http://www.movies-illustrated.com Movie news, reviews and features on movies, film and dvd's Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/robert-rodriguezs-machete-trailer-with-an-all-star-cast/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/robert-rodriguezs-machete-trailer-with-an-all-star-cast/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:12:13 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=994 With Machete all lined up for a September 2010 release date, we have the trailer for the Grindhouse Promo, turned full action movie Machete. Machete stars Rodriguez regular Danny Trejo in the title role as a renegade former Mexican Federale who ends up on the wrong side of a few double deals involving a local drug lord played by Steven Seagal, a spin doctor with ulterior motives played by Jeff Fahey and a corrupt senator played by Robert De Niro]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/robert-rodriguezs-machete-trailer-with-an-all-star-cast/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/inception-garners-rave-review-possibly-christopher-nolans-finest-hour/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/inception-garners-rave-review-possibly-christopher-nolans-finest-hour/#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:07:50 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=990 Inception the latest sci fi thriller from Batman Begins and Memento director Christopher Nolan is racking up a score of very impressive reviews in the build up to its July the 16th release this year. Many critics have been praising the movie that stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanbe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy and Michael Caine. Along with the talented director Nolan who certainly has a dark edge to all his movies, we also have old hand Hanz Zimmer scoring the movie and with a budget of $200 it's no surprise that Inception really looks the business]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/inception-garners-rave-review-possibly-christopher-nolans-finest-hour/feed/ 1 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-american-starring-george-clooney-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-american-starring-george-clooney-movie-trailer/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:50:00 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=988 The American is a story about a master assassin Jack played by George Clooney who after a troublesome job in Sweden decides that his next job will be his very last. The American is directed by Anton Corbijn and is adapted from a 1990 novel A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth, it also stars Bruce Altma, Irina Workaround and Thekla Reuten]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-american-starring-george-clooney-movie-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-green-hornet-movie-trailer-with-seth-rogan-and-jay-chou/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-green-hornet-movie-trailer-with-seth-rogan-and-jay-chou/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:09:30 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=986 The Green Hornet is the latest in a long line of comic book adaptations coming to the big screen. This time the title character is played by a more non typical lead in Seth Rogan who plays the title character The Green Hornet, newspaper publisher by day, and crime fighter by night aided by his valet Kato, played by Jay Chou]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-green-hornet-movie-trailer-with-seth-rogan-and-jay-chou/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-a-team-movie-review/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-a-team-movie-review/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:45:24 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=982 The long awaited big screen movie version of the popular TV show The A-Team follows the story of a group of elite combat unit soldiers who while out in Iraq are contacted by the CIA to tackle a group of Iraqi insurgents]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-a-team-movie-review/feed/ 1 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/les-grossman-set-to-get-his-own-movie-tom-cruise-and-ben-still-onboard/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/les-grossman-set-to-get-his-own-movie-tom-cruise-and-ben-still-onboard/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:28:59 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=978 With the recent popularity of the super producer character Les Grossman played by Tom Cruise, and who origonally appeared in the Ben Stiller flick Tropic Thunder is now getting his own film]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/les-grossman-set-to-get-his-own-movie-tom-cruise-and-ben-still-onboard/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/hollywood-remake-of-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-%e2%80%93-daniel-craig-rumoured/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/hollywood-remake-of-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-%e2%80%93-daniel-craig-rumoured/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:25:20 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=976 With the Hollywood remake of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in the works, news has broke that Daniel Craig will be taking the role of journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the David Fincher directed movie. The original book that the film is based on is a worldwide hit and spawned two further books that along with the original have already been made into films in Sweden where the writer was from]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/hollywood-remake-of-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-%e2%80%93-daniel-craig-rumoured/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/trailer-watch-shanghai-the-divide-and-inception/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/trailer-watch-shanghai-the-divide-and-inception/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 07:53:12 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=974 This week we have a mix of trailers for you to snap up from the 40's movie Shanghai from Swedish filmmaker Mikael Hafstrom, starring John Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat, Li Gong and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in a thriller that looks like its going to be a treat both visually and content wise. Just check out the great visuals on the trailer in a movie that I'm really looking forward too]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/trailer-watch-shanghai-the-divide-and-inception/feed/ 1 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/jonah-hex-movie-news-and-trailer-starring-josh-brolin-and-megan-fox/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/jonah-hex-movie-news-and-trailer-starring-josh-brolin-and-megan-fox/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 20:04:23 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=967 Jonah Hex is an upcoming DC Comic adaptation with an all star cast set to hit movie screen this summer. The title character of the movie and comic, Jonah Hex is played by Josh Brolin and he's a bounty hunter with a wicked facial scar and a knack for tracking people down. It true comic book tradition Jonah isn't your ordinary man, instead he walks the planes between the natural world and the 'other side.']]