Casey Chong ranks video game movie sequels from worst to best… Video game movies tend to get a bad rap since filmmakers can’t seem to crack the code in giving what the fans want (remember the dismal Super Mario Bros. back in 1993?) But some of them manage to score enough profit to warrant a […]
Resident Evil film series receiving limited edition 4K box-set release this November
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that all six of the live-action films in the Resident Evil saga will be bundled together in a 4K Ultra HD Collection box set for a November 3rd 2020 release. The Resident Evil 4K Ultra HD Collection includes Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Apocalypse (both the original theatrical version and an extended cut), Resident Evil: Extinction, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Resident […]
The Worst Movie Action Scenes of 2017
Harrison Abbott on the worst movie action scenes of 2017… In Absentia Luci, Tenebrae Vincunt – In the Absence of Light, Darkness Prevails. Likewise, in the absence of competence, asinine garbage will invariably triumph. Which means that for all the recent advancements in cinematic technique and film-making technology, you can always count on some hack to […]
DVD Review – Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, 2016. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. Starring Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Eoin Macken, Fraser James, Ruby Rose, William Levy, and Ever Anderson. SYNOPSIS: In the supposed final instalment of the video game-based movie franchise, Alice returns to The Hive in Raccoon City to face off against […]
Lost In Translation: Why Video Game Movies Always Disappoint
Jordan Jones on video game movies and why they always disappoint… Hollywood doesn’t understand the rules of video games. Can we all agree on that? Unless this changes, there may never be a truly “good” video game movie, and I fear that we will be forever steeped in “bad” (Super Mario Bros.) to “just okay” […]
Resident Evil: In praise (and defence) of Paul W.S. Anderson’s billion dollar video game movie franchise
Luke Owen looks back at the Resident Evil franchise… NOTE: Comments from Paul W.S. Anderson are taken from Lights, Camera, GAME OVER!: How Video Game Movies Get Made, which is available for pre-order now. Regular listeners to the Flickering Myth Podcast will know that my movie tastes aren’t the norm when it comes to being […]
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter pushes the franchise past $1 billion
Despite earning the best reviews of the series [although our own Rob Kojder didn’t like it] and the lowest opening weekend of the series, Paul W.S. Anderson and Sony Pictures have a lot to celebrate with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter as the franchise has crossed $1 billion worldwide. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter earned […]
Movie Review – Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, 2017. Written and Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson Starring Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, William Levy, Eoin Macken, Fraser James, Rola, Ever Anderson, and Ruby Rose. SYNOPSIS: Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was […]
Milla Jovovich expresses interest in playing Cheetara in a ThunderCats movie
Milla Jovovich is currently doing the interview rounds for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter where she was asked by We Got This Covered which superhero she would love to play. The actress quickly directed the conversation to the stuck-in-development hell ThunderCats movie, enthusiastically expressing interest in playing Cheetara, but not before admitting she might be getting a little […]
NYCC: Ali Larter says Resident Evil: The Final Chapter will answer all the questions from “real fans”
The sixth and final part in the long-running Resident Evil franchise arrived in January with the release of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, and the cast and crew were in New York over the weekend for NYCC [watch the new trailer for the movie here]. The good folk of ComicBook caught up with one of the film’s stars Ali […]
