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Reject Recap: A New Batman, the Sundance Slate and ‘Homeland’ Piracy
Welcome to another Reject Recap. Can you believe how fast time is flying by this year? It’s already December, and soon it will be the end of the 2012 (and end of the world?). And it’s been a...
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‘Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning’ Fights For A Place In The Franchise
Editor’s note: This review originally ran as part of our Fantastic Fest 2012 coverage, and since Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning in now playing in limited release, we reckon it’s a good time to...
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The Cynic’s Oscars: The Sorry Desperation of the Original Song Category
If there’s anything I hate most about the Oscars it’s the way the movie awards have the power to influence filmmaking. This time of year it’s more and more difficult to tell if certain films are even...
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Junkfood Cinema: The Questionable ‘Good Burger’ Restaurant Review
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema. What we do here, besides significantly skew the national cholesterol averages, is to blur the line between the worlds of bad movies and worse food. Like junk food, we...
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What Do Most Dine-In Movie Theaters Get Wrong?
In lieu of a Movie Houses of Worship column (in part due to a lack of entries from readers), this week I’d like to discuss a part of the cinema industry that I feel needs addressing. Think of it...
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Short Starts: Watch ‘Playing For Keeps’ Screenwriter Robbie Fox’s ‘The Great...
The upcoming romantic comedy Playing for Keeps may not look particularly enticing, but keep in mind that it’s written by Robbie Fox, who gave us the clever script for So I Married an Axe Murderer...
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Has the ‘Star Trek’ Franchise Lost Its Uniqueness Going ‘Into Darkness’?
I had never seen a Star Trek episode or movie until I saw J.J. Abrams‘ Star Trek. Afterward, I watched a handful of the first season, caught Khan and then dug deeper into Next Generation thanks to my...
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Box Office: ‘Twilight’ Gets Back On Top of James Bond
In an off week at the box office, it was the battle of three holdover releases, with all of the new films dropping well down the charts. From Killing Them Softly‘s lukewarm 7th place finish to horror...
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The Wrong Guy Just Left the ‘Highlander’ Remake
If you had to pick one guy to kick off the Highlander remake, would it be director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo or Ryan Reynolds? Exactly. However, according to Deadline Hollywood, it’s Fresnadillo that...
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The Walking Dead: Zombie Bones Make a Great Weapon But the Audience is ‘Made...
This week’s installment, “Made to Suffer,” is the last episode before the midseason break – new episodes don’t start up again until February — so are we made to care that we have such a long wait once...
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This Week In Blu-ray & DVD: The Dark Knight Rises, Hope Springs and Olivia...
Welcome back to This Week In Discs! As always, if you see something you like, click on the image to buy it. Silent Night It’s Christmas time in a small town, but instead of holiday cheer the streets...
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‘Charles Swan III’ Trailer Presents a Low-Key Charlie Sheen and a Brilliant...
The trailer for Roman Coppola‘s Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III is manic, but the star isn’t. In fact, Charlie Sheen is downright soporific in this thing, sleepwalking his way through...
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Why Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Batman Is a Bad Idea
A week ago, the folks at HitFix said that “according to sources,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt was going to pick up the cape and cowl and assume the mantle of Batman in the planned Justice League film. The...
View ArticleWatch 182 Movies From 2012 in Under 7 Minutes
Holy calamity. This is one seriously laborious edited exploration of the movies of 2012. No surprise it comes from our pal Sleepy Skunk (who we hear is pretty good at coming up with aliases and with...
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Marc Webb Introduces the World to His New Harry Osborn
Now this is a way of announcing big casting that we can get behind. The Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb has circumvented scoops, toldjas, exclusives, and the entire trade racket and gone ahead...
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Joe Carnahan Confirms ‘The Grey’ Re-Release; Wolves Everywhere Ready Themselves
As was rumored last week, Joe Carnahan‘s The Grey will be getting a brief and limited theatrical re-release later this week in order to allow the Liam-Neeson-punches-wolves-and-stuff-and-also-you-cry...
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Sundance 2013 Film Festival: Premiere Titles Announced, Including ‘Before...
While today’s movie news has been dominated by all manner of 2012 awards and nominations, the Sundance Film Festival implores us to look forward to 2013, rolling out a fresh new announcement of...
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Holiday Deals for Movie Lovers: DVD and Blu-ray Deals Continue!
Well it appears we all managed to survive Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. And if you happen to still have any money in your wallet, have we got some deals for you! Criterion Collection...
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One of These Documentaries Will Be An Oscar Winner Come February
As is their wont, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the fifteen documentary titles that round out their shortlist for the Academy Award for Documentary Feature. The...
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‘Man of Steel’ Poster Paints Superman As a Rebellious Anti-Hero, Likely Draws...
If you were asked to design a poster for a new Superman movie, probably the first few images that popped into your head would involve the big guy flying through the air, majestic and free, or possibly...
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