Movies

Release Date: February 14
Director: John Moore
Rating: Not Yet Rated

It looks like John McClane's tradition of haplessly stumbling into the evil elaborate plots of international terrorists will not be stopping anytime soon. This time, his signature brand of wise-cracking carnage finds its way to Moscow, Russia, where teamed with his son, Jack, a lot of baddies are in for some serious death-dealing.

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We are introduced to John's adult son, Jack McClane (Jai Courtney of Spartacus: Vengeance), a CIA operative who's in Moscow investigating the case of some heisted nuclear weapons. However, Jack soon gets himself stuck in a proverbial vodka bottle of trouble, which prompts the elder McClane to hop on a plane and see if he needs help with killing anyone or blowing stuff up. -- Apparently he does.

Now, a new brand of sophisticated, cosmopolitan megalomaniacs with accents and fancy trench-coats have found themselves in the crosshairs of the legendary hero of Nakatomi Plaza, Dulles International Airport, the New York City Federal Reserve Heist, and the Deadwood guy's massive cyber-attack. (The last of which John utilized the help of "A Mac.") This time, however, it's twice the McClane, double the pain.

Besides serving as important US exposure for the Russian cast, Mary Elizabeth Winstead reprises her role as John's daughter, Lucy. Plus, Cole Hauser and Sebastian Koch also round out the cast.

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What if DNA analysis technology advances far enough that you could predict your entire future, from when you fall ill, have kids or even die? That's what the indie film, Life Tracker, is all about. Written and directed by Joe McClean and starring Barry Finnegan, Matt Dallas and Rebecca Marshall, the indie film follows an aspiring documentarian and his friends as they learn more about the invention of such a device and how it wrecks havoc on the world.

I don't know about you, but the farthest point in my future that I can see is what I'm going to eat for lunch every day. And I'm okay with that. So if someone does build a DNA tracking device that can predict when I'm going to exit this world, I'm running far away from it. What would you do?

Life Tracker will be released sometime in 2013.

Release Date: February 1
Director: Jonathan Levine
Rating: PG-13

The post-Twilight era of "girl meets monster" romance may have left the movie-going public divided, but this horror/comedy takes the framework of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and gives it some undead flair.

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X-Men: First Class star, Nicholas Hoult is a young man simply known as "R" who is aimlessly drifting through life...literally since he's a zombie who spends his days roaming, looking for human brains to devour.

However, in a twist of irony, this zombie would soon become "infected" by an ailment that completely changes him: Love. After feasting on the brain of a lovesick teen, the sight of his victim's beautiful girlfriend, Julie Grigio (Teresa Palmer,) activates loving memories which become nature's defibrillator, bringing R's dead heart pumping back to life. (Somewhat.)

At that point, what is clearly the natural course of events plays out: The girl falls in love with the zombie who ate her boyfriend's brains. Her father (John Malkovich,) a General in charge of eradicating the undead demographic is not exactly doing cartwheels over the coupling, and R's zombie buddies are also starting to become infected with the love pathogen, making the interaction between these proverbial "Zombagues" and "Cap-Youlets" all the more complex.

Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton, and Rob Corddry fill out the cast of this meta monster mashup.

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Release Date: February 1
Director: Walter Hill
Rating: R

The Expendables films have managed to rebuild the playground of the old-school, no-nonsense action hero and the centerpiece star, Sylvester Stallone is back with a new potential franchise in this hybrid between revenge movie and buddy cop comedy.

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Stallone plays Jimmy Bobo, a longtime hitman that's being pressured by his daughter (Sarah Shahi) to get out of the business while he's still intact. Unfortunately, his retirement will have to wait when his partner is murdered by a ruthless kingpin named Keegan (Jason Mamoa.)

Like any old-school alpha male that avoids skim milk and doesn't take crap from anyone, Jimmy goes on a quest for vengeance that will lead to this contract killer partnering-up with the most unlikely of allies: A cop!

Proving the old adage that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," NYPD detective, Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang) is also jonesing for a piece of Keegan after similarly losing his partner. Together, they go on a two-man spree of slaughter and prove that "nothing is over" until a lot of stuff blows up and the bad guy is beaten, bloodied, and killed.

