We’re just about two weeks away from the start of the Summer 2012 movie season, and right out the gate comic book fans are going to get a feast with Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers. Superhero fans have been waiting their whole lives to get a good team-up flick, and it looks like Marvel is the [...]
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GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE Trailer
So, the first Ghost Rider movie was awful. Bad acting, horrible script/story, and the graphics were pretty terrible. However, undaunted by horrible reviews and an unhappy base, Crank directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor wanted to take a crack at it, but only if they did the comic justice. As you may remember, the first [...]
First Look: Anne Hathaway’s “Catwoman” in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
If you were thinking Christopher Nolan‘s Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catwoman, was going to have a skintight leather outfit in The Dark Knight Rises like we saw in Batman Returns and the horrific 2004 Catwoman film, you’re sorely mistaken. After all, Nolan prefers function along with form. His villains don’t prance around with their silly names, [...]
SDCC 2011: IMMORTALS
With a film like Immortals, many may pass over it believing it to be the combination of 300 and Clash of the Titans. However, director Tarsem Singh brings a unique vision to cinema that few could rival. The story goes that the evil King Hyperion is waging war against the gods, and plots to destroy [...]
SDCC 2011: TOTAL RECALL
Wow, Sony just blew everyone’s mind away with the Total Recall panel. First, director Len Wiseman came out for the panel discussion, along with stars Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, John Cho, and Jessica Biel. They opened the panel with screening footage, which was stunningly great. The scene shows Quaid going into a place [...]
SDCC 2011: FRIGHT NIGHT
One of the most anticipated movies of the fall is the remake of the vampire movie Fright Night. There’s a few cool trailers out for the movie, and there was an atmosphere of anticipation before the panel began in Hall H. Following the Screen Gems panel, moderator Sean Phillips welcomed director Craig Gillespie came out [...]
SDCC Day 1: Animation Wows and Pee Wee Laughs
A couple of smaller panels we wanted to share with you from Day 1 at San Diego Comic Con 2011 were the Aardman Studio presentation and Pee Wee Herman‘s short stop at Hall H. First, Peter Lord presented his film The Pirates! Band of Misfits. It’s a family film very much in the style of [...]
Comic Con 2011 Day 0: It’s All In The Plan…
Getting ready for Fanboyz.net‘s third year covering the San Diego Comic Con, I think about all the planning and details that go into making the big trip out to Southern California. Despite some disappointment that the super big-name movies like Superman: Man of Steel and The Dark Knight Rises, there’s still a whole lot to [...]
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Teaser Trailer
Photo: http://twitter.com/#!/davechensky The fire rises in the first teaser trailer for the upcoming superhero movie The Dark Knight Rises. Starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway, the final Batman film wraps up Christopher Nolan‘s series about Gotham City‘s caped crusader. We’ve been very excited about the project, and after seeing it in front of Harry [...]
Movie Review: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART II
One of the most successful adaptations from book to film is finally completed. Back in 2001, audiences were introduced to a small, unassuming child who lived with cruel family and called the cupboard under the stairs his room. Though Harry Potter had already been out in book form, the movie woke American audiences to the [...]
New Photos From THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
Source: Entertainment Weekly One movie comic book fans will surely be excited for next summer is director Marc Webb’s reboot of everyone’s favorite wall-crawler, The Amazing Spider-Man. With great acting talent from star Andrew Garfield, the funny and beautiful Emma Stone, and veteran actors and actresses like Denis Leary, Sally Field and Martin Sheen, there’s [...]
Teaser Trailer for Disney’s JOHN CARTER
The first trailer for the upcoming Disney film John Carter just hit the web, and it’s looking pretty epic. The story is about a man transported to Mars, only to end up being caught in a war on the red planet. The adapted work is famous in fantasy/sci-fi circles, and it looks like Disney is [...]
Trailer for THE THING
After being shuffled around a few times, we are finally going to get to see The Thing, a prequel to the 1982 film of the same title. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Joel Edgerton, it tells the story of scientist who make an out-of-this-world discovery in the ice of Antarctica, only to find out the [...]
Netflix Picks: Vampire, Heroes, Killer Tires…
If you’re like me, you usually end up keeping Netflix DVDs for a few weeks. Typically watching shows and movies on Instant Watch rather than relying on getting stuff in the mail, there’s quite a bit out there to occupy your time. Let’s be honest: there’s a lot of crap out there on Netflix. However, [...]
THOR 2 Set For July 2013; Branagh Not Returning To Direct
Source: Walt Disney Pictures Today, Disney announced that Chris Hemsworth will be reprising his starring role in Thor 2, opening in theaters July 26, 2013. Thor, a big success for Marvel, has already grossed $437 million at the box office. However, there’s someone who won’t be returning to their spot from the first; director Kenneth [...]
Movie Review: TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON
Bay shows his best in his third and final Transformers film There’s been a lot of anticipation for the newest Transformers movie, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. And while many have knocked the previous movies for their spectacle and typically convoluted story lines, both filmmakers and stars have been reassuring people this one was going [...]
Trailer for MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL
Well, it looks like IMF agent Ethan Hunt is going to have his hands full saving the world again. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is the fourth film installment in the series adapted from the classic show starring the late and awesome Peter Graves. The original film, directed by the great Brian De Palma, introduced [...]
Julia Ormond and Christopher Meloni Suit Up For MAN OF STEEL
A few more casting tidbits have rolled out for the upcoming Superman feature Man of Steel. Hot of the news Russell Crowe had signed up to play Jor-El, Superman’s father, Deadline is reporting Julia Ormond has joined the cast to play Lara Lor-Van, Superman’s mother. I hope we get to see a good amount of [...]
New CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Poster UPDATED: New Trailer
This post has been updated with the brand new trailer for the film, posted below the poster Captain America: The First Avenger is shaping up to be a big summer movie hit. At first, there was skepticism around the web about the direction the movie was going to go, mostly based on director Joe Johnston‘s [...]
