Well some of us are sick of it. Sick to death of this infatuation with blood-suckers – hence the film Vampires Suck was born.

From people who “can’t stand sitting through another vampire movie” for the very same type of people, this film is one long parody ripping vampires and all mythical creatures involved to shreds – namely targeting Twilight. And whilst we’re at it, we might as well take the mick out of the actual actors and actresses too – why the hell not.

Jason Friedberg, the writer for Vampires Suck also wrote Scary Movie 1,2, 3 and 4 – when it comes to spoof writing, you can’t deny that this guy is the pro.

For vampire haters, this could arguably be the best vampire film ever made, but for the rest of us hard-to-please audience this spoof movie could go in the garbage can along with the rest of the failed attempts at cheap hilarity *ahem* Lesbian Vampire Killers *ahem* hugely disappointing.

Vampires Suck is due for release in the USA on 18th August 2010.

From left to right we have Robert Downey Jnr as Iron Man, Clark Gregg as S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Phil Coulson, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Chris Hemsorth will continue to play Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America,  Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury,  Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Mark Ruffalo will be the third actor of recent times to portray The Hulk. The balding man is Director and writer Joss Whedon, and the guy on the end is Zak Penn who along with Whedon will be penning The Avengers screenplay.

The Avengers was originally a Marvel comic that started back in the early 1960’s by writer and creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The Avengers were some of Marvel’s greatest superheroes all combined in one comic. Many different heroes have overtime appeared in The Avengers comic such as: Iron Man, Thor and Ant Man, the team was also sometimes made up of Gods, Robots, humans and aliens, somewhat  a diverse group. Since then The Avengers have been turned into films, animated TV series and video games.

Well we can’t wait for this latest Marvel incarnation of The Avengers, we’ll keep you in the know, but if you want it straight from the source you can check out  The Avengers Teaser Site.

We’ve been in maintenance mode for a few weeks now and we just want to say thank you for being patient with us as we get the last few kinks worked out, hopefully now the new look and feel of TFB will make coming to TFB a far more enjoyable experience.

But it doesn’t stop there over the coming weeks and months we will be rolling out more changes with TFB and we’s really like to know what you think. So leave a comment below or get in touch via our contact page or on our Facebook or Twitter Pages.

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Maz and Alice

“It’s imminent. The coin is about to drop in the slot machine.”

Sounds like the project could be in the early stages, but good news for the Die Hard fans out there.

You think John McClane still has it in him?

[Source digital spy]

Emma Bunton, said on her Twitter:

Guys I’m sorry but I DID NOT mention that we would be doing another film! But we r very excited about r musical in the theatre!

I think we all had a lucky escape.

An iniquitous group of trained and untrained killers are dropped, against their will and by an unknown source, on an alien planet where Predators lurk at every turn of an opaque and Earth-like jungle, and, unfortunately for our human protagonists, the Predators have set out to target them as prey. With an almost insuperable game of predation and death now thrust upon them, our human predators must seek to survive by means of ‘kill or be killed’, against an enemy which thrives on the thrill of the hunt, and even more on the thrill of the kill.

The Thoughts

As an avid fan of the initial Predator (1987) movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, I have always since approached the sequels with a deep sense of trepidation, and ultimately apart from the immediate sequel of Predator 2 (1990) starring Danny Glover (which was enjoyable though not magnificent), this fear has been well-placed. As most fans of the series will agree, the amalgamation of the Predator and Alien franchises in Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) fell far short of the movie magic captured in the original. It is fair to say that without the timeless ability of Arnold Schwarzenegger to deliver impeccable one-liners such as “if it bleeds, we can kill it” and “get to the chopper!!!”, the Predator series has lacked the gusto needed to ensure a continued and growing fan-base.

Naturally therefore, when I saw that another Predator movie had been released, starring none other than Adrien Brody in the lead-role, it instinctively conjured fears of yet another Hollywood miscarriage, with one more debacle added to the list in an attempt to make a dishonest buck at the expense of the credibility of the original. Despite the fact that I have tremendous respect for Brody (who deservedly received an Academy Award as the famished Jewish protagonist in Roman Polanski’s The Pianist (2002)), I initially thought that this would be a classic case of an actor crossing-over into a genre which had until that time stood at the periphery of their previous epicentre of work, and in which they are ultimately out of their depth. Nonetheless, the bar had been so lowered by the Alien vs. Predator franchise that my initial hypothesis made the clairvoyant presumption that, at the very worst, it would at least be tantamount to what had come before it.

