Box Office Prediction: Dr. Seuss Messages Won’t Keep ‘The Lorax’ From #1
Moviegoers will see it with a group. Movigoers will see it while they eat popcorn. Moviesgoers will see it with their 3-D glasses. Moviegoers will see it while they sit on their theater seats. What...
View ArticleThe 10 Must-See Movies of March 2012
Last month we got a really fun and nicely old-fashioned horror movie, a found footage superhero movie becoming a surprise hit, a terrific hitman/horror/love story, and a B-movie featuring Denzel...
View ArticleTime to Put On the Foil: 9 Tough Guys Who Make Hockey Movies Fun For The...
Since the days of yore, or at the very least, my childhood, the sport of hockey has made my blood pump faster through my veins. Born across a lake from Canada into a family with a few notable hockey...
View ArticleThe Alamo Drafthouse is Bringing Back the Summer of 1982, And It’s Going To...
Blade Runner. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The Road Warrior. The list of incredible films released during the summer of 1982 goes on and on. From E.T. to Tron, it could very well be the greatest...
View ArticleMovies to See Before the World Ends: Quest For Fire
The Mayans, the wise race of ancients who created hot cocoa, set December 21st, 2012 as the end date of their Calendar, which the intelligent and logical amongst us know signifies the day the world...
View ArticleReview: ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax’ Speaks For the Trees – When He’s Not Shilling...
Everyone involved in Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, from co-directors Chris Renaud and Kyle Balda to the Universal Pictures marketing division, has been faced with a tricky balancing act. On one hand, there’s...
View ArticleKevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card: March 2, 2012
This week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr grabs his camcorder and tries to find the biggest all-night party in Pasadena, filled with slutty, dancing high school girls who looks amazingly like they’re in their...
View ArticleScarlett Johansson to Turn Heads as Janet Leigh in ‘Alfred Hitchcock and the...
Since we first heard about director Sacha Gervasi’s (Anvil!: The Story of Anvil) upcoming look at the life and work of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, quite a bit of important casting has...
View ArticleIn Regards To Your Movie, ‘Project X’
To Misters Matt Drake and Michael Bacall, I attended a screening of Project X this past week, a film for whose script you two are inescapably responsible, and wanted to congratulate you on crafting...
View Article‘The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)’ to Bring Back Both Baddies
You probably won’t find too many people willing to argue that the first two Human Centipede movies are any good. The first one felt like an idea that could have made for a chilling short stretched for...
View ArticleReview: ‘Project X’ Is A Long, Boring Beer Commercial
A character in Project X touts the onscreen house party as the most epic one of all time. There’s no doubting that. Filmmaker Nima Nourizadeh and screenwriters Michael Bacall and Matt Drake have...
View Article‘Hunger Games’ Clip Reveals Katniss’ Talents – And Some Surprising Faithfulness
The cinematic adaptation of Suzanne Collins‘ The Hunger Games series has a number of obstacles, including: making child-on-child murder fit into a PG-13 film, pleasing fans with casting decisions, not...
View ArticleMovie News After Dark: Barnabas Collins, Project X, The Avengers, Goon and...
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly collection of movie news, stories, articles, happenings and thingamajigs that is not interested in your excuses, just your unwavering loyalty. We begin...
View ArticleGiveaway: See an Advanced Screening of ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ On Us
Do you live in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia or San Francisco? If not, do you mind driving to them for a Lasse Hallström movie? If so, pack up some beef jerky, energy drinks and...
View ArticleJoel Kinnaman Confirmed for ‘Robocop’; Will Now Be Brutally Murdered
They TOLDJA us! After several days of rumors swirling around that actor Joel Kinnaman was close to signing a deal to become the new Robocop in Brazilian director José Padilha’s reboot of the...
View ArticleWatch 10-Minutes of ‘John Carter’ and Decide For Yourself If It’s Worth Seeing
Many things have been said about Disney’s John Carter. From bloggers who say it’s “full of action” to a marketing department at a major studio that’s having trouble explaining what, exactly, the hell...
View ArticleIdris Elba, Taraji P. Henson To Deliver Thrills in ‘No Good Deed’
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson have both signed to star in No Good Deed – with a script from Aimee Lagos (who wrote and directed the incredibly strong 96...
View ArticlePost-Tsunami Japan Will Tell Its Own Stories With ‘Japan In a Day’
Fuji TV, Ridley and Tony Scott are asking that the people of Japan pick up a camera on March 11th to tell their own stories for a massive documentary project being called Japan in a Day. The project...
View ArticleShort Film Of The Day: ‘Cut Off’ is Noir in a Bathrobe
Why Watch? Smartly shot with an engaging lead this short film from Takashi Doscher brings a story literally to life. In it, an author consumed by writing his next novel ignores the real world at his...
View ArticleWhen Does an Adaptation Stop Being an Adaptation?
AMC’s The Walking Dead and I have a strange relationship in that I watch it but don’t particularly care for it. I can’t really tell you why I tune in every week, but it has something to do with my...
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