The Many Forms of Dracula

posted 02-01-11 by Max Tedaldi

Deafula Believe it or not, Deafula was the first ever movie made solely in American Sign Language. The result has got to be one of the weirdest movies ever made. The story of a theology student who finds himself turning into a vampire and hunting other students for their blood doesn’t really work as a [...]

Fans Think That These Comic Books Need Films Now

posted 01-31-11 by Max Tedaldi

Axe Cop Axe Cop: The Movie – Part 1 from Peter Muehlenberg on Vimeo. If there is a more heart-warming story in the world of comic books, I surely am not aware of it. Brothers Malachai (age 6) and Ethan Nicolle (age 30) teamed up to create the tale of a cop who fights aliens [...]

Academy Award Winning Films That You’ll Actually Want To Watch

posted 01-27-11 by Max Tedaldi

Sneaking action films into family film night should afford you some catharsis after watching Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2. But what do you do when you find yourself face to face with the movie snob who wants nothing to do with your action-packed, gun-slinging, explosion-filled tastes. No matter how many times you try to explain the [...]

Kevin Smith Rants on the State of Red State

posted 01-25-11 by Max Tedaldi

Red State – Coming 2011 from Red State on Vimeo. Kevin Smith’s latest film is a stark digression from his typically raunchy and wordy comedic films. Red State is a horror film, a first for Smith, that makes some metaphorical stabs at the bigots of America. Red State premiered at Sundance this year and is [...]

Film Franchises in Fast Forward

posted 01-24-11 by Max Tedaldi

Attention deficit disorder is a real thing that affects millions of moviegoers every year. Not every 3 hour film is able to captivate and enthrall for its entire 180-minute duration. Thankfully a bunch of youtube users know the common plight of the ADD addled moviegoer who wants to watch every amazing action franchise, but finds [...]

Introducing Andrew Garfield As Spider-Man!

posted 01-13-11 by Max Tedaldi

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The Top MMA Fighters Turned Movie Stars

posted 01-11-11 by Max Tedaldi

The relationship between actors and musicians has always been a slightly incestuous affair. Successful actors yearn for the adoration of millions of screaming fans at rock concerts, and successful musicians are always looking to the big screen to broaden their appeal. Meet the new breed of celebrity looking to break into the acting game. Capitalizing [...]

10 Family Films Full of Fight

posted 01-10-11 by Max Tedaldi

We’ve all been there. With a fresh copy of The Expendables burning a hole in your action-filled Blu Ray player you are forced to abandon your explosion-laden dreams for “family film night”. You’ll have to endure the horror of watching your irredeemable family laugh along with revolting films like Good Luck Chuck. You know that [...]

A Zombie Film for All Seasons

posted 01-07-11 by Max Tedaldi

You love zombie films. You love them more than your Boba Fett action figure. Yes, the one that you slept with until you were 18. You love zombies so much that you’ve watched the Thriller video hundreds of times, have the dance down pat and still have no idea who this Michael Jackson character is. [...]

2011 Movie Preview — You’ll Get More Action Than A Pair Of The TSA’s Rubber Gloves

posted 01-04-11 by craigmacnee

With the end of the world as we know it just around the corner in December 2012 (according to John Cusack anyway), next year could well be the last full year of action movies we ever have. Consequently, I thought it would be useful to give you an overview of everything coming out that might [...]

Super Successful Micro-Budget Action/Horror Films — Monsters Has Some Big Shoes to Fill

posted 01-03-11 by Max Tedaldi

$15,000 to shoot an entire film! Really?! In an era where mediocre $200,000,000 films can make $400,000,000, it may seem like a miracle that a film that cost less than a Volkswagen Jetta would get made, let alone be successful. But that is exactly what Gareth Edwards’ Monsters was looking to do with his alien [...]

A Quick Look at a Year in Internet Piracy

posted 12-16-10 by Angelo D'Argenio

We talk a lot about piracy here on 30Ninjas. We consider hackers and homebrewers in a larger scope than “OMG THIEF” and we examine some of the best and worst ways to combat piracy in an upcoming digital distribution world. However, regardless of our borderline obsession with the world of piracy and hacking, Torrent Freak, [...]

Lightsaber Remixes — A Sword Is Just a Sword But a Lightsaber is Pure Action

posted 12-09-10 by Max Tedaldi

I’ve got nothing against sword fights! I think that the sword fight is possibly the best thing to come to the cinema since sound or color. But take a sword, make it glow and then give a cool “whooshing” sound effect and you’ve taken something that is Maul and made it Vader. These are some [...]

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From the Mouth of Michael Bay: Transformers 3 Will Be a “Dork Free Transformers”

posted 12-08-10 by Julina Tatlock

A “dork free Transformers. It’s much more serious. It’s still entertaining, it’s big looking” Yes, Michael Bay really said that.

We Know What You Want For Christmas! Another Version of Robin Hood, This Time From Wachowski Siblings!

posted 12-08-10 by Julina Tatlock

All snark aside, the Wachowskis are pairing with Warner Brothers to create a modern, urban version of the Robin Hood myth and talking to Will Smith about the part. More after the jump