Also filling out the cast are Christian Slater, Holt McCallany, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

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Release Date: January 25
Director: Tommy Wirkola
Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Yet another one of your childhood bedtime stories is getting a stylized, action-packed big-budget treatment. (At least, until Michael Bay decides to tackle Little Miss Muffet.) This time, it will feature Hawkeye and a Bond Girl that ended up bathed in black gold.

Here, we have a slick follow-up to the 1812 Grimm fairy tale that taught us the value of leaving breadcrumb trails and that witches who don't get proper education at Hogwarts end up living alone in an edible cabin in the woods, craving the taste of children.

Managing to avoid becoming the main ingredients in a witch's oven-baked kid pies, grown siblings Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) used their childhood trauma and went the Sam and Dean Winchester route, hunting these evil broom-bucking bitches wherever they may hide.

Now, it appears that the baddest of them all, Muriel (Famke Janssen) is lurking about and needs to be stopped. She's kidnapping children to be sacrificed at a massive gathering of witches on "Blood Moon" night. (Of course, this was before the Blood Moon sacrifice of children festivities got all corporate, charging high ticket prices and forcing you to pay $50 for just one eye of newt.)

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Ubisoft Motion Pictures is turning its attention now to the Tom Clancy-branded Ghost Recon series for a possible big screen treatment. The news comes from UMP chief executive Jean-Julien Baronnet, the former head of Luc Besson's EuropaCorp, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.

Ubi started establishing itself as a Hollywood player in 2012, with news that Michael Fassbender and Tom Hardy had been attached to big screen adaptations of Assassin's Creed and Splinter Cell, respectively. There's little to say at this point about Ghost Recon beyond the fact that it's in the pitch stage (which is very early in Hollywood terms); expect to hear much more first about those other two projects.

The LA Times interview is largely focused on profiling Baronnet and his work at Ubisoft. If you're at all curious to learn more about the company's efforts in the film world, this is well worth a read.

Release Date: January 18
Director: Jee-woon Kim
Rating: R

While he's made a notable comeback in The Expendables films, the name of Arnold Schwarzenegger will grace the top of a marquee for the first time in a decade, this time sporting a sheriff's shield, a grizzled demeanor, and a modernized take on the traditional western movie plot.

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The Governator plays Ray Owens, a jaded ex-LAPD narcotics officer who now lives a quieter life as sheriff in a sleepy small town on the US/Mexican border. However, the town's sleepiness is about to receive a wake-up call when a vicious drug cartel head their way after a speed-heavy caper that freed their leader from FBI custody.

Now, circumstances have forced Ray to give his upstart deputies a quick lesson in badass action and even badder puns since their happy hamlet is the final geographic obstacle before the pernicious pushers can elude authorities across the border.

Aided by an eccentric sidekick in Jackass star, Johnny Knoxville, Ahnuld will truly be "back" and joined by a cast consisting of Rodigo "Xerxes" Santoro, Forest Whitaker, Luis Guzmán, and Thor's Jaimie Alexander.

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While Hugh Jackman is riding high from the solid holiday numbers for Les Misérables, it turns out the actor has recently revealed an important detail about the return of his signature character. (And no, I'm not talking about Van Helsing.)

In an interview with Parade magazine, Jackman let loose some details about The Wolverine, his return next summer as Marvel's adamantium-aligned ass-beater. Apparently, everything we thought we knew about where the film fits in the timeline of the X-Men franchise was wrong. According to the star, The Wolverine will actually take place AFTER the events of 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand. (You know, the one where a lot of important characters met lame, anticlimactic deaths? Yeah...)

As a result, The Wolverine is apparently not a prequel-sequel to the 2009 prequel, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but is, in actuality, a spinoff sequel to the 2000-2006 X-Men trilogy. -- Does that make sense?

Check out what Jackman had to say about the matter below, as well as his hint of a cameo from another X-Men member.

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A photo has surfaced from next year's Mad Max: Fury Road, giving us our first look at star, Tom Hardy as the film's titular "Road Warrior."

The image came from a set of autographed low-res set snapshots sent to Ain't It Cool News. Initial doubts surrounding them were quickly quelled when Warner Bros officially confirmed their authenticity.

