Executive producers often receive too much credit for the films they work on, but that is rarely the case with Guillermo del Toro, whose hand is evident in every film he has a part in. Anyone who has seen The Orphanage can attest to this, and it appears that del Toro might have done it again with Mama, which looks to be absolutely dripping with the inventive visuals he's known for as seen in the trailer, which was released a few days ago.
Fans of EA's NBA Live series, originally set to return later this year after a two year absence due to a cancellation by EA, will have to wait longer to get their hands on NBA Live 13.
Gamers have to be wondering what Nintendo did to earn the cold shoulder from Amazon, the world's largest online retailer. As Joystiq reports, the website is withholding its users from pre-ordering the upcoming Wii U. This news comes after it already stopped carrying the 3DS and skipped the 3DS XL altogether. Clearly, there is some deeper reason behind all of this, but Amazon is keeping quiet.
For a recent example, look no further than Martin McDonagh's Seven Psychopaths, due out in theaters exactly one month from now. As Coming Soon points out, an in-character Twitter account (@PsychoCostello) has been made for one of its characters, Charlie Costello, played by Woody Harrelson. Found within his Tweets is a flyer with details regarding his missing dog, Bonny (not Bonnie!).
As has become increasingly clear over the years, though, Hollywood is less and less about artistic vision and more about the desire to eek out as much of a profit as humanly possible, even if that means utilizing questionable tactics such as forcing a 3D conversion on a film that is both unwanted and unneeded. That is what is happening here, as Warner Bros. paid no heed to del Toro's words, showing him whose film Pacific Rim really is.
In what is turning out to be a banner year for animation, at least in so far as quantity is concerned (three stop-motion movies this year alone), Disney has so far managed to slip by, their upcoming movie, Wreck-It Ralph, barely registering as a blip on the radar for many.
Disappointment is a most familiar feeling for fans of Kurt Sutter's Sons of Anarchy. Over the years, Sutter's tried to deflect negative criticism by means of comparing his show to a soap opera, belittling what was, for a brief moment early in its run, one of the best shows on television. Soap operas are what my mother watches. If they were what I wanted, I would join her in caring about the overbearing melodrama inherent in every last one.
Nintendo knows probably more than any company that when one innovates, others are bound to follow, making old what was once new. Microsoft and Sony have already begun down the same path as Nintendo did with its Wii console, each embracing motion controls in their own distinct way. Now, it looks like the thievery or rather, borrowing, might not stop there.
Dentists and concerned parents the world round know that the meaning of Halloween for kids not yet old enough to willingly get drunk and objectify themselves in the spirit of the holiday is rounding up candy until either they, their bags, or both can't carry anymore.
Only a few weeks remain until Taken 2 lands in theaters worldwide and moviegoers have to be wonder whether Liam Neeson can strike it rich a second time with the character he's now infamous for: Bryan Mills, the CIA agent with a particular set of skills.
