After J.J. Abrams ditched the world of Vulcans and Klingons for a galaxy far, far away, he arguably left the Star Trek in a worse
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Haywire
Long before her most challenging opponent became Disney’s HR department, Gina Carano was kicking some serious ass in the world of MMA while prominent filmmaker
Star Trek: Into Darkness
After Star Trek’s unfeasibly fantastic return to the cinema’s solar system in 2009, expectations were naturally high for a sequel in which we all hoped
Need For Speed
Regardless of the final outcome, movies based of video game make a certain amount of sense. In most cases you have an already iconic character
Hitman: Agent 47
Inexplicable things happen in movies all the time – and I’m not talking about stuff like obtaining superpowers from a genetically modified spider or giant
[REC]⁴: Apocalypse
Whether concerning a ship or a movie franchise, course correction is terribly important – head too far in the wrong direction and you’ll end up
[REC]³: Genesis
Changing what makes a hit franchise work can be a perilous business, just ask the filmmakers behind Halloween III. Screw with convention all you want,
The Thing
As a rabid fan of arguably John Carpenter’s greatest movie, the news of a follow up was legitimately bittersweet news. While the opportunity to lay
The Mummy
Watching the 2017 attempt to resurrect The Mummy is painfully awkward in more ways that one. The quality of the movie itself notwithstanding, screen writer
The Howling: Reborn
If your franchise has a bankable name in the horror genre, there’s a pretty good chance that it’ll have to baffling extended lifespan of a
Shaft
After remaining stubbornly dormant for nearly 20 years after Samuel L. Jackson slipped on the black turtle neck, I don’t think anyone was really expecting
Blade Runner 2049
Hollywood’s history of 30 years later “legacy” sequels (give or take) hasn’t exactly been a badge of quality – long mooted returns like Independence Day:
Super 8
Ever since he made the leap from small screen hot shot to big screen blockbuster magnet, it’s safe to say that the movie career of
The Three Musketeers
It’s easy to picture the people who keep financing Paul W.S. Anderson’s forgettable movies as a smug cabal of European money men desperate to crack
Critters Attack!
Of all the late-in-the-day franchise resurrections that spring up all over the place lately, I don’t think anyone was expecting the alien flesh-eating furballs Critters
The Magnificent Seven
Critics weren’t overly kind to “Mag 7”, the remake of A Bug’s Life which was the remake of Battle Beyond The Stars which was the
Resident Evil: Retribution
Despite the occasional blip, the Resident Evil franchise is as reliable as their increasingly annoying codas that usually close their movies with a massive status
Final Destination 5
Despite death being a tireless entity that eventually comes for us all, it seems that it only had five movies in it, which surprises me
The Legend Of Tarzan
Hands up if you can remember the last Tarzan movie you saw? Not even the last GOOD Tarzan movie, just the last one, period.A George
47 Ronin
When 2021 ends, there will have been two big budget action films financed by American money that feature Asian leads. Obviously time will tell whether
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