Posts

Page 2: Karate Kid, Donald Glover, Ghostbusters, The Shining, Tower Heist, Bridesmaids, The Muppets, The Exorcist, Star Wars, The Hobbit, Aliens By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 2, 2011 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Header Photo: Scott C’s Karate Kid tribute. FilmStage lists 10 films to see in November.Watch Donald Glover’s alter-ego Child Gambino’s music video “Bonfire” directed by Mystery Team helmer Dan Eckman. On November 5 & 6, select AMC theatres will hold three showings of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 3D to support the Will Rogers Institute....

Reports Of ‘Bond 23’ Postponement Are (Once Again) Slightly Exaggerated By Russ Fischer/Jan. 5, 2011 11:45 am EST Briefly: This is really just a rumor control post. Looking around the web today you might see mentions of the pre-production of Bond 23 being halted, which is probably confusing if you’ve been keeping tabs on the film’s development. But it’s really Variety that was confused, as the trade re-ran or re-wrote (and since pulled) a report with info mostly from April 2010, when pre-production on the film was first halted....

Rumor: Edgar Ramirez “Being Eyed” For Superman Villain Role? By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2011 8:00 am EST Our friends at LatinoReview have been on top of the Superman scoops as of late and clearly have some sources in the know. Their latest report claims that Edgar Ramirez is “being eyed” for a villain role in Zack Snyder’s Superman. Last week, Snyder nixed reports that Viggo Mortensen would be playing Zod. El Mayimbe is unsure if Ramirez is up for that role or another bad guy part....

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 28, 2011 4:30 pm EST Here’s your meme of the week: the newly-anointed Best Picture Oscar nominees recreated via the magic of cute children and Legos. It’s a bit odd to see children acting out a key scene from, say, Black Swan, and fortunately a lot less uncomfortable to see a shot from the same film built out of Legos. I do love Lego Winter’s Bone, too. That’s a playset I’d buy for my kids....

Trailers: ‘Hysteria’, ‘Storage 24’, ‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days’ By Angie Han/April 16, 2012 4:00 pm EST As usual, this summer season looks to be stuffed with massively hyped, massively budgeted blockbusters, from May’s The Avengers to August’s The Expendables 2. Whenever you tire of glossy, expensive explosions in IMAX 3D, however — and at some point you will — there are plenty of other smaller movies on the calendar that could be worth a look....

VOTD: How ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Should Have Ended By Germain Lussier/Aug. 23, 2012 2:54 pm EST Even though many of us have issues with The Dark Knight Rises, there’s few who would argue the ending is incredibly satisfying. Does it leave questions? Absolutely. But the final few images, combined with Hans Zimmer’s score, leaves almost everyone feeling great as the credits roll. The problem is, if things played out in a logical fashion, The Dark Knight Rises may never have gotten to that point....

Watch Anthony Hopkins As ‘Hitchcock’ Warn Audiences Away From Cell Phone Use In Theaters By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2012 1:13 pm EST Alfred Hitchcock was a consumate showman who had pretty specific ideas about how films should be viewed, at least when it came to using the theater experience as a promotional tool. At a time when multi-film programs were common, Hitch was the face of a marketing campaign for his film Psycho as he stipulated that audiences wouldn’t be admitted to the film after it began....

‘1911’ Teaser Trailer – Jackie Chan’s 100th Movie By Germain Lussier/May 31, 2011 4:00 pm EST For Jackie Chan’s 100th movie, he decided to go back 100 years and tell the story of a birth of a nation. The film, 1911, tells the story of the Xinhai Revolution, otherwise known as the Chinese Revolution, in which nationalist forces rose up to take down the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China....

‘Skyfall’ Teaser Poster Turns The London Underground Into A Weapon By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2012 9:00 am EST We’ve seen quite a few stills from the new James Bond film, Skyfall, but even after those and a couple set visits that have revealed some details of the film’s plot, the crew promoting Sam Mendes’ first take on the Bond franchise has kept the big details quiet. The teaser trailer has been seen only at CinemaCon so far, and will hit the web on Monday May 21st at 8....

