Darling of the indie world, Ryan Gosling has been taking his time in becoming an A-list actor. But now it appears that his days under the radar are numbered. For soon he will be starring in what may be a tentpole remake of sci-fi flick Logan’s Run.

The Mickey Mouse Club alumni has been starring in low-budget dramas and comedies, despite being shot into stardom as the dreamy Noah in every pubescent girl’s wet dream movie, The Notebook. Rather than be dragged into the obligatory rom-com, he opted to star in downbeat drama Half Nelson, which earned him an Oscar nom. Recently he appeared in another indie hit, Blue Valentine, which got him a Golden Globes nomination. Undoubtedly, offers have been thrown at him since, and according to Deadline, he has accepted the role that Michael York once made famous. Logan’s Run is about a future society where anyone above 30 is killed off to preserve the youth and pleasure-oriented civilisation. Logan is a Sandman, a hunter for those who try to flee when it’s time to die, and attempts to infiltrate a secret society of “runners”, only to find out the real truth about the world. Warner Brothers have been trying to remake the film for almost 20 years. It’s being directed Carl Erik Rinsch, who Gosling briefly worked with on the upcoming Drive.

But before that Gosling will appear in another populist film, the comedy Crazy, Stupid Love, alongside Steve Carell and Julianne Moore.

I am very happy to announce the winner of Screenhead’s giveaway of a $25 Fandango gift card for Sanctum! The winner is Joanne Schultz! I know, Joanne will love seeing Sanctum in 3D.

First of all, I encourage all of you to check out iJustine’s live underwater interview with James Cameron on the Virgin Mobile LIVE Facebook page.

As you probably know by now, Sanctum is playing in theaters and was the number two movie last weekend at the box office.

Thanks for playing the giveaway everyone!

For those of you who look at Black Death and find yourself convinced that you’ve seen this before somewhere, you have, but only by virtue of a strange release schedule. We’ve got a copy of Black Death to review, thanks to the folks at Magnolia Pictures, and it’s pretty good if just a bit familiar.

Black Death follows a group of knights lead by a monk sent to investigate a village that, reportedly, has no signs of the black plague sweeping Europe. But it’s not as simple as all that, in fact, it’s a lot worse than what anyone might think. All around them, witches are being burned, and word is a necromancer’s lying in wait out there somewhere. Reports have started to emerge that the routes leading to the village are full of men who have turned savage, and so, the knights–lead by a young monk–will find themselves fighting their way through horrors beyond imagining in a bid to save Europe.

I’ll hand it to these guys right off–they’ve really found a way to keep the tension level up through pretty much all of the movie. If this movie had one good word to describe it, it would probably be “ominous”. It’s got an almost continual sense of foreboding to it, and despite the fact that there are some decent action scenes in here, the foreboding will still be nearly constant. It’s perhaps the polar opposite of Season of the Witch, which we covered not so long ago. While Season of the Witch was heavy on the action, Black Death is much more deliberate, much more careful in its movements, much more cautious than its counterpart.

Frankly, Black Death is a much better movie in general than Season of the Witch. It’s a duller movie, in points, and the ending is the biggest downer I’ve seen in a good long while, but overall it is a much better movie. It’s well put together, everything goes forward in a nice rational clip…it may not be as entertaining as Season of the Witch (it’s hard to match a few brief swordfights against a ten minute long battle royale with a demon from beyond), but it is, essentially, a better example of a movie.

The Screenhead Ten Scale gives Black Death a seven out of ten; it may be a bit dull and slow in parts, but it does do a fine job of putting everything together in a solid, rational, and easy to follow fashion.

We got a look at the original head-chopping Immortal fun back in the original Highlander, now we’re going to carry on with Highlander 2, a copy of which the folks out at Lions Gate sent us to review.

We’re going into the wilds of 2024, as a world gone mad with pollution, greed and time travel needs the help of heroes now more than ever. And Connor MacLeod and his old buddy Ramirez are back to provide that help. The Immortals are descending on the future…and the fate of the world is at stake. MacLeod owns a major corporation that’s devoted to protecting the world from a scorched death at the hands of the hole-laden ozone layer. But a rival group likes the thought of having the earth’s security in their hands, and steals the shield for themselves. And now, Connor must step forward to assume his role as Earth’s protector once more.

Highlander 2, not to put too fine a point on it, is easily one of the most preposterous titles I’ve seen–I’ve seen some absolutely lunatic titles, but this one’s just outlandish. You’ll get an explanation behind the whole Immortal concept, and it’s preposterous. The rest of the plot is a strange mishmash of disaster and poorly-conceived plot devices.

Strangely, though, as poorly put together as this dreck actually is, it’s still reasonably entertaining and even packs in a couple decent laughs. Frankly, it’s nothing when matched against the original, but it still has some charm left in it, the kind of charm that you can only see from a movie where guys on hoverboards also have swords. Or maybe the kind of charm where Sean Connery can buy a suit of clothes on the strength of a pearl earring.

