Category Archives: Universal Pictures

First Trailer for ‘Contraband’ with Mark Wahlberg Arrives

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Joe Gillis

Say what you will about Mark Wahlberg but his movies are often entertaining and he does know his way around an action sequence. Case in point is his latest upcoming film Contraband. In the action thriller, which is based on … Continue reading →

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Amazon Makes Streaming Deal with NBC Universal

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Joe Gillis

The online content streaming landscape just got a bit more interesting as Amazon announced late Thursday it has made a deal with NBCUniversal to provide 1,000 Universal Pictures movies to its streaming customers. The new content includes films such as … Continue reading →

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Film Review: ‘Cowboys and Aliens’

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Nat Almirall

It has cowboys. It has aliens. It has cowboys and aliens. It’s not a bad film. It’s not a good film. It is a movie. That’s a pretty lackluster opener, but, walking out of the screening, I felt almost completely … Continue reading →

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First Trailer for ‘Battleship’ with Taylor Kitsch and Liam Neeson Arrives

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

If toys make an effective inspiration for movie franchises, why not games? After all, regardless of its relative creative merits, the Transformers franchise has managed to make a metric crapload of money. So, why not try to do the same … Continue reading →

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SDCC11: First Promo Images from ‘The Huntsman’ Arrive

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Heather Toshiko

Right after the presentation late yesterday at Comic-Con in San Diego, Universal Pictures released the first promo images for their upcoming re-imagining of the Snow White story called The Huntsman. And to be honest, they look pretty cool. In this … Continue reading →

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War Movie Mondays (Tuesday Edition): ‘U-571’

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Douglas Barnett

Happy belated 4th of July to all you War Movie Mondays fans. In celebration of our nation’s 235th anniversary, this week’s pick salutes American submariners of World War II with U-571 (2000) directed by Jonathan Mostow. The film stars Matthew McConaughey … Continue reading →

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Film Review: ‘Larry Crowne’

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Nat Almirall

You may have heard of a film called Sullivan’s Travels, and if you’ve heard of it, you may know the gist: Popular but unfulfilled director Sullivan is tired of making commercially successful but emotionally and intellectually vapid films. He decides … Continue reading →

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Film Review: ‘Fast Five’

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Nat Almirall

Maybe I should preface this with the disclaimer that I’ve not seen any of the previous installments of The Fast and the Furious. I’m not a fan of Vin Diesel. I’m not particularly interested in fast cars and, most of … Continue reading →

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