http://www.movies-illustrated.com Movie news, reviews and features on movies, film and dvd's Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:19:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 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 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pixelated-movie-quiz-game-21/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pixelated-movie-quiz-game-21/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:12:50 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=896 This week with Pixelated our unique movie poster quiz game, we're going easy on you, we have a recent movie and one that if you don't get we will banish you to the basement where there is no daylight and more importantly no DVD player. ]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pixelated-movie-quiz-game-21/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/max-max-road-fury/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/max-max-road-fury/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:10:09 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=891 The fourth movie in the Mad Max series is looking to be on the big screen in 2011 and it will be a twenty six year gap between this movie and the last, Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome. On the cast for certain is Charlize Theron as a yet unamed character and rumoured to be playing Max Rockantansky himself is Mark Hildebrandt, although this is just rumoured currently ]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/max-max-road-fury/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/takers-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/takers-movie-trailer/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:47:15 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=889 Takers is an upcoming all star cast filled crime thriller that sees a crew of high level theives who are drawn into a robbery against a gung ho detective aiming to spoil their plans. The cast of the robbers include Paul Walker, Chris Brown, Idris Elba and Hayden Christensen. Also on the cast we have Zoe Salander who you might recognize from Avatar although in this movie she is noticbly less blue. Played the good guy in the movie is Matt Dillon the hard boiled cop who is looking to take the crew down]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/takers-movie-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/cop-out-and-happy-tears-posted/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/cop-out-and-happy-tears-posted/#comments Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:23:19 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=887 This week in Posted our round up of the coolest and newest movie posters we have to very different poster styles for you to take a look at.]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/cop-out-and-happy-tears-posted/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/frozen-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/frozen-movie-trailer/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:09:03 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=883 If you ski or snowboard, you might want to give this trailer for Frozen a miss. Frozen follows the trials of two snowboarders and a skier played by Kevin Zegers, Emma Bell and Shawn Ashmore. The trio end up trapped on a ski lift before their last run down the slopes, but the slope staff don't realize they are up there and all the lights and electricity is turned out leaving the three stranded]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/frozen-movie-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/predators-new-on-set-photos/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/predators-new-on-set-photos/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:10:32 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=880 The new Predators movie directed by Nimrod Antal, and produced by Robert Rodriguez has it's first unofficial photos released and they show us some of the main cast and more importantly the Predators themselves. Hopefully this will be a nice step back into the world of the Predators and take us away from the miserable AVP movies thats really didn't hit the mark]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/predators-new-on-set-photos/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pixelated-movie-quiz-game-20/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pixelated-movie-quiz-game-20/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:54:50 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=878 Pixelated returns to your web browser after a short hiatus and we have a more modern movie poster for you today. The aim of the game is to work out which movie poster this is, after we pass it through our special Pixelated filter that makes your job much harder. The clue this week we have already mentioned this is a recent movie and was pretty well received.]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pixelated-movie-quiz-game-20/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/duncan-jones-directs-jake-gyllenhaal-and-michelle-monaghan-in-source-code/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/duncan-jones-directs-jake-gyllenhaal-and-michelle-monaghan-in-source-code/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:46:49 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=876 News has broke that Moon director, Duncan Jones has now got his leading cast for upcoming science fiction thriller Source Code. After the critical success of Moon it appears that the fast rising director has pulled together a great cast for Source Code which is due to start filming early this year, and is pushing his other project Mute out of the way until Source Code is finished. ]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/duncan-jones-directs-jake-gyllenhaal-and-michelle-monaghan-in-source-code/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/faster-and-more-furious-as-two-sequels-are-confirmed/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/faster-and-more-furious-as-two-sequels-are-confirmed/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:54:47 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=873 Vin Diesel has confirmed by his Facebook page that he has received a two story script for the next two Fast and Furious franchise movies. It seems that Diesel is back on board for the franchise that made him a household name, as he describes in his post below.]