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/jonah-hex-movie-news-and-trailer-starring-josh-brolin-and-megan-fox/feed/ 1 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/judge-dredd-movie-on-the-way-alex-garland-writing/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/judge-dredd-movie-on-the-way-alex-garland-writing/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 17:35:59 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=965 The well known law man of the 2000AD universe Judge Dredd is returning to the big screen for his second full length feature movie. Thankfully though Sly Stallone won't be reprising the role after the awful 1995 movie which managed to garner a shelf full of 'worst movie of the year awards.]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/judge-dredd-movie-on-the-way-alex-garland-writing/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/macgruber-movie-news-and-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/macgruber-movie-news-and-trailer/#comments Sat, 01 May 2010 14:14:18 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=960 The latest Saturday Night Live sketch to get the full movie treatment is MacGruber starring Will Forte as a special operations agent parodying the well known TV show MacGyver. It's been a long wait since the sketch first aired in 2006 for it to be brought to the big screen but now it is the movie is jam packed with stars and is being touted as the best SNL sketch to movie, since Wayne's World]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/macgruber-movie-news-and-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/alien-prequel-is-on-its-way-ridley-scott-onboard/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/alien-prequel-is-on-its-way-ridley-scott-onboard/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:46:24 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=957 Good news for you Alien fans, with news that Ridley Scott has an Alien prequel on the way. The story will be set in 2085 which is about 30 years before the origonal movie and will focus on planet terraforming from the Weyland Corporation the precursor of the Weyland-Yutani Corp]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/alien-prequel-is-on-its-way-ridley-scott-onboard/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/best-worst-movie-movie-trailer-and-news/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/best-worst-movie-movie-trailer-and-news/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:59:54 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=954 If you haven't heard of the movie Troll 2 then after watching the documentary, Best Worst Movie then you will have. The film is directed by the child star of the movie Troll 2, Micheal Stephenson and covers the cult status that Troll 2 has earned as one of the best, worst movies ever]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/best-worst-movie-movie-trailer-and-news/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/robin-hood-featurette/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/robin-hood-featurette/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:10:00 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=948 With the release date for the new Ridley Scott version of the classic tale of Robin Hood, getting every closer, we are treated to a short but sweet featurette which we have right here for you to watch]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/robin-hood-featurette/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/anna-faris-set-to-star-in-private-benjamin-remake/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/anna-faris-set-to-star-in-private-benjamin-remake/#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:57:32 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=946 One of my favourite comedy actresses is the lovely Anna Faris who is all set to star in the Private Benjamin remake of the 1980's original Goldie Hawn movie. Faris could no doubt do this movie in her sleep, and even in pretty bad movies, Anna can make you keep watching, she stole all her scenes in Just Friends and made the House Bunny and Scary Movie 4 more fun than they should have been]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/anna-faris-set-to-star-in-private-benjamin-remake/feed/ 1 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/final-a-team-trailer-is-here/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/final-a-team-trailer-is-here/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:54:11 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=941 With summer now in sight and the A-Team having a summer release date it's time to take a look at the second and final trailer for the upcoming reboot of the classic TV series onto the big screen]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/final-a-team-trailer-is-here/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/date-night-preview-and-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/date-night-preview-and-trailer/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:05:16 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=939 Date Night is he latest movie from actor/director Shawn Levy who previously brought us the last two Night at the Museum flicks, The Pink Panther Remake and Just Married. Date Night follows suit in being a comedy with a slightly darker slant]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/date-night-preview-and-trailer/feed/ 3 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/predators-full-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/predators-full-trailer/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:59:37 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=937 With Predators all set for a summer release, 20th Century Fox have released the full trailer to bring back the old and new fans alike in the Robert Rodriguez produced and Nimrod Antal directed movie. This is the fifth movie in the franchise if you count AVP one and two, but has more in common with the origonal Predator movie, than any of the sequels]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/predators-full-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-joneses-movie-trailer-and-preview/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-joneses-movie-trailer-and-preview/#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:32:07 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=935 The Joneses is an upcoming comedy drama focusing on The Joneses of course, who are more than just your average neighbours. The Joneses are actually a family who work for a marketing company and who have a natural aptitude for promotion and selling, using undercover and viral techniques to pitch luxury good to their new neighbours]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-joneses-movie-trailer-and-preview/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:10:01 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=928 Pirates of the Caribbean is set to start shooting on the fourth movie in the series this June and finally it seems the cast rumours are starting to settle down with Johnny Depp now confirmed to return in his most successful box office role of Captain Jack