Rick Mele

With its gross-out 3D and heavy doses of gratuitous nudity and gore, last summer's Piranha 3D became an unlikely cult hit. And so, this summer we're treated to Piranha 3DD, a follow-up to the prehistoric fish splatterfest that aims to up the ante from its predecessor....

Because there's nothing more soothing to Hollywood than a pre-existing brand, it's not just Battleship that's making the unlikely jump from real-life to the big screen this weekend. Conceived from the famed pregnancy guidebook of the same name, What to Expect When You're Expecting follows the...

In Safe, Jason Statham's newest action movie (that somehow manages to look exactly like all his other action movies), the perpetually gruff Brit plays Luke Wright, a former MMA fighter whose family is killed by Russian mobsters, leaving him with nothing more to live for. Until,...

In 2009, director Gareth Evans and actor Iko Uwais joined forces for "Merantau," which introduced audiences to the traditional Indonesian martial art silat, along with the most exciting new action hero to come out of Southeast Asia since Tony Jaa.

And in 2011, Evans...

By Rick Mele

The Oscars may be over, but that doesn't mean awards season is finished -- at least not in Canada, where the 32nd Annual Genie Awards were held in Toronto Thursday night. Honoring the best in Canadian cinema, the hour-long telecast went off mostly without a hitch.

Not...

Despite all appearances to the contrary, "This Means War" is not McG's declaration of hostility against innocent moviegoers (presumably as revenge for all those cracks we've made about his nickname). After all, it only features one crotch shot joke.

No, instead, "This Means War" is a

Usually reserved for ghosts, zombies, and monsters, the budding "found footage" sub-genre is given a twist with Chronicle, which merges the low-budget aesthetic (some might say "gimmick") with another super-popular genre: the superhero movie. Chronicle ostensibly records what happens to three teenagers after they stumble across a mysterious object in...

Give an actor enough years in front of the camera, and eventually he'll start entertaining thoughts that the grass might be greener on the other side. Sometimes, the experiment produces a viable second career (see: George Clooney), for others... not so much (see: Madonna). Usually, however, success comes down to...

The Genies are out of the bottle, Canada!

The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television unveiled their nominees for the 32nd Annual Genie Awards this morning at simultaneous press conferences in Toronto and Montreal. Celebrating the best in Canadian film, Canada's answer to the Oscars doled out nominations to old...

Even in the midst of a lockout, James Harrison has found a way to deliver a few cheap shots.

In the August issue of Men's Journal, the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker lays into NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (his second favorite target, after opposing players), his opponents, and even his...

One morning in late May, the baseball world, and the mainstream sports world in general, finally woke up to an unfamiliar but unavoidable fact: the best hitter in baseball doesn't live in St. Louis. Or anywhere in America for that matter.

No, the diamond's latest superstar slugger calls the...