Danny Boyle’s latest movie, Trance has hit theaters over the weekend. We got a movie about the mind, that twisted and turned constantly during its running time. To celebrate let us look at some of the most mind bending movies ever made, with a mix of blockbusters, independent movies and art-house offerings.
Movies rendered in 3-D through the processes of post-production conversion or other means are growing in number, but shrinking in sales. James Cameron remains as the epic visual storyteller from his 2009 3-D blockbuster movie Avatar. But with audiences getting bored and 3-D popping up in theaters like flowers, is the trend still worth the effort?
A slower week for news doesn’t slow down The Plot Hole because as you know we always keep digging. As such we get energized and peeved in turn with our Damn You, Hell Yes! segment where we’ll cover everything from Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar to some developments on the long-time-coming Deadpool film.
Launching to the second-highest Easter weekend debut ever, action sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation rejuvenated an iffy franchise with overseas totals to back it up. The remaining openers meanwhile surprised and disappointed in turn.
Since his rise to fame with 2002’s The Scorpion King, the former wrestler’s films have racked up a hugely impressive $1.16 billion domestically, but more impressive (and inherently interesting) is how some of his biggest hits have come from him stepping into other actor’s franchises.
Even though the arrival spring has just recently provided us with the hope of some warmer weather to come, in the world of trailers it’s already looking like summer. Breaking over the last few days have been some slick clips for upcoming blockbuster properties lead by a duo of trailers for the hugely anticipated return of the bladed mutant Logan in The Wolverine.
Romance is a popular staple of all sorts of fiction as a main plot or a subplot. The science-fiction genre is no expectation, and the adaptation of Stephanie Meyer’s sci-fi romance The Host has just hit theaters. So we’re looking at some of the best romances in sci-fi movies to see where this one went wrong.
Along with reviews for The Croods, Olympus Has Fallen and Welcome to the Punch, we also talk therVeronica Mars Kickstarter campaign and what that could mean for getting smaller films off the ground and the growing trend of indie directors joining big blockbuster projects.
Dreamworks’ latest movie, The Croods, takes us back to the prehistoric age and the times of cavemen. To celebrate, we’re looking back at some of best media set in the pre-historic period, filled with cavemen, large mammals, and dinosaurs.
On the horizon is a smattering of big budget biblical properties which call back to the days when The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur and others reigned supreme and made a killing in the process. However it’s safe to say that times have changed since then.
