Hey everyone. This is the start of a new feature for Master Control Program, where every week we’ll take a look at the upcoming releases. Hope you enjoy it, and fling any questions or comments you’ve got my way. I’ll read’m all!Monday, December 17th, 2007 MX vs. ATV Untamed (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS)Buy … Continue reading
I was seven-years-old. I had never been to an airport, never seen a disaster film and had no concept of what a hare krishna was. Didn’t matter. All I knew was this: watching Robert Stack beat the shit out of the topknotted bastards was just about the funniest thing I’d ever seen. In fact, not … Continue reading
Remember that time you fell in love with that girl in the Dungeons and Dragons IRC chat room and she ended up being a 400 pound man who jerked off into stuffed versions of Cthulu? Whoa, how embarrassing was that? Probably almost as embarrassing as asking Lexi Alexander, the director of the new Punisher movie, … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: HBO Home VideoMSRP: $27.95RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 141 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Stepping Into Character FeaturetteThe Pitch "She’s French and she’s loud." The Humans Marion Cotillard, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Paul Rouve, Gerard Depardieu The NutshellFamous French chanteuse Edith Piaf gets her own biopic complete with all the usual rise/fall scenarios. So its … Continue reading
Don’t like shitty bootlegged YouTube trailers? Didn’t want to pay ten bucks to see Meet Joe Black I Am Legend just to see the Dark Knight trailer? Then be ready to hit that refresh button for A Taste For The Theatrical during the day tomorrow. That seems to be the place to catch the new … Continue reading
UPDATED: Lionsgate has told Superhero Hype that the conversation(s) referred to below were created by a fake Lexi Alexander, not the director of the upcoming Punisher flick. It’s all still funny, though. *** Here’s some OFN. The Punisher: War Zone director Lexi Alexander has been talking to the people. Specifically, to the unwashed masses over … Continue reading
Parents Just Don’t Understand 1 I Am Legend $76,535,000 $21,224 $76,535,000 2 Alvin and the Chipmunks $45,000,000 $12,949 $45,000,000 3 The Golden Compass $9,025,000 (-65.0%) $2,558 $40,968,000 4 Enchanted $6,004,000 (-43.9%) $1,958 $92,271,000 5 No Country for Old Men $3,000,000 (-27.1%) $2,225 $33,562,000 6 The Perfect Holiday $2,965,000 $2,268 $3,612,000 7 Fred Claus $2,305,000 (-50.0%) … Continue reading
That image to the right is Cruise trying to figure out when he needs to get to work. Not so long ago June 27, 2008 was a date occupied by two big movies: Pixar’s Wall-E and Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie. But Universal edged into the game with (the likely to underperform) Wanted, crowing an already tough … Continue reading
When I spoke to Bill Condon last April prior to the DVD release of Dreamgirls, I asked the filmmaker if there were any other "cult" musicals he’d like to direct or, failing that, see on the big screen. His immediate reply: "I hope Follies gets made. You hear some rumors that it might get made. … Continue reading
There’s been more speculation than news about the trilogy of Tintin films planned by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. Devin and Jeremy have been right on top of what we do know, as evidenced here, here and here. Pocap Recap: Each director is reportedly still planning to do one performance captured 3D film apiece with … Continue reading