The film wastes no time in placing its assemble of nefarious killers neatly together, and within an almost infinitesimal period of time, nearly the entire cast of the film’s human characters are together and befuddled at their situation. Whilst I found it slightly irksome that the film wasted literally no time whatsoever in the brevity to which it cuts to the chase, I was pleasantly pleased by the use of Alan Silvestri’s classic musical score from Predator, which really sets the scene for viewers familiar with the original. It also gave me the feeling that Director Nimród Antal is a man well-versed in what fans loved about Predator, and is also a Director that would unashamedly give the fans generous smatterings of what they want and need from a Predator flick. I was also pleased to see the cast of familiar deviant faces, including Danny Trejo as Cuchillo and Topher Grace as Edwin, who always seems to bring an ominous sense of foreshadowing to his roles.

As the film progressed, I started to realise that whilst it had thus far been entertaining, it lacked the ability to deliver the same cheesy (though entertaining) clichés of the original, and the meteoric presence of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s muscle-bound no-nonsense protagonist Dutch. Although Brody’s Royce is adept as leader of the group, he lacks the ability to convince you that he could go toe-to-toe with a Predator in the same way that Dutch could and did in the original. Also, whilst many of the one-liners are entertaining, many of them are also pedestrian at best. Nonetheless, some of the best dialogue of the film does come from Royce, as well as the likes of Walton Goggins as the humorous ‘clown’ of the film Stans, and Laurence Fishburne’s brief spell as battle-weary sole-survivor Noland, which adds plenty of A-list calibre to what is in essence a B-movie (barring the cast and special-effects).

However, once Fishburne has graced the film with his impeccable talents, and the assemble have finally figured out the nature of their visit to the Predators ‘game preserve’, the film really does start to pick up the pace in a rather pleasing fashion. Whilst not a precocious film (despite its attempts to be), Predators does manage to really grab you in the latter half, as the relationships between the characters also start to bear fruit (there is ample sexual tension between Alice Braga’s Isabelle and Royce to hold the viewer’s intrigue for romance as well). With the gold-jawed alpha-Predator also exposed, and with both sides cards well and truly on the table, what ensues thereon is rather exciting. For instance, the fight between Louis Ozawa Changchien as Hanzo and the Tracker Predator alone (in which Hanzo uses a Samurai sword to cross blades with his alien foe) warrants Predators an extra star from this critic.

Overall, for Predator fans this is certainly the finest instalment there has been since the series first took roots in 1987. Although lacking in originality, Predators has such a strong cast of actors and special-effects (as well as the fight between Hanzo and the Tracker Predator and the end-brawl between Royce and the Berserker Predator, both of which were great) that the generic B-movie tendencies of the plot (and oftentimes dialogue) are obscured enough for this movie to warrant a fairly copious amount of kudos. Predators has reaffirmed for fans of the franchise everywhere that even in the absence of fan-favourite Dutch, there are still enough human killing-machines around to take on the Predators anytime, any planet.

The Film Buzz Rating: *******~~~ (7/10)

UK Release Date: 8 July 2010

Director: Nimród Antal

Writers: Alex Litvak, Michael Finch

Judy Craymer, the producer behind the 2008 hit movie Mamma Mia, and who is currently helping to transform the band’s previous hits into a West End musical has been enlisted to help make this movie a success the second time around.

I’m trying to block out all memories from the previous Spice Girls Movie – I was only about 9 at the time, but even then I knew that Spice World was one of the worst films I’d ever seen.

We’ll keep you updated with any developments if this goes ahead….but pray we don’t have to.

[Source Daily Mail]

The Plot

The story follows Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) as one of the best ‘extractors’ in the world where his job is to enter the subconscious of a subject whilst they are asleep and extract, or essentially, steal secrets of the mind.  His skills have not only given him ample work as the best extractor in the business and lead him and his team into the world of corporate espionage, but his skills have also cost him his children, his wife and a life of normality.  Consequently he is also a fugitive of the United States and is unable to return home to his children until one day, the target of Cobb’s latest extraction job, Saito (Ken Watanabe) proposes an offer that he cannot refuse, the chance to be free of the suspected charges brought against him by the United States and to return home and be a father to his children.

