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Michael Moore Suing The Weinsteins Over ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 7, 2011 3:00 pm EST Ask Roger Smith, George W. Bush, Charlton Heston and the heath care industry. If there’s one person you don’t want to screw over, it’s Michael Moore. Whether you agree with his politics or not, Moore is well-known for being extremely vocal and diligent. So when he audited his $200 million, 2004 hit film Fahrenheit 9/11 and found “substantial irregularities in the accounting,” he went to the men responsible: Bob and Harvey Weinstein....

Movie Trailer: Finally, A Domestic Trailer For The Insane-Looking ‘Dogtooth’ By Russ Fischer/June 8, 2010 3:39 pm EST The last time we saw footage from Dogtooth, the Greek film by Yorgos Lanthimos that was a sensation at festivals last year, it was a NSFW foreign trailer. Now there’s a domestic trailer to advertise this story of extreme family disfunction. Amazingly, it actually makes the film look more insane than the explicit clip did....

Movie Trailer: Saw 3D By Russ Fischer/July 22, 2010 4:55 pm EST The next film in the Saw series, Saw 3D, is said by producers to be the last. And they seem to be trying to go out with a bang. There’s a short teaser trailer for the film, released today at the San Diego Comic Con, that teases some of the film’s traps, and makes the film look like it will be one big murderous clockwork machine....

National Board Of Review Calls ‘Hugo’ Best Film Of 2011 By Russ Fischer/Dec. 1, 2011 2:00 pm EST And just like that, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo became an Oscar contender. While I like the movie a good bit, primarily for very specific elements, I didn’t really expect to see Hugo turning into something that would be an awards-season player. But the National Board of Review disagrees, and today the board named Hugo the best film of 2011 and Martin Scorsese best director....

Predators Featurette: Introducing Danny Trejo As Cuchillo By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2010 5:31 pm EST Official Synopsis: A bold new chapter in the Predator universe, Predators was shot on location under Rodriguez’s creative auspices at the filmmaker’s Austin-based Troublemaker Studios, and is directed by Nimród Antal. The film stars Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors who come to realize they’ve been brought together on an alien planet… as prey....

Red Letter Media Converts ‘Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace’ Review Into 3D By Germain Lussier/Feb. 10, 2012 4:00 pm EST While most of my memories leading up to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace were positive, the best one I have as a direct result of the movie was falling off a chair from laughing so hard at the video review by Red Letter Media. The 70-minute evisceration of the film is a work of unparalleled genius and turned the review persona of Mr....

Robert Kazinsky Leaves ‘The Hobbit;’ Peter Jackson Recasting Fili By Russ Fischer/April 25, 2011 7:58 am EST The Hobbit has just starting filming, and the production is already down one dwarf. Robert Kazinsky, the EastEnders actor who was cast as Fili, a member of the dwarven company that journeys to the Lonely Mountain to recover treasure from the dragon Smaug, has had to bow out of the production. Director Peter Jackson announced the news over the weekend....

Robert Zemeckis No Longer Attached To ‘Here There Be Monsters’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 9, 2011 1:30 pm EST Robert Zemeckis has come back to the idea of directing live-action movies in a big way, starting with a partnership with Denzel Washington on a movie called Flight. Another possible project for the director was Here There Be Monsters, a period naval tale in which real-life British naval officer John Paul Jones is depicted in a battle against a sea monster....

Screenwriting: Warners Taps A Writer For ‘The Lost Years Of Merlin;’ Max Landis Writing Fox’s ‘Pied Piper; Chris Smith Pens Holiday Tale By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2011 7:00 am EST Surprise, surprise, this would be a Merlin origin tale, following “Merlin’s journey from being a boy washed on the shores of Wales with no memory and no home, to him becoming a young man learning to use his powers and ultimately defender of the natural world and eventual mentor to King Arthur....

Shia LaBeouf In Talks For Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 9, 2012 11:30 am EST Leave it to Lars von Trier. The provocative Danish director is preparing to shoot his next movie, Nymphomaniac, a film which “follows the erotic adventures of a woman from her youth to age 50.” Charlotte Gainsbourg plays the woman, Stellan Skarsgard plays the man who finds her and hears her story, and Nicole Kidman has a small role....

