So I have just had the pleasure of watching Hollywood’s latest heist film Takers. “How was it?” you may ask. Well, let’s just say that I liked it better when Michael Mann directed it in 1995 and called it Heat, or maybe even when Mark Wahlberg starred in it in 2003 when it was called The Italian Job. Either way, we’ve seen this film before.
The plot of this film is nothing new. Like I just mentioned, there are heavy elements of Heat in Takers. The heist plan is so much like The Italian Job that one of the characters actually refers to their plan as “going all Italian Job on it.” There is even a hotel room shoot-out scene that is almost shot-for-shot the exact scene from the end of True Romance, right down to the pillow feathers floating through the air. Continue reading

Amazon has a Gold Box Deal of the Day in effect until midnight tonight. Get it now before it expires and you summarily regret not taking the advice of one Strider Q. Awesome. Check back for more Amazon gold box deals as we’ll be sure to tell you all about the good ones as we find them here at the village because, well, we’re awesome. Continue reading

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to sit back and take a look at a few upcoming releases. In this week’s edition of “Trailer Thursdays” the Village Elders have picked out some pretty cool trailers to treat you guys to. Feel free to check out the trailers for: Tamara Drewe, Monsters, I’m Still Here, and How Do You Know. Enjoy the trailers, because sometimes they’re better than the movie! Continue reading

The Expendables has been in release for a couple of weeks now and so it would appear that your friendly neighborhood Strider-Man is late and that he considered this review…expendable (cue rimshot and pained groans). See, that joke is kind of what this movie is like. It’s obvious and you might get some enjoyment out of it, but for the most part, you’re head will hurt if you consider how much money went into making what is basically a set of random action sequences thrown up onto a screen and loosely connected by dialogue. Continue reading

The director of Avatar and True Lies has suddenly found himself in an ongoing feud with the creators of this summer’s Piranha 3D

On this very special date, let’s all take time to think back about the classic teen drama that spawned the careers of many young actors and the current CW hit. Continue reading

In one of the most memorable moments at this year’s Emmy Awards, host Jimmy Fallon opens the show with a Glee inspired musical number with some help from some of TV’s biggest stars. Continue reading

After the awe-inspiring first season, and the complex and intriguing second year, everyone at the Lost camp decided to throw a few curve balls and mix things up a bit for the third season of the series.  Now, many Lost fans are of the opinion that season 3 may be the weakest of the Lost seasons.  Now, I’ll be the first to admit, that it was quite brave of the writers to try different things, such as featuring an episode surrounding supporting characters Nikki and Paulo, and I’m sure they knew that not everyone was going to be happy with certain aspects of this season.  However, when you look at just how awesome the high points of season 3 were (I still believe that the Season 3 finale may be the best of all the Lost finales) it’s quite a statement of the quality of the series in total when you say that this season may have been it’s weakest, given just how high the quality of this season truly was. Continue reading

More news has been released about the highly impressive list of guest stars that will be featured in the 4th season of NBC’s spy series. Continue reading

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to sit back and take a look at a few upcoming releases. In this week’s edition of “Trailer Thursdays” the Village Elders have picked out some pretty cool trailers to treat you guys to. Feel free to check out the trailers for: Fair Game, The Romantics, Case 39, and 127 Hours. Enjoy the trailers, because sometimes they’re better than the movie! Continue reading

The star of The Hurt Locker and the upcoming The Avengers will be featured alongside Tom Cruise in the next entry of the popular series of spy films. Continue reading

When you look at movies that have been popular throughout the years, you see a wide variety of types.  Sure, there have always been the typical blockbuster movie, however there is a specific type of film that was mostly showcased in drive-ins and rundown cinemas that are known as “B” movies.  This flicks, which were named for a smaller movie that was attached to the more popular “A” film, tend to attract a cult following, and have been making an unexpected comeback in recent years.  From Snakes on a Plane to the Grindhouse films, these films often succeed in bringing gratuitous violence, nudity, and gore to the screen in such a stylized fashion, it’s almost impossible not to laugh.  This week, another entry has been submitted into these recent “B” movies with the release of Piranha 3D, and fans of campy grindhouse type movies are sure to eat this up. Continue reading

A full trailer has been released for the highly anticipated AMC series, which is based on the comic book series created by Robert Kirkman. Continue reading

The new installment of the popular horror franchise from the 90s has added some particular hot actresses to it’s already impressive cast. Continue reading

The star of Sin City and the upcoming Machete is set to re-team with director Robert Rodriguez for a fresh take on his popular series of family films. Continue reading

The folks over at IGN have been celebrating all things Star Wars and have compiled this fun video featuring a large number of celebrities talking about their favorite characters from a galaxy far, far away. Continue reading

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to sit back and take a look at a few upcoming releases. In this week’s edition of “Trailer Thursdays” the Village Elders have picked out some pretty cool trailers to treat you guys to. Feel free to check out the trailers for: Black Swan, Unstoppable, The Next Three Days, and Love and Other Drugs. Enjoy the trailers, because sometimes they’re better than the movie! Continue reading

A look at the carnage that the cast of the hit action movie has delivered over their various careers. Continue reading

The star of Jumper has dropped hints that a sequel to the 2008 sci-fi action film may be heading to a theater near you. Continue reading

As we near the end of the summer movie season, many films are attempting to cash in on this profitable time before it’s too late.  However, more times than not, movies that are released towards summer’s end tend to be the same run of the mill movies that you can pretty much tell the beginning, middle, and end just from watching a 90 second trailer.  This being said, every now and again something very special is released at this time that is actually original and quite groundbreaking.  Probably the most famous end-of-summer movie to prove that some quality can be found in August was with the release of The Sixth Sense.  This week, one of the most original and enjoyable movies I’ve ever seen hit theaters everywhere again proving that quality entertainment can be found at the end of the summer, and it’s title is Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Continue reading

The important role of Emma Frost has gone to a hot up and comer. Continue reading

Many die-hard gamers will scoff at the idea of “gimmick” platforms having success in the gaming industry. The Wii is an example of a concept that took on a life of its own and whose success as a console has prompted a glut of unbearable software churned out to make a quick buck that overshadows developer efforts at using the console’s unique properties to fashion high quality games. The same can be said for the iPhone. Continue reading

The six-part Star Wars saga is heading to Blu-Ray next year. Continue reading

Toy Story 3 just surpassed $920 Million in worldwide box office grosses and has now passed Shrek 2 to become the highest grossing animated film of all time. Congratulations to the very talented folks at Disney and Pixar for this great accomplishment. The award season is just around the corner and Toy Story 3 is sure to pick up more accolades as the year goes on. Continue reading

This awesome music video by Eminem and Rihanna features cool performances from Dominic Monaghan (Lost) and Megan Fox (Jennifer’s Body) Continue reading