Darren Aronofsky Actually Built a Biblically-Correct Ark for ‘Noah’
Photo from Dan Wagner for New York Magazine Looming large over the landscape, the ark that Noah (Russell Crowe) and his family will use to save themselves (and by proxy, humanity) was made of an old...
View ArticleDo Time Travel Movies Have to Have Rules?
Beware of Massive Spoilers for Looper after the jump. Should we enjoy time travel movies for their entertainment value despite any plot holes that might arise, or are those pesky nitpicks enough to...
View ArticlePro Tip: Go Apply For Butt-Numb-a-Thon 14
It’s not unfair to say that Butt-Numb-a-Thon 5 turned me into a cinephile. Something about the combination of seeing Oldboy and Buster Keaton’s death-defying The General with a live accompaniment...
View ArticleWhy ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc’ is the Most Highly Regarded Horror Film
Looking for any excuse, Landon Palmer and Cole Abaius are using the Sight & Sound poll results as a reason to take different angles on the greatest movies of all time. Every week, they’ll discuss...
View ArticleNYFF: ‘Our Children’ Is a Quiet Tragedy of Expertly Wrought Tension
“Bury them in Morocco.” Our Children opens with a scene of despair, a mother (Émilie Dequenne) on a hospital bed deliriously asking her nurse if the bodies of her own daughters can be laid to rest on...
View Article31 Days of Horror: Pumpkinhead (1988)
They said it couldn’t be done. A fifth year of 31 Days of Horror? 31 more terror, gore and shower scene-filled movies worth highlighting? But Rejects always say die and never back away from a...
View ArticleGet a Sneak Peek at Francesco Francavilla’s ‘Invisible Man’ Poster For...
How do show the world an invisible man? That was the challenge for James Whale when he directed an adaptation of H.G. Wells‘ story for Universal. It was also the challenge facing Francesco...
View ArticleTalking Food Fights and Teleportation with Producer Irene Georghiades
University of Texas at Austin senior Irene Georghiades is the producer of two short films that have been selected to premiere at the 2012 Austin Film Festival (October 18-25). Andrew Tilley‘s Incident...
View ArticleIn Defense of Tim Burton
Before we even start one might ask, “Does Tim Burton need defending?” Obviously, he does (or else why would I write this?), and he needs it because the Tim Burton of today is not the Tim Burton we...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘The Escape’ is Fueled By Adrenaline and Photoshop Skills
Why Watch? The opening shot will hook anyone with its gorgeous, highly-detailed cityscape from a neon-infused future. Fortunately, the rest of this short from Andre Surya manages to dodge the bullet...
View ArticleAFI FEST 2012 Announces Rest of Lineup, Including ‘Amour,’ ‘The Hunt,’ ‘ABCs...
After weeks of anticipation, next month’s AFI FEST has today released the final listing of titles that will appear at Los Angeles’ own festival. This time around, we’re treated to World Cinema,...
View ArticleDisney and Marvel Announce New Release Dates, Book Your Time and Attention...
So, what are you guys doing on, oh, say November 6, 2015? Not booked yet? Your iCal is empty? Your day planner doesn’t go up that far? Well, we’ve got plans for you now. In one of the most innocuous...
View Article‘Breaking Bad’ Meth Head Aaron Paul Has Developed a Troubling ‘Need For Speed’
Best known for his portrayal of the bitch-sayin’, science-behind-magnets-lovin’ Jesse Pinkman on TV’s Breaking Bad, Aaron Paul is an actor who will soon find himself standing at a career crossroads....
View ArticleRupert Sanders Will Go Into the Future With ‘The Juliet’
UPDATED: ComingSoon has unearthed some more details about the project, check them out HERE. Though he could still bring his special brand of shiny, boring, beautiful cinema to the new Van Helsing,...
View ArticleHip Hop Star Kid Cudi Will Get His Acting On in Rom-Com ‘Two Night Stand’
Generally people in the hip hop world like to be seen as more than just rappers, or DJs, or whatever. In order to make it big in the hip hop world you have to be seen as a triple, quadruple, or...
View Article‘Son of Ernest’ Seeks to Revive the Magic of Jim Varney’s Ernest P. Worrell
Seeing as he appeared in commercials, had his own television series, and starred in nine feature films, you would think that the character of Ernest P. Worrell was one of the most hilarious and...
View ArticleFirst ‘Carrie’ Teaser Reveals That Hell Hath No Fury Like a Telekinetic Teen...
Carrie was the very first piece of Stephen King‘s writing to see a film adaptation way back in 1976, and Brian De Palma’s film remains one of the high points in King’s cinematic canon. The story...
View ArticleThis Week In Discs: Moonrise Kingdom, Obama’s America, Chernobyl Diaries and...
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Moonrise Kingdom It’s 1965 in New England, and two young lovers have run away from their...
View ArticleThe Quest to Determine The Scariest Movie Ever Begins Now!
If there’s one thing everyone on the internet enjoys, it’s participating in a bracket-style tournament that forces you to admit that you’ve pushed out a high-pitched screech in public, soiled yourself...
View Article31 Days of Horror: Parents (1989)
They said it couldn’t be done. A fifth year of 31 Days of Horror? 31 more terror, gore and shower scene-filled movies worth highlighting? But Rejects always say die and never back away from a...
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