Stephen King’s epic series hits the big screen with The Dark Tower. I have been working on this epic seven part series for well over a decade now, so part of me at least curious about a big screen adaptation of The Dark Tower. However, this new film, presumably based on the first book The […]
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In some shocking and sad news, it is being reported today that actor Bill Paxton has passed away at the age of 61, due to complications from surgery. Bill Paxton was probably best known by many for his recurring roles in the films of James Cameron, ranging from a punk in The Terminator, a cowardly
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I’m a few days late, but it wouldn’t be right for me not to pay my respects to actor John Hurt, who passed away on Friday at the age of 77. The British character actor had a career that dated back to the early 1960s, though Hurt is probably most well known for his role
Well, 2016 has truly been a horrible year when it comes to high profile celebrities passing away. It doesn’t look to stop anytime soon, as it has been reported that Carrie Fisher has died at the age of 60, after suffering from a heart attack last week. Fisher is of course best known for playing
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2016 has turned into quite the terrible year when it comes to celebrity deaths and probably the most tragic is today’s news that actor Anton Yelchin has died in a car accident today at the all two young age of 27. My first exposure to Yelchin was in the 2006 thriller Alpha Dog, where he
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John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson stars in this adaptation Stephen King’s 2006 novel about people turned into violent zombies from a pulse through cell phones. I read the original novel a few years ago and I can say that I enjoyed this unique apocalyptic tale, which can be seen as an allegory about our
1959’s Ben-Hur was a highly acclaimed biblical epic, which went on to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Charlton Heston. However, since the kids these days probably won’t go out to see a 57 year old film, it is probably for the best that Ben-Hur be remade into a modern action spectacular, with
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The first trailer has arrived for Paul Feig’s all-female reboot of Ghostbusters. There have been efforts to create a third sequel for quite some time now, even though the 2014 death of Harold Ramis ended up being the final nail in the coffin at the possibility of reuniting the old team. This new Ghostbusters makes the bold
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It has definitely been a rough start of the year. Following the deaths over the last couple weeks of Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister and David Bowie, it has been reported that actor Alan Rickman has died of cancer at the age of 69, which is ironically the same age and cause of Bowie’s death less than a week
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The teaser trailer has arrived online for Quentin Tarantino‘s The Hateful Eight (or H8ful Eight as it’s spelled in the marketing). In a cheeky fashion, the film is being hyped as Tarantino’s eighth film, even though it technically could be called his ninth or even tenth, depending on how you count the films in his filmography. Either
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