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A Cinemax original series from X-Files producer Frank Spotnitz about a private intelligence operative who finds herself the target of an attempted hit. Learn about her security firm here.

Ever wondered what happened to Hansel & Gretel after they escaped from the gingerbread house? Neither did we. But Hollywood is telling us anyway. Apparently the two became crossbow enthusiasts.

Danny Trejo makes a deal with the devil Mickey Rourke to exact revenge on half-brother Anthony Michael Hall that crossed him. Not as cool as Machete vs Whiplash vs Bill Gates, but it’ll do.

(NSFW: Language) The incredible Michael Shannon stars as Richard “Iceman” Kuklinski, a convicted Mafia hitman who allegedly killed over 100 people between 1948 and 1986.

(NSFW) The red band trailer for Lawless, a movie based Matt Bondurant’s novel about his grandfather and granduncles’ moonshine business in southern Virginia during the Depression.

A movie about two groups of children playing pretend war. Their weapons are made of sticks and branches, the gore a figment of their imagination. But their anger and hatred quickly became real.

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the big screen in Korean director Kim Jee-woon’s action flick about a country sheriff who finds himself in the midst of chaos thanks to the escape of a drug kingpin.

(NSFW: Language) The red band trailer for End of Watch, a gritty, testosterone-packed movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña about two cops who get in the crosshairs of the cartel.

A live action adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s bestselling manga series Rurouni Kenshin, aka Samurai X, about a samurai who refuses to kill in order to atone for his past sins as an assassin.

Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, The Hurt Locker) takes us inside the mission and celebrates the heroes who helped take down Osama bin Laden. We know how the story ends, but we’ll still see it.

(NSFW: Language/Gore) Clinton Jones directed this awesome live-action film, chockful of exciting martial arts sequences and top-notch stuntwork by Robert Dill and EMC Monkeys.

The rumors of James Bond’s death have been greatly exaggerated as 007 makes his return this November to battle Javier Bardem’s villainous blonde Silva in Sam Mendes’ explosive spy pic.

(NSFW: Language) Gameplay from the action sandbox game Sleeping Dogs. The game seems to have tight controls, keeps things exciting and rewards players who adapt offensive tactics.

While it’s a bit derivative of F-Stop Ridge, we’re still entertained by Devin Supertramp and Freddie Wong’s explosive collaboration, filled with cameras in place of weapons. Of course, they’re Canons.

A side-scroller action RPG by LarryPixel, to be released serially like a comic book, as you take on a variety of tasks to survive life on the Moon. For $40 or more, you can be immortalized in the game.

(NSFW: Language, Gore) Fan films are a dime a dozen, but a fan film with a Hollywood actor who actually played the same character is something else. We guess he’s now called the Justicer.

(GORE) Judge Dredd and a newbie officer drop in on a bunch of junkies in this clip from Dredd. Looks like the movie will redefine slow motion, combining it with trippy colors and ripple effects.

The Blu-ray box set Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures includes razor-sharp remastered HD versions of all four Indy films, along with hours of special features and commentary.

Tom Cruise stars as an ex-military police vigilante who takes the law into his own hands as he tries to take down a sniper who killed five random victims. Based on the Lee Child book One Shot.

Aimed squarely at GoPro, the oddly-named GC-XA1 ADDIXION is waterproof, shockproof, dustproof and freezeproof, captures video at 1080p/30 or 720p/60, and offers Wi-Fi connectivity.

Despite the lack of hype behind it and its generic title, this third-person shooter is being commended by critics for its solid single-player campaign that refuses to glorify war and murder.

The latest trailer for sci-fi action flick Looper reveals that the main character is a bullheaded killer determined to finish the job, even if it means taking down his future self.

Chris, Leon and newbie Jake Muller run, shoot and dodge in the new trailer for Resident Evil 6. It looks more like Mission: Impossible with monsters, but the 4-player co-op looks quite enticing.