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Time-tested franchises are making a comeback

The seventies, eighties and nineties are back

The eighties, what an awesome decade. M.J. was the king of pop, "Egyptian lover" was rocking the airwaves and Bill Cosby was everyone’s favorite grand-daddy. What a difference thirty years makes. A wave of something is sweeping through the film industry and a glut of sequels inspired by the seventies’, eighties’ and nineties’ most famous franchises is looming large. Is it nostalgia or a lack ... more >

The Expendables 2

Who can say no to these two?
Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Terry Crews
Directed by Simon West

Can a bunch of long-in-the-tooth action stars still substitute muscles, guns, and wisecracks for super heroes and special effects? Sylvester Stallone & Co. respond to that question with a resounding “hell yeah.” “The Expendables 2” is a “go-bigger” sequel that works and it does so because of exciting familiar faces. This time a debt Barney (Sylvester Stallone) owes to Mr. Church (Bruce ... more >

Stallone and Schwarzenegger to team up again

You've heard it right, Sly and Schwartzy (as the French inexplicably call him) will team up for a new jailbreak movie. As reported by Deadline, the two weight-room aficionados will appear in a new movie called The Tomb. Stallone will play a man who builds a prison that can’t be escaped from, gets sent to said prison after being set up and then has to get out of the prison he created. There's some ... more >