Ant-Man (2015) - Teaser Trailers Joke

With all the hype surrounding Marvel movie releases these days and the latest trend of teasing a teaser trailer, fans have had a lot of dates for their diary. Firstly you have to pencil in the "official title" announcement date. Then you have to get ready for the "teaser poster", the "teaser logo", the "teaser tease trailer" the "viral teaser website" and finally the usual stuff.

 Cracked have come up with what they think will be Marvel and Disney's next marketing move for the 2015 blockbuster release.

I think Marvel and Disney just found their latest marketing team!

Chappie (2015) - First Look Trailer 2

What do you get when you let the visually acute director of the surprise 2009 smash hit District 9 loose with a project about artificial intelligence and robots?

You get Chappie, a blend of Robocop and Short Circuit!

Check the latest trailer below...

"Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings - some good, some bad - and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from anyone else: he is a robot. The first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. His life, his story, will change the way the world looks at robots and humans forever." - by Sony Pictures Entertainment

Neill Blomkamp has stood out since 2009 as a director who really has his own solid style. Chappie (2015) stars Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver and Dev Patel, all top rated actors.
However the real excitement will be to see Sharlto Copley going head to head with Andy Serkis (not in the film I mean in acting terms) as he delivers a motion capture performance in the titular role.
From what I see in the trailer I think the District 9 actor will nail it!
The Short Circuit films have a special place in my heart and it's no secret Robocop (1987) is one of my favourite films of all time, so I can not wait to see this one.

Chappie will be in UK Theatres on 6th March 2015.

Empire Cinemas Top 10 Female Villains - Into The Woods

To celebrate Meryl Streep coming back to our screens as the witch in Into the Woods, Empire Cinemas have compiled a list of the best female villains in cinema to get you in the mood before you enter the forest…

 

1)      The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz, 1939)

Green-skinned, cranky and with a penchant for shoes, this is not a woman to mess with. Famously melting into nothing when Dorothy hurls water at her (no wonder she covered her hair when she couldn’t shower), the Wicked Witch of the west is the stuff of nightmares, flustering Dorothy enough to get her to traipse off to the Emerald City. Actress Margaret Hamilton certainly sweated for the part spending 6 weeks recuperating from burns after her fiery exit from Munchkinland malfunctioned. So scary was she that studio bigwigs cuts several scenes, worrying they were too much for children.

2)      Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty, 1959)

It was a close run thing with Snow White’s Queen, but Maleficent pips her to the post as the Disney uber villain (although we’d like to see that battle).  Sleeping Beauty took a budget-busting nine years to make and the stunning palette makes the film a classic. Last year Angelina Jolie made the deliciously evil witch her own in a role that was made for her – Maleficent lives on!

3)      Miranda Priestly (The Devil Wears Prada, 2006)

Meryl Streep is no stranger to playing the villain in the Anna Wintour inspired performance as the boss everyone loves to hate. Ultimately it teaches us the ultimate lesson – all problems can be solved by Chanel.

4)      Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct, 1992)

Any woman who can cross her legs like that has got to be a narcissistic psychopath. Showered with controversy at the time, Sharon Stone’s bisexual killer has now become a movie icon. Writer Joe Eszterhas, who also wrote Flashdance, churned out the original screenplay in 13 days before a bidding war kicked in on the unproduced story.

5)      Baby Jane Hudson (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, 1962)

One of the most infamous of Hollywood rivalries between Bette Davies and Joan Crawford meant art mirrored life perfectly in this psychological thriller. Bette Davis plays Baby Jane, a former child star who imprisons and antagonises her wheelchair-bound actress sister Blanche (Crawford). Both dream of their former fame and glory but Davis slips further and further into fantasy while avidly torturing her sister. Both actresses found their careers revitalised after such star turns.

6)      Nurse Mildred Ratchett (One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 1975)

Possessing a poised menace that puts Jack Nicolson in his place, it’s no wonder Louise Fletcher’s performance as Nurse Ratchett swept the board at Oscar time. Yet she’d auditioned for the part for over six months with director Milos Forman telling her each time she wasn’t approaching the part correctly. She was finally signed a week before filming.

7)      Mayday (A View to a Kill, 1985)

It may be Roger Moore’s least favourite of his Bond films, but the addition of Christopher Walken, Duran Duran and the statuesque Grace Jones as Walken’s villainous sidekick Mayday made this a Bond film for the MTV generation. Moore was barely on speaking terms with Jones during filming but her Amazon qualities made her a force to be reckoned with.

