‘Rites of Spring’ Trailer Makes the Mistake of Kidnapping Your Daughter
In the indie horror flick Rites of Spring, some kidnappers snag a rich kid and then hides out in an abandoned building. Unfortunately for them, it’s the most dangerous spot they could have picked...
View ArticleLevel 70 Directing Mage Sam Raimi Signs Off of ‘World of Warcraft’
Sam Raimi has been developing an expansive World of Warcraft movie for quite some time, but this year’s Comic-Con brought sad news for anyone wishing to see that universe brought to life in movie...
View ArticleChan-wook Park’s ‘Stoker’ Set for a March 2013 Release
According to Box Office Mojo, Chan-wook Park‘s first English-language film, Stoker, will hit theaters on March 1, 2013. The film stars Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode, Jacki Weaver, Lucas...
View Article6 Filmmaking Tips From Christopher Nolan
Born in July of 1970, Christopher Nolan was always sort of made for Summer. As an adult, that promise has been fulfilled with blockbuster spectacles in the hot months, but it all started when he was a...
View ArticleWatch: ‘Robbie’ is Bittersweet Sci-Fi and a Different Kind of Found Footage
Why Watch? See what happens when a filmmaker edits down 10 hours of NASA footage into 8 minutes colored by a touching voice over from a sentient robot named Robbie who is dying. Tears are natural....
View ArticleSomehow, Vanessa Hudgens Looks Most Nutty in First Look at Nicolas Cage and...
There’s a number of weird things about Deadline Kodiak‘s post from this morning that touts an “exclusive” “first look” at some stills from Scott Walker‘s Frozen Ground – the least of which that their...
View ArticleNo B.S.: Amy Adams Joins Bradley Cooper and Jeremy Renner in David O. Russell...
It was announced back in March that David O. Russell had been attached to direct a Black List script from writer Eric Singer called American Bullshit. Well, seeing as casting has now begun, it would...
View ArticleShockingly, Robert De Niro Will Play a Mobster for Luc Besson’s ‘Malavita’
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – Robert De Niro is going to play a mob boss in a movie. You’re shocked, aren’t you? The star of such mob classics as The Godfather: Part II, The Untouchables,...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg Will Start Award Season Chatter Early, ‘Lincoln’ Set for...
With Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter already a distant memory, it’s time to turn our attention to that other Abraham Lincoln film – you know, the real one? The one directed by Steven Spielberg and...
View Article‘Last Vegas’ Gets Its Fourth: Kevin Kline Will Get Drunk Alongside De Niro,...
Jon Turteltaub‘s “geriatric Hangover” buddy comedy, Last Vegas, has finally locked in its final member of its wolf pack (geriatric wolf pack?). Deadline Henderson reports that Kevin Kline will join...
View ArticleMove Over, Avengers and Justice Leaguers: Captain Canuck is Heading to the...
If Marvel Comics can do something as ridiculous as publish a star-spangled, nationalist hero called Captain America, then it doesn’t make any sense why somebody else can’t let their Canadian freak...
View ArticleMerry Christmas, Moviegoers, Here Is a Movie About the 2004 Tsunami
As Hollywood continues its recovery from the hellfire that was Comic-Con, we’re getting inundated with news that falls under the “clean up” category – news like release dates and 84 new pictures from...
View ArticleReview: ‘Killer Joe’ is Southsploitation at Its Finest and Emptiest
Exploitation cinema is good for the id. Because the great majority of us are not thieves, murderers, sociopaths, or people with problematic sexual instincts, exploitation cinema provides a safe space...
View ArticleGet Ready For 2 Hours Of Screeching ‘Despicable Me’ Minions
It’s always excellent when movie studios want to engage in experimentation, especially when it’s to test the elastic limits of how cutely annoying a character can be. If something’s funny for a few...
View ArticleWGA Claims Working Conditions For Screenwriters Have Worsened
Citing late payments and a general feeling that giving away some rewrite work for free is necessary to compete, the latest WGA survey shows that writers are more than a bit unhappy. The survey, which...
View Article‘Life of Pi’ Trailer From Ang Lee is a Stunning Way to Go Adrift
With gorgeous open sea visuals and a sweeping sound, the trailer for Ang Lee‘s Life of Pi is proof that the filmmaker can make hearts beat faster with only a boat, a young boy and a tiger. From the...
View ArticleTrailer Recut: How ’2001: A Space Odyssey’ Would Be Advertised in 2012
As brilliant as Stanley Kubrick‘s sci-fi contemplation on everything is, it would be a nightmare to advertise today. Far from high concept, it doesn’t fit neatly into the quadrants that movie...
View ArticleFantasia 2012 Review: Quentin Dupieux’s ‘Wrong’ is a Movie Worthy of its Title
Dolph Springer (Jack Plotnick) is as regular a guy. He goes to work everyday, at an office from which he was fired months before and where it rains indoors all day. He has a best friend who is moving...
View ArticleJon Favreau Teaming With Pixar For ‘Magic Kingdom’
According to Jon Favreau, the world will have to wait for Magic Kingdom, and that’s a good thing. In an interview with Crave, the director noted that his past three films (Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and...
View Article11 Things That Were Just Okay in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
On Monday our own Robert Fure presented you with his list of 11 Things That Didn’t Work in The Dark Knight Rises. And our beloved commenters demanded balance. How could we possibly deliver such bias?...
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