Atomic Popcorn would like to extend to you all, the opportunity on behalf of Anchor Bay’s newest British thriller, THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED. The film stars Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace, Clash of the Titans, Prince of Persia), Eddie Marsan (Happy-Go-Lucky, Sherlock Holmes) and Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen, Red Road). For all of you [...]

Writer/director Guy Ritchie’s high-octane, revisionist version of Sherlock Holmes has definitely proven itself successful. It raked in close to $470 million while the never-ending money monster Avatar was still devouring box offices at its peak, and it has already helped inspire studios to greenlight sexy, more action-oriented versions of other classics such as Treasure Island [...]

The latest entry in Hollywood’s ongoing war on the sanctity of classic film is looking to be the swashbuckling pirate classic Treasure Island. Reportedly, production company Ecosse Films is preparing a new version of author Robert Louis Stevenson’s timeless tale of high-seas adventure. Of course, this time around, the story is going to be much [...]

Recently I asked you who your favorite big screen werewolf was and that got me thinkin’ about some other popular characters portrayed by multiple leading men in the movies. This discussion must always start with the character of agent 007 James Bond, best played by Sean Connery. Other popular Bonds were Pierce Brosnan and Roger Moore while [...]

We’re still three months away from the release of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes this Christmas, but you better believe they’re already cooking up the next entry in the series. Warner Bros. is in talks with Kieran and Michele Mulroney, a husband and wife screenwriting team, to begin work on a sequel. It’s strange that no [...]

Paul W.S. Anderson has made one truly good movie in his life, and that is Event Horizon. The rest — Resident Evil, Death Race, yadda-yadda — is dreck. But if he has to choose a franchise to taint, I suppose there’s no harm in letting him foul up characters with a strong literary background, is [...]

And then the marine layer parted to reveal the sky above the San Diego Convention Center and there emerged…Friday’s schedule. That’s right, practically 24 hours later, we get one of the more coveted pieces of the schedule. The always official Star Wars day (girls, get your slave leia costumes ready) will include such awesome things [...]

Guy Ritchie’s latest cinematic romp comes in the form of one of the most loved and suave British mystery solvers in fiction, Sherlock Holmes. Jumping onto the big screen Christmas Day, Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat [...]