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TCM Remembers 2012: Celebrating the Movie Makers We Lost Last Year
We are a community of strangers. Even though most of us never met the names on this marquee, they’ve given parts of themselves to us, and we’ve given something in return. It’s a strange family, but...
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The ‘Angry Birds’ Movie is Launching Itself At You in 2016
In a press release today, Rovio Entertainment has announced that Despicable Me producer John Cohen will be producing an Angry Birds movie with an eye to release it in the summer tentpole season of...
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Why Don’t Media Majors Know Who Quentin Tarantino Is?
Editor’s Note: Landon is participating in a top secret experiment this week, so he’s invited colleague Joshua Coonrod to fill in for him. Your usual Culture Warrior and I teach at the same university...
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New ‘Salt 2′ Writer Spent ‘Seven Years in Tibet’
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Columbia/Sony is still trying to make the Salt sequel a reality by hiring Becky Johnston. It’s an interesting choice and a pleasantly surprising one considering...
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‘Man of Steel’ Trailer: The World Wasn’t Ready
There’s a ton of inspirational philosophizing in the new trailer for Man of Steel, and damn does it also look awe-inspiring. Massive in scope, potentially intimate in its character arcs, terrifying use...
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Become Our Thunder Buddy With This ‘Ted’ Drinking Game
When you grew up, did you have that special toy that you believed was actually alive? We all did, but usually those toys didn’t follow us into adulthood, at least not for those of us who aren’t...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘Incubator’ is an Urban Legend with a Gory Effects Twist
Why Watch? I caught this short at Fantastic Fest when it played in 2011, and I’m glad it’s finally online because it deserves to be seen by a wider audience. The hook here is a young man (Luke Sorge)...
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Fox 2000 Sets Screenwriter for “Edgy” YA Project With One Hell of a Confusing...
Let’s just all pray that there will never need to be a reboot of Reboot, because this title is already a tad ludicrous as is, at least cinematically speaking. THR reports that Fox 2000 has set newbie...
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Rooney Mara Wants To Get Better in the Worst Way in New ‘Side Effects’ Poster
Whether or not Side Effects is director Steven Soderbergh‘s final film still remains to be seen, but even that added (potential) intrigue seems unnecessary so far, because the Channing Tatum, Jude...
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That ‘Top Gun’ IMAX 3D Re-Release Now Has a Release Date, Goose
That strangely obvious Top Gun IMAX 3D re-release news was announced way back in September of 2011, but we’ve heard scarce little about just when we’ll get to see everyone’s favorite volleyball scene...
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Disney to Give Feature Treatment to ‘Dolphin Boy,’ Doc About “Devastating...
And now for something entirely different. Variety reports (via ComingSoon) that Walt Disney Pictures have picked up the film rights to Dani Menkin and Yonatan Nir‘s 2011 documentary Dolphin Boy in...
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‘Welcome to the Punch’ Trailer Banks on the Star Power of James McAvoy and...
Over the last half-decade or so James McAvoy (Atonement, X-Men: First Class) has proven himself to be one of the most relatable young lead actors currently making a name in the film world. Conversely,...
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Australian Billionaire Sets Brett Ratner Up With His Own Movie Studio
Who is James Packer? He’s an Australian businessman who’s the son of late media tycoon Kerry Packer, he’s the guy who just sold Consolidated Media Holdings to News Corp for $2.1 billion, and he’s the...
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Listen Up: Adele, Arcade Fire, Rick Ross Top Massive List of Oscar-Eligible...
In what might be a bit of an over-correction from last year’s two-song race, The Academy has released the largest list of Oscar-eligible original songs in years, topping out at 75 tunes from the...
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You’re Getting More ‘Arrested Development’ Episodes in 2013 Than Previously...
I’m guessing you just blue yourself, because I did. Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Mitch Hurwitz made too much footage when filming the new Netflix-ordered Arrested Development, so they’re just...
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No ‘Bond’ For Boyle or Tarantino and No ‘Kill Bill 3′
According to an interview with We Got This Covered, Quentin Tarantino is expressing the unlikelihood that he’ll ever direct Kill Bill Vol. 3 and the certainty that he’ll never dive into the world of...
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‘Dreams of a Life’ Trailer: Would Anyone Miss You If You Disappeared?
In Dreams of a Life, writer/director Carol Morley investigates the impossible happening in our interconnected world: in 2003, a young woman died in her apartment, and her body wasn’t found until 3...
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British Censor Board Using Bad Research to Inflict Greater Restrictions on...
In a country of 62 million, 35 people are about to alter the way the public sees movies. Not even 35 people either — more like interpretations of their open-ended responses to a faulty screening...
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A Ridiculous Amount of Excellent DVDs and Blu-rays to Buy This Holiday Season
It’s that time of year again when we scramble around looking for the perfect present for the people we love and like. While we’re big fans of movie-watching around the holidays we don’t recommend...
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Peter Jackson
We can all hoist accolades on the filmmakers found in this series, but there are few who are as transparent about their process and actively engaging when it comes to including fans on set (at least...
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