Film Review: Pain & Gain

One filmmaker stands against a world in turmoil, fighting a power that nods disapprovingly in his direction.  He fights for three things: explosions, Miami and bikini clad girls.  That’s right, Michael Bay is back and this time he’s not messing around with battling robots or Shia LaBeouf.  “Pain & Gain” promises muscles and sweat but …

Review: The Other Guys

The Other Guys, the latest from comedy director and writer Adam McKay is an buddy-cop action-comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, and McKay regular Will Ferrell. Telling the story of oddly paired partners Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg), and Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell), the action comedy is fun, but in the end, flawed. Allen is a forensic accountant who …

Walhberg Talks “Entourage” Movie

Promoting his new movie, “The Lovely Bones,” actor/producer Mark Walhberg talked his plans for the future of his hit HBO show, “Entourage.”  Wahlberg said that he could see the show going the way of “Sex and the City,” with a big-screen movie to follow-up the ending of the TV show.  He didn’t say when that …

DVD Review: Max Payne

I’ve seen some terrible films in my day, but I’d say I’ve been on a fairly good streak. I have managed to avoid most of the past years truly bad movies, until now. I blame my curiosity, I blame my desire to one day see a decent adaptation of a video game. After my viewing …

Max Payne Gets PG-13

John Moore, director of the upcoming Mark Wahlberg starrer ‘Max Payne, has finally gotten his film a PG-13 rating, despite what he called “trimming frames for the sake of trimming frames.” He told Game Daily that there will be an alternate cut for the DVD version: “It’s a little slower and a little more atmospheric. …

More Max Payne News

I’m all about the video game news today! There’s ton’s to report on the new Max Payne film starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix). The film is based on the amazing video game of the same name. Some promo shots have emerged on firstshowing.net some of …

HBO Greenlights 3 Pilots

HBO has some of the best original programming on television, so I was look forward to new pilots coming from the pay cabler. The projects include “Boardwalk Express,” that tells the story of the birth of organized crime in Atlantic City, circa 1920s. The show is exec produced by Martin Scorsese, ‘Sopranos’ alum Terence Winter, …