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Go Behind the Scenes in New PARKER Featurette

Director Taylor Hackford’s new crime thriller flick Parker, based upon the writings of Donald E. Westlake, is shaping up to be more than the standard shoot-em up action fare. Jason Statham plays the titular character, who’s an honorable thief with something of a Robin Hood philosophy. Things go awry when after a lucrative job, his crew decide to double cross him with the treacherous Melander (The Shield‘s Michael Chiklis) leading the charge.

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Jason Statham Talks THE EXPENDABLES 2

Sylvester Stallone and his gang of mercenaries are back in Simon West‘s The Expendables 2. This time Jean-Claude Van Damme plays the baddie and from all accounts he makes a worthy nemesis for Barney Ross’s cohorts to contend with – culminating in a beat down with Sly. The sequel is said to be better than the original, and even though the film’s […]

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Go Behind-the-Scenes on THE EXPENDABLES 2

A new behind-the-scenes featurette for The Expendables 2 has been released. The new film sees Sylvester Stallone and his gang of mercenaries out for revenge and going up against the bad guy played by former ‘good guy’ Jean-Claude Van Damme who’s in need of some weapons grade plutonium. This featurette doesn’t serve up any spoilers or reveal too many film tricks like so many do […]

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TRANSPORTER TV Show Put On Hold

Producers Consider Shutting Down After Star Injury and Behind the Scenes Shake-Up Chris Vance is best known to TV audiences for his stint on season three of Prison Break – now he’s taking over the role made infamous by Jason Statham in Cinemax’s TV adaptation of The Transporter trilogy. Vance stars as Frank Martin, an ex-elite commando turned transporter, who delivers mysterious […]

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EXPENDABLES 2 Lands CON AIR Director

Since the success of the The Expendables and even before the films release there has been talk of a sequel. When the flick hit paydirt grossing $275 million worldwide, it became clear that this could be the beginning of a new Stallone franchise that doesn’t build on his hallmark characters such as Rocky or Rambo (to some degree). Production is […]

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The Mechanic – Red Band Trailer

Here’s the new trailer for the upcoming Simon West remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson flick The Mechanic. It stars Jason Statham as Arthur Bishop, an elite assassin known as a “mechanic” who can be trusted to seamlessly “eliminate targets” with precision, speed, and machine-like detachment. When his mentor Harry McKenna is murdered, he becomes […]

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The Mechanic – New Scene

Here’s a new clip from the action movie The Mechanic and though it looks trimmed somewhat for violence and plot,  it does show off some of the action and stunt set pieces. It stars Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland and Tony Goldwyn – the best friend/ bad guy from 1990′ s Ghost. It looks […]

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The Mechanic – 2011 Trailer

Director: Simon West Writers: Richard Wenk | Lewis John Carlino Release Date: January 28, 2011 (USA) Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller Studios: Millennium Films | Nu Image Entertainment | GmbH | CBS Films Producers: Irwin Winkler, Avi Lerner, Robert Chartoff, David Winkler, William Chartoff, René Besson, Rob Cowan, Marcy Drogin, John Thompson IMDB Official […]

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