Short Film Of The Day: The Messenger
Why Watch? Despite the amateur nature of the filming here, it’s the last 20 seconds that really count. For added fun, have a friend take a picture of your face when it sinks. Plus, it’s only a minute,...
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Ben Wheatley to Keep Killing With Lee Hardcastle and Claymation Prison...
We’ve featured a few of Lee Harcastle‘s short films before, and they’re always good for a bloody violent, clay-filled time. Now, according to Twitch Film, he’ll be teaming up with Kill List director...
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Exploring The Twilight Zone #150: Stopover In a Quiet Town
With the entire original run of The Twilight Zone available to watch instantly, we’re partnering with Twitch Film to cover all of the show’s 156 episodes. Are you brave enough to watch them all with...
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Matthew Vaughn Returning to Direct ‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel
Last summer’s X-Men: First Class breathed some necessary life back into the superhero franchise, thanks to a stylistically cool film, an up-and-coming cast, and some generally energetic direction from...
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Blake Lively Out, Rooney Mara In to Lead Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Side Effects’
Here we are, once again, talking about Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming thriller about depression and medication, Side Effects. The last time we left our players in this ongoing drama Annapurna Pictures...
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Sundance 2012 Review: Fascinating ‘Room 237′ Will Forever Change ‘The...
If you’re the sort of person who loves conspiracy theories, hidden meanings, codes, ciphers, clues, and other mysteries that bear unraveling, then Room 237 is right up your alley. Director Rodney...
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Kate Winslet Is Not in ‘Frank or Francis,’ But Catherine Keener and Elizabeth...
A few days ago I reported on a story that two former female leads from Charlie Kaufman movies would both be working with the writer again, this time on his next directorial effort Frank or Francis. It...
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Interview: Elizabeth Banks Talks ‘Man on a Ledge,’ Non-Gender-Specific Roles,...
Not a whole lot of negotiators on film look like Elizabeth Banks. They’re usually gruff, jaded, overweight, sloppy, and any other cliche description you can think of. Most of those adjectives don’t...
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Austin Cinematic Limits: Predicting SXSW, Slackerwood Moves and A Badass...
As Austin’s filmmaking community migrates back to Austin from the snowy slopes of Park City, everyone is anxiously awaiting to hear whether or not their latest film(s) has been accepted into the 2012...
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Movie News After Dark: The Hobbit, The FP and the Naked Asses of William H....
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly movie news collection that doesn’t usually involve so much nudity, or Dance Dance Revolution references, but Mondays are always a little special. We begin...
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Santa Barbara Film Festival Diary: Hanging With ‘Generation P,’ Digging ‘The...
My former hometown of seven years, Santa Barbara welcomed me back with open arms — and by open arms I mean aggressive festival volunteers, and a short but unpleasant bout of food poisoning. I still...
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Joel Edgerton and Jessica Chastain Sign Two-Picture Deal for ‘Eleanor Rigby’
Joel Edgerton and Jessica Chastain both had pretty big years in 2011. Edgerton broke onto the Hollywood scene with a big role in the high-profile The Thing remake and also turned a lot of heads with...
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Octavia Spencer Joins Bong Joon-ho’s ‘Snow Piercer’ Adaptation
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho‘s English-language debut was always going to be a hotly anticipated feature, but as the cast for Snow Piercer rounds out, it’s become obvious that The Host director...
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SXSW Review: ‘The Innkeepers’ Turns Down the Sheets and Turns Up the Fright
Editor’s note: This review was originally published as part of our SXSW 2011 coverage on March 17, 2011. We’re bumping this baby back up to remind all of you dear readers that the film is finally...
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SXSW Review: ‘Kill List’ Is A Blood-Drenched Trip Down The Rabbit Hole
Editor’s note: This review was originally published as part of our SXSW 2011 coverage on March 15, 2011. But, just like another stand-out horror flick from that festival (look down!), we’re bumping...
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Review: Largely Ludicrous ‘Big Miracle’ Still Manages to Be Hugely Entertaining
We are told early on in Big Miracle that “everybody loves whales!” It’s both an excuse and a rallying cry and, had Ken Kwapis‘ film stuck with its first moniker, it would have also been the title of...
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Review: ‘Chronicle’ Has Fun As ‘Unbreakable: The High School Years’ But...
Found footage films are often called (by me at least) the new 3D for a few reasons. They’re clearly enjoying a surge similar to the one enjoyed by 3D films for the past couple years. They’re cropping...
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‘Alvin and the Chipmunks’ + Robots = ‘Short Circuit’ Reboot
According to The Hollywood Reporter, newcomer Matthew Lieberman has been signed to write the Short Circuit reboot going on over at Dimension Films. He’d previously written the not-at-all-liked Dr....
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Is That an ‘Insidious’ Sequel or a Cat Jumping Out From Behind a Corner?
James Wan is back. Leigh Whannell is back. Insidious is back. That loud burst of discordant music you just heard is all part of the plan to scare you out of your seat. The cat that just ran by isn’t...
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The Reject Report in Black
That’s right. We’ve officially gone from grey to black. This means the evil side of the Reject Report is about to rear its ugly head and its taking names. First up, Daniel Radcliffe. He’ll have some...
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