Gamer, 2009 Directors: Mark Neveldine, Bryan Taylor Cast: Gerard Butler, Amber Valetta Stage: City's colloseum (multiplex cinema) Gamer in short: Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star...

There are movies that try to tell a very important message, and there are ones that try to entertain you for an hour or so. However, appearances can sometimes be deceiving. For instance, a movie or show that looks like it's meaningful can turn out to be an empty...

As the resident video game expert for the site, certain movies will always fall into my lap. Any movie that includes something about video games, good or bad I will get the chance to review. Sometimes, I'm not so thrilled and sometimes I'm simply elated to take on the...

Gamer, the futuristic action film starring Gerard Butler and recent Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall, has rocketed its way to the top of all three DVD charts for the week ending January 24 according to the Hollywood Reporter....

Lionsgate scored a triple win on the national home video charts the week ending Jan. 24, as the sci-fi actioner "Gamer," with a mere $20.5 million in theatrical receipts, topped all three charts. Lionsgate typically saves some of its moderately successful theatricals...

The best movies of 2009, as determined by arbitrary email consensus between two guys with similar taste. December 22, 2009 ShareThis Buzz up! It is indeed that time of year when everyone and his brother writes a “best movies of the year” article. We here at...

LOS ANGELES — Fear has trumped romance at the box office over Labor Day weekend. The fright flick "The Final Destination" remained the No. 1 movie for the second-straight weekend with $12.4 million for the first three days of the long holiday weekend. "The Final...

Gerard Butler is well aware that he tends to get cast as macho guys who usually have at least one bare-chested scene in a movie. But the Scottish actor (who had his breakthrough role as a Spartan warrior in the 2007 film "300") clearly doesn't have a problem with...

If you read Collider, you know how I feel about Neveldine/Taylor's movies. As the writer-director's behind “Crank” and “Crank: High Voltage”, I think these two are absolutely pushing the boundaries of mainstream movies and I love it. So it gives me great...

Gerard Butler Returns To High-Adrenaline Action With 'Gamer' 'Between takes, he's working out,' Milo Ventimiglia says of pumped-up star. In 2006's graphic-novel adaptation "300," Gerard Butler was a loincloth-wearing, six-pack-baring Spartan king of blood-spilling...

In the old days, Hollywood tried to make thrillers that got under your skin -- today it's more about films that get you out of your skin. In a sign of the times, this Friday the blood-splattered "Gamer" begins a wave of sci-fi films that take the concepts of second...

Labor Day weekend pits geeks against gals as Lionsgate opens Gerard Butler actioner "Gamer" in 2,502 theaters and 20th Century Fox goes out with Sandra Bullock-Bradley Cooper comedy "All About Steve" in 2,251. The third new wide entry is Miramax's Mike Judge comedy...

[i In Gamer, Gerard Butler inhabits a sci-fi world that's frightening close to our own future[/i NEW YORK -- In the online "virtual world" called Second Life, users create avatars -- 3-D alter egos -- who socialize, shop and have sex with other avatars. In the new...

And that's a wrap for the summer 2009 movie season! We should have a recap coming up shortly, but I think it's safe to say that it was a damn good summer for movie lovers. (Anyone who claims different not only hates movies but hates babies, puppies, ice cream, and...

Friday is coming soon! And finally we will be able to see the movie Gamer starring Gerard Butler, Michael C Hall and Milo Ventimiglia. It should be interesting to see how the whole super virtual reality concept plays out in theaters. Don't forget to check out the...

Ubiquitous sports commercials aside, there are four things that will sell the upcoming "Gamer," and they all start with Gerry and end with Butler. The actor who catapulted to fame as an action star in "300" has been toiling in Nora Ephron territory recently, with...

**** GAMER (with Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Ludacris) Synopsis: Humans control other humans in a mass-scale, multiplayer online game. Reclusive billionaire Ken Castle has created the controversial form of entertainment, "Slayers," a hugely popular game that...

The twisted minds behind the Crank series turn their attentions to human video games and real-life Second Life in Gamer. They talk about their controller fantasies and the top secret sequel they can't talk about. Q: Where did you get the inspiration for Gamer? MN: We...

It was Gerard Butler's first UFC event, and the star of the upcoming film “Gamer” (which opens in theatres this Friday, September 4th), and as he makes clear, being in Philadelphia for UFC 102 earlier this month was quite an eye-opening experience. “It's pretty...

Gamer Get in the Poster at Facebook The movie website for Gamer is like a world in itself. Once the website finally loads, you can use your mouse to navigate around and explore the world - different bulls eyes become available navigating you to the cast and crew,...

THE filmmaker Mark Neveldine sat in a booth at Rudy's Bar & Grill, a dimly lit dive in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan, working on a pitcher of beer. Looking the part of a happy-hour regular on this late July afternoon, he wore a mustache and a trucker cap. “My...

Gerard Butler's been spending his summer with Jennifer Aniston — rumor is they're even dating — filming the new movie The Bounty in New Jersey and New York, and that's where our Brian Truitt found him when he talked with Butler for a feature in this weekend's...

**** Gamer We'd be complete hypocrites if we didn't cover this movie, even though it is rated R for language and violence, so parents be forewarned. Why is it so important? Because it's a loving homage to video games, a prominent feature in our editorial picks as you...

Gamer hits theaters next week, and if you're intensely ambivalent about it, I don't blame you. Is it a goofy parody of video game stereotypes, or a lowest-common-denominator exploitation of society's fear of them? Is it a balls-to-the-wall action flick, or a weird...

Gamer is gearing up to look pretty impressive mixing MMO multiplayer addiction and barbaric blood sports. We've been keeping a pretty close eye on this upcoming action flick with Gerard Butler becoming the next action star with big thanks to testosterone nerd film...