Two Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Shots from the Expanding ‘Tinker, Tailor,...
With my review and claim that Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a near-masterpiece, I don’t believe it’s possible to get more hyperbolic about this film. Perhaps my fourth viewing, which will inevitably...
View ArticleJames Franco In Talks to Star as Famous Pick-Up Artist (And General Skeeze)...
Oh, James Franco, you make the most fun decisions! According to THR, actor-author-writer-director-unsatisfied Oscar host-student-man about town-seeker-performance artist-soap star Franco is in...
View ArticleKevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card: January 6, 2012
This week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr looks at his list of New Year’s resolutions. However, since he was a little drunk when he wrote them and his handwriting is sloppy, he thinks it reads to “exorcise more”...
View ArticleMovie News After Dark: Noomi in Space, Cumberbatch, A Wrong Poster and...
What is Movie News After Dark? If you have to ask, then maybe it’s not for you. We begin this evening with a shot of Noomi Rapace in Prometheus. The former Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is going...
View ArticleGus Van Sant Is the New Matt Damon
The other day the venerable Cole Abaius reported on a rumor that Matt Damon was no longer going to be making his directorial debut on an upcoming project about a sales executive who has his life...
View ArticleTim Burton Interested in a Robert Downey Jr.-Starring ‘Pinnochio’
It’s been a long time since we’ve talked about producer Dan Jinks trying to get a live action version of Pinocchio together over at Warner Bros. So long that many people probably assumed that the...
View ArticleShort Film of the Day: How Terminator Should Have Ended
Why Watch? Because everyone deserves to have a little fun now and then. And guest week here on Short Film of the Day is going to start with just that. While Cole Abaius is off battling large blonde...
View ArticleBoiling Point: What ‘The Devil Inside’ Teaches Us
The Devil Inside is the talk of the town for two reasons: number one, it made around $35 million in its opening weekend, which is big no matter what qualifier you tack on, but when that qualifier is a...
View ArticleOh, For God’s Sake: WB Sets ‘Devil Inside’ Helmer for Another Found-Footage...
After sitting through the snoozefest ball-kick that was The Devil Inside (refresh your memory of my disdain by giving my review another look), a large part of me hoped that I would never need to think...
View ArticleMelissa McCarthy Thinks Starring in ‘Bridesmaids 2’ Would Be a Terrible Idea
Last week the news broke that Bridesmaids co-writer/star Kristen Wiig doesn’t intend on making a sequel to the film, and is instead focusing on other projects. This is a potential problem, because...
View ArticleBox Office: ‘The Devil Inside’ Kicks The New Year Off With a Scare
Apparently sometimes you can’t go back to that well too many times. Despite critics claiming it’s filled with the same old stuff, audiences weren’t scared enough to avoid The Devil Inside this...
View ArticleThe ‘Party Down’ Movie Is Nearing the End of the Planning Stage
Despite the fact that it seemed like a pipe dream when the idea was first kicked around, development on a feature film version of the failed Starz sitcom Party Down seems to be chugging along steadily...
View ArticleWarner Bros. Wants Either Jonathan Nolan or Michael Green to Get Revved Up...
The proposed live action Akira being developed over at Warner Bros. is slowly and steadily becoming the most talked-about film project of all time. The ups and downs of bringing this beloved story to...
View ArticleDirector Paul Feig Will Get to Know ‘The Better Woman’ for Next Gig
With a bit of kerfuffle already surrounding even the possibility of a Bridesmaids sequel, and his recent dropping of Bridget Jones 3, comedy director Paul Feig has signed on for what will be his first...
View ArticleFirst Look at Zombie Nicholas Hoult in Jonathan Levine’s ‘Warm Bodies’...
Somehow, I just knew that our “52 Most Anticipated Movies of 2012″ would pay off! You know, eventually. Included on that massive list is 50/50 director Jonathan Levine‘s next film, and while the idea...
View ArticleNew Line Sets Director for ‘Police Academy’ Remake; In Other News, They’re...
As I suspect that most reports of this news will fall on the side of snark with a side of pleading with a holy entity to explain why this is befalling humanity, I have chosen to present this news as...
View ArticleShort Film of the Day: Oktapodi
Why Watch? Well, for one thing, you’ll never again see something so closely aligned with the world of octopi that you will call “adorable.” Also because Guest Week here on Short Film of the Day means...
View ArticleThis Week In DVD: January 10th
Welcome back to This Week In DVD! Not a big or high profile week of releases, but there are some solid titles just the same. And there’s even a theme! Of sorts. More than a few of the titles below far...
View ArticleCulture Warrior: The Cost of Seeing a Movie
In a recent article from The Atlantic, business journalist Derek Thompson poses several compelling questions about the business model of contemporary theatrical distribution. Why, he asks, must we pay...
View ArticleWeekly DVD Drinking Game: Killer Elite
One big action release on DVD and Blu-ray this week features Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Clive Owen’s mustache. The film Killer Elite is based on a true story about a secret agency...
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