album Black Ice, which dominated sales charts in 31 countries around the globe. AC/DC Live At River Plate was shot in Buenos Aires in December of 2009 completely in HD using 32 cameras, which captures the rock grandeur and excitement of AC/DC’s incredible live performance. AC/DC Live At River Plate recently had its world premiere at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo on May 6, 2011 
In a “Virtual Roundtable” with Industrial Light and Magic Visual Effects Supervisor, Bill George, I and other critics got to chat with Bill online for two hours on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at noon, Eastern time.
To celebrate the June 7th DVD release date of Transformers – Beast Wars: Complete Series, the Zoo is giving away ONE copy of the 8-disc/52 episode set, courtesy of Shout Factory, to ONE lucky winner.
To celebrate the May 24th Blu-ray/DVD combo release date of Platoon, the Zoo is giving away TWO copies of the BD/DVD combo pack, courtesy of MGM Home Entertainment, to TWO lucky winners.
What a perfect time for this movie to be rerelease on blu ray. A whole new generation can watch the film that changed theater forever. As George Lucas was putting the wraps on sci-fi classic THX 138 Francis Ford Coppola bet Lucas he couldn’t write a screenplay with mass appeal. It seems that George Lucas may have won the bet but both of them have been laughing all the way to the bank ever since.
James Bond creator Ian Fleming was born in May (28th) of 1906 and was 56 when he passed on in 1964, but his creation opened the door for big budget comic book hero movies. This is not one of them! The Almighty Thor is a curious concoction, broadcast on Sy Fy – a channel which is trying to redefine Sci-Fi and should have kept the spelling to how Forrest J. Ackerman originally coined it. The low-budget made-for-tv movie culled from Norse mythology (oh – don’t confuse this with Marvel Comics – the channel winks at you from the corner of its eye) is a boring two hours of bad acting, mediocre writing and a thorough waste of my time. Maybe the kids of today want as much Thor or any other comic book hero as they can get their hands on…if not, what was the point? 
