Oren Peli has done well for himself in recent years, mostly due to creating and guiding the “Paranormal Activity” series into financial success and reinvigorating (for better or worse) the low-budget horror genre. Now, Peli has come at us from a writer/producer angle with Chernobyl Diaries, and it’s safe to say his touch is showing serious fatigue.
Men in Black III is one of those movies that, according to all accepted rules of moviemaking, shouldn’t be nearly as good as it is, but it works, somehow.
Any memory of The Dark Knight Rises marketing campaign being subtle and quiet has been destroyed by this last week–with several character banners and posters making their final debut to ramp up the media blitz for Christopher Nolan’s final Batman outing. Now, the week has capped off with the reveal of a “hidden” poster for Catwoman to take center stage.
‘Men in Black’ was great. The ‘Men in Black II’ wasn’t. How did the formula that made the original work get so messed up in the sequel?
Jon Favreau will be returning for Iron Man 3 after all, plus tabloid favorite Ashley Hamilton joins the cast as a villain.
This fall another DC Direct to DVD Animated movie is coming out, The Dark Knight Returns. Who will be the voice actors for the movie?
While the recent release of Chernobyl Diaries isn’t exactly a disaster film, it takes place in the aftermath of one of the worst in world history. That said, we take pause on why disaster settings interest audiences and filmmakers so much.
