You won’t catch “Jake Gyllenhaal on all fours getting a mouthful of Ledger” in this flick (word to the homie Jonah Hill), but it’s alright because Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time looks like it might be a decent film in its own regard. Disney, Jerry Bruckheimer, and the rest of the team that made the Pirates Of The Caribbean trilogy a success are converging their efforts once again for this future blockbuster. With a budget that’s clearly past the $100 million mark, it looks like the stigma of video game franchise-turned-movie franchise might be over for good.
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This Friday, The Boondocks Saints II: All Saints Day hits theaters almost exactly a decade after the first film was released. Even if you haven’t seen the original cult classic, you’re bound to have a few friends that swear by it, and if the sequel is anything like it’s predecessor, it should be worth checking out. Unfortunately, we’re not sure if that’s going to be the case. This preview gives us a little bit of the “unnecessary sequel” vibe, but knowing the franchise’s penchant for highly stylized action, it’s possible that there’s some awesomeness waiting after these five minutes. We’ll find out soon enough.
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Growing up imitating actions greats Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, Tony Jaa practiced his destiny for countless hours in his father’s rice paddy, using the family’s elephants as launch pads to practice flips into the river. At age 15, his dreams began to materialize when stuntman and action-film director Panna Rittikrai took him on as a protege. In 2003, Jaa’s big break came with the release of Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior. Since then, Tony hasn’t disappointed, filming some of the best scenes in the biz—low budgets be damned!
Today, the sequel to his breakout film, Ong-Bak 2: The Beginning, finally hits theatres in the US. Need a good reason to go see it? How ’bout 10 of ’em? Below, we’ve compiled Tony’s best fight scenes for your viewing pleasure. Jaa Rule!
Before every other kid flick had CGI animation, the original Toy Story wowed shorties everywhere with its groundbreaking visual technology. 15 years and a lot of “practice” (i.e. more classic movies) later, Pixar is back with Toy Story 3, in Disney Digital 3-D no less. The story centers around Buzz Lightyear, Woody, and the rest of the crew’s new residence in a daycare center now that Andy is headed off to college. We don’t run out for every animated movie, but this one will definitely be seen, whether it’s with a young relative or other grown folks reliving their childhood. It doesn’t hit theaters until next summer, but we already know that those box office numbers are going to be a problem. Hopefully, the movie itself is too.
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Halloween is quickly approaching, and while figuring out a costume is necessary, having a fleet of excellent horror flicks on deck is equally important. You’ve already seen the classics a million times, so look no further than Trick ‘r Treat, the future cult classic that’s finally making it’s way to DVD this week. In a move that Warner Bros. surely regrets, the film was never given a proper theatrical release, which has resulted in unusually high fanfare for its home release. Trick ‘r Treat may very well be sold out at your local retailers, but if you’re looking for a great movie that will scare the hell out of you at the same time, we suggest you try to scoop up a copy before it’s gone.
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There’s been no shortage of promotion for next month’s highly anticipated disaster movie, 2012. You would think the world was ending in three weeks, not three years, with all the measures Columbia Pictures is taking to make sure everyone knows about this film. Commercials and press are crucial, but this five minute preview of the movie might have just sold us on copping on a ticket. Movies like this are about special effects and little else, and the clip above makes it clear that viewers won’t be shortchanged in that department. Mass apocalypse never looked so good.
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Even if you don’t know George A. Romero by name, we guarantee that you’re familiar with his movies. Zombie classics like Night Of The Living Dead and Dawn Of The Dead, amongst several others, have inspired countless horror films and even been outright remade. Modern Hollywood is living off Romero’s old ideas again, this time with the upcoming revision of his 1973 thriller, The Crazies. Contemporary audiences have responded well to updated versions of his movies and this one looks it’ll garner a similar reaction. Look out for this story of a Midwestern town gone awry in February of next year.
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Just to give you a sense of where movies are right now, consider some current box office “hits”: a 3-D food movie, Bruce Willis in a hairpiece, a rehash of an ’80s musical, and two white people with chin dimples falling in love. You know what Hollywood needs right about now? Some BLAXPLOITATION, bitches! Thankfully, the beloved ’70s genre is poised for a comeback thanks to Michael Jai White, whose new movie Black Dynamite blasts its way into theaters in a couple of weeks. To give the kids a refresher, Complex put together an in-depth countdown of the genre’s best flicks, so you can know what’s really going down. Keep it pimpin’, pimpin’!
Everyone loves a good movie about directionless teens. Whether you relate to movie characters who led an equally messed up adolescence or you live vicariously through them, stories about lost young people who waste away on drugs and sex will probably strike a cord somewhere within you. Look for that type of effect from Afterschool, the widely celebrated independent movie that finally hits theaters (in limited release) tomorrow. It’s about a bunch of rich kids that get bored at their East Coast prep school. Naturally, the drugs come out at some point and the girls loosen up, but when two students die a cloud of paranoia is cast over everyone. Check out the trailer above and decide if you want to relive the darker parts of your teen years this weekend.
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Remakes have characterized the horror film genre in recent years and the trend has claimed yet another classic franchise: A Nightmare On Elm Street. Academy Award-nominated actor Jackie Earle Haley has everyone buzzing about his role as the new Freddy Krueger and with a new face and more serious demeanor, we see why. Despite the decent chances that this flick could disappoint us, we’re interested, and the trailer does look great. Michael Bay even attached his name to the movie, so it’s definitely going to be big. We just hope that it’s good.
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