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Morgan Freeman And Ruby Rose Starring In The Dark Action-Thriller ‘Vanquish’

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman and “Batwoman” star Ruby Rose have signed to lead the cast of George Gallo‘s (Bad Boys) action thriller Vanquish, Deadline reports. Freeman stars as a retired police commissioner who blackmails his caretaker Victoria (Rose) by kidnapping her daughter and forces her to into helping him double-cross his team of dirty detectives in an attempt to clean up the city. Currently filming in Biloxi, Mississippi, Vanquish co-stars Nick Valletnonga, Miles Doleac, Patrick Muldoon, Juju Brener, and Julie Lott. Gallo directed from the script he co-wrote with Samuel Bartlett, based on the idea by Bartlett. Previously titled The Longest Night, the film is produced by March On Productions’ Richard Salvatore and David E. Ornston.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 14, 2020

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Brandon Cronenberg’s ‘Possessor’ Uncut Invades Theaters This October

Neon’s sci-fi thriller Possessor, from the visionary mind of writer-director Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral), is ready to invade your mind this October with its uncut version. The film “follows an elite corporate assassin, Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough). Using brain transplant technology, Vos takes control of other people’s bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment Vos becomes trapped inside a ming that threatens to obliterate her.” Riseborough stars alongside Jennifer Jason Lee, Sean Bean, Tuppence Middleton, Christopher Abbott, Kaniehtion Horn, Rossif Sutherland, Christopher Jacot, and Gabrielle Graham. This intense thrill-ride is produced by Fraser Ash, Niv Fichman, Kevin Krikst, and Andrew Starke. Possessor arrives in select theaters and drive-ins on October 9th, followed by its release on VOD and Digital on November 6th.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 2, 2020

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AI, Action, And Horror Combine For ‘Monsters OF Man’

I don’t know about you, but I have a real fear of AI going terribly wrong. That happens to be the premise of the sci-fi thriller Monsters of Man, which is currently running an Indiegogo campaign. In his stunning directorial debut, Mark Toia combines non-stop action with powerful special effects to explore AI, corruption, and the terrifying possibilities of future warfare. The movie “reveals the consequences of unchecked power and robots who have advanced beyond human control. When a corrupt CIA agent (Neil McDonough) teams up with a robotics company to deploy an illegal, unsanctioned military operation, the plan is to drop four prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing camp in the Golden Triangle that no one will miss. The mission is to prove the robotics company is worthy of winning a lucrative military contract but all goes horribly awry when six American volunteer doctors witness the brutal slaughter of an innocent village and are forced into a deadly

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 16, 2020

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Men Become ‘The Prey’ In New Red Band Trailer For Indie Horror

Writer-director Jimmy Henderson‘s (Jailbreak) The Prey is ready to supply pulse-pounding action in a new thrilling tale of a man fighting to survive human hunters. Check out the Red Band trailer! Loosely based on Richard Connell’s story of survival The Most Dangerous Game, The Prey, hails from the team behind the festival hit Jailbreak. “Undercover Chinese cop Xin (newcomer Gu Shangwei), is on a secret international mission when a surprise raid puts him in a remote Cambodian jungle prison that plays by its own rules. Ruthless warden (Vithaya Pansringarm of Only God Forgives ) sells prisoners as human prey for rich hunters looking for thrills in the jungle. After years of hunting down ruthless criminals, Xin suddenly finds himself running for his life. If Xin manages to survive this sadistic game, he’ll walk out of the jungle the same way he came in: as a free man. If Xin fails, he’s just another hunting trophy.” Byron Bishop, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Nophand

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Aug 10, 2020

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Blu-ray Review: Bloodstone (1988)

The Bloodstone, giant-ass ruby of antiquity, has been pinched by small potatoes thief Paul Lorre (Jack Kehler) at the behest of Ludwig Van Hoeven (Christopher Neame, Johnny Alucard from one of my all time fav fright flicks; Dracula A.D. 1972) down India way. Enter: corny-as-fuck American newlyweds Sandy and Stephanie McVey (Brett Stimely… who has played President Kennedy in like four million films, and Anna Nicholas… who was on an episode of Mr. Belvedere once). While these two ham it up to the Nth degree, Lorre secretly slips them the ruby to avoid being arrested by the Indian authorities headed by Inspector Ramesh (Charlie Brill… more on this guy in a bit)… a man so bumbling and full of pratfalls it’s near impossible to imagine him being able to walk and chew gum successfully, let alone actually perform his job… but anyway… These two don’t keep the stone for long, as one wild-as-fuck taxi ride later, courtesy of Shyam Sabu

