Don’t Plan On Seeing More Installments of ‘Jack Reacher’
Even though there are 17 Jack Reacher novels and 2 short stories featuring the stoic action hero, don’t plan on seeing Lee Childs‘ character back on the big screen any time soon. The Hollywood...
View Article12 Filmmaking Tips From Sundance Directors
The Sundance Film Festival is one of the largest independent fests in the country, but it probably has the best reputation for launching filmmaking careers and being the only thing in January that...
View Article‘The End of Love’ Trailer Should Come with a Box of Kleenex
If tearing up at a trailer is cool, consider me Miles Davis. With the onslaught of Sundance 2013 upon us, it seems more than appropriate to highlight one of the hits of Sundance 2012 — an intimate...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘Lenny Lump’ Takes the Scenic Route to Gore
Why Watch? It’s hard to say what the best part of Lenny Lump is. The catchy tune? The gorgeous, scenic photography? The gory mess that a pleasant day turns into? All of those are great candidates, but...
View Article‘Mud’ Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Continues to Impress
If there was one film missing from our 2013 film guide, I’d say it was Jeff Nichols‘ Mud. Although he only has two films under his belt, Shotgun Stories and Take Shelter, Nichols has quickly risen to...
View ArticleFirst ‘S-VHS’ Trailer Demands That You Watch It
What the hell is that? And that, horror fans, is the best way to leave your audience salivating for more when it comes to premiering a first trailer for the newest entry in your burgeoning horror...
View ArticleThings Look Pretty Bleak in This First Image From Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Snowpiercer’
One of the year’s most intriguing new films, Bong Joon-ho‘s Snowpiercer,has just released its first official photo, and it looks just as gritty, bleak, and claustrophobic as we would expect from a...
View ArticleCasting Couch: Al Pacino Is Joe Paterno For Brian De Palma, Patrick Stewart...
What is Casting Couch? Today’s it’s just a little casting news column trying to get by at the hands of a Sundance-bound Kate Erbland. Nathan, we need you! We’ve been due for a truly gritty, really...
View ArticleMovie News After Dark: Lindsay Lohan, Winnie Cooper and a Flame Thrower
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s exactly what it says it is… movie news, after dark. Here is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie – This great expose from the New York Times...
View Article‘Ashes’ Trailer Sends Jim Sturgess to Sacrifice Ray Winstone
In Ashes from director Mat Whitecross, Ray Winstone plays a curiously blond-headed man with Alzheimers who used to be rough but now finds himself walled in by a nursing home. Jim Sturgess‘ character...
View ArticleFall in Love with Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola’s Interactive ‘Moonrise...
The team behind Moonrise Kingdom has done something that should be done for all major scripts: an interactive version that features maps, images from the movie, set photos, and early sketches. The...
View ArticleIf They’re Going to Remake ‘Gremlins,’ They Need Joe Dante and Practical Effects
Vulture has a super vague rumor that Warners is attempting to coax Steven Spielberg into giving his blessing for a remake of Gremlins. It’s not the first time, it probably won’t be the last, and so...
View Article‘Spring Breakers’ Trailer Treats Bikini-Clad Crime Like a Video Game
There’s finally a trailer for Harmony Korine‘s Spring Breakers, proving that it wasn’t just an elaborate hoax to turn paparazzi-style beach photos into a development story while watching media outlets...
View Article8 Honest Behind-The-Scenes Documentaries That Show Both Sides Of Movie Making
It seems very rare that a behind-the-scenes documentary will earnestly try to show how the movie is made over trying to sensationalize the process. After all, who exactly is the demographic watching...
View Article30 Things We Learned from the ‘Jurassic Park 3’ Commentary
Even though there’s pretty much no information about the upcoming Jurassic Park 4 film that was announced earlier this week, you’ll find plenty of speculation and discussion about it on the interwebs....
View ArticleSFotD: ‘If I Am Your Mirror’ is a Beautifully Animated Take on Poe
Why Watch? Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” director Garrett DeHart has blended computer-rendered imagery with grotesquerie in order to paint a gorgeous portrait in blood. Set...
View ArticleRon Howard and J.J. Abrams Will Make You Choose Between Your Dead Boyfriend...
While it might normally seem appropriate to scoff at a multi-hyphenate powerhouse like J.J. Abrams and a name brand director like Ron Howard taking on a new adaptation of a foreign TV movie that’s...
View ArticleLiam Neeson Just Wants to Kick Ass Now, Will Star in ‘Run All Night’ Next
Liam Neeson seems intent on making money off his somewhat-newly-minted role as Hollywood’s Only Action Star, as Deadline Hollywood reports that the actor has now signed on to star in the Brad...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Last Stand’ Doesn’t Stand On Its Own
As written, The Last Stand is not an interesting movie. It’s a simple modern-day western as action flick with dialogue that’s nearly 100% expositional and a plot that offers nothing in the way of...
View Article‘The Brass Teapot’ Trailer Finds Laughs, Pain, and Violent Hassidic Jews in a...
It was a rare thing once upon a time to see films debuting on VOD before hitting DVD or even theaters, but that’s no longer the case. While there have been several successes in recent years the most...
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