Roland Emmerich’s Midway tells the story of a pivotal moment in World War II when, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the American fleet strikes back against the Imperial Japanese Navy – despite being greatly outnumbered. It is considered the turning point in Pacific theater. Midway opens on November 8th.
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Hunting Clip: Independence Day: Resurgence!
Jeff Goldblum’s David Levinson learns something new about the alien invaders in a new clip from Independence Day: Resurgence. Check it our after the break. Independence Day: Resurgence opens on June 24th.
Recruitment Ad: Independence Day: Resurgence!
United We Survive. That’s the motto of the Earth Space Defense – the force that stands between our planet and alien invaders in Independence Day: Resurgence. Check out the recruitment ad for the ESD after the break. Independence Day: Resurgence opens on June 24th.
Landmark Trailer: Independence Day: Resurgence!
We knew they were coming back. We had twenty years to prepare. It wasn’t enough. Check out the new trailer for Independence Day: Resurgence after the jump. It opens on June 24th.
Stonewall: Selma for Gays It’s Not!
The Stonewall riots were to the gay rights movement what Selma was to the civil rights movement –the catalytic moment when young, hopeless young gays shrugged off the blend in to fit in approach that gotten them nowhere and cried out, ‘Enough!’ Give the importance of the riots, and considering who made the film, Stonewall […]
They’re Back and They’re Ticked Trailer: Independence Day: Resurgence
Twenty years ago, the nations of the Earth joined together to defeat the alien threat – destroying the alien mothership in the process. Unfortunately, the aliens got off a distress call before being destroyed. Now an even greater threat arrives in the form of an even larger mothership. Can Earth’s forces – even with reverse-engineered […]
White House Down Sells Its Absurdities!
Although this is the second invasion of the White House of the year, it’s bigger, louder and, paradoxically, safer – thanks to its PG-13 rating – than Olympus Has Fallen. Also, it has an outstanding cast supporting an equally excellent core of stars who appear to be having the times of their lives. It takes […]
Hot Trailer: White House Down
On June 28th, we get the second – and judging from this trailer – better of the year’s two terrorists blow up the white House movies – White House Down. Check out the new trailer following the jump to see Channing Tatum confirming that he does the drama/humor mix as well as anyone – and […]
Anonymous –Historical Flummery as Fun Political Thriller!
Roland Emmerich – he of Independence Day, 10,000 B.C. and 2012 [to name but a few] – takes one of the many theories on who really wrote the works of Shakespeare and turns it into a political thriller that blames all manner of events on… writers?
MOVIE REVIEW: 2012 – Great Bad B-Movie Fun on an Epic Scale!
It starts with an Indian geologist, Dr. Satnam Tsurutami [Jimy Mistry] alerting American geologist Dr. Adrian Helmsley [Chiwetal Ejiofor] of rising temperatures in the world’s deepest copper mine [handily already mined out]. This is tied into abnormally strong sun flares and sufficient neutrinos that they have a mutating effect… Well, you get the idea. Scientific […]
10,000 B.C.: Big, Dumb Blockbuster!
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I love prehistoric man movies. One Million Years B.C. [Raquel Welch], Quest for Fire [Rae Dawn Chong] and even Caveman [Barbara Bach] – I loved them all. So, it is with great regret that I have to tell you that 10,000 B.C. is quite […]