Action Movies

Sylvestor Stallone and his crew of over-the-hill action buddies from yesteryear won the box office battle, just like they were expected to. The Expendables 2 earned an estimated $28.75 million, a fair start for a mid-August release. Not for a sequel that features bigger roles for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis.

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Oh boy, is Arnold Schwarzenegger back. Not only does he make his post-governator debut in The Expendables 2 this weekend, but, not at all coincidentally, Lionsgate has premiered the first trailer for his 2013 action movie The Last Stand, where Schwarzenegger plays a sheriff who becomes the last roadblock for a pack of violent criminals.

Lots of people die. The end.

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If Zero Dark Thirty isn’t on your bucket list for the rest of 2012, there’s something wrong with you. From Kathryn Bigelow, the former wife of James Cameron but more importantly the multi-Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker comes this new military drama that follows SEAL Team Six as they hunt down the most notorious fugitive of all time: Osama bin Laden.

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Warner Home Video celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket by releasing it in a new 2-disc Blu-ray Book Edition on August 7th!

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Proof that action movies from the 1980′s and early 90′s are indeed better than modern action movies, the beloved Arnold Schwarzenegger cheese fest Total Recall gets the reboot treatment with a sleek, sexy but lifeless incarnation from director Len Wiseman.

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Do I have to say this article contains spoilers? Fine. It contains bloody spoilers.

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Sony has released the all-new Skyfall movie trailer, the latest entry in the James Bond franchise. After the adequate-but-disappointing Quantum of Solace and a longer than expected hiatus due to financial troubles with MGM, the studio is going all out with Skyfall, which features M (Judi Dench) making a huge mistake that appears to cost the lives of several secret agents (and the destruction of MI6?), Ralph Fiennes stepping in to clean up the damage, James Bond (Craig) getting shot and apparently killed, and Javier Bardem returning to a villain roll.

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Warner Bros. has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming Superman movie Man of Steel, which debuts in theaters summer 2013. Directed by Zack Snyder and produced by Christopher Nolan, Man of Steel looks to re-energize the Superman franchise with a grittier and hopefully more action-packed approach to the man with the red tights. Henry Cavill stars as Clark Kent/Superman.

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Anticipation can be a bitch. Expectations can lead to disappointment. Hype can be a killer. Christopher Nolan’s epic conclusion to his Dark Knight trilogy has to deal with all three nuisances, and he flicks them aside like villain Bane does Batman, the entire Gotham police force and everyone else who makes the mistake of crossing his path.

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Anticipation can be a bitch. Expectations can lead to disappointment. Hype can be a killer. Christopher Nolan’s epic conclusion to his Dark Knight trilogy has to deal with all three nuisances, and he flicks them aside like villain Bane does Batman, the entire Gotham police force and everyone else who makes the mistake of crossing his path.

Read FilmJabber’s full The Dark Knight Rises movie review.

One more week. One more week until The Dark Knight Rises makes its epic debut. Until July 20, however, you’re going to have to settle for an onslaught of marketing from Warner Bros., as indicated by the release of 10 more movie stills from the highly anticipated action film.

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Warner Bros. Pictures has released 10 new images from the highly anticipated new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises, which hits theaters on July 20. It is the only movie that could challenge The Avengers for the box office crown… so do these pictures get you excited?

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