| Blu-ray Review: Stigmata
Stigmata
Blu-ray
Director: Rupert Wainwright
Screenwriter: Tom Lazarus, Rick Ramage
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long
Scream Factory
Rated R | 103 Minutes
Release Date: May 19, 2015 Directed by Rupert Wainwright (2005’s The Fog), and co-written by the tag team of Tom Lazarus and Rick Ramage, Stigmata stars Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) as a woman who suffers the Stigmata “” the living wounds of the crucified Christ. The 1999 film opens in the Brazilian village of Belo Quinto, with Father Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne) examining a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe weeping blood at the funeral of Father Paulo Alameida. While Andrew is collecting evidence, a young boy steals the rosary from Father Alameida’s hand.
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| Bethesda Teases New ‘DOOM’ Gameplay (Video)
Bethesda Softworks is set to hold their first ever E3 conference at next month’s E3 2015, and fans are unabashedly excited for the expected official announcement of Fallout 4. But there will be other games showcased as well. At last year’s E3 convention we saw the first teaser trailer for DOOM, a reboot of the franchise also referred to as DOOM 4. Now, a year later, another teaser has been released online by Bethesda. Like the first trailer it’s very brief—much shorter, actually, resembling one of those dreadful movie trailer trailers—but unlike the first trailer it comes with the first glimpse of in-game footage. The new teaser was released to confirm that the worldwide gameplay reveal for DOOM will happen at the E3 2015 conference, and you can watch it below.
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| George Miller Promises More ‘Mad Max’; Reveals Next Title
The long-awaited Mad Max: Fury Road finally released last week, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. While critically successful the movie didn’t dominate at the box office, finishing in second place domestically behind Pitch Perfect 2 its first weekend. It also had to deal with the juggernaut Avengers: Age of Ultron, which finished third in its third weekend of release and brought its grand total to $1.1 billion worldwide. Despite the big time competition, Fury Road has still managed a strong $110 million worldwide so far—$3 million more than Pitch Perfect 2 currently has made thanks to better numbers in foreign markets—on its $150 million budget, so naturally fans will wonder whether or not there will be a sequel. According to director George Miller, there will indeed be more movies, and he’s even shared the title of the next one. You can see what he had to say below.
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| First Images Of ‘Warcraft’ Movie’s Orgrim Doomhammer Released
The crew at Industrial Light and Magic aren’t revered as wizards of the visual effects world without good reason. Thanks to the folks over at Wired, we now get a glimpse of some of the magic going into the eagerly awaited Warcraft with the release of a pair of new official images. The film is based on the popular video game series World of Warcraft from Blizzard Entertainment. The two images give us a glimpse of the Orc hero, Orgrim Doomhammer, warchief of the Horde. He’s brought to life by British actor Robert Kazinksky, who was cast back in December of 2013 along with Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, and Toby Kebbell. Orgrim was announced when the movie’s lineup of characters and who’s playing them was revealed last year. You can see the official images of Orgrim Doomhammer below.
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