Steven Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ UK Theatrical Trailer By Russ Fischer/Oct. 4, 2011 10:13 am EST The marketing is starting to kick into gear for Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the book War Horse. Until recently we’d seen only one teaser trailer, but the poster arrived not long ago, and now there is a full UK trailer that shows more of the character of the film. This trailer relies far less upon the monologue from Niels Arestrup than did the first trailer, and it rings with a simple cry: “be brave!...

The Karate Kid - What Did You Think? By David Chen/June 11, 2010 5:01 pm EST Harold Zwart’s The Karate Kid hits theaters today and based on the lively reaction of my screening audience, I’m guessing it’s going to be a huge crowd-pleaser this weekend. But is the film any good? Hit the jump for some of my brief thoughts and feel free to leave your own in the comments below....

Two New ‘Thor’ Posters: Did Someone Say ‘Helmets’? By Russ Fischer/April 1, 2011 5:30 pm EST Ever since images started to show up from Thor, people have clamored for a good shot of Thor’s helmet. We’ve seen the headgear in some shots, but here’s your clearest look yet at the winged helmet that Thor (Chris Hemsworth) occasionally sports. Two posters debuted at WonderCon today, and they offer profile shots of Thor and Loki, each wearing their respective hardware....

VOTD: ‘50 Animated Spoilers In 3 Minutes’ By Angie Han/Sept. 14, 2011 4:30 pm EST The endearingly geeky, impressively fast-talking Fine Brothers are at it again. The same guys who managed to sum up nearly five decades of Doctor Who in six minutes and every single Best Picture winner through 2009 in five minutes have now released “50 Animated Spoilers in 3 Minutes.” (Spoiler alert: They actually make it in two minutes and thirty seconds....

VOTD: Filmmaker Deathmatch - Kubrick Vs. Scorsese, Tarantino Vs. The Coen Brothers By Peter Sciretta/June 11, 2010 4:00 am EST It all started when Leandro Copperfield decided to watch all the movies of his two favorite filmmakers over a ten day period. Copperfield edited together a seven and a half minute video mash-up of the films of Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers. The finished video features clips from more than 500 scenes, cut to five different songs....

Woody Allen Announces Full Cast For Midnight In Paris By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2010 1:30 pm EST Woody Allen announced today the full cast for his upcoming film production Midnight in Paris. The film stars, in alphabetical order: Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, Owen Wilson, and co-stars Nina Arianda, Kurt Fuller, Tom Hiddleston, Mimi Kennedy, Alison Pill and Corey Stoll. The film is gearing up to shoot in Paris this Summer....

‘[REC] 3: Genesis’ Teaser Trailer - Here Comes The Bride. And Zombies. By Germain Lussier/Sept. 16, 2011 3:00 pm EST Of all the newish horror franchises that have been released in the past decade or so – Paranormal Activity, Saw, Hatchet, etc. – one that often gets overlooked is [REC]. The terrifying Spanish horror films actually give the found footage concept a grounding in reality as a news crew is stuck inside a building that houses a terrible zombie outbreak....

‘About Cherry’ Trailer - ‘Chronicle’ Actress Ashley Hinshaw Pursues Porn Stardom Under Rollergirl’s Tutelage By Angie Han/July 26, 2012 9:00 am EST The mantra that “sex sells” remains as true now as it ever did, but sometimes what sex is selling turns out not to be all that interesting. That appears to be the case with About Cherry, Stephen Elliott’s flat-looking indie about a gorgeous 18-year-old who falls into the porn industry....

‘Children Of Men’ Producer Snaps Up Anti-Hero Script ‘Psychopomp’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 26, 2010 4:15 pm EST Hilary Shor, one of the producers behind Children of Men, has just picked up a rather odd-sounding script from Blake Leibel. Psychopomp is both the name of the script and the main character, and the story is being tagged with slightly grandiose influences like A Clockwork Orange and The Dark Knight. What’s the thing all about?...

‘Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs’ Directors To Make WB’s Lego Movie By Russ Fischer/June 28, 2010 9:30 pm EST Do I now need to be attentive to developments in Warner Bros.’ Lego movie? We knew the studio was attempting to put together a film based, somehow, on the colorful building blocks that have been a part of so many childhoods. Now the studio has not one, but two directors on the project: Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who made the wonderful animated film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs....