Tag: patrickhughes

Review: THE HITMAN'S WIFE'S BODYGUARD, An Incoherent, Unfunny Action-Comedy

If there was an Academy Award for Best Skincare Routine And/Or Genetics (All Ages Category), Salma Hayek undoubtedly would take the award going away. There isn't, unfortunately. Hayek, though, is practically flawless every time she makes a welcome appearance in...

Review: THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD Shoots Wide of the Mark

Spoiler: Patrick Hughes' The Hitman's Bodyguard ends with a post-credits stinger in which Ryan Reynolds sits at a bar, waiting for his cue only to be put off by a five-minute church bell song, and ultimately ending with a half-funny...

Pretty Packaging: Those Crazy Dutch EXPENDABLES Releases

(Throw as much stuff against a wall as you can find, and then see what sticks... hey, it worked for the films!) We can discuss all we like about whether the Expendables films are good, bad or awful, and get...

AnarchyVision: Jason Gorber Talks TMNT, THE GIVER, EXPENDABLES 3 And More!

Loads of end-of-season flicks to talk about, including the truly egregious TMNT, the barely-better-than-the-last-one Expendables 3, YA dystopian romp The Giver, and a brief shout-out to Frank and Calvary.Video embedded below...

Review: THE EXPENDABLES 3 Isn't Execrable...Mostly

"It's better than the last one!" Faint praise, perhaps, but given that Expendables films don't aim very high, it's probably praise that will be graciously accepted for The Expendables 3. Probably. It's fair to say the entire Expendables franchise...

Blow It Up Real Good With The New EXPENDABLES 3 Trailer!

After keeping things generally short and sweet in a series of initial teasers the Patrick Hughes directed Expendables 3 is getting down to business in earnest with the new trailer for the picture. You want explosions, helicopters, train heists and...

The Gang's All Here In These EXPENDABLES 3 Character Posters

Want to get a good look at Sylvester's Stallone's veiny arm, Kelsey Grammar's fishing hat, Wesley Snipes' collection of knives and / or Mel Gibson preparing to say something unprintable? Then look no farther than this collection of Expendables 3...

It's Official! EXPENDABLES 3's Patrick Hughes To Direct Screen Gem's Remake Of THE RAID: REDEMPTION

It has been running around the rumor mill for a while now. Today Sony/Screen Gems crossed the T's and dotted the I's and Patrick Hughes, director of the upcoming The Expendables 3 and the terrific Red Hill, is officially signed...

THE EXPENDABLES 3 Teaser Has Everyone

You. Me. Sly. Dolph. Dr. Fraiser Crane. While we ain't yet to see a smidge of actual footage from the third outing of action movie veterans and young upstarts alike, this teaser does a tease right enough.  Patrick Hughes (Red...

Kelsey Grammer Boards THE EXPENDABLES 3

Kelsey Grammer: Tough Guy. If your exposure to the thespian is merely through his long, long tenure as TV's Dr. Frasier Crane, than you may think those words are absolutely ridiculous. But if you watched Grammer on his other starring...

Harrison Ford Joins THE EXPENDABLES 3, Bruce Willis Departs

And with a tweet it was so. Of course, there's so much we don't see behind the scenes, but Expendables mastermind Sylvester Stallone took to his Twitter today to make a double whammy of an announcement with this exclamation laden...

RED HILL Rides Into The UK!

After impressing at Frightfest last year, director Patrick Hughes' modern day revenge western is arriving in UK cinemas on 13th May with a DVD and Blu-ray release slated for 30th May. Featuring a bold and surprisingly sympathetic performance from Ryan Kwanten,...

Fantastic Fest 2010: RED HILL review

Do you miss old school revenge westerns and vintage gritty cop thrillers like I do? Where are the new High Plains Drifter's, or the modern day Report To The Commissioner's? Well pine no more, because Australian writer/director Patrick Hughes...

Fantastic Fest 2010: RED HILL Review

Red Hill is a straightforward modern revenge western that provides plenty of slick thrills and pacey action, with racial undertones and perhaps the most startling animal appearance of the year...if that's even a category. Police officer Shane Cooper (True...

First Look at RED HILL Poster!!

Yesterday we posted the new trailer for Sony Pictures bad boy western Red Hill, and today we have the exclusive first look at the theatrical poster. Written and directed by Patrick Hughes and starring Ryan Kwanten, Claire van der Boom, plus a...

Neo Western RED HILL Gets Rock N Roll Trailer!

In terms of proving he can't be easily typecast, Ryan Kwanten has had a very good week. His boutique superhero movie Griff the Invisible was selected for the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and the trailer for his latest film,...

Modern western RED HILL picked up by Sony

The 2010 Australian genre revolution is roaring along, with news of yet another film picked up by major North American distributors.Red Hill, the Ryan Kwanten-starring modern western that made waves at Berlin, has just been bought by Sony Pictures for...

New Australian western unleashes epic teaser

As the Berlin International Film Festival world premiere of new Australian western Red Hill fast approaches, the director has sent ScreenAnarchy the first teaser trailer for the film - which reveals an assured and stunning new directorial debut, visually reminiscent of No Country for...

RED HILL sneaks under radar, into Berlin

A new, fresh, unstoppable wave of Australian genre films is sweeping around the world - led by pulverizing films such as Animal Kingdom, The Square, The Loved Ones and The Horseman.However, there is a second, seemingly as potent, wave that is coming in silently...