Title: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Review By: Joe Belcastro – Member of the Florida Film Critics Circle Director: Brad Peyton Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzman, Michael Caine, Kristin Davis Journey 2: The Mysterious Island has a solid helping of thrilling elements. For yours truly, seeing a cameo by Branscombe Richmond (Bobby Sixkiller from Renegade TV series) was probably the most thrilling. Man, I miss that show. Moving along, the 94 minute 3D adventure is a dazzling epic blend of Goonies meets Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. The fam-friendly flick commits to what it is and just flows effortlessly for the most part. Kudos goes to…

Here’s the first official teaser poster and synopsis for the upcoming action film “G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation” from director Jon M. Chu (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Step Up 3D, When the Kids are Away) and starring Bruce Willis (The Expendables 2, Kane & Lynch, Catch .44), Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, Haywire, Foxcatcher), Dwayne Johnson (The Fast and the Furious 6, Arabian Nights, Snitch), Adrianne Palicki (Red Dawn, Friday Night Lights), Ray Stevenson (Jayne Mansfield’s Car, Thor, The Three Musketeers) and Ray Park. Synopsis: A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in…

Here’s the first official teaser poster and synopsis for the upcoming action film “G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation” from director Jon M. Chu (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Step Up 3D, When the Kids are Away) and starring Bruce Willis (The Expendables 2, Kane & Lynch, Catch .44), Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, Haywire, Foxcatcher), Dwayne Johnson (The Fast and the Furious 6, Arabian Nights, Snitch), Adrianne Palicki (Red Dawn, Friday Night Lights), Ray Stevenson (Jayne Mansfield’s Car, Thor, The Three Musketeers) and Ray Park. Synopsis: A follow-up to the 2009 release of G.I. JOE: RISE OF THE COBRA, which grossed over $300M worldwide, Paramount Pictures, MGM and Skydance Productions, in…

Watch a sneak preview clip from the upcoming action film “G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation” from director Jon M. Chu (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Step Up 3D, When the Kids are Away) and starring Bruce Willis (The Expendables 2, Kane & Lynch, Catch .44), Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, Haywire, Foxcatcher), Dwayne Johnson (The Fast and the Furious 6, Arabian Nights, Snitch), Adrianne Palicki (Red Dawn, Friday Night Lights), Ray Stevenson (Jayne Mansfield’s Car, Thor, The Three Musketeers) and Ray Park. Synopsis: The G.I. Joe team faces off against Zartan, his accomplices, and the world leaders he has under his influence. Follow @Shockya on Twitter for the latest from “G.I….

Entertainment Weekly got their hands on these brand new stills featuring Jinx from the upcoming action film “G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation” from director Jon M. Chu (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Step Up 3D, When the Kids are Away) and starring Bruce Willis (The Expendables 2, Kane & Lynch, Catch .44), Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, Haywire, Foxcatcher), Dwayne Johnson (The Fast and the Furious 6, Arabian Nights, Snitch), Adrianne Palicki (Red Dawn, Friday Night Lights), Ray Stevenson (Jayne Mansfield’s Car, Thor, The Three Musketeers) and Ray Park. Synopsis: The G.I. Joe team faces off against Zartan, his accomplices, and the world leaders he has under his influence. Follow @Shockya…

Here’s a first looks photo featuring Ray Park as the character Snake Eyes from the upcoming action film “G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation” from director Jon M. Chu (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Step Up 3D, When the Kids are Away) and starring Bruce Willis (The Expendables 2, Kane & Lynch, Catch .44), Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, Haywire, Foxcatcher), Dwayne Johnson (The Fast and the Furious 6, Arabian Nights, Snitch), Adrianne Palicki (Red Dawn, Friday Night Lights), Ray Stevenson (Jayne Mansfield’s Car, Thor, The Three Musketeers) and Ray Park. Synopsis: The G.I. Joe team faces off against Zartan, his accomplices, and the world leaders he has under his influence. Follow…

How about some pretty pictures to take back to the office for this short and sweet work week? Bane and Batman make an official showing on the cover of the upcoming edition of Empire magazine while Marvel gives its Avengers the spotlight in two massive character banners. Over in the casting department, The Walking Dead‘s Jon Bernthal is going big screen for Ric Roman Waugh’s Snitch and there’s a good shot that Hugo‘s Asa Butterfield could lead the adaptation of Ender’s Game. There’s also some casting drama surrounding Tyler Perry’s latest, courtesy of the recently married and recently discovered Kim Kardashian’s role in The Marriage Counselor. Lionsgate gives Hunger Games…

You know what’s great about this week’s Movie News Cheat Sheet? Instead of using the information for office or school conversation-starters, you can take it to your Labor Day celebrations. Let’s just hope your holiday weekend is better than Apollo 18 and Shark Night 3D‘s. While The Help continues its box office domination, those two prove that the majority of moviegoers know the difference between campy horror fun and sheer garbage. In other troublesome news, both Napoleon Dynamite and The Hangover Part II are in the midst of courtroom battles, the Napoleon Dynamite production company duking it out with Fox Searchlight and Warner Bros. facing a lawsuit from an injured…

NBC has picked up a pilot for the professional wrestling drama set in the 1980s that will be executive produced by Dwayne Johnson, Deadline is reporting. The fictional drama is being brought to television by Johnson, who was known as The Rock when he was one of the most well-known wrestlers in the 1990s, through Bruckheimer TV. The pilot will be different for producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s studio, which has primarily released procedurals. But he is serving as one of the executive producers, with Johnson and Jonathan Littman. The show will be written by Brent Fletcher and Seamus Kevin Fahey, who will co-executive produce with KristieAnne Reed. The ’80s were known…

Happy Sunday, Shockya.com readers! Yes, another weekend has come to an end, but we’ve got quite the list of movie news to send you back to work with. The biggest of the bunch is certainly all of the updates pouring out of Disney’s D23 Expo. The event revealed details on a number of projects including The Muppets, The Avengers, Monsters University and so much more. We’ve also got some extensive casting news from some non-Disney productions like the G.I. Joe sequel as well as Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike. There are even some inspirational stories in the mix this week; not only did Tom Hanks step up and make amends for…