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Is Silent Hills being resurrected as an Xbox One exclusive?

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Silent Hills was reportedly canceled much to the disappointment of many gamers and critics around the world, but a resurrection might be brewing. YouTube channel The Know is claiming that Microsoft is looking to spend billions of dollars to revive the project from the dead and secure it as an Xbox One exclusive. At first […]

Movie Review – Inherent Vice (2014)

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Inherent Vice, 2014. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro, Eric Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jena Malone, and Martin Short. SYNOPSIS: In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles detective Larry “Doc” Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend. “What is Inherent Vice?” “I don’t […]

Movie Review – Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

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Exodus: Gods and Kings, 2014. Directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, Aaron Paul and Sigourney Weaver. SYNOPSIS: The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. When revered […]

Movie Review – The Interview (2014)

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The Interview, 2014. Directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen. Starring James Franco, Seth Rogen, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park, Timothy Simons and Charles Rahi Chun. SYNOPSIS: Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show “Skylark Tonight.” When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are […]

Benedict Cumberbatch talks Smaug motion capture for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Smaug may be one bad-ass fire-breathing dragon with a terrifying and intimidating voice, but according to Benedict Cumberbatch performing the motion capture for him will make you feel like an idiot. Below is what the star of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies had to say on the experience. “You get in the […]

Maisie Williams is almost a lock to play Ellie in The Last Of Us adaptation

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At the moment we know very little about Sony’s planned film adaptation of their massively successful apocalyptic survival horror video game, The Last Of Us. Neil Druckmann (he also wrote the game) is still currently writing the script that we know will have some changes to it in order to fit a 15 hour game […]

Star-Lord and Captain America make a Superbowl bet for charity

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Star-Lord and Captain America will inevitably find themselves on the same side in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but for now the respective actors (Chris Pratt and Chris Evans) are enemies, having placed a bet on the February 1st Superbowl XLIX game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. The exchange of words took […]

Movie Review – Lean on Pete (2018)

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Lean on Pete, 2018.Written and Directed by Andrew Haigh Starring Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi, Steve Zahn, Thomas Mann, Amy Seimetz, Lewis Pullman, and Alison ElliottSYNOPSIS:A teenager gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and befriends the fading racehorse, Lean on Pete.Structurally, Lean on Pete will go down as one […]

Movie Review – Wildling (2018)

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Wildling, 2018.Directed by Fritz Bohm. Starring Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, Brad Dourif, Collin Kelly-Sordelet, Mike Faist, Troy Ruptash, and James Le Gros.SYNOPSIS:A blossoming teenager uncovers the dark secret behind her traumatic childhood.One thought lingered in my mind (and still hasn’t left) upon watching the uncomfortably inappropriate The Diary of a Teenage Girl: Bel Powley is going […]