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Oh My Stars and Garters

Breaking: The Next Expendables Film Will Feature A Female Action Star Cast

by Jill Pantozzi | 12:47 pm, August 18th, 2012

Don’t bother pinching yourself. You’re awake. This is actually happening. With The Expendables 2 just hitting theaters this weekend, Variety is reporting another Expendables-type film will feature a cast made up of female action stars. Hit the jump for my reaction and oh yeah, all the details we know so far. 

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Oh Hollywood

Sylvester Stallone Blames the End of Action Movies on Superheroes, Which We Thought Were in Action Movies

by Jamie Frevele | 2:57 pm, May 30th, 2012

Sylvester Stallone is upset, you guys. Upset that action movies just aren’t what they used to be. You know, back when men were men, and so were action movies. Now it’s just a bunch of magic guys in tights who don’t participate in any real action because their magic make it too easy. And that’s not action. I mean, look at those freaking arms! Sylvester Stallone never let anyone do any CGI to him, I’ll tell you that.

But seriously, he said that action films are “fading away.” Has he not been to the movies at all in recent years? Man, he’s been working hard on Expendables 2, sequestered all the way up in that Tibetan mountain lodge, far away from civilization as we know it!

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It Goes Ding When There's Stuff

Another Things Sonic Screwdrivers Can Do: Ruin Action Movies [Video]

by Jamie Frevele | 11:28 am, October 29th, 2011

Would Will Smith have benefitted from the abilities of a sonic screwdriver in Bad Boys 2? Totally! Would it have made for the most unsuspenseful action franchise that ever existed! Yes, probably. In fact, the sonic screwdriver pretty much blows Earthly technology and weaponry out of the water. And that is why Doctor Who has aliens in it.

(Also worth noting: This was produced by Lumberjack Films, the guys behind White Luke Cage!)

(via Topless Robot)

hold on to your butts

Word of the Day: Eventcident, or That Thing That Happens In Every Action Movie Trailer [Video]

by Jamie Frevele | 11:27 am, September 4th, 2011

Look! Up in the sky! Do you see that? That … thing? That thing that’s … happening? From the clever people at Cracked, we present: The Eventcident aka Every Teaser Trailer For a Weird Event Movie Ever.

(Cracked via BuzzFeed)

Essay

Remembering Where You Came From, and Other PR Nightmares: Colombiana

by Zoe Chevat | 12:31 pm, August 19th, 2011

An action movie with a strong, proven female protagonist is just the sort of fare The Mary Sue keeps an eagle eye out for. So, it’s no surprise we’ve been quietly buzzing in our cyberhive about the trailer for Colombiana. The forthcoming Zoë Saldana vehicle looks like fairly familiar and compelling territory; a wronged child of war-torn streets grows up to seek revenge from the other side of a sniper scope. At least, Colombiana’s trailer seems to be selling it as a light-fingered, race-shifted lift of La Femme Nikita, an unsurprising turn, since it’s being produced by Luc Besson himself.

The film could very well turn out to be a thrilling, action-filled ride, or it could be a sad, deflated pass at the same old genre elements. Only time, and actual viewing, will tell, so wait with us as we trim the hedges on our bets, and watch this space for our thoughts further down the pipeline. What’s concerning this reviewer, as I drive around encountering billboard after billboard sprung up like mushrooms in the night, is the marketing campaign.

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There's An Apparate For That

If Harry Potter was Jackie Chan

by Alanna Bennett | 9:31 am, July 8th, 2011

What if instead of Zodiac Talismans, there were Horcruxes? Well, this.

(via Geeks are Sexy)

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