Sparrow. Both Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley have also stated that they wont be returning for the fourth movie but Geoffrey Rush will be as Captain Barbossa]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/earthling-science-fiction-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/earthling-science-fiction-movie-trailer/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:19:50 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=923 Earthling is an upcoming low budget science fiction thriller from a cinematographer Clay Liford who also dabbles in directing, with this being his fourth movie in the directors chair. The synopsis tells us that after a mysterious event in the atmosphere awakens certain people to the fact their life may not be quite what they thought it was, and they are actually alien beings with a big decision to make, whether to stay on Earth or try to find their way back home]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/earthling-science-fiction-movie-trailer/feed/ 1 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/indiana-jones-5-has-a-story-harrison-ford-confirms/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/indiana-jones-5-has-a-story-harrison-ford-confirms/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:53:43 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=921 It's been a while now since the fourth movie in the series hit the big screen and raked in the cash despite getting just above average reviews from the critics, and now we have news from Indy himself that the fifth movie has the basic storyline roughed out]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/indiana-jones-5-has-a-story-harrison-ford-confirms/feed/ 2 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/zoolander-2-derek-zoolander-will-return/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/zoolander-2-derek-zoolander-will-return/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:47:23 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=919 One of my favourite Ben Stiller comedies alongside Dodgeball is Zoolander starring the very very dim Derek Zoolander and from the recent news it appears we can finally expect a sequel to the 2001 movie. Ben stiller has talked many times about how he would like to bring the character back and it always seem to be a favourite Stiller movie among those that have seen it]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/zoolander-2-derek-zoolander-will-return/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/cop-out-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/cop-out-movie-trailer/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:22:18 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=914 Cop Out is an upcoming comedy buddy cop movie, yes that a lot of descriptive words i know, directed by but not written by Kevin Smith. the movie stars Bruce Willis who is no stranger to playing cops, just not in a comedy role. His buddy is Tracy Morgan a comedian best known for his long stint on Saturday Night Live, and also stars Sean William Scott and Ana de la Reguera]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/cop-out-movie-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/get-him-to-the-greek-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/get-him-to-the-greek-movie-trailer/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:16:28 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=911 Get Him to the Greek is the somewhat sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall and follows the story of Russell Brand's character Aldous Snow as Jonah Hill character Aaron Green tries in vain to get the British rock star on time to a concert at the Los Angeles Greek Theatre. Although both Brand and Hill return in this movie Hill is playing a completely new character as a college graduate who starts his intern at a record company when he gets the unenviable job of transporting Aldous Snow]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/get-him-to-the-greek-movie-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/solomon-kane-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/solomon-kane-movie-trailer/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:27:55 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=908 This fantasy movie is based on the Solomon Kane character from writer Robert E. Howard, who is most well known for Conan the Barbarian books which have of course already been made in movies. This movie is directed by Michael J Bassett and stars little know James Purefoy in the title role of Solomon Kane]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/solomon-kane-movie-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/suicide-girls-must-die-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/suicide-girls-must-die-movie-trailer/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:59:36 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=904 Suicide Girls Must Die is a reality TV horror movie which features the very popular Internet models, The Suicide Girls, who like their tattoos, piercings and striped hair and look mighty fine in my opinion. The story in the movie follows 12 of the Suicide girls who are visiting a remote cabin to do a calendar shoot. Everything is getting documented on video camera by Missy and Sawa who are in charge of the shoot, and little to the models knowledge they plan to shoot the first reality horror movie featuring the suicide girls]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/suicide-girls-must-die-movie-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-lost-symbol-dan-brown-sequel-coming-to-the-big-screen/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-lost-symbol-dan-brown-sequel-coming-to-the-big-screen/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:49:53 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=902 The next Dan Brown novel to be adapted for the big screen featuring Professor Robert Langdon is The Lost Symbol and Sony are already busy getting the book converted into a screenplay. Doing the honours this time is Steven Knight who also did Dirty Pretty Things, and with the success of the previous two movies in the series you can be sure this movie will be on the fast track.]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-lost-symbol-dan-brown-sequel-coming-to-the-big-screen/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/fast-and-furious-five-gets-a-name-fast-five/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/fast-and-furious-five-gets-a-name-fast-five/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:19:58 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=900 ]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/fast-and-furious-five-gets-a-name-fast-five/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-last-airbender-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-last-airbender-movie-trailer/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:30:05 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=898 M. Night Shyamalan's latest feature film The Last Airbender now has its first official teaser trailer and you can take a look at it right here. In typical Shyamalan style the trailer doesn't really give anything away but it sure looks pretty]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-last-airbender-movie-trailer/feed/ 0