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DanXIII

Jul 29, 2020

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Blu-ray Review: Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

1880’s Japan, but it’s like the American old West. That’s the main conceit of the blazing insanity that is Takashi Miike’s Sukiyaki Western Django… a picture that has about as much to do with Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 epic Django as anyone of the four billion sequels-in-name-only that followed it. Along with that lil’ elevator pitch up yonder, the plot of this frenzied flick concerns two gangs; one coded red (the Heike clan), the other white (the Genji clan)… both lead by mentally unstable maniacs… who have a wild hair up their ass about having the biggest dick in the ol’ East, and to hell with the town caught in the middle. Enter: a mysterious unnamed gunman (Hideaki Itô) who’s none too thrilled about the gangs, or their effect on the community… hell, he’s just plain ol’ none too thrilled, and it doesn’t take long for the tensions and body count to rise… all in some of the most ludicrous ways

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DanXIII

Jul 26, 2020

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Blu-ray Review: American Rickshaw (1989)

As American Rickshaw begins, we are treated to an image of a strange idol filmed in a manner that made your’s cruelly think “This is like some Boxer’s Omen style shit right here”… and I wasn’t wrong cats n’ creeps! The overall vibe of this pic has much more akin to those black magic shockers Shaw Brothers were crankin’ out in the ’70s than the western and sci-fi fare director Sergio Martino is known for… and that is an unexpected, and wonderful thing believe you me! The long and short of American Rickshaw goes as follows: Florida-based college kid Scott Edwards (Olympian Mitch Gaylord of all people) is a rickshaw driver (that most popular form of transportation in the States) who manages to get in the good graces of aged Chinese witch Madame Luna (Michi Kobi… giving off serious )… which is good because he ends up being framed for the murder of a pervert that filmed him having sex…

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Jul 22, 2020

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Action Series “Most Dangerous Game” Now On Quibi

Starring Liam Hemsworth, season one of Quibi‘s new series “Most Dangerous Game” is now available exclusively on the streaming service. To celebrate, a second trailer has been unveiled. In the series, desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, Dodge Tynes (Liam Hemsworth) accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he’s the prey. This dystopian action-thriller explores the limits of how far someone would go to fight for their life and their family. Let the games begin. The cast also includes Christoph Waltz, Sarah Gadon, Zach Cherry, Aaron Poole, Christopher Webster, Billy Burke, Jimmy Akinbola, and Natasha Bordizzo. Created by Josh Harmon, Scott Elder, and Nick Santora, “Most Dangerous Game” is directed by Phil Abraham. Nick Santora and Phil Abraham executive produce. Watch the entire first season of “Most Dangerous Game” now on Quibi.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jul 6, 2020

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Gerard Butler Faces The End Of The World As We Know It In ‘Greenland’ (Trailer)

From the producer of the John Wick franchise and director Ric Roman Waugh, comes Greenland, a survival film about a family desperate to find safety during what may very well be the end of the world. Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn, David Denman, Hope Davis, Andrew Bachelor, and Joshua Mikel star in this intense thrill ride produced by Butler, Basil Iwanyk, and Alan Siegal. In the film, “a family fights for survival as planet-killing comet races to Earth. John Garrity (Gerard Butler), his estranged wife Allison (Morena Baccarin), and young son Nathan make a perilous journey to their only hope for sanctuary. Amid terrifying news accounts of cities around the world being leveled by the comet’s fragments, the Garrity’s experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven. Witness the end of the world as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 26, 2020

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A ‘Twister’ Remake Is Headed Your Way From Universal Pictures

Sound the alarm, director Jan de Bont’s 1996 action-adventure/disaster blockbuster Twister is getting a remake by Universal Pictures. Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick) is currently in talks to direct “and the studio is currently meeting with writers to pen the script.” Variety reports. The original film centers on Bill and Jo Harding (Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton), advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes. Frank Marshall will be producing the remake of Twister, which made an incredible $495 million at box offices and went on to earn two Academy Awards nominations.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Jun 24, 2020

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