Back when he was busy being a figment of Russell Crowe’s imagination in “A Beautiful Mind,” no one likely would have much expected Paul Bettany to be an ass-kicking action hero. Of course, folks would have said the same thing about Liam Neeson too, and look how that turned out. While wrestlers-turned-actors like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and other muscle-bound he-men in the vein of Jason Momoa still fit the mold for a certain breed of action flick, there are other movies that don’t require the correlative “Men’s Fitness” magazine cover, per se, and in the slick streamlined “Priest” — a sort of vampiric re-telling of the classic Western “The…

Science-fiction is often so terribly difficult to get right on screen because its makers get bogged down in minutiae, trying to craft expansive, futuristic and/or alien worlds, or over-explain the processes that differentiate and separate their plane of reality from that of the present day. “Source Code “, thankfully, is not one of those movies. It grooves, it pulses, it entertains — deftly balancing smarts with a streamlined aim to please. The sophomore effort of director Duncan Jones ( “Moon “), the high-concept techno-thriller is kind of amusingly impatient with some of the nitty-gritty specifics of its own conceit (“Every second explaining things puts more lives at risk!” one character…

Back in 1957, the unthinkable happened; the Monterrey Industrials won the little league World Series making them the first non-American team to take the title. Over 50 years later we get to witness history in the making all over again in The Perfect Game. The film stars Wizard of Waverly Place’s Jake T. Austin as Angel Macias, the kid who convinces wannabe MLB coach Cesar Faz to ditch his day job and teach him and his buddies to really play ball. Little did Cesar know he was about to transform a group of boys who’d never touched a real baseball into little league icons. But just as the road to…

Watch the latest music video from The Soul of John Black titled “Betty Jean”, directed by Clifton Collins Jr. This is the third John Black video directed by Clifton. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest from The Soul of John Black.

Read our exclusive interview with actor Clifton Collins Jr. (Menace II Society, Capote, Extract). Along with being a prolific actor, Clifton has also directed music videos, be sure to check out his latest “Betty Jean” from The Soul of John Black here. 1. Tell us about yourself, where are you from, and what is your background in acting? My mom says that a Tex-mex Stork brought me to Cali via San Antonio, but I found out later that a doctor brought me into this world at St. John’s Medical Center in Santa Monica. I was mostly raised in Culver City. I spent some time growing up in my early teens…

Apparition and Sony Pictures sent us the official movie trailer for the film “Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day” by director Troy Duffy (The Boondock Saints) and starring Julie Benz (Dexter, Saw V, Rambo), Clifton Collins Jr. (Extract, Star Trek), Sean Patrick Flanery (To Live and Die), Judd Nelson (The I Scream Man) and Peter Fonda (3:10 to Yuma). Boondock Saints II: All Saints day has opened nationwide! Make sure you don’t miss an opportunity to see the sequel to the cult classic. Synopsis: Boondock Saints, the 2000 crime picture renowned for the unique story of the fast rise and fall of its egomaniacal filmmaker, Troy Duffy, as well as…

Watch the first 5 minutes from the upcoming film “Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day” by director Troy Duffy (The Boondock Saints) and starring Julie Benz (Dexter, Saw V, Rambo), Clifton Collins Jr. (Extract, Star Trek), Sean Patrick Flanery (To Live and Die), Judd Nelson (The I Scream Man) and Peter Fonda (3:10 to Yuma). Synopsis: Boondock Saints, the 2000 crime picture renowned for the unique story of the fast rise and fall of its egomaniacal filmmaker, Troy Duffy, as well as the cult following that appeared later on home release, gets the sequel treatment with this follow-up. Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus reunite as the vigilante MacManus brothers,…

Apparition and Sony Pictures sent us the first official movie poster for the upcoming film “Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day” by director Troy Duffy (The Boondock Saints) and starring Julie Benz (Dexter, Saw V, Rambo), Clifton Collins Jr. (Extract, Star Trek), Sean Patrick Flanery (To Live and Die), Judd Nelson (The I Scream Man) and Peter Fonda (3:10 to Yuma). Synopsis: Boondock Saints, the 2000 crime picture renowned for the unique story of the fast rise and fall of its egomaniacal filmmaker, Troy Duffy, as well as the cult following that appeared later on home release, gets the sequel treatment with this follow-up. Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus…

Watch the first official movie trailer for the upcoming film “Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day” by director Troy Duffy (The Boondock Saints) and starring Julie Benz (Dexter, Saw V, Rambo), Clifton Collins Jr. (Extract, Star Trek), Sean Patrick Flanery (To Live and Die), Judd Nelson (The I Scream Man) and Peter Fonda (3:10 to Yuma). Synopsis: Boondock Saints, the 2000 crime picture renowned for the unique story of the fast rise and fall of its egomaniacal filmmaker, Troy Duffy, as well as the cult following that appeared later on home release, gets the sequel treatment with this follow-up. Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus reunite as the vigilante MacManus…