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Articles of Horror: 10 Best Man vs. Monster Movies

“Man vs. Monster” is something we have seen time and time again with films and books. Back in 1818 when Mary Shelley first created Frankenstein she began a trend with authors of science fiction and horror, revolving around a man versus a monster. Some things man was not meant to mess with is a good way to describe are inability to play god in a lot of films and books. This would be known as fringe science: science that can’t be explained or science that is being messed with. 

10 Best Movie Action Teams

If you’ve followed Hollywood trends this year, you’ve already noticed the inordinate amount of movies centered around an action team. It’s not just The A-Team which comes out Friday, but last April’s The Losers and this August’s The Expendables, which boasts Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham and Jet Li among others.

Trailer Tracker: Gulliver’s Travels, [Rec]2 and more

Another week, another edition of Trailer Tracker, where we at Player Affinity judge the latest trailers to hit the web with extreme prejudice. This time round we take a peek at the latest Jack Black comedy Gulliver’s Travels, wander around in the dark with the red band trailer for the sequel for cult horror film [Rec], get electric with the theatrical trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, raise our brows at the odd new teaser for Rango and finally get “flipped” with Rob Reiner’s latest.

Jeremy Renner sets (Hawk)eyes on “The Avengers”

Hot off his Oscar nominated role in the Academy darling The Hurt Locker, Jeremy Renner is quickly becoming a hot commodity at the age of 39 and is near a deal to star as Hawkeye in the upcoming Marvel mega-project The Avengers.

Though buzz last fall indicated Renner may be in talks, the news is looking more and more legitimate and following the announcement that Joss Whedon was going to direct, the continually culminating project is quickly becoming the must-see blockbuster event of 2012.

DVD/Blu-ray DISCussion (New for 6.8.10)

One of February 2010’s biggest hits and also one of its biggest flops hit DVD shelves today along with one of the most beloved sports comedies of all-time in Caddyshack arriving on Blu-ray.

Here’s what’s up for DISCussion for this week: 

First Releases
– Shutter Island (DVD and Blu-ray)
– From Paris with Love (DVD and Blu-ray)

Re-Releases
– Caddyshack (Blu-ray)
– The Illusionist (Blu-ray)

Shutter Island Review

Many people questioned acclaimed director Martin Scorsese’s choice to helm a pure genre film in the psychological thriller Shutter Island, but the marriage of one of the masters of crime drama and a Dennis Lehane (“Mystic River,” “Gone Baby Gone”) novel is as close to an ideal match as it sounds. Although Scorsese is capable of applying his skills to more meaningful work than a mystery, he’s able to play around a lot more with technique, style, light and color to turn a somewhat predictable mystery into a captivating thriller.

“Shrek Forever After” threepeats

Are we sure it’s summer? Because the box office certainly looks like the doldrums of the early year dumping grounds, which ironically performed better than what is supposed to be the blockbuster season. Week after week we have seen films underperform and fail to reach profitability or recoup their massive budgets. Prince of Persia, Sex and the City 2, Robin Hood, even Iron Man 2 all underperformed compared to expectations. When looking at the worldwide box office, only four of the top ten are summer releases.