No stranger to remakes (he did both Friday the 13th and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) director Marcus Nispel reboots Conan the Barbarian this summer with Stargate: Atlantis star Jason Momoa stepping in for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ron Perlman, Rachel Nichols, and Rose McGowan also star. Stephen Lang plays the warlord who massacred the barbarian’s tribe. This new Conan hits theaters everywhere August 19th.
Based on a case study of Dr. Oliver Sacks, J.K. Simmons stars as a frustrated father trying to reconnect with his long estranged son (Lou Taylor Pucci) after an injury leaves the young man’s memory shattered. With the help of a therapist (Julia Ormond) and through the music the son loved, and the father hated, the two begin to reconcile. Cara Seymour, Mía Maestro, and Tammy Blanchard also star. Come back Friday for my review when the film opens in theaters.
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It’s a new week so it must be time to talk about comics! 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 offer you this quick list of all kinds of comic book goodness set to hit comic shops and bookstores this week from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, BOOM!, Dynamite, Archie, Image Comics, and others.
This week includes Amazing Spider-Man, Artifacts, Bad Dog, Batman, Darkwing Duck, Generation Hope, Hack/Slash, Iceman and Angel, Invincible Iron Man, Jughead, Northlanders, Power Girl, Red Robin, Soldier Zero, Spike, The Spirit, Vampirella, Young Justice, the first issues of Avengers: The Children’s Crusade – Young Avengers, Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression, Fear Itself: The Book of the Skull, The Guild: Tink, The Lone Ranger/Zorro: The Death Of Zorro, Phoenix, Ruse, Xombi, and the final issues of G.I. JOE: Infestation, Knight & Squire, and Loki.
Enjoy issue #119
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It’s a good thing I wasn’t expecting much going into this movie because it offers the bare minimum for a uber-patriotic action flick without supplying a single original idea, moment, or story element.
Battle: Los Angeles is little more than an excuse to cash in on critical and box office successes such as District 9 and Avatar. And you don’t have to look very hard to see where it “borrowed” most of its plot. Think of it as Independence Day meets Cloverfield meets a Marine recruitment film (with slightly better special effects).
The film opens by introducing us to all the major players of the unit who will be thrust into battle during an alien invasion of Los Angeles. Staff Sgt. Michael Nantz (Aaron Eckhart) is the war-weary veteran with one foot out the door, Ramon Rodriguez is the fresh-faced Lieutenant straight out of the academy, Noel Fisher is the goofy wet-behind-the-ears Private, and so on. If you think these characters sound familiar, you’re right.
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There are many reasons why I love Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and why it remains my favorite of the Star Trek franchise.
Reason #65: Kukalaka
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