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by Nathan Rabin
A direct-to-video action film pits Kellan Lutz against Jackson, who plays the mastermind of an online empire in which modern-day gladiators fight to the death.
Soon to be rebooted, the original Left Behind film series ended with the story of a badass, detective-like president battling the Antichrist.
The Sham-Wow Guy’s inAPPropriate Comedy is like Movie 43, minus the class and laughs. Also, it’s crazy racist.
Before he was a superhero and super-agent, the man who would be Hawkeye made a winning little movie about the invention of the Homer Simpson talking bottle opener.
Thanks to legal finagling, the rights to make Easy Rider sequels landed in the lap of Ohio lawyer Phil Pitzer, who decided there was no one better to write and star in the film than—Phil Pitzer.
According to Netflix’s recommendation engine, only a few small steps separate Last Vegas from a bleak documentary on Hollywood’s sins, from the screenwriter of Cool As Ice.
Using the Jim Caviezel connection, Netflix’s recommendation engine takes users from Escape Plan’s musclebound action heroics to Hollywood On Fire, a hilariously earnest tribute to evangelical Hollywood Christians.
Comedy troupe Broken Lizard lent its name to the little-noticed comedy Freeloaders. For reasons known only to its recommendation engine, Netflix thinks it would be perfect for fans of Don Jon.
Following a recommendation trail from the forthcoming The Family, we land on a would-be cult classic inspired by Quentin Tarantino, samurai films, Westerns, and, oddly enough, Batman & Robin.
The low-key workplace dramedy Price Check lacks the scope of Edgar Wright’s new film, but it offers a similarly complex character study in the form of Parker Posey’s tour-de-force performance.