The Plot Hole – Episode 64
A group of aging mercenaries siege The Plot Hole this week with the arrival of The Expendables 2 and Kieran and Simon are here to bring you the action, along with the arrival of a new trivia segment.
A group of aging mercenaries siege The Plot Hole this week with the arrival of The Expendables 2 and Kieran and Simon are here to bring you the action, along with the arrival of a new trivia segment.
Ron Howard and company just can’t catch a break. Word has come down that Warner Bros. has passed on financing the adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling “Dark Tower” novels.
Although it debuted to a lesser amount than its 2010 predecessor, the gang of aging action heroes in The Expendables 2 was still tough enough to score a first-place finish at the box office while other newcomers more or less managed to find audiences.
The Expendables 2 is now in theaters and now is the time to conduct the final phase of our search for the best Expendable. The semifinal produced two clear winners: Arnold Schwarzenegger, who beat Jason Statham 4 votes to 1, and Bruce Willis, who earned a clean sweep. Yes, it is a battle between the Terminator and John McClane. It is going to be a titanic contestant between two of the biggest action stars around. Voting closes on Tuesday, August 21 at 9:00 p.m. PST. May the best man win.
Welcome to Rumor Has It, Player Affinity’s roundup of highly buzzed-about movie rumors. On this week’s docket, we have a rumor about the currently unreleased trailer for Iron Man 3.
Top Gun director Tony Scott, producing partner and younger brother of Ridley Scott, died yesterday afternoon. Scott’s publicist confirmed the news to Entertainment Weekly. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the 68-year-old British-born filmmaker jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas bridge in Long Beach, Calif.
Back in 2010, fans of action cinema were salivating over the prospect of some of the greatest action heroes of ’80s and ’90s coming together for the first time in The Expendables, but it took itself too seriously to win approval from the vast majority. The filmmakers listened to this criticism in putting together The Expendables 2 and director Simon West injects a big dose of self-aware humor that the series needed.
