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Tag: action

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Call the Law – GANGSTER SQUAD Trailer

This could be badass, or it could just be bad…

Posted on May 16, 2012May 21, 2012
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THE AVENGERS

Four years and five films later, they have assembled.

Posted on May 7, 2012April 30, 2019
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Dream a Little Dream – TOTAL RECALL Trailer

This August, they will remember it for you wholesale.

Posted on April 11, 2012April 16, 2012
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THE HUNGER GAMES

The wands have been put away and the sparkly vampires are being handed their hat. get ready for the next big young adult adaptation…one that shows true promise for all involved.

Posted on March 23, 2012November 20, 2014
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JOHN CARTER

Adventures across the galaxy have made for some of the very best movies in cinema history. Has Disney created the next great entry?

Posted on March 18, 2012March 23, 2012
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On To The Next One (THE BOURNE LEGACY Trailer)

Will this be another franchise successfully rebooted? Or one that falls on its face as it enters its second act?

Posted on February 29, 2012March 4, 2012
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President Dead (ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VAMPIRE HUNTER Trailer)

Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers put forth a call to beware of the undead…

Posted on February 15, 2012February 20, 2012
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WARRIOR

What happens when Baz and Bane play brothers who are both MMA fighters? Exactly what you’d guess would happen.

Posted on January 29, 2012February 2, 2012
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HAYWIRE

Soderbergh finds that he has a eye for action, and that Gina Carano is worth keeping an eye on to provide the action.

Posted on January 22, 2012January 27, 2012
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS

The world’s greatest detective has picked his violin back up, and is ready to play us another song.

Posted on December 27, 2011December 17, 2012
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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL

Brad Bird Thinks Big – Very Big, and Re-Invigorates Ethan Hunt’s IMF Adventures.

Posted on December 18, 2011August 13, 2015
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IMMORTALS

Greek Gods. Pretty Pictures. Silly Story.

Posted on November 14, 2011November 18, 2011

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