“Midway” Theatrical Poster

Disaster filmmaker Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Godzilla) is at it again with Midway. The film stars Patrick Wilson (Hard Candy), Woody Harrelson (Natural Born Killers), Mandy Moore (47 Meters Down) and Nick Jonas (Camp Rock).

Midway centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude and bravery to overcome the odds.

Midway also stars Ed Skrein, Luke Evans, Aaron Eckhart, Etsushi Toyokawa (20th Century Boys: Chapter 1), Tadanobu Asano (Ichi The Killer), Luke Kleintank, Jun Kunimura (The Wailing), Darren Criss, Keean Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, with Dennis Quaid.

Lionsgate will release the film in theaters on November 8th, 2019. Don’t miss its Trailer below:

“A Witness out of the Blue” Theatrical Poster

Louis Koo (Paradox, Three) returns in A Witness out of the Blue, an upcoming action-thriller from writer/director Andrew Fung Chih-Chiang (Concerto of the Bully) and producer Derek Yee (Sword Master, Shinjuku Incident).

The film also stars Jessica Hsuan (1997’s Hero), Andy On (League of Gods), Annie Liu (Hungry Ghost Ritual), Cherry Ngan (The Midnight After), Patrick Tam (Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy) and Louis Cheung (The Trough).

According to FEF, A Witness out of the Blue centers around a police detective who must rely on his only witness – a parrot, to help him catch the killer of an armed robber.

Don’t miss the film’s Newest Trailer below:

“Rambo V” Teaser Poster

This Friday, Lionsgate Enterainment is unleashing Rambo V: Last Blood, the follow up to 2008’s 4th Rambo movie, starring Sylvester Stallone as the ultimate killing machine.

The film is directed by Adrian Grunberg, the filmmaker best-known for directing the 2012 Mel Gibson actioner Get the Gringo – and written by both Matt Cirulnick (Paid in Full) and Stallone (Rambo 4).

This time around, John Rambo (Stallone) takes on the Mexican drug cartels (headed by Sergio Peris-Mencheta) after they kidnap his friend’s daughter, Gabrielle (Yvette Monreal).

Back in January 2016, it was reported (via Variety) that Stallone would be retiring from playing Rambo. “It’s like fighters that go back for one last round and get clobbered. Leave it to someone else,” said Stallone. “There’s nothing left. When they asked me to do another Rambo, I said, ‘If I can’t do better than I did last time, and I can’t, then why’?”, he added. Prior to his statement, Stallone had numerous ideas for a Rambo V. One of them pitted Rambo against experimental Universal Soldier-like enemies.

In 2013, producer Avi Lerner conspired to turn Rambo into a TV series with Stallone reprising his role as John Rambo for television, an idea that ultimately fizzled. Then in 2015, word from Deadline came that Fox locked in a deal for Rambo: New Blood, which would explore the complex relationship between Rambo (not played by Stallone) and his son, J.R., an ex-Navy SEAL. On October 2016, an update came from THR that Rambo: New Blood was still in motion – not as a TV series – but as a movie to be helmed by Ariel Vromen (Criminal).

In the end, Stallone reverted back to bringing iconic character back to the big screen for one more adventure.

Catch Rambo V: Last Blood on September 20th, 2019.

“The Mermaid” Chinese Theatrical Poster

Filmmaker Stephen Chow and co-director Tian Yusheng (Ex-Files 2) have been busy working on the sequel to his 2016 hit The Mermaid, which became the all-time highest grossing film at the Chinese box office.

For the sequel, Lin Yun (Genghis Khan) returns as a mermaid called Shan Shan. She is joined by Allen Ai (Stop) and Sun Zhen Ni (Cupid’s Apprentice). According to AFS, Deng Chao and Kris Wu are not returning.

Originally, The Mermaid 2 was scheduled for release during the Chinese New Year holiday in 2020, but considering it’s still in production, we’ll have to wait and see.

We will keep you posted as soon as we hear more about the much-anticipated film!

“The Great Indian Casino” Theatrical Poster

Over the years, many casino-themed films have made an impression on audiences all over the world. As entertaining (and rewarding) the act of gambling may be in real life, scenes of gambling in movies are equally as entertaining on the big screen.

This year, India is giving the world a glimpse of The Great Indian Casino, a Hindi-language thriller from writer/director Rupesh Paul (Kamasutra 3D, Saint Dracula 3D) that stars Asif Basra (Outsourced), Pankaj Berry (Mere Gunaah), Ravi Jhanghu (Karim Mohammed) and Ameesha Patel (Shortcut Romeo).

Although the plot and setting of the The Great Indian Casino comes off dark, India is actually known for having some of the most legitimate and best online casinos, which shows when it comes to the presentation of their Slots, Table Games and Video Poker. One of the most popular casinos in India right now, is leovegas. It might remind many of the casino movies with it’s theme and structure. Even though it is considered as one of the best casinos, it is still recommended to check the leovegas review and see what their benefits are and what we should know before accessing it. Now, let’s start analyzing the movie.