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/faster-and-more-furious-as-two-sequels-are-confirmed/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/a-team-movie-trailer-surfaces-we-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/a-team-movie-trailer-surfaces-we-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:23:58 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=871 With the new A-Team movie all set to surface in summer this year, the first trailer for Joe Carnahan's big screen version of the TV hit show has arrived. We get to see all the team do their thing in possibly one of the most disappointing trailers i've seen this year so far!]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/a-team-movie-trailer-surfaces-we-love-it-when-a-plan-comes-together/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/sam-mendes-rumoured-to-be-the-next-bond-director/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/sam-mendes-rumoured-to-be-the-next-bond-director/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:59:55 +0000 admin http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=869 Good news for the Bond franchise, well possibly good news, with Sam Mendes rumoured to be in the running for the directing mantle on the next James Bond movie. Daniel Craig is returning once again in a role he has successfully made his own, after an explosive start in the brilliant Casino Royale and a decent outing in the slightly lacking Quantum of Solace]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/sam-mendes-rumoured-to-be-the-next-bond-director/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-thing-prequel-is-coming/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-thing-prequel-is-coming/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:40:25 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=866 Good news for fans of John Carpenter's The Thing as a shooting date has now been announced for the prequel to the classic horror movie. The currently un-named prequel is set in the Norweigan Antartic base that we caught a glimpse of at the start of the 1982 original]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-thing-prequel-is-coming/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-crazies-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-crazies-movie-trailer/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:02:32 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=863 The 2010 upcoming remake and re-imagining of George A Romero's The Crazies has it's first trailer out, and stars Timophy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell in the lead roles of David and Judy Dutton. The Dutton's find themselves in the middle of a very strange situation when their small town in Iowa is hit by a mysterious plague that infects the locals through the water supply]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/the-crazies-movie-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/universal-soldier-regeneration-movie-review/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/universal-soldier-regeneration-movie-review/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:10:01 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=861 The Universal Soldier franchise has it's third movie in the main series and this time it's bringing back the origional stars alongside some new ones. This time around the main character is a new Uni-Sol, a new generation of the origional project named NGU and played by MMA and former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei 'The Pitbull' Arlovski. The new NGU has been developed by a rebel faction who took the origional technology and enhanced it to a higher level. With their one man killing machine in hand the rebels gain control of a nuclear power plant and use it make their requests known]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/universal-soldier-regeneration-movie-review/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/furry-vengeance-movie-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/furry-vengeance-movie-trailer/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:51:07 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=859 Furry Vengeance is an up and coming comedy movie starring Brendan Fraser as Dan Sanders a real estate developer who finds that in the Oregon Wilderness his new housing plans face major threat from the most deadly of creatures.. yes the local wildlife. Furry Vengeance also stars Brook Shields and Tammy Sanders and Ken Jeong and Dick Van Dyke and is all set to be released on the 7th of May 2010]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/furry-vengeance-movie-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/prince-of-persia-dastan-featurette/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/prince-of-persia-dastan-featurette/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:24:41 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=857 With the release date for Prince of Persia nearing, then we are getting to see more and more or the movie and its stars. No doubt Walt Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer, who teamed up for the very successful Pirates trilogy are expecting similar things from the Prince of Persia and from what has been shown so far they should be feeling confident]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/prince-of-persia-dastan-featurette/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/sherlock-holmes-and-avatar-set-to-battle-for-the-christmas-number-one/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/sherlock-holmes-and-avatar-set-to-battle-for-the-christmas-number-one/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:36:14 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=855 With the Christmas number one battle still going it looks as though Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes is in a close battle to take the crown this weekend against James Cameron's Avatar. Both movies have been doing the business at the box office this weekend and while we don't have the complete figures yet, it appears that Avatar might just pip Sherlock Holmes to the post]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/sherlock-holmes-and-avatar-set-to-battle-for-the-christmas-number-one/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/merry-christmas-movie-fans/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/merry-christmas-movie-fans/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:53:00 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=852 It's that time of year again, yes Christmas! And that means that i get a few days off so ill see you all in a few days and in the meantime if you celebrate Christmas then i hope you have a great one and Santa brings you that 100" HDTV that you want so you can watch your movies in full screen home cinema goodness form! ]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/merry-christmas-movie-fans/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/ridley-scotts-robin-hood-trailer/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/ridley-scotts-robin-hood-trailer/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:25:10 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=850 Ridley Scott's 2010 adaptation of the Robin Hood legend starring Russell Crowe in the title role has it's first trailer. This is the first time we have actually covered this new version of Robin Hood and the reason is, that I've seen so many version, serious and parodies of this world that I'm not sure if I can watch another. Ridley Scott will no doubt bring an intensity and seriousness to the movie that we wont have seen since the Kevin Costner version hit the big screen but will it really be anything different?]