With Cobb leading the charge, he and his trusted team (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy and Dileep Rao) are set the challenge to not extract secrets as normal, but to cause inception instead.  And what is inception? Inception is the ability to plant a seed, an idea, deep in someone’s subconscious without their knowledge and successfully let the idea mature and grow naturally until it eventually creates a far-reaching desired result in reality.  Sounds relatively simple enough but problems and sabotage are never far away with security companies training high-risk clients to mentally battle and protect themselves from extractors like Cobb from successfully penetrating their subconscious, and additional personal struggles come from within, with the image of Cobb’s deceased wife Mal (Marion Cotillard) making haunting violent appearances as the caged lost soul, locked in Cobb’s memory of pain and guilt.

Cillian Murphy, Lukas Haas, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine and Pete Postlethwaite also star.

The Thoughts

Leonardo DiCaprio (Shutter Island, The Departed, Gangs Of New York, Titanic) plays Cobb, the expert extractor who, after attempting to extract secrets from Saito, a powerful Japanese business man (Ken Wanatabe), is given the tempting offer to have his life back if he can successfully pull off inception, to implant an idea into the subconscious of a rival energy company’s heir Robert Fischer Jr., (Cillian Murphy) that will in reality cause the Fischer corporation to destabilise and thus free up the market for Saito’s company.  If Cobb and his team can do it, the prize is worth more than any amount of money.  If Saito honours his promise, he can make one phone call and lift the charges brought against Cobb so that he may return home to the United States and be reunited with his two young children.

DiCaprio has really blossomed as a serious actor since becoming older and more experienced (his seminal performance for me was his role as Billy Costigan in Scorsese’s The Departed), he is as ever, wonderful to watch on screen, with his emotional performance in the role of Cobb being both captivating and necessary.

Looking at DiCaprio’s acting repertoire, it is clear to see that he will continue to be a firm favourite at the Academy Awards as his impeccable taste for choosing interesting roles with creative directors sees no way in slowing.

Academy Award winner Marion Cotilard (Nine, Public Enemies, La Vie En Rose) plays Mal, Cobb’s deceased wife who appears to him in his subconscious when he sleeps and works as an extractor.  Mal’s aggressive nature, violent outbursts and desire to sabotage and guilt-trip Cobb means that he is barely ever rested when he sleeps as she materialises in his dreams, angry, confused and lost.  Cotillard provides a solid performance as Mal, the distressed lost soul, her emotive presentation is almost scary and haunting at times and her character acts as a good plot developer to keep the audience guessing and questioning why Cobb is so fearful and guilt-ridden.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Wanatabe ,Ellen Page, Tom Hardy and Dileep Rao make up Cobb’s team of dream walkers.  Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer) plays Arthur, the planner of the team, his job is to research the target down to the last detail and to design the plan and anticipate any contingencies during the dream walking.  Ellen Page (Juno, Whip It!) plays Ariadne, a gifted young architecture student picked out by Miles (played by screen legend Michael Caine) as the person who could be up for the job of designing the complex three layered maze for their target Robert Fischer Jr. (Cillian Murphy) to dream walk in.  Ken Wanatabe is Saito, the man who has the power to give Cobb his life back, he inadvertently joins Cobb’s team to ensure that inception happens.  Meanwhile Tom Hardy (Bronson, RocknRolla) plays Eames, the cheeky English chap who’s on screen banter with Arthur is both amusing and adds some comedic effect to what is quite a serious film.  Finally Dileep Rao (Avatar) plays Yusuf, the chemist who concocts sedative potions to send the dream walkers into a deep sleep so that they may do their job more effectively.

Cillian Murphy (The Dark Knight, 28 Days Later) plays Robert Fischer Jr., the target of Cobb’s team.  He is the heir to a vast energy empire and will soon take over once his already frail and sick father (Maurice Fischer, played by Pete Postlethwaite) passes away.  The only idea Cobb and his team need to implant in Fischer’s mind is that he needs to split his father’s empire up, thus freeing up the energy market for Saito and preventing the Fischer corporation from building a monopoly.  It is unsurprising to see Murphy appear in Inception as he also appeared as the villain Dr. Jonathon Crane aka The Scarecrow in Nolan’s Batman series (Batman Begins and The Dark Knight) but it is wrong to think that Murphy got the role through association as his acting skills stands up for itself, especially in Danny Boyle’s Sunshine, 28 Days Later and in Girl With A Pearl Earring.

Legends Michael Caine, Tom Berenger and Pete Postlethwaite all have relatively minor cameo roles but it is good to see them still active on screen.

