Sacha Baron Cohen is brilliant when it comes to the marketing of his films. We've seen Baron Cohen teabag Eminem at the MTV Video Music awards, spill the "ashes" of the late Kim Jong-il on pretty boy Ryan Seacrest at the Oscars, and now "murder" a model/actress. The latest Baron Cohen stunt that is making headlines today involves him in character as Admiral General Aladeen (The... Read More »

Like Gangster Squad, here's another movie that we didn't have on our Most Anticipated Movies of 2012 list, but we most likely would have if this trailer had existed half a year ago. Director Rian Johnson reunites with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, whom he previously worked with on his rookie effort (the excellent neo-noir Brick), in another movie with film noir elements except this tim... Read More »

After smashing box office and MediaStinger records in its debut last week, The Avengers easily repeated at the top of the domestic box office this weekend while breaking even more records. Its estimated $103.2 million take in its second weekend was the highest ever for a sophomore score, shattering the previous second-weekend high of $75.6 million by Avatar. Since last week,... Read More »

Gangster Squad is a movie that we didn't have on our Most Anticipated Movies of 2012 list, but most likely would have added if we had seen this trailer before compiling the list. Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer's latest period piece follows a squad of Los Angeles cops (Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Giovanni Ribisi, and Anthony Mackie) who are attempting to keep Eas... Read More »

Max Payne 3 is gearing up for a shootout with Blizzard's highly anticipated next installment in the Diablo series when both third installments are released in stores next Tuesday. On top of a massive marketing campaign, to get fans of the series even more hyped and prepared for next week, Rockstar Games has just launched a new version of their Social Club with some impressive s... Read More »

Sad news for anybody hoping to get their hands on BioShock Infinite towards the end of this year. After announcing that the release date would be October 16, 2012, back in March, Irrational Games creative director Ken Levine confirmed today via blog post that the latest BioShock's release will be pushed back to February 13, 2013. Although the news is saddening, I think most ... Read More »

The first summer blockbuster of 2012 is officially on its way to become one of the biggest ever as it denied Think Like A Man the second three-peat of the year. The Avengers accomplished what The Hunger Games couldn't a couple months ago, when its opening feast was big enough for third place all-time. Marvel's team of superheroes didn't just break... it shattered the record for... Read More »

This year's annual iteration of Activision's records-setting juggernaut franchise Call of Duty was revealed today to be Black Ops II, a sequel to the World at War sequel from a couple of years ago. The ninth game of the series will take viewers back to the future, but unlike Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 3 last year, which was set in the near future, Treyarch's Black Ops II wi... Read More »

Marvel's Avengers hits theaters in a few days, but leave it to the comic-book studio's historic rival, DC's and Warner Bros.' Batman, to try to suck the air out of The Avengers hype this week. The latest trailer for The Dark Knight Rises, our top pick for Most Anticipated Movie of 2012, just dropped, and there's plenty of teasing reveals along with some stuff we've seen previou... Read More »

After ending the four-week reign of The Hunger Games atop the domestic box office last week, Think Like A Man remained strong enough to repeat. It held off four new challengers in the last spring weekend before the summer season kicks off Friday with The Avengers, one of our most anticipated films of the year. The biggest competition the reigning champ faced was from Aardman... Read More »

One of Nintendo's best and most beloved series of all time is about to face a new challenger, but this time coming from outside the Nintendo universe and on another console. PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (not to be confused with WWE All Stars) looks to take the same unique fighting game style from Super Smash Bros. that won over casual and hardcore gamers by creating a me... Read More »

The rise of Taylor Kitsch will continue this summer in Oliver Stone's new crime-thriller film, Savages. Last seen as John Carter and scheduled to dock in domestic theaters in next month's Battleship, Kitsch plays one half of a marijuana-growing team while the other half is played by Aaron Johnson of Kick-Ass. They go Army of Two and take on a Mexican drug cartel when their shar... Read More »

After topping the weekend domestic box office for four consecutive weeks (a feat not accomplished since Avatar), popular young adult book series adaptation The Hunger Games was finally defeated by a couple of surprising newcomers, both of which are also literary adaptations. African-American comedy Think Like A Man, which is based on Steve Harvey's self-help book, claimed the g... Read More »

It was a bit strange when Bethesda Softworks remained silent after news broke weeks ago that Prey 2 might be cancelled. Finally putting an end to the Internet rumor mill, Bethesda Softworks has just issued a statement regarding the development of Human Head Studios' Prey 2. Thankfully, the announcement wasn't what many were thinking, and Bethesda is confirming that the sequel i... Read More »

After Sony teased gamers all week by posting a mysterious image on the official PlayStation website and Facebook page asking "Will vengeance bring redemption?," many were left wondering if it could be for the inevitable God of War 4. Last time there was a God of War teaser most were let down with the announcement that it would be a PSP game. Thankfully, this time the tease wasn... Read More »

With Skyrim and Rage done, everyone has been dying to know what Bethesda is going to do next. The publisher behind one of 2011's best games and biggest disappointments has remained rather silent in 2012 regarding their upcoming games in development. We've even heard rumors that Prey 2 might be cancelled (please Bethesda, no!) and Doom 4 isn't likely to be released until the nex... Read More »