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/ridley-scotts-robin-hood-trailer/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/sherlock-holmes-featurettes/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/sherlock-holmes-featurettes/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:12:08 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=848 With Guy Ritchie's new Sherlock Holmes movie set to be released on December the 25th just in time for Christmas, Warner Bros are doing their best to push the promotion with some featurette's going behinds the scenes with the cast and crew of the upcoming movie]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/sherlock-holmes-featurettes/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/iron-man-2-trailer-surfaces/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/iron-man-2-trailer-surfaces/#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:42:33 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=846 The first full Iron Man 2 trailer has finally surfaced and is sure to get all the fans of the first movie whipped up into a frenzy as the Tony Stark story continues where it left off after the last movie. Stark is now out as such in the public and everyone knows he has an alter ego, but now they know who the technology comes from everyone wants a piece of the action ]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/iron-man-2-trailer-surfaces/feed/ 1 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/inception-and-kick-ass-posted/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/inception-and-kick-ass-posted/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:45:29 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=844 Posted our movie poster preview feature is back with two up and coming movies to keep on your radar. This week we have a superhero movie that goes against everything in the rule book and a thriller that looks like it could be something really special]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/inception-and-kick-ass-posted/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pride-prejudice-and-zombies-set-to-star-natalie-portman/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pride-prejudice-and-zombies-set-to-star-natalie-portman/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:23:23 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=841 Natalie Portman has signed on for the movie adaptation of Pride, Prejudice and Zombies, yes you read that right, its just like the original Pride and Prejudice, but with a little more undead flesh eating action thrown in for good measure]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pride-prejudice-and-zombies-set-to-star-natalie-portman/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/avatar-sequels-very-likely/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/avatar-sequels-very-likely/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:57:57 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=839 With Avatar already getting rave reviews all round, across the board, James Cameron has already confirmed that if Avatar does the business at the box office, which i'm sure it will especially in the quiet Christmas period they have released it in, then a sequel and possibly trilogy is definitely on the cards]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/avatar-sequels-very-likely/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pixelated-movie-quiz-game-19/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pixelated-movie-quiz-game-19/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:30:54 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=837 Pixelated is back, and this week we are getting in the Christmas spirit and making things a little easier for you as we are in a festive mood! This week we have a very popular movie which has turned into a massive franchise and at least the first movie was very deserving of that.]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/pixelated-movie-quiz-game-19/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/moon-does-the-business-at-independant-film-awards-bifa/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/moon-does-the-business-at-independant-film-awards-bifa/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:45:42 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=835 Duncan Jones low budget sci fi piece of goodness Moon, starring Sam Rockwell has been doing the business at the British Independent Film Awards or the BIFA, nice acryomn right! Moon took home two awards this year effectively, Duncan Jones took the Douglas Hickox Award which is given to a British Director on their debut feature movie, and Moon also grabbed the big one The Best British Independant Film Award]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/moon-does-the-business-at-independant-film-awards-bifa/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/avatar-10-minute-behind-the-scenes-featurette/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/avatar-10-minute-behind-the-scenes-featurette/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:55:00 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=833 Fox has released a interesting ten minute behind the scenes featurette on the upcoming Avatar, James Cameron's fantasy science fiction story. If you haven't heard of Avatar yet the story is set on a planet called Pandora, where a small settlement of humans are living among the natural inhabitants the Na'vi]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/avatar-10-minute-behind-the-scenes-featurette/feed/ 0 http://www.movies-illustrated.com/riddick-franchise-back-on-track/ http://www.movies-illustrated.com/riddick-franchise-back-on-track/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:13:44 +0000 Dalton http://www.movies-illustrated.com/?p=830 News has broke on the third movie in the Riddick franchise from writer director David Twohy and starring Vin Diesel as the anti hero Riddick. Diesel himself posted the news on his Facebook page stating that location scouting for the third movie in the series has begun which is good news for sci fi fans]]> http://www.movies-illustrated.com/riddick-franchise-back-on-track/feed/ 0