Movies

Halo’s role as gaming’s premiere shooter and entertainment-record-breaker has been taken over by Activision’s Call of Duty. Halo 4 aims to recapture some of that the series’ lost bluster and multimedia grandeur. 343 Industries’ new sequel will do the bulk of the heavy lifting, but it will be backed by Halo’s return to live action video, Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. Variety reported on Monday that the new live action series will air on website… Read More

"You know what's cool? A billion dollars." It's one of the more often quoted lines from David Fincher's The Social Network, and fits in rather well with Facebook's recent acquisition of Instagram, for which it paid $1 billion in cash and stocks. The deal was huge news at the beginning of April, mainly due to it being so unexpected, but became even more fascinating when it was revealed Mark Zuckerberg had taken… Read More

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into a number of major Hollywood studios over accusations of bribery, reports Reuters. The alleged bribes were supposedly paid to authorities in China's government, as a way for the studios to show more movies in the country, whose movie market is booming. The studios who have reportedly received letters from the SEC include 20th Century Fox, Disney, and DreamWorks… Read More

The Avengers, Marvel's upcoming comic book-based film that combines the company's most-beloved heroes into a single fighting force, hits theaters across the US on May 4. Ever since it was announced, the film has kept fans in a state of frothing anticipation. Not just because the film sees Captain America, Hawkeye, Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk and Black Widow joining forces with Nick Fury to combat evil. Nor merely because the flick is… Read More

Jason Statham has become the go-to guy for modern action movies, achieving the sort of success that – like Chuck Norris, Jean Claude Van Damme, Jet Li, and so many of his other predecessors – puts every element of his films secondary to the fact that he's in them. At a time when many actors complain about being pigeonholed into a certain type of role, there's something to be said for recognizing your audience and giving them what… Read More

When it was first revealed that Disney was hard at work crafting one of its famous family films with a decided focus on the world of gaming, those who consider video games to be a crucial aspect of their existence were simultaneously bemused and dismissive. "It's great that Disney wants to make a movie about gaming," they shrugged, "but the company will probably just fill the thing with stupid Pac-Man and Mario knockoffs… Read More

Though we're not entirely convinced that any Hollywood studio has a spotless track record, if any group comes close, it's certainly Pixar. Since releasing Toy Story in 1995, the company has made a name for itself as one of those rare entities capable of consistently creating good films aimed at kids that are equally enjoyable for their parents. In Pixar's favor (and much to the delight of parent company Disney), this… Read More