8)      Annie Wilkes (Misery, 1990)

Stephen King sure can churn ‘em out and Kathy Bates is perfect as the megafan Annie that puts the fear of God into all novelists, kidnapping the writer played by James Caan and holding him prisoner to make him write his books how she sees fit. That’s right. Holding James Caan prisoner. Him from The Godfather. NOW you’re impressed…

9)      Mystique (X-Men, 2000)

Magneto’s loyal second in command, she’s also the perfect soldier but actress Rebecca Romijn-Stamos’s make-up for the blue-clad role took a whopping nine hours. She could not drink wine, use skin creams, or fly the day before filming, because it could have caused her body chemistry to change slightly, causing the 110 prosthetics applied to her skin to fall off.

10)   Alex Forrest (Fatal Attraction, 1987)

Yup, Michael Douglas is back again with a psycho killer, but Glenn Close is SCARY as the persistent stalker from hell who will not let it go. We wouldn’t let Michael Douglas go either.

 

Into The Woods is released at Empire Cinemas from Friday 9^th January.

Direct Link: http://www.empirecinemas.co.uk/synopsis/into_the_woods/f4317

Website: www.empirecinemas.co.uk

A big thank you to Empire Cinemas!

Ant-Man (2015) - UK Teaser Poster

Marvel and Disney released the UK teaser poster for their latest adaptation.

Ant-Man was a founding member of The Avengers. Hank Pym was in the suit at the time and even created Ultron. So fans wait to see how interwoven the Ant-Man movie's storyline will be with The Avengers sequel.

"Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world."- by Marvel.com

So who is Scott Lang (Paul Rudd).

"Scott Lang was an electronics expert who could not support his family doing repair work, so he turned his talents to burglary. Apprehended, he served his prison sentence and was paroled for good behaviour. During his time in prison, however, his wife divorced him. Lang had furthered his studies of electronics while in prison and was soon hired by Stark International to work in its design d When his daughter Cassie was diagnosed as having a serious congenital heart condition, Lang sought the aid of surgeon Dr. Erica Sondheim, whom he believed to have been held prisoner at Cross Technological Enterprises (CTE). Desperate to help his daughter, Lang decided to resort to burglary." - Marvel

New Trailer for "Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie" Drops!

The lovable characters from the "Peanuts" comic strip are set to hit the big screen once again this year in "Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie", and to celebrate the folks over at Fox Family Entertainment UK have just dropped a brand spanking new trailer, which in my opinion looks absolutely fantastic!

Synopsis:

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved “Peanuts” gang make their big-screen debut, like they’ve never been seen before, in state of the art 3D animation.  Snoopy, the world’s most lovable beagle – and flying ace – embarks upon his greatest mission as he takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis The Red Baron, while his best pal, Charlie Brown, begins his own epic quest.

From Steve Martino, Director of 2008's "Horton Hears a Who" and the recent instalment of the series "Ice Age: Continental Drift". "Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie" Hits UK Cinema's December 21st 2015. Keep checking back for more updates on the movie and watch the new trailer below!

Ant-Man (2015) - First Look Trailer

ANT-MAN...ANT-MAN...DOES WHATEVER AND ANT-MAN CAN!

Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.-  Marvel.com

Marvel gives us the first proper look at their latest big screen adaptation.

Fans were up in arms when Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Hot Fuzz) left his directorial duties.

So how is the now Payton Reed helmed project looking? Well see for yourself and let us know what you think?

On paper this would appear to be less of a gamble than when Marvel released Guardians of the Galaxy this summer. Ant-Man is a traditional comic book adaptation in line with what Marvel and DC have been doing for decades, whereas Guardians was a lavish space opera, action, comedy.

Both projects feature lesser known Marvel characters, however Marvel have a golden track record of the simple hero origin story saving the day which has been a winning formula; space operas have stung even their master, George Lucas, in the ass in recent memory, ie the prequel trilogy and John Carter.

However Guardians was an overwhelming hit on every level.

So how will Ant-Man do? I have no idea?

It will either be another trip to the bank for Marvel and Disney or get crushed under foot by the behemoth line up 2015 is offering fans. 

Ant-Man is the name of several fictional characters appearing in books published by Marvel Comics. Ant-Man was originally the superhero persona of Hank Pym, a brilliant scientist who invented a substance that allowed him to change his size. Hank Pym was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby and first appeared in Tales to Astonish #27 (Jan. 1962); his first appearance as Ant-Man was in Tales to Astonish #35 (Sept. 1962).

After Pym retired his Ant-Man identity, successors Scott Lang and Eric O'Grady have used Pym's technology to take on the role of Ant-Man.

ANT-MAN hits UK theatres 17th July 2015.

Starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Hayley Atwell, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena, John Slattery and Corey Stoll.

"Revenge" Returns to E4 5th January!

The hit US series "Revenge" returns this Monday at 9pm on E4.

Synopsis:

David Clarke is alive and the continued feud between Emily and Victoria, who finally knows Emily's true identity and seeks her own revenge. As David makes a return to the Hamptons the two women will fight to position him against the other.

Be sure to tune in on Monday for the much anticipated Season 4 premier, Check out the Season 4 trailer below

"Revenge" E4 Website