‘Stories We Tell’ Trailer: Sarah Polley Finds Her Most Compelling Subjects Yet
With Sarah Polley‘s first documentary, the autobiographical Stories We Tell premiering at the Venice Film Festival this week and starting to make its festival rounds, it’s only appropriate that the...
View ArticleReview: ‘The Tall Man’ Is Short on Suspense and Smarts
Editor’s note: The Tall Man creeps into theaters tomorrow, so hold your children close and enjoy this re-post of our SXSW review, originally posted on March 21, 2012. SXSW Midnighter pick The Tall Man...
View ArticleWhedon’s Boycott Victorious: ‘Avengers’ Returns to Theaters This Weekend
Well, it looks like he’s done it. After publicly denouncing the spread of Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk With Me as offensive “to [his] very core,” Joss Whedon asked movie fans to boycott the indie film...
View ArticleFantasia Fest 3-View: ‘The Sword Identity,’ ‘The Haunting of Julia,’ ‘Reign...
Montreal’s Fantasia Fest has one of the most gargantuan lineups of genre titles of any film festival in the world. Its diverse roster of foreign and domestic crowd-pleasers is an absolute marvel, and...
View ArticleEvan Rachel Wood to Put the Hammer Down and Give it Hell for ’18 Wheel...
According to Deadline Hollywood, Evan Rachel Wood is now attached to 18 Wheel Butterfly, the forthcoming throwback film from director Michael Polish (The Astronaut Farmer, For Lovers Only). The film...
View ArticleThe Case For a Lebron James-Starring ‘Space Jam 2′
By now, you probably already know that Lebron James loves Space Jam so much that he wishes he could star in Space Jam 2. No big surprise there. Space Jam is awesome, and the concept of a sequel is...
View Article‘The Inbetweeners’ Green Band Trailer Is Still Full of Awkward Sex
After a handful of successul seasons as a television show, The Inbetweeners has been transformed into a movie at the hands of series director Ben Palmer. The UK phenomenon is just now gaining big...
View ArticleFirst Look: Chris Pine Makes Jack Ryan Look Like Captain Kirk
The good folks at Paramount dropped this image in our inbox (which you can click to enlarge), and since it’s a little late in the year for National Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Day , it must be in...
View ArticleMTV’s Remake of ‘The Inbetweeners’ Can’t Compete With the British Original
MTV’s new raunchy, boy-teen series The Inbetweeners probably isn’t as dull as it appears to be. It’s probably a delightful little comedy that resonates with its intended demographic. What stops me...
View ArticleWatch ‘Play Dead’: The Dogs vs Zombies Short Film
Why Watch? This is one of the reasons I love Short of the Week. Without them, I never would have found this ridiculous diamond collar in the ruff. As ashamed as I am of that last sentence, it’s with...
View ArticleCharles Bronson’s Slum Improvement Tips From ‘Death Wish 3′
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; death wish, thy name is Baconator. You’ve wandered foolishly down the back alleys of the internet, and arrived in a really bad neighborhood. By that, I of course mean...
View ArticleReview: For A Fun Film, Dial Up the Charming and Raunchy ‘For A Good Time,...
Sex complicates relationships. Sex talk complicates friendships. In Jamie Travis‘ For A Good Time, Call…, a pair of mismatched gal pals attempt to navigate the murky waters of sex line proprietorship...
View ArticleInside Industrial Light & Magic: A Day on a ‘Battleship’
“Is it okay if I take a picture of that?” Visiting Industrial Light & Magic isn’t just another assignment. Even a seasoned movie blogger knows that much. This job takes you all kinds of...
View Article‘Lawrence of Arabia’ Trailer: The Classic Fully Restored and Ready For...
Director David Lean’s sweeping tale of the life of British intelligence officer T.E. Lawrence is one of the most beloved films of all time. Lawrence of Arabia is packed full of iconic images,...
View ArticleThe Big Winners and Losers of Summer 2012
All in all, this was a decent summer. There were plenty of highs and lows, with zero grand achievements for either sides of that scale. We could argue endlessly about what movies lived up to the hype...
View ArticleYou Might Be Able to Help the Awesome ‘Terriers’ Return As a Movie
It’s a tale as old as TV: great show gets made, nobody watches the first season, the network cancels it before it can find an audience, and then the small but dedicated fan base bitches and complains...
View ArticleMovie News After Dark: There’s Always Room for Giant Robots, Ari Graynor and...
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly column about movie news that wasn’t exactly nightly this week, so it’s giving you a Friday edition with a little extra umph… We begin this evening with...
View ArticleFind Sunday Relaxation with this Beautifully Animated Short About a Girl, a...
Jacob Wyatt’s short animated film Metro is exactly the sort of thing you should be watching, assuming you’re on the Internet instead of out enjoying the holiday weekend weather. But who are we...
View ArticleGo With The ‘Terminator’ Anthology Blu-ray Set and You May or May Not Live
Anthologies are tricky business, especially with a beloved franchise that has taken some lumps over the years. For example, 20th Century Fox knocked it out of the park earlier this year with the Alien...
View ArticleMovie News After Dark: Hello Doctor Strange, Goodbye G4 and Twilight Reimagined
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly movie news column that usually doesn’t get political. But it’s time someone takes a stance on Twilight. It had to be done. This aggression will not stand....
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