Ben Stiller and Fox Getting Ready to Play More ‘Dodgeball’
If there’s anything better at creating mixed feelings than the recent return to the comedy well, it doesn’t exist in the movie universe. Is it great to see Anchorman 2 coming our way? Definitely....
View ArticleSFotD: ‘Blood Roulette’ Isn’t a Very Fun Game
This week we’re highlighting the films of Popcorn Horror’s Blood Games. Give it a watch, then head over to vote if you like it. Why Watch? This low-budget short from Mark Callum is little more than a...
View Article‘Ratchet & Clank’ Movie Announces Self In Best Possible Way — With a Trailer
Now this is how you announce a movie. Who cares about months of buzz and pages of acting shortlists, wrote the girl who writes about those things for a living, when you can just go ahead and tell...
View ArticleTribeca 2013 Review: Darkly Funny ‘Trust Me’ Gives Over to True Darkness With...
Clark Gregg’s 2008 Choke may be the lesser known of the cinematic world’s big screen Chuck Palahniuk adaptations (it is, after all, hard to compete with names like Fincher, Pitt, and Norton), but the...
View ArticleForget It, ‘Chinatown,’ It’s ‘The Long Goodbye’
There were so many great crime movies that came out of the ’70s that it would be something of an endeavor to compile a list of the best. But chances are, if you had a bunch of people get together and...
View ArticleCasting Couch: Naomi Watts Might Make a Good Prostitute, Shia LaBeouf Might...
What is Casting Couch? It’s not a fishing program on public access. It’s a place on the Internet to go to hear about actors landing roles. Today we have the latest on The Rock’s upcoming schedule, as...
View ArticleGus Van Sant Campaigns For ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Directing Job By Getting...
While E.L. James’ “Twilight” fan-fiction turned series of erotic novels, “Fifty Shades of Grey,” were popular enough that it would seem like film adaptations of the books would make unheard of amounts...
View ArticleTribeca 2013 Review: ‘Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me’ Is An Engaging Portrait Of A...
In the entertainment industry, a lot of women get forsaken in the public’s consciousness even before they reach middle age. In Chiemi Karasawa’s documentary Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, the legendary...
View ArticleMovie News After Dark: Mourning the Loss of ‘Futurama’ With Diversion Tactics
Tonight we explore the world of art, Matt Murdock’s new home and supporting TV characters who should have their own show. It’s all here in Movie News After Dark. Marvel Studios get Daredevil – In a...
View ArticleThree Tribeca Documentaries Turn a Dynamic Eye on Agriculture
You know what makes for really exciting cinema? Agriculture. I kid you not. Two of the best documentaries at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival prove it, and a third film does the same for commercial...
View ArticleWhy Zach Braff is Using Kickstarter To Make Jim Parsons a Sexy Pool Boy
The next step in our post-Veronica Mars world has just been mounted by Zach Braff. The Scrubs actor and Garden State writer/director/musicologist has turned to crowdfunding to attempt to secure $2m...
View ArticleThe Case for Michael Bay as Visionary Auteur
When a Transformers film or Bad Boys II washes over its audience with gigantic, thunderous popcorn-scented waves, they know the man behind those tsunamis. No, it isn’t Poseidon, but someone even more...
View ArticleTribeca 2013 Interview: ‘V/H/S/2′ Directors On the Joys of Snack-Sized...
Horror fans rejoiced at the prospect of V/H/S, a horror anthology film directed by several up-and-coming indie genre directors, centered around a band of criminals watching VHS recordings of terrible...
View ArticleMarvel Just Got The Rights to ‘Daredevil’ Back
If Marvel’s movie dominance has proven anything, it’s the difficulty that other studios have had in handling their material. Despite billions that have been made on the back of the superhero film...
View Article‘The Bling Ring’ Trailer is a Huge Learning Lesson for Emma Watson
There are a ton of great things in this full Bling Ring trailer, but Emma Watson is the absolute best. It’s very likely that her character’s conversation with the press that’s featured here could be...
View ArticleSFotD: ‘Survivalismo’ Has Enough Rope to Hang Itself With
This week we’re highlighting the films of Popcorn Horror’s Blood Games. Give it a watch, then head over to vote if you like it. Why Watch? This short is all about patience in its execution. When it...
View ArticleTrue Collaboration Could Make ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ a...
One of the most anticipated (and packed) panels during this year’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books was the “Mortal Instruments on Page & Screen” which featured the author of The Mortal...
View ArticlePhil Lord and Chris Miller Will Take the Boys to College in ’21 Jump Street’...
As far as we’re concerned, directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller are three for three on their high profile projects, as both their television series Clone High (R.I.P.) and their two feature films...
View Article‘V/H/S/2′ Theatrical Poster Has a Sense of Humor About Itself
Forgive us if this new theatrical poster for the horror anthology sequel, V/H/S/2 didn’t so much terrify us as make us chuckle. “Who’s tracking you?” Oh, you maniacal little horror hounds, thank you...
View ArticleCasting Couch: Emma Stone Might Get to Work With Woody Allen, Rosario Dawson...
What is Casting Couch? It’s a list of recent casting news. Recent as in, like, the last 24 hours recent. How’s that for service? Today we have news on what’s next for young actors like Craig Roberts...
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