Here’s what you can expect from The Great Indian Casino’s, via the film’s official plot below:

Karma works in mysterious ways. This is a story of 4 childhood friends, now the owners of a big illegal establishment called The Great Indian Casino formed using dark and violent ways; They watch its downfall right in front of their eyes despite of managing all these years with their clever strategies and escaping every time. All it takes is one man with the right intention and may be some help from his interesting partner. This is a game of survival, success, luck and love.

With a plot like that, The Great Indian Casino might have a chance to join the ranks of some of the most entertaining casino-centric films the world has to offer:

Hollywood brought us Martin Scorsese’s Casino (1995), Rounders (1998) and the Oceans Eleven (2001) series from Steven Soderbergh, as well as the recent, all-female version titled Ocean’s 8 (2018).

From Hong Kong came the God of Gamblers (1989) series, Casino Raiders (1989) and more recently, the From Vegas to Macau (2014) series; and South Korea introduced us to the Tazza: The Hidden Card (2014) films.

Of course, there are those gambling-themed films that audiences forgot about, such as 2008’s 21, which suffered from race controversy over the decision to make the majority of the characters white Americans, even though the main players in the book Bringing Down the House, upon which the film 21 is based, were mainly Asian-Americans (but that’s another story). And do we even need to mention 2014’s The Gambler, starring Mark Wahlberg, which was a remake of the superior 1974 film that starred James Caan and Paul Sorvino. Dare we bring up Kenny Rogers: The Gambler (1978), but we do admit, we like the song he recorded for the film.

Personally, our favorite is the cult classic 1997 film Swingers. Even though the act of gambling plays a small part in the film, it’s truly a memorably sequence. As Trent (played by Vince Vaughn) says: “I’m telling you baby, you always double down on 11!”

Without further ado, don’t miss the Trailer to The Great Indian Casino down below:

“Shanghai Fortress” Chinese Theatrical Poster

Hong Kong star Shu Qi (The Assassin, The Adventurers) and Lu Han (The Great Wall) are leading Shanghai Fortress, a sci-fi disaster film from director Teng Huatao (The Matrimony), which his currently streaming on Netflix.

Set in the future, the city of Shanghai China battles to defend itself against an ongoing attack by an alien force that has attacked that has laid siege to numerous cities around the globe in it’s quest to harvest a hidden energy only found on earth.

Shanghai Fortress is said to have a team of Hollywood heavies to help produce the film’s high-standard visual effects, so expect this one to complete with the best of the blockbusters.

“21” Theatrical Poster

After too many movies that shows the glitz and glamour of the “casino” life, and by the end of it all, you kept finding yourself googling “Top 10 casino strategies in the world” – out of curiosity, and perhaps in the hopes of learning a thing or two. But is the thrill of gambling really about winning? Everybody knows that people play for the rush and that the odds are predetermined to favor the house. The ratio of bettors quite frankly overthrows winners, yet don’t we all just keep playing?

There was an article a couple of years ago about a group of students in the 1990s, the “MIT Blackjack Team”. Apparently, these “kids” formulated a model that used simple math, giving a player an edge over the blackjack dealer. The article was so compelling and got me thinking how things could be just as simple as counting sheep in your head. It made me wonder if this “system” would still work anywhere these days, say, at online casino new zealand guide there are a lot of tips for leaning this strategies.

So anyway, it goes without saying that I was excited to see “21” – a movie “inspired by” the real-life story of the same M.I.T. students who made millions in Las Vegas. “21,” pretty much tells how to follow all the “rules” and end up losing anyway. They clearly tried to fit such a detailed story into a movie template and ended up killing the excitement. It turned out to be purely generic which was such a disappointment.

So, here was how it went:

Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) M.I.T. undergrad is a smart guy from Boston. He badly needs a $300,000 scholarship to get into Harvard. His nerdiness did not escape Professor Rosa’s (Kevin Spacey) penchant for math geniuses and ends up inviting him to join a secret group of card-counters who plans on flying to Vegas on weekends to make a forture. Ben resists in the beginning, even after a beautiful blond girl (Kate Bosworth) attempts to woo him. Then again, he really needs the money, so he decides to give it a try — but only until he gathers enough for his tuition.

This was followed by a badly sequenced montage that had me reaching for a nonexistent rewind button just to catch on.

So they all go to Vegas, wins, more montage, until their antics catches the eye of a casino security guy named Cole Williams (Laurence Fishburne) who’s about to lose his business to some new biometric facerecognition software. What you need to remember here, is that if casinos caught you counting cards, you just might get a good beating down the basement. But don’t worry, you’ll be released afterwards!

Ben gets sucked in to this “too good to be true” life as he limply narrated in voiceover. He finds himself by blondie’s door with a sappy realization that he’s lost everything, but would like one last chance at getting back on the saddle. He makes up with blondie and the professor. They gather the team and reunites for one last score. Turns out, Williams has been hunting Rosa down for years and finally saw a chance at cornering him with the help of Ben. The End.

Overall, the movie could have been done better and written with a better plot. The casting was decent; even the wigs that Bosworth had to wear had more appeal than the story as a whole.