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9 articles from 2009

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I Love You, Beth Cooper Review

10 July 2009 7:44 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

My friend and confidant, the roving radio guy Kevin Finnerty is well known for making some pretty hilarious comments during films. For instance during one film he shouted midway through “I want to leave.” Another time, when a film was dragging terribly, he said “Oh, let it end.” Sometimes his thoughts are summed up by a simple “Ugh,” or “oh boy.” He even interacts with the characters on screen like when one asks “Do you still love me?” Kevin will reply “No.” Given the right (or wrong) film, Kevin can make the experience somewhat enjoyable. What does this have to do with I Love You, Beth Cooper? Quite simply, Kevin was the funniest part of this complete waste of time, money, and film.

Which is bigger, my boobs or forehead?

It’s going to be tough to not use obscenities to describe this picture but one can try. In addition, »

- Philip Barrett

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Are They Making Mortal Kombat 3?

8 July 2009 7:07 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Ever heard of Chris Casamassa? Probably not, but you may have seen him. He’s the martial arts master who played the role of Scorpion in the first Mortal Kombat movie and in a few episodes of Mortal Kombat: Conquest, the TV series.

Fortunately, he wasn’t part of the terrible sequel, titled Annihilation. Come to think of it, the vast majority of the cast didn’t make it back for the sequel…

Well, Casamassa will be back as Scorpion again… in another Mortal Kombat movie. Who knew?

 

Alex over at First Showing picked up on a story by the Sgv Tribune where they interviewed the martial artist/actor. Casamassa, who now instructs and is the president of Red Dragon Karate, revealed that he’s set to start shooting a third Mortal Kombat film this September. It was seemingly a general comment and they didn’t go into it at »

- Rob Keyes

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Is There A New ‘Mortal Kombat’ In The Works? Scorpion Says Yes

8 July 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

After the divisive first “Mortal Kombat” film and its subsequently messy sequel “Mortal Kombat: Annihilation,” it felt like a foregone conclusion that the video game franchise had received it’s final film fatality. A new rumor floating around on the Interwebs is suggesting that a third movie could happen sooner than you can shout “Get over here!”

In an interview with the Sgv Tribune, martial artist Chris Casamassa, who played Scorpion in the first two movies, said that he’ll be on hand when the third installment in the franchise starts shooting this September. The remark is offered rather off-handedly, and could be completely off-base for all I know. Still, the possibilities of another “Mortal Kombat” film certainly get the wheels turning.

For one, Warner Bros. recently acquired Midway Games, the very company that created the “Mortal Kombat” franchise. That presumably puts the film rights in the WB’s hands. »

- Josh Wigler

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'Mortal Kombat 3' Supposedly Filming in September

8 July 2009 1:50 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

A third "Mortal Kombat" movie reportedly is on the work. In an article by the Sgv Tribune, former "Mortal Kombat" actor Chris Casamassa spilled the bean that the latest movie of the series that were adapted from the popular '90s fighting games will start its principal photography in September.

According to the actor who portrays human ninja named Scorpion in the original "Mortal Kombat" movie, he is also tapped to take a part in the third film. Though so, it is still unclear whether he will return to reprise his dead warrior role since he was replaced in its sequel "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" due to scheduling conflicts with "Batman & Robin".

Back in 2007, there were words that "Mortal Kombat" will be getting a reboot treatment with "Mortal Kombat: Devastation". At the time, it was stressed that the new movie won't be "a prequel, sequel, or in any form be related »

- AceShowbiz.com

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Mortal Kombat 3 Filming in September?

8 July 2009 12:40 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

It's been a while since we've heard anything about a new Mortal Kombat movie. Back in September of last year, director Christopher 'mink' Morrison told moviehole that they were still trying to find the money before going ahead with Mortal Kombat 3 (or whatever it will likely be titled). And then there is that pesky lawsuit filed by film producer Larry Kasanoff (Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation) and his production company Threshold Entertainment against Midway Games alleging intellectual property claims to the Mortal Kombat franchise. But somehow all pending lawsuits filed against Midway were magically "resolved" last week, right before the court gave Warner Bros the okay to acquire Midway. We assume this means out of court settlements. But does this mean that a new Mortal Kombat film is closer to reality? FirstShowing has discovered an article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune where 44-year-old eighth-degree black belt Chris Casamassa »

- Peter Sciretta

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Hollywood Clearly Doesn't Play Video Games

1 June 2009 1:03 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

Now, I know what you’re thinking, ‘Dear lord, another stupid article about video game to movie adaptations?! Wtf JustPressPlay, this is stupid.’ Well shut your brain up. Because we’re not here to bitch and moan about the past failures or even the past successes. No sir. We’re classier than that (for this article). We could talk about something funny like a meta-adaptation like The Nines or (the less-real) The Movies: The Movie or the truly absurd like Pac Man: The Movie (which is actually being considered) – but we’d rather suggest Hollywood ditch the game genres where story is sacrificed on behalf of gameplay.

Because video game adaptations aren’t hopeless. They’re just adapting the wrong games – because Hollywood is full of morons who can’t see past initial game sales to the content of the games themselves. They’ve chosen genres where story is second »

- Lex Walker

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Vin Diesel Is A Wheelman

8 May 2009 10:17 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

In life there are three immutable laws: Death, taxes, and apparently the impossibility of make a decent movie based on a video game.

There may be some which are enjoyable (or likable, or charming, or whatever other positive description you wanna’ give them (for me an example is the first Resident Evil), but in terms of quality, they just aren’t any good. Hopefully that can be remedied at some point in the future… perhaps with the BioShock or possible Metal Gear Solid movies, but at this point in time there are no live-action video game movies (there are a couple of animated ones that are decent, notably Street Fighter II) that could be considered “quality stuff.”

Need examples, do you? Ok, try this partial list out for size: Doom, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Resident Evil: Extinction, Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros., Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, »

- Ross Miller

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20 Years of Summer Movies, A Love/Hate Relationship

7 May 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

With the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the 2009 summer movie season has begun. A cursory glance at the upcoming slate of summer releases looks pretty weak this year, but I’m not here to look ahead. Instead, I noticed that we’ve reached the twenty-year anniversary of the “true” summer movie age. Sure, Jaws and Star Wars were the godfathers of the movement, and the close-following summers since that time often saw two or three big releases looking to cash in on the popcorn-munching crowd, but it was 1989 when the summer movie calendar started to become bloated. The large number of crowd-pleasing titles (and bevy of sequels) included the following: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, Ghostbusters II, License to Kill, Star Trek V, Lethal Weapon 2, The Abyss, Honey I Shrunk the Kids and, to a lesser extent, The Karate Kid: Part III. So on the Platinum Anniversary of the summer flick phenomenon, »

- Matt Medlock

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Halloween 2 Seen Through New Eyes

9 January 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Rob Zombie is replacing the director of photography of his last two features - Phil Parmet ( The Devil's Rejects and Halloween ) - with Brandon Trost for Halloween 2 . They commence shooting on the sequel in Atlanta, Georgia on February 23rd for Dimension Films. Trost has amassed a sizable list of credits in the cinematography and special effects departments. In the latter, he has worked as an FX assistant on Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and Scream 2 . As a director of photography he shot Rob Hall's Lightning Bug , Jake Kennedy's Days of Darkness and, most recently, Crank 2: High Voltage . Zombie has stated that this new sequel is going to be, when compared to the 2007 remake, different in the same fashion The Devil's Rejects is to its predecessor House of 1000... »

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2009 | 1997

9 articles from 2009

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