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Sparkling vampires lead the pack of nominees for the worst films and performances of 2012. The annual Razzie Awards have this one final year to ‘dis’honor the Twilight series before they have to find another favorite target.   The winners will be revealed on February 23, 2013. Razzie Award Nominees Worst Picture: Battleship Oogieloves in [...]

Liam Neeson stumbled upon the fact he’s meant to be an action hero late in life, but now he’s fully embraced the genre. Sure, there were a few action films sprinkled throughout his older projects (he didn’t totally ignored the genre as he grew in popularity), but with Taken, Clash of the Titans, The A [...]

Review by Ian Forbes, Sobering Conclusion Screenwriting: Miss Acting: Miss Direction: Miss Proof the public at large doesn’t care about any of those three fundamental filmmaking elements: Battleship Based on the board game many of us grew up cheating at as kids, the film takes the basic premise of naval warfare and applies it to [...]

Rihanna makes her feature film acting debut in the big-budget sci-fi action epic Battleship directed by Peter Berg and starring Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Skarsgard. And in this interview with MTV, Rihanna reveals what drew her to Battleship, meeting with director Peter Berg, and tackling a character who’s tough and can kick alien butt. Watch [...]

“You sank my battleship!!!” Hopefully this just-released game from Universal Pictures actually involves someone screaming those four words – if not, then they’ve seriously missed out on a perfect opportunity to bring in the whole Battleship board game vibe. In support of the May 18th launch of Battleship in theaters, the studio has created a [...]

The more I see of Battleship, the more the film looks like it could be renamed Transformers #4. This latest trailer from the sci-fi action epic shows off much more of the alien invaders and gives us a better look at the film’s special effects. The human stars take a backseat to the CG aliens, [...]

You think of the board game Battleship and automatically you think of aliens, right? No? Agreed – the game had nothing to do with aliens. But, Universal Pictures and director Peter Berg are hoping that won’t matter when they launch Battleship the movie in theaters on May 18, 2012. Battleship is inspired by the Hasbro [...]

IGN’s just premiered the latest Battleship trailer complete with commentary by director Peter Berg who explains how his background as the son of a Navy historian plays into this film (he was brought up studying Naval battles – specifically World War II). Watch the trailer with commentary: More Battleship Videos

…because the Hasbro board game it’s based on is all about aliens, right? I don’t remember that in my version of Battleship, and I kept watching the second trailer for the Battleship movie just waiting for someone to yell at the aliens: “You sunk my battleship!!!” That moment never comes, however we do get to [...]

Battleship is based on the Hasbro game of the same name, although I don’t recall there being any aliens under the sea in the version I played…   Starring: Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Skarsgard [full cast list under the 'Cast' tab] Directed By: Peter Berg Release Date: May 18, 2012 Running Time: 131 minutes Genres: [...]