‘Happy People’ Trailer Sends Werner Herzog to Siberia to Bring Us Back Some...
After spending time the jungle to film Fitzcarraldo, legendary director Werner Herzog came away from the experience with the unique perspective that instead of being a landscape that represents life...
View ArticleGirls: ‘It’s About Time’ We Started a Column About Lena Dunham’s Golden...
It’s only appropriate on the morning after Lena Dunham‘s Girls picked up two Golden Globes and the HBO series debuted its second season opener that Rob Hunter and I unveil our new Girls column. And,...
View ArticlePower-Mad Moguls Trey Parker and Matt Stone to Form Their Own Studio and...
Seeing as Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s South Park is still ridiculously popular in its 16th season, they managed to make a puppet movie that was a financial success with Team America: World Police,...
View ArticleJohn McAfee’s Bizarre Dealings Are About to Become a Movie
If you’ve read Joshua Davis’ shocking “Wired” article, “John McAfee’s Last Stand,” which chronicles the strange places anti-virus software creator John McAfee’s life has gone in recent years, then you...
View ArticleAnne Hathaway to Play a Shrew Worth Taming
According to The Wrap, Anne Hathaway is coming off her Golden Globe win with an eye on playing Shakespeare they way it’s meant to be played. Screenwriter Abi Morgan (Shame, The Iron Lady) is crafting...
View ArticleShane Carruth Abandons ‘A Topiary,’ Explains ‘Upstream Color’ and Preps...
The first teaser for Shane Carruth‘s Upstream Color, frankly, looked a lot like most of the stuff NYU film students produce for their thesis, but Carruth’s name carries a metric ton more weight...
View ArticleWatch: The Dark Knight Trilogy in 3 Minutes
Our good pals over at ScreenRant have introduced a little anarchy into the world by editing together a video that chronicles the entirety of Christopher Nolan‘s take on Batman in just 3 minutes. The...
View ArticleRemember When We Said We’d Leave the ‘Commando’ Drinking Game For Last?
After almost eight years as governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the big screen in a lead role in The Last Stand, releasing this week. For fans of his action movies, the best way...
View Article‘The Odyssey’ Heads to Space, ‘Ben-Hur’ Heads Back to the Book
The evergreen method of adding “…in space!” to the end of an existing title in order to pitch a “new” film has finally blindsided Greek poet Homer. Good thing he’s not around to not see it. According...
View Article‘Zero Dark Thirty’ and Rejecting Torture in the Post-Cheney Era
Kathryn Bigelow’s awards season contender and recent winter box office champion Zero Dark Thirty was released wide on the coattails of considerable controversy pertaining to the film’s depiction of...
View ArticleSFotD: Michel Gondry Paints the Town Green with ‘Haircut Mouse’
Why Watch? If you’ve ever wondered what a Tom & Jerry cartoon would look like with Michel Gondry behind the wheel (and haven’t we all?), the director is more than happy to oblige. In this...
View ArticleSXSW 2013 Reveals Its Opening Slate, Including ‘The Incredible Burt...
I’m currently just four days away from attending my very first Sundance Film Festival, and I’m understandably excited (and nervous about the cold). But just because my upcoming affections will be...
View ArticleSundance 2013: Your Guide to the 15 Must-See Films of the Festival
With the year’s first large scale film fest, the Sundance Film Festival, kicking off later this week, it’s high time that we started making some predictions about some of the films that are most...
View Article‘Jerry Maguire’ Is a Cute Character Drama, But ‘The Weather Man’ Shows You...
Cameron Crowe is one of those directors who people just love. He’s made some stinkers along with with his good movies though, so when people talk to you about how much they love Cameron Crowe,...
View ArticleBradley Cooper Will Don Period Garb to Stop the ‘Dark Invasion’
After The Hangover made unheard of gobs of money, some of the sharper minds in Hollywood started to wonder if its appeal was just a fluke, or if one if its featured performers, Bradley Cooper, might...
View ArticleCasting Couch: Louis CK to Work With David O. Russell, George Clooney...
What is Casting Couch? It’s the column that’s rounding up all the casting announcements the studios have released now that the buzz surrounding the Golden Globes has died down. They’ve been hoarding....
View ArticleJustified: The Marshalls Play ‘Where’s Waldo’
On last week’s impressive Season 4 premiere, Raylan faced off against imprisoned Arlo and his teenage flunkies on the outside as they tried to take a bag and ID from a 1983 plane crash/drug bust...
View ArticleMGM Considering Inexplicable ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ Sequel
According to The Hollywood Reporter, MGM is in exploratory talks (aka dipping their toes in the water) with Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson and Clark Duke to see if there’s a possibility of making a Hot...
View ArticleFirst Full ‘Upstream Color’ Trailer Looks Absolutely Gorgeous
Completely shunning the typical mode of movie marketing where every secret and scene is revealed in the trailer, Shane Carruth has managed to make his follow-up to Primer seem even more mysterious the...
View ArticleGuillermo del Toro May Haunt Emma Stone in ‘Crimson Peak’
Guilleremo del Toro just needs to keep making movies forever. At least one a year. Maybe every two years for a particularly big project. Let’s hope that Pacific Rim reminds everyone with checks to...
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