Actually there's no anything new about futuristic blood sport theme in sci-fi genre, previously it has been applied in such films as “Rollerball” (1975) and its remake (2002), Arnold Schwarzenegger's “The Running Man” (1987, based on a Stephen King story),...

Two movies are being released this fall that in some way deal with elements associated with virtual worlds in some way, in some form, become activated as part of the real, physical world. I have already written about the Bruce Willis movie, Surrogates, in which people...

I dug the “Crank” movies so much that all you really have to say to me is “A film by Neveldine/Taylor” and I'm on board. I think their upcoming film “Gamer” is going to be much better than the recent trailer would have folks believe because while the...

John Leguizamo, who plays the character Freek in the upcoming sci-fi film Gamer, told SCI FI Wire that he provides the film's comic relief. Freek joins Kable (Gerard Butler) in a video game in which players control actual human beings in a battle to the death. "I'm...

If you weren't already convinced to see this movie this fall, then maybe these new photos will change your mind. Reader Christopher M sent over a new batch of photos from Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's Gamer starring Gerard Butler. In addition to the plethora of...

Cluster of Thuggery Blog Before catching Terminator Salvation last week, those of us in the audience were treated to Gerard Butler's (he of 300 fame) next hot dose of thuggery, care of the trailer for the upcoming movie Gamer. There's been buzz on the internet about...

Ive heard about this film, and just recently I saw a trailer for it. At first the idea seems too farfetched and I had quite a few WTF moments. The "simulation" of the people controlling the avatars looked about as cheezy as the simulated gameplay of Xbox in Michael...

Like the man said, "This has all happened before and it will all happen again". Over the years filmmakers have enjoyed envisioning sadistic, police-state-style doings resulting from the public's fascination with electronic entertainment and this year's incarnation of...

***** Gamer This one will have you looking at your XBox 360 in a whole new way. In the not too distant future, convicted felons serve as player characters in a real life video game and the survivor gets to go free. The influences of The Running Man and the recent...

Take all the movies based on a video game and clump them together, you probably won't begin to come close to 'Game' the coolest movie centered around a video game (albeit a fictional one) since last year's Death Race. Gamer is an upcoming science fiction action...

Gerard Butler (left, as Kable) and Michael C. Hall (right, as Ken Castle) star in Gamer Photo: Lionsgate I don't typically put up a post simply for one image, but being a fan of “Dexter” and thinking the upcoming Lionsgate film Gamer starring Gerard Butler as an...

The trailer for Gamer has been released, and it looks nothing like the original leaked teaser we saw some time back, no this looks much, much better, and that was something I thought was a pretty tough thing to begin with. The film from Mark Neveldine and Brian...

Over the weekend, Lionsgate debuted the trailer for Gamer, the next movie from Crank creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Even though this was actually shot before Crank: High Voltage, it's coming out much later. The trailer was originally launched on Xbox Live,...

Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's latest piece of madcap action has a new name (from Game to Citizen Game to Gamer), a new poster, and a new trailer. Luckily though, it's still exactly the kind of film you've come to expect from the directing duo. The trailer looks...