July 2008

Coming Soon to Theaters

  • Title: Max Payne
  • IMDB: link

Seeing as there was a little buzz for this one at Comic Con, I thought we’d share the trailer for Max Payne with you.  The film, based on the video game of the same name, stars Mark Wahlberg in the title role as a cop out for revenge after the murder of his family.  Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, and Chris O’Donnell also star.  The film is set to open on October 17th.

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I Want to Believe

  • Title: The X-Files: I Want to Believe
  • IMDB: link

“Let’s just say that I want to believe.”

The abduction of one of their own and arrival of a psychic (Billy Connolly) on the scene leads Agent-in-Charge Dakota Whitney (Amanda Peet) to ask for the help of a former member of the bereau with experience in the paranormal.

Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), now a brain surgeon, is asked to bring in her former partner from the wilderness.  Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) is living like a hermit cutting clippings of unexplained activity out of newspapers.  Reluctant at first, he agrees under the condition Scully comes with him.

Fans of the show should feel right at home here in terms of tone, mood, and storytelling.  Those unfamiliar with the mythology of the show should still able to follow the events, though you may miss some of the layers of the film, and specific moments added just for fans.

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Brotherly Loathe

  • Title: Step Brothers
  • IMDB: link

What is supposed to be a great Summer for comedy is finally starting to live up to its potential.  Sure, we’ve been promised Pineapple Express and Tropic Thunder, but before we get to any of the desert we’ve had to put up with shitty vegetables like You Don’t Mess With the Zohan and Meet Dave.  But finally, the light at the end of the tunnel begins to blind us with the third movie to come out of the Will FerrellAdam McKay partnership, the very funny Step Brothers.

After having lived leisurely at home with their parents for all of their forty years, man-children Brennan (Ferrell) and Dale (John C. Reilly)‘s lives are crashed into each other as their single parents marry each other and begin to force the responsibilities of adulthood on the boys, er, men.

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Appleseed: Ex Machina

  • Title: Appleseed: Ex Machina
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About three weeks ago I brought forth the anime about a stunning young woman and her cyborg partner.  Both Appleseed and the sequel Appleseed Ex Machina are done in beautiful CG animation, making the films badass characters look even more badass as they flip around in combat.  The story sort of takes off with the same idea as last time, the two main characters, Deunan Knute and Briareous the cyborg, combating against evil to keep their Utopian society.

The story isn’t so plain and straight forward, the villain is different this time and there is a twist.  The team, Deunan and Briareous are split up!  That doesn’t sound like much of a twist without the knowledge of her new partner.  Briareous is one of a kind, well that is until they made Tereus.

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Comic Rack

Hmm, we’re about to talk about comics so it must be Wednesday!  Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls.  Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we look at the new comics set to hit comic shops and bookstores today from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, WildStorm, Vertigo, IDW Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, Devil’s Due Publishing, Archie, Virgin, and Image Comics.

This week includes Battlestar Galactica: Origins, Dan Dare, The Exterminators, Invincible, Number of the Beast, Robin, Sonic X, Star Trek: The New Frontier, Uncanny X-Men, Usagi Jojimbo, The X-Files, and the first issues of Ambush Bug: Year None, Skrulls, Two-Face Year One, and War Heroes.  Also don’t forget the truckload of new graphic novels including American Flagg! Vol. 1, Army@Love Vol. 2: Generation Pwned, The Authority: Prime, Complete Popbot, Countdown to Adventure, Howard the Duck Omnibus, Madman Atomic Comics Vol. 1, Mercenaries, X-Men: Endangered Species, and much, much more.

Enjoy issue #80

Check out our special Batman R.I.P. variant cover

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