Clik here to view.
‘Argo’ and the Importance of Cinematic Bullshit
Warning: This post contains spoilers about the ending of Argo. As George Carlin once said, America’s greatest export is the “manufacture, packaging, distribution, and marketing of bullshit.” Whether...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Find Some Drunk Footage with this ‘Paranormal Activity’ Series Drinking Game
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the Paranormal Activity movies have been massive successes and helped propel the found footage genre into the mainstream. Whether or not you agree this is a good thing, you’re...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Well, Obviously: Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ Might Feature a...
Well, have you seen Moulin Rouge? In some of the least surprising news of possibly the entire decade, The Playlist has dug up news that Baz Luhrmann‘s plagued The Great Gatsby won’t just come with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Loses a Parker But Gains a Ransone
Somewhat incredibly, Spike Lee‘s remake of Chan-wook Park’s beloved new classic, Oldboy, keeps trucking right along. After months and months of casting rumors, informed chatter, (probably) uninformed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why We Haven’t Gotten a James Bond Film From Steven Spielberg
For a long time, Steven Spielberg has expressed interest in making a James Bond picture. From the start of his career and even until after he hit it big time, Spielberg has wanted to bring his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Robert Pattinson Will Now Co-Star in That Crazy Carey Mulligan Kidnapping Film
It seems somewhat strange that two of the UK’s hottest acting imports have never actually worked together, but that’s about to change when it comes to Oscar-winning doc director James Marsh‘s latest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joe Wright May Help Houdini Reappear On the Big Screen
Making a movie about the life of Harry Houdini has been a recent priority of Lionsgate’s Summit for a few good reasons. For one, the famed magician just lived a really interesting life, which would...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Sinister’ Director Scott Derrickson Set to Bring Stephen King’s Final Season...
Stephen King seems to be having almost as good of a year as Kevin Costner when it comes to high profile news. The teaser for the big screen re-adaptation of his first novel, Carrie, just recently hit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Scott Are Gettin’ Rad and Adapting Chuck Klosterman’s...
The past few years have seen Adam Scott go from bit actor to actor in demand. It turns out the Parks and Recreation regular isn’t content to just be one of the most successful comic actors on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Inbred Murderous Freak-Related Giveaway! Win a ‘Wrong Turn 5′ Blu-ray and...
I know what you’re thinking. There was a Wrong Turn 4? Your guess is as good as mine on that count, but what matters here is that Wrong Turn 5 will be released to Blu-ray and DVD next week. Even...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Print to Projector: Downtown Owl
Editor’s Note: This ran back in 2010 (when we used to have a scrappy little feature called Print to Projector), but since Naomi and Adam Scott are going to be adapting this, we thought it would be fun...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Happens When You Have the Movie Star But No Distribution
There’s a scene in Ingenious where Sam, the seat-of-his-pants flying salesman, convinces Matt, the quirk-filled inventor, to gamble away the money they have to re-invest in their novelty gift business...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scariest Movie Ever: A First Round Bloodbath and Second Round Predictions
They said we were crazy to set up the brackets like we did. The Exorcist against Night of the Living Dead? Halloween against Psycho? In the first round? Why not just cross off the heavy hitters before...
View ArticleClik here to view.
31 Days of Horror: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
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 ArticleClik here to view.
How ‘Skyfall’ Marks a New High Point For Bond
God help whatever poor soul is given the task to follow up Sam Mendes‘s work on Skyfall. Mendes has brought the James Bond franchise to a level beyond what we would hope and expect from a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
6 Filmmaking Tips From John Carpenter
A true master of horror, it’s no surprise that John Carpenter‘s work has shown up in our series where horror filmmakers discuss their favorite scary movies (and, spoiler alert, he’ll show up again...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘The Walking Dead: The Musical’ Will Have Your Toes Tapping Until They...
Why Watch? You might be thinking, “A parody video pivoting off the popularity of a big television hit? Why bother?” but then you might have also started the video before reading this. If it’s the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fantastic New ‘Jack Reacher’ Trailer Reveals an Evil Werner Herzog and Tom...
Lee Child has published seventeen novels with lead character Jack Reacher, and this December one of them will finally be hitting the big screen. Reacher was a military policeman once upon a time, but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
That Amy Adams-Starring Janis Joplin Biopic Might Still ‘Get It’
Though it might have seemed like the Amy Adams-starring Janis Joplin biopic, Get It While You Can, was permanently stalled out after years of back and forth, THR now reports that its gotten fresh life...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Matthew Fox Transforms for ‘Alex Cross’ and Mourns the Fate of ‘Speed Racer’
It’s fair to say Matthew Fox is still in a transitional period post-LOST. After six years on the air, the rapid fanbase, and ending on that hugely divisive note, it’s naturally going to take time...
View Article