As for the writing and direction: Christopher Nolan.  What can I say but ‘wow’?  Nolan impressed millions of moviegoers when he wrote and directed The Dark Knight, part of the Batman movie franchise and was especially touched when the late Heath Ledger posthumously received the Academy Award for best actor in a supporting role.  Nolan claimed that the reason he cast Ledger in the role of the Joker was that Ledger was apparently ‘fearless’ and he could not see anyone else playing the Joker.  Well, Nolan has done it again with Inception and delivered an impressive slice of escapism.  Not only is the cast well put together, but the combination of the complexity and intrigue of the story, script and the jaw-dropping camerawork and special effects make this movie exceptional.  There are moments that literally make you stop and think while you are watching, ‘how on earth did they film that?’ with some of the most impressive scenes being the super-slow motion camerawork and the zero-gravity scenes.

Complex and intense, Inception does not have the easiest of concepts and plot lines to follow, albeit that is part of the interest and pull of this movie, simply the mind-blowing notion that if it were possible to dream walk, just imagine what you could get up to!  However difficult some may conceive the ideas in Inception to be, forget all that and immerse yourself in Nolan’s vision, pay close enough attention and this clever mind-bending thriller will provide very high rewards indeed.

I do however, have one or two words of reservations.  They employ Ellen Page’s character (Ariadne) to be their dream world architect, but they do not go into detail in explaining how it is possible to construct an entirely fictional world in a dream.  In addition, Nolan also does not address how Eames (Tom Hardy’s character, the forger) is able to change his appearance to look like any other person.  Nevertheless, I do sympathise with Nolan and fully understand that too much explaining in film and suddenly it all becomes far too confusing for the average audience to follow, so in that vein, I completely understand why Nolan left those two issues unaddressed.  You just have to push those two questions aside and roll with it!

Inception is without doubt, the most unmissable film of the year.  It’s this year’s Avatar, completely original, with mind-blowing concepts, delectable special effects, emotional, yet often humorous and will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very end, begging the question as the house lights go up, will there be an Inception 2 or will that spinning top finally fall over?

The Film Buzz Review Rating: *********½ (9.5/10)

Release Date: 16^th July 2010 (in cinemas now and see it at a cinema for optimal viewing of both sight and sound!)

Director and Writer: Christopher Nolan

Links: IMDb, Official Site

Federale Machete (Danny Trejo) is highly skilled in assassination and is hired to assassinate a senator but just as he’s about to take the shot, he realises someone is aiming at him and that he’s been set up. Barely dodging the sniper’s bullet, he’s livid and is not to be messed with. Seeking revenge on former employers, he recruits his reluctant old friend who has now become a priest and taken a vow of nonviolence.

Let the brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss begin, mixed in with plenty of hot girls-kicking-ass action – woopee!

Also starring Robert De Niro and Lindsay Lohan – yep you read that right – Lindsay Lohan is actually in this film – thought that might get you excited? No? Yeah, I thought not.

Machete will be out on general release in USA on 3rd September – no word yet on UK release date.

The Film Buzz Anticipation Rating: ******½~~~ (6.5/10)

Devil (2010) is about random strangers that find themselves trapped in an elevator whereby events seemingly happen for a reason. Theses strangers soon discover that one of them are not who they appear to be – apparently, one of them is the devil.

Starring Chris Messina, Joshua Peace, Geoffrey Arend and Caroline Dhavernas.

Judging upon the first watch of the trailer – I’d say words to describe Devil would be “tense”, “captivating” and perhaps even “hell-raising”, I love supernatural horrors and anything involving demonic, devilish presences also make my freakish appetite salivate.

However online critics are not receiving this trailer well. Poor M. Night Shyamlan has received worse and worse beatings by critics with every release of his works since The Sixth Sense that was hailed as one of the best supernatural horrors.

It has high potential to disappoint due to 80% of the film takes place in the elevator and nobody famous is in it – probably due to M. Night Shyamalan losing an obscene amount of credibility that he couldn’t cast a single actor anyone’s heard of. It also seems that the subsequent works of M. Night Shyamalan after The Sixth Sense have all received progressively worse reception including Unbreakable (2000) IMDb rating – 7.3/10, Signs (2002) IMDb rating – 6.9/10, The Village (2004) IMDb rating – 6.6/10, Lady in the Water (2006) IMDb rating – 5.8/10, The Happening (2008) IMDb rating – 5.2/10.

Oh dear.. will Devil (2010) hit an all time low of below 5/10 on IMDb?

Devil will be out in the US on 17th September, no word yet on when it will hit the UK.

The Film Buzz Anticipation Rating: *****~~~~~ (5/10)