The Dark Citadel

While I don’t think the underlying feelings and emotions that made the game such a great story can translate all that well to the big screen, the movie doesn’t look half-bad.  The film is directed by John Moore and stars Mark Wahlberg in the titular role. It follows with Mila Kunis as Mona Sax, the dangerous assassin out for revenge.

Check after the jump for the latest trailer.

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While I dont think anything can top the Original, the remake might be halfway interesting.  For those who havent seen the old one, here’s what Wikipedia says:

Death Race 2000 is a cult action film directed by Paul Bartel in 1975. The movie takes place in a dystopian American society in 2000. [...] One of Mr. President’s most famous decrees has been that of the Transcontinental Road Race, a violent spectacle that takes a small set of racers from New York to ‘New’ Los Angeles, California, leaving death and destruction in their wake.

Now the remake seems to follow a similar road-type race however the main antognist seems to be the prison warden and the race seems to be confined to an enclosed area instead of a cross-country trek.  Follow the jump to see the new redband trailer. Read the rest of this entry »

So I got a new movie trailer in my Inbox thanks to Sony Studios and it’s titled Quarantine.  The plot goes something a bit like this:

Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. Sara (Crystal Lowe) joins them, when she recognises her best friend, Angela going in in to the building. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crews videotape.

It’s like a mix of Diary of the Dead, 28 Days Later, and Cloverfield.

Normal and Redband trailers after the jump

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Life on Mars is an American version of the BBC series of the same name. It was picked up by ABC on May 13, 2008 and is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television and ABC Studios.

This one on the other hand I didn’t particularly care for.  It tells the story of Detective Sam Tyler of the LAPD (played by Jason O’Mara), who, after being hit by a car in 2008, finds himself in the year 1972. Overall I think the acting was done well, but I wish it had more of a sci-fi feel to it then it had.

Rating: 6/10

True Blood is an American television series based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries books by Charlaine Harris and adapted for television by Alan Ball. The series is produced by HBO in association with Ball’s own production company, Your Face Goes Here Entertainment.

From first impression, I think this will be a good series. On one hand, it is on HBO, so do expect some titties flapping around sometimes (case in point: the pilot), but it doesn’t ditract from the story at all.  Staring Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse, it tells the story of a telepathic girl who falls for a vampire.

On a side note, if I’m going to keep writing reviews like this I’ll need to come up with a rating system.

Rating: 8/10

Well I happened to have the chance to review a copy of M. Night’s latest flick “The Happening” and I must say . . . Damn glad I didn’t go to the theaters. For once I’ll agree with the majority opinion in that the movie was lacking in about every detail up to and including, well everything.

Although I’m sure my opinion doesn’t count for much, trust me when I say this: “Save your money.”

Rating: 2/10

For those of you keeping track during this slow movie period, I just got a handy dandy e-mail saying a new trailer for Wanted is out.  Unfortunately though, it’s through iTunes only. So for those of you who have the devil software installed, enjoy.