‘The Darkest Hour’ International Trailer And Featurette By Russ Fischer/Nov. 22, 2011 2:30 pm EST I love the idea of an original horror/sci-fi story that tries to create a pretty unique adversary. But what I’ve seen from the film so far hasn’t entirely sold me on this particular approach. Check out a new featurette below from the Singapore arm of 20th Century Fox, and also have a look at a ‘mood piece’ from the same office....

Anyone Want To See A Ti West Werewolf Movie? By Germain Lussier/Aug. 30, 2011 2:30 pm EST History has given us some classic werewolf movies, like An American Werewolf In London, and some really crappy ones, like The Wolfman remake. However we haven’t seen a really great werewolf movie, depending on how you feel about films like Ginger Snaps and Dog Soldiers, in sometime. Filmmaker Ti West has a script that could potentially change that but, we who knows when, or if, we’ll ever get to see it....

Arnold Schwarzenegger And Mikael Håfström Officially Sign To Join Stallone In ‘The Tomb’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2012 1:00 pm EST It just isn’t as difficult to pair ’80s action icons as it used to be. The Expendables blazed a new trail for guys like Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger to work in the same film, and the sequel is soon to expand that testosterone showcase. Last month it started to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger would also join Sylvester Stallone in a prison film called The Tomb....

Coming Soon: Subtitle Glasses Enhance The Cinema Experience For Hearing-Impaired Viewers By Russ Fischer/April 20, 2012 11:30 am EST Now Sony Entertainment and Regal Entertainment Group have partnered to present captions and subtitling via glasses. Access Glasses, as they’re called, work with 2D and 3D films, and will be in some theaters this month, with availability in most of Regal’s digital houses by the first quarter of 2013. A press release has some more info; find that below....

Cool Stuff: New Threadless Tees – Sin City And Zombies By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 21, 2010 7:00 am EST A couple new t-shirt designs of note where released earlier this week on Threadless: Andy Farrell’s Sin City is a literal parody of the Frank Miller graphic novel Sin City and Tony Moore’s zombie-focused Every Night I Have the Same Dream, Issue 2, Vol. 1. Both designs are available for only $10 for a limited time (on sale from $20)....

Dante Harper Adapting Isaac Asimov’s ‘Foundation’ For Roland Emmerich By Germain Lussier/Oct. 3, 2011 7:00 am EST In Hollywood, everyone is always looking for a foot in the door. The belief is once you get that foot in the door, the sky is the limit. Dante Harper certainly believes that. The screenwriter developed Black Hole for David Fincher which led him to rewrite Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, he’s penned a Timothy McVeigh biopic called Dreamland and his biggest break, All You Need Is Kill, is now casting under director Doug Liman....

Disneyland To Host Sneak Peaks At ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ In 3D By Germain Lussier/March 22, 2011 3:30 pm EST If you’re looking forward to Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and planning on taking a trip to Disneyland in California over the next two months, you are going to want to keep reading. Beginning March 25 and continuing through May, Disneyland is hosting a 3D sneak preview and stage show centered on the characters in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides....

Emily Mortimer And Michael Stuhlbarg Join Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo Cabret’ By Russ Fischer/July 21, 2010 4:00 am EST The cast of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo Cabret keeps getting better and better. I had a little moment of excitement a week or so ago when it looked like Mathieu Amalric was in the cast, only to find that was an early casting deal that fell apart. But now there’s news that might be just as good....

Fifth Final Destination Adds David Koechner And P.J. Byrne; May Not Be Called ‘5nal Destination’? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 31, 2010 8:09 am EST Over the past week there has been some casting movement on 5nal Destination, aka the fifth Final Destination movie. We haven’t reported some of it because, well, the movie was called 5nal Destination. And after the last couple films in the series, mustering up enthusiasm for this one is difficult....

Focus Features To Distribute ‘Juan Of The Dead’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 2, 2012 3:00 pm EST I’ll agree with anyone who says that it is time to retire the ‘____ of the Dead’ title format (along with the ‘Once Upon a Time in ____’) but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t good films still hiding behind the moniker. Take Juan of the Dead, a Cuban zombie film that premiered at Toronto last year and has garnered good reviews in the four months since....

Geek Deal: Lost: The Complete Collection On Blu-Ray For $143 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2010 8:00 am EST via: slick