It’s got some funny in it, it’s got some charm. It’s got quite a bit of action, and a plot that’s an utter disaster. It’s hard to tell what to make of such a movie that so handily skirts disaster in such a fashion, blending a bad movie so happily with a good movie.

Special note: Michael Ironside needs to play more villains. This guy does creepy right with the best of them, even better, a gleeful creepy that suggests that he’s having a great time committing mass homicide, and that’s scary enough for any three movies.

The Screenhead Ten Scale gives Highlander 2, Lions Gate‘s bizarre moulange of horrible and terrific movie, a six out of ten for being a whole lot less than its predecessor, but still being halfway descent in its own right.

On behalf of 20th Century Fox we are excited to announce that tomorrow, February 10, 2011 Facebook’s worldwide community of X-Men fans will come together for an exclusive first look at the trailer for the highly anticipated film X-Men: First Class!

Fans can be the first to check it out here: Facebook.com/XMenMovies

As the number of fans who share the trailer grows, a specially designed X-App will subsequently unlock special content. The X-App gives users the power to evolve their Facebook experience and customize their profile pictures.

X-Men: First Class charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time.

Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn, the film includes James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon.

All right, Japanese film buffs, listen up, because I’ve got a real doozy for you today. The folks out at IFC sent over a copy of Tetsuo the Bullet Man, the third in a three part saga that began with the downright iconic Tetsuo the Iron Man, carried on through Tetsuo II: Body Hammer and is now here.

Tetsuo the Bullet Man follows an American expat who’s moved to Japan with his wife and their young son. When the boy is killed by the man who created the previous Tetsuos, our American expat–Anthony, by name–becomes the newest Tetsuo. And from there, not surprisingly, runs amok.

Japanese filmmaking is often weird, even if you’ve been watching Japanese imports for years, it’s often still difficult to get used to the conventions. And while Tetsuo may be an iconic film in Japan, it’s nowhere near so well known here. This is also the first Tetsuo to be shot (almost) entirely in English, which is unusual but a welcome change for the English-speaking audience.

The downside here is that it takes a good long time for the newest Tetsuo to start running good and wholesome amok. And while the running amok is loud and involves lots of breaking stuff and gunplay, it’s also filmed in this horrible Blair Witch-style shakycam that really doesn’t help anything.

Still though, the idea is strange and the costuming sufficiently well-done to make this one a movie you’ll want to check out. It’s a lot like the previous iterations, so if you liked Body Hammer or the original Tetsuo the Iron Man, the third installment of Tetsuo will prove to be a solid title in a comparable vein.

If you can’t tolerate weirdness, then you’re not going to do very well with Tetsuo the Bullet Man. However, if you like the Japanese filmmaking style, and want to see something that’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before, you should definitely get a copy. It’s going to be bizarre to say the least, there won’t be nearly as much gunplay as the movie implies, but still–it’s certainly one to watch, as you’ll watch all the greatest standards of Japanese filmmaking–for the most part, it’s still at least reasonably entertaining.

The Screenhead Ten Scale gives Tetsuo the Bullet Man, this strange, thoroughly alien, often dull joy ride a six out of ten–it’s better if you like this sort of thing, but only if you already liked it going in. Don’t expect to win any converts; you’ll probably want to start with, say, Meatball Machine instead.

I am really looking forward to this movie. I must admit that the Super Bowl ad caught me by surprise. I didn’t know Spielberg and Abrams were producing a TV spot for The Big Game.

Super 8 looks like a ringer! It opens next summer, which means not this summer. That’s a bummer because I can’t wait to see it.

I really like this poster, but it doesn’t say much to me, with the splattering mud and Captain America’s solemn stance.

My disconnection with the poster is because I am not a comic book geek. This poster is made for comic book geeks who remember him as a national hero. At first he was a sick man unable to serve his country in WWII; nevertheless, through super science he became the zenith of male physical excellence.

The poster is also patriotic and in times like today, it’s good to see a superhero who loves the United States. I can’t wait to see the movie.

Here is the first official UK trailer for Jonathan English’s Ironclad, a hardcore independent medieval action flick with James Purefoy. Purefoy is one of the Knights Templar who must defend the Rochester Castle against the tyrannical King John, played superbly by Paul Giamatti.

The trailer looks amazingly wicked and very much a guy’s movie, especially if you love medieval action flicks. It cracks me up that these medieval men are fighting over a castle. I hope the movie explains the reason why it’s so important to them.

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Captain America looks mighty yummy on the cover of Empire Magazine. When the superhero comes to the silver screen this summer, we will all get behind him as he conquers the Nazis.

You can preview the feature story about a visit to the film’s set in Manchester and a talk with Chris Evans, who plays Captain America, and his director Joe Johnston in the February issue of the magazine.