10 TV shows from the 80s crying out for the Hollywood treatment
January 31, 2009
We’re experiencing quite a bit of nostalgia for the 80s at the moment. We just heard about The A Team movie being back on track and an announcement about a new He-Man movie. Also, this year sees the release of another Transformers film, G.I.Joe and Dragonball Z (first aired 1989 so just qualifies). It goes to show that the movie industry is rife with 80s fever so we thought we’d better get involved.
Kung Fu Panda Helmer has the Power of Greyskull?
January 30, 2009
It looks like the 80s are haunting us this week. Wednesday we published the article about The A Team movie being back on track (here) and today Variety have confirmed that John Stevenson has been chosen to direct the second live-action movie version of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. [Read more]
The A Team movie is back on track
January 28, 2009
Quite a while ago there was a lot of talk about an A Team movie. John Singleton was set to direct and it looked like it had legs, well that was until Singleton left the project last year after casting issues. When he left it looked like the project might die, that was until this morning when I learned that Joe Carnahan is closing on a deal to direct it.
Tropic Thunder
January 26, 2009
Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in Tropic Thunder, an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys. [Read more]
Win tickets to the BAFTA’s
January 22, 2009
There’s only a couple of weeks left until the British Academy Film Awards so we’ve got together a load of clips to try and help you decide who to vote for for the Orange Rising Star Award. Also, if you vote you could be in with a chance to win a pair of tickets to the event. The Rising Star award is the only people’s award at the BAFTA’s so check out the nominees and then vote for your favourite. [Read more]
Myers’ Love Guru leads the Razzie awards
January 21, 2009
Here at Filmchair we hated The Love Guru (review here) and we’re glad to see that its up for a load of Golden Rasberry Awards. Its actually leading the event, also known as the Razzies, with a massive 7 nominations. [Read more]
Eden Lake
January 20, 2009
Nursery teacher Jenny (Kelly Reilly) and her boyfriend Steve (Michael Fassbender), escape for a romantic weekend away. Steve, planning to propose, has found an idyllic setting: a remote lake enclosed by woodlands and seemingly deserted. The couple’s peace is shattered when a gang of obnoxious kids encircles their campsite. [Read more]
Donkey Punch
January 20, 2009
After meeting at a nightclub in a Mediterranean resort, seven young adults decide to continue partying aboard a luxury yacht in the middle of the ocean. But when one of them dies in a freak accident, the others argue about what to do, leading to a ruthless fight for survival. [Read more]
10 Top Body Counts of 2008
January 14, 2009
Another year has passed and what a year for deaths in movies, I’m not talking about the tragic ones where the little boy gets stung by a bee, or the inspirational trainer dies sadly, I am talking about the body exploding, heads getting cut off, people being eaten terminations which you talk about as soon as the film ends. [Read more]
New Transformers Poster
January 10, 2009
A new poster for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has appeared online and we’ve managed to grab the image. [Read more]
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