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Review: ‘Django Unchained’ Finds the Humor in Vengeance, Slavery and Leonardo...
Quentin Tarantino has very quickly, but not so quietly, found a new niche for his filmmaking talents as a teller of tall tales with a historical bent. He’s less interested in historical accuracy than...
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Movie News After Dark: It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s cousin Eddie showing up at just the right moment to spoil Clark’s well-lit house. It’s the Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle here to...
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Merry Christmas from Film School Rejects; Now Go Watch One of These Movies
Here at Reject HQ, we’re about to have a silent day. But before we take off to enjoy friends, family and other interesting Christmas Day adventures (none of which including writing about movie news),...
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The 2012 Year in Review Rises
It’s the day after Christmas. Hopefully you weren’t the one who forgot the batteries this year. If you did, go run to your local CVS and get them. We’ll wait. Alright, moving on. Now that Christmas is...
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Fox Set to Create a ‘Theory of Everything’
According to Deadline Hollywood, Fox has purchased a science fiction pitch for a story about a brilliant/crackpot scientist who invents astounding things and has to save his thought-to-be-dead wife...
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Year in Review: The 12 Worst Films of 2012
Years from now, cinema fanatics will probably look back at 2012 fondly, remembering that this year brought us new films from Spielberg, Bigelow, Anderson (P.T.), Haneke, Affleck, Anderson (Wes), Van...
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The Best Downloads for Every Movie Lover’s New iPad and iPhone
So you got an iPad (or iPhone) for Christmas. That’s pretty awesome, friend. Congratulations, you’re now one of millions of people who have a world’s worth of entertainment in two hands (or one, if...
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Year in Review: The Best of Criterion in 2012
It seems like every year we have to begin this particular article with the disclaimer that we aren’t necessarily talking about the best releases Criterion put upon us this calendar year. If one made a...
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6 Filmmaking Tips From Quentin Tarantino
Emerging from a nitrate fire in 1963, Quentin Tarantino was fed only exploitation films, spaghetti Westerns and actual spaghetti until he was old enough to thirst for blood. He found his way into the...
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Year in Review: A Look Back at the Cinematic Facial Hair of 2012
The movies released in 2012 have been notable for many reasons, impacting or reflecting news events both positively and negatively. It’s also seen new innovations, the most notable being the first...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘Superman, Spiderman or Batman’ is a Different Kind of Hero Movie
Why Watch? With so many comic book adaptations and superhero takes emerging year after year, every 365-day period becomes a mixed bag for quality when it comes to latex suit-donning crusaders on...
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Review: ‘The Guilt Trip’ Will Make You Want to Drive Far Away From the Theater
There are bad movies. There are BAD movies. And then there’s The Guilt Trip, a cinematic abomination that offends by being heinously, obscenely bland. This is the blandest bland movie you’ll ever see,...
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‘Promised Land’ Director Gus Van Sant Sets Up Another Mystery
Promised Land has been met with a few Frank Capra comparisons, clearly establishing it as one of director Gus Van Sant‘s more easily digestible and accessible pictures. The filmmaker has never been...
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Review: Riveting, Infuriating ‘West of Memphis’ Sheds New Light on...
Editor’s note: Nearly a year after premiering at Sundance, Amy Berg’s West of Memphis hit limited release this week. The following is a re-run of our Sundance review, originally published on January...
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Rejoice: Danny Boyle’s ‘Trance’ Is Finally Going to Be Released
With the release of his Best Picture winner, Slumdog Millionaire, in 2008 and his critically acclaimed follow-up to that film, 127 Hours, in 2010, Danny Boyle appeared to be a director whose career...
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Thank Bruce Banner, Batman and Bond: Box Office Biggest Ever After Two Tough...
According to USA Today, 2012 is the biggest box office year in movie history (not adjusted for inflation). The numbers aren’t set yet (because, you know, the year’s not over), but if the predictive...
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Year in Review: The 12 Best Action Movies of 2012
Movies are many different things to many different peoples. A film may tug at your heart strings, tickle your funny bone, or change the way you look at the world. But sometimes all you want from a...
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Lois Lowry: Jeff Bridges Will Finally Get To Make ‘The Giver’
Big news for those of us who have been waiting for the YA adaptation trend to hit home with one of the best of our generation — author Lois Lowry has confirmed that “The Giver” is finally going to get...
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Performer of the Year: Matthew McConaughey
To truly understand the essence behind our choice for 2012′s Performer of the Year, we have to take a walk back in time to 2005. It was the year that, simply a heartthrob at the point, Matthew...
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10 Unforgettable Supporting Performances In Biopics
Biopics are always praised for their lead actor or actress’ realistic or unique portrayal of the subject, but what of the supporting cast? Sure, we do recognize their efforts, they might even receive...
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