Now, we can certifiably see Tom Hardy as he dumps his Bane respirator to take over Mel Gibson's star-making role of "Mad" Max Rockatansky. For the uninitiated, Max was an Australian federal police officer serving the remnants of a post-apocalyptic society until a vicious gang killed his wife and infant son. After his vengeance was satisfied, he became a roaming warrior of justice in a savage future.

Check out the full pic below, as well as a look at one of the post-apocalyptic vehicles from the film.

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The hunt for Osama bin Laden may be over, but how did the entire investigation come together? Zero Dark Thirty explores the decade long operation, and Tiffany Smith from Attack of the Show spoke with the cast to discuss what the film is actually about, the unsurprising ending and more.

Resident Evil: Retribution, the 5th installment of the Resident Evil film franchise, comes to DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D tomorrow, Friday 12/21, and we have an exclusive behind the scenes clip to whet your undead appetite! In the clip, titled "A Great Visual Journey", we get a behind the scenes glimpse into the design and build of the world of Resident Evil: Retribution.

It's pretty cool clip, seriously lacking in Milla Jovovich and those little outfits she always pours herself into for these movies, but pretty cool nonetheless.

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Did you see Resident Evil: Retribution? What'd you think? I actually haven't seen it yet and I need something to watch this weekend.

Marvel has unveiled a new photo from the upcoming Iron Man 3, although from Tony Stark's point of view, it hardly captures a Kodak moment.

We don't know who gave Iron Man this serious beat-down, but whoever it was had to be pretty powerful. After being exposed to the first trailer and seeing some of the stills, it's hardly a secret that the Armored Avenger is in for his toughest test yet.

Not only has his greatest enemy in The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) finally surfaced, but a techno-virus making his armor collection go haywire has been unleashed. On top of that, it appears that goons like Coldblood (James Badge Dale) have Tony set in their crosshairs.

Oh, but don't get the impression that this film is going The Dark Knight Rises route, sending Tony off to hiding armed with a cane and a wealth of self-pity. While that techno-virus (Extremis) may cause some weird stuff, which include his armors creeping over Pepper Potts at night, those kinks should be worked out and Iron Man will receive some serious upgrades to fight his new enemies. (I guess Pepper will just have to deal with the nightly gropes from the armors.)

Iron Man 3 directed by Shane Black looks for a body shop that handles Mark VIII armors before hitting theaters on May 3, 2013.

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Marvel's upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series has added the final regular agent for its spinoff in singer/actress, Chloe Bennet.

The 21 year-old half-Asian attraction made a name for herself in Beijing, China where, billed as "Chloe Wang," she became a bilingual pop star. However, as with most exquisite ingenues, the acting bug eventually bit and she relocated back to the states where she currently appears on ABC's Nashville. (Which stars Hayden Panettiere, whose name on Heroes was Claire Bennet. Coincidence? -- Probably.)

Bennet/Wang will play the role of the energetic Agent Skye. The Hollywood Reporter describes the character as:

"A confident woman who is slightly obsessed with superhero culture and the shadow organizations that exist within it. She's edgy and can out-talk anyone with her unflappable nature."

Essentially, she will be the show's gorgeously geeky beauty with enough of an edge to send fanboys into an amorous haze with the gratuitous use of pop-culture references and big-eyed close-up shots. You can't go wrong with that, I guess.

Bennet joins a cast headed by Clark Gregg's returning Agent Phil Coulson consisting of Ming-Na Wen, Elizabeth Henstridge, Iain De Caestecker, and last month's addition of Brett Dalton. Shooting is said to commence in January.

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Vinnie Jones from Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and X-Men: The Last Stand was on Attack of the Show last night for his new film, Company of Heroes. He discuss the film's World War II setting with Michael Kosta, as well as his football career. (Not American football. The real football.)

The chance to own your favorite movies from 2012 is here--but which Blu-ray is worth the money? Attack of the Show's resident film expert Chris Gore and Candace Bailey take a look at some of the biggest releases for the week, like the Total Recall remake, Looper, Premium Rush and Pitch Perfect.