Posts Tagged ‘Kick Ass’
Chronicle – Film Review
The “real world”-based DIY superhero genre takes a great leap forward — and upward — with this unsettlingly dark take on what happens when great power is exercised without great responsibility. The simple plot of this unique horror hybrid isn’t without its problems…
Texas Killing Fields – Film Review
Texas Killing Fields may be the most lethargic serial-killer thriller of the decade. Shot in Louisiana but set in Texas, it has a sweaty deep-South sluggishness that even a high-firepower car chase and a final-act shootout can’t overcome…
X-Men: First Class – Image gallery and release dates
It’s 1963 (with Doctor Who is about to air it’s first ever episode) and Charles Xavier starts up a school and later a team, for humans with superhuman abilities. Among them is Erik Lensherr, his best friend… and future archenemy.
Drive Angry – How Amber Heard got into fistfights
Amber Heard takes a wild ride with Nicolas Cage in the new supernatural, action-thriller Drive Angry. She portrays Piper, a tough waitress. She spoke with us about kicking ass, and her admiration for her co-star, Nicolas Cage…
Nowhere Boy – How Aaron Johnson found the voice of John Lennon
Aaron Johnson, born ten years after John Lennon’s death, auditioned for the role in this film while he was doing Kick-Ass. Here he starts by telling of the difficulty of going from an American accent to a Liverpool accent…
Let Me In: Actors Cody Smit-McPhee, Chloë Moretz and Richard Jenkins on the remake of the 2008 Swedish thriller
The film stars Cody Smit-McPhee as Owen an alienated boy, Chloë Moretz as Abby, the innocent-looking vampire and Oscar-nominee Richard Jenkins as Abby’s mysterious father figure who enables his young charge’s thirst for blood. The three actors recently sat down to share their thoughts about the film and reveal a few tantalizing hints about the characters…
Kick-Ass – How Nicolas Cage got misguided
Famous for being a comic-book aficionado, Nicolas Cage is no stranger to being a superhero, starring in 2007’s Ghost Rider. But as Damon Macready, aka Big Daddy, he walks the fine-line of portraying a loving father and heavily-armed vigilante.