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Exclusive Interview with Jason Liles, a.k.a. George from Rampage

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Tai Freligh interviews Jason Liles from Rampage… At 6′ 9″, Jason Liles is in a perfect place to take the motion capture world by storm.  After working with Rick Baker on Men in Black III as several aliens, he was later recruited to play the supernatural entity Ryuk in Deathnote.  But perhaps his biggest role […]

The Essential Video Game Adaptations

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Olly Dyche on the essential video game adaptations… Video game adaptations have notoriously garnered a reputation of being fairly awful, with the likes of Doom, Super Mario Bros., Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and House the Dead being great examples. However, within the fold of poor video game adaptations there have also been some good – and […]

Dwayne Johnson announces Rampage has wrapped production

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Dwayne Johnson has announced via social media that production on the much-anticipated adaptation of the popular video game franchise Rampage has wrapped. He also comments on the experience working with his costar, Oscar-nominated actress Naomie Harris. Check out his Instagram post here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BWYXa-3F8sv/   Not surprisingly, Dwayne Johnson continues to prove that he is a rare […]

Defenders trailer, first look at The Dark Tower, Aquaman begins production and more – Daily News Roundup

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#DEFEND After a couple of teasers, the first full trailer for Marvel and Netflix’s The Defenders landed online yesterday, which showed off Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist teaming up together. We also got a look at the resurrected Elektra, and the mysterious Alexandra played by Sigourney Weaver. Watch the trailer here. THOR […]

Video game movie Rampage plot synopsis revealed

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Last week we brought you some plot details for the video game movie adaptation Rampage, and its star Dwayne “The Rock “Johnson also shared some over the weekend. And now thanks to Collider, we’ve got the first full synopsis for the movie. “Primatologist Davis Okoye (Johnson), a man who keeps people at a distance, shares […]

The Return of the Raging Boll!

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Tom Jolliffe on the prospect of Uwe Boll returning to the director’s chair… In modern cinema, at a time when mega budget studio films are absorbing most of the finance and the vast majority of cinema exhibition space, there has been a shift in the medium. Cinema started as a place of creative expression, where […]

Video Game Movie Adaptations That Are Actually Worth Watching

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We know, we know, the video game movie scene is even more notorious than the female superhero one. So many great video games chosen to be adapted into feature length films have had their very essence thrown into a grinder, leaving only a barebones replica for audiences to unsatisfyingly feast on. But sometimes critics can […]

Rampage home entertainment release details and special features revealed

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Warner Bros. has announced the home entertainment release of Brad Peyton’s Dwayne Johnson-headlined video game adaptation Rampage which is set to arrive on Digital HD on June 26th followed by a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release on July 17th; check out the cover art and details here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon UK […]

Rampage director Brad Peyton explains why video game movies always fail

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It’s no secret that video game movies have a tendency to disappoint. In fact, we’ve talked about this at length in the past. Honestly, everyone has their own opinion why, exactly, these adaptations fail. Will we ever receive a good film based on a video game property? What’s the key to ensuring success with these […]