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This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: How To Train Your Dragon, Jonah Hex, I Am Love, And More By Adam Quigley/Oct. 12, 2010 5:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I don’t love How to Train Your Dragon for its story, or its dialogue, or even its characters. I love it for one very specific reason: how it makes me feel. As sappy as that sounds, it’s not half as bad as admitting that I can’t listen to this song from the soundtrack without fighting back tears, the same way I do when I think about The Iron Giant closing his eyes and saying “Supahman” as he flies into space, or Fry’s dog faithfully waiting at the end of that one goddamn episode of Futurama....

Watch Michael Kahn’s ACE Lifetime Achievement Award Tribute Reel By Russ Fischer/Feb. 24, 2011 6:00 am EST Over the weekend the American Cinema Editors (ACE) held their annual awards, where The Social Network, Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3 took honors for feature editing in the dramatic, comedy/musical and animated categories. But the highlight of the night may have been the lifetime achievement award given to Michael Kahn, presented by Steven Spielberg....

You’ll See ‘Paranormal Activity 4’ This October By Russ Fischer/Jan. 4, 2012 5:00 pm EST Briefly: There are still no announcements about who will write and direct the fourth episode in Paramount’s massively successful Paranormal Activity franchise, but now we know how much time they have to work. We told you earlier this week that Paramount would definitely be making the film, and suspected that it would get an October release....

/Filmcast NYC Meetup Featuring Stephen Tobolowsky: 10 PM EST TONIGHT At Revival By David Chen/July 30, 2010 3:54 am EST Live in New York and love /Film? Actor Stephen Tobolowsky, /Filmcast co-host Devindra Hardawar, and myself (David Chen) will be hanging out at Revival tonight at 10:00-11:30 PM EST. I have a sneaking suspicion one or two other online personalities may make an appearance as well. Revival is located at 129 E 15th St (between 3rd Ave & Irving Pl)....

‘Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted’ Teaser Trailer By Germain Lussier/Dec. 8, 2011 12:30 pm EST A movie starring Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Frances McDormand and Sacha Baron Cohen could get even the most casual movie fan excited. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted is exactly that, and yet I’d be lying if I said I was anticipating this one. The series follows a group of Central Park Zoo animals who were shipped back to their native continent and get into crazy adventures trying to find their way back to New York....

‘Rare Exports’ Director Working On ‘Home Alone Meets Rambo’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 7, 2010 1:00 pm EST Briefly: Director Jalmari Helander has been making waves with his Christmas horror tale Rare Exports, but now he promises something that might appeal to children of the ’80s. Speaking to Total Film the director said, “I’m writing at the moment… it will be a totally English language film with a big budget, an action movie....

‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’ Trailer - Like ‘New Year’s Eve’, Only With Pregnancy Instead Of A Holiday By Angie Han/Dec. 9, 2011 2:00 pm EST Because Hollywood couldn’t fit all of its stars in Garry Marshall’s New Year’s Eve, it’s also giving us What to Expect When You’re Expecting, which stars pretty much everyone else. Such as: Anna Kendrick, Elizabeth Banks, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Brooklyn Decker, Chace Crawford, Dennis Quaid, Rodrigo Santoro, Joe Manganiello, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Matthew Morrison, Chris Rock, Thomas Lennon, Ben Falcone, Megan Mullally, Rob Huebel, and Rebel Wilson....

Avi Arad Says ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Fits In The Framework Of Sam Raimi’s Films By Russ Fischer/Feb. 18, 2011 6:30 pm EST One way to frame a question that comes to mind with new quotes from Avi Arad about The Amazing Spider-Man would be: is the film a total reboot or not? Quick answer: yes, it is a reboot. New actors, story that goes back to a younger version of the character, significantly different details about the character....

Blood Oath Series Being Adapted To The Big Screen By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2010 10:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here is the official plot synopsis of Blood Oath from the book jacket: The ultimate secret. The ultimate agent. The President’s vampire. Zach Barrows is an ambitious young White House staffer whose career takes an unexpected turn when he’s partnered with Nathaniel Cade, a secret agent sworn to protect the president....

Casting Bits: Penn Badgley Is Jeff Buckley, Andrea Riseborough Joins ‘Welcome To The Punch’, Sarah Shahi To Play Sylvester Stallone’s Daughter In Walter Hill Project By Angie Han/June 21, 2011 7:30 am EST Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley has been tapped to star as Jeff Buckley in a new biopic about the singer-songwriter. No, not that one — the other one. In true Hollywood fashion, there are currently two Buckley-based projects in the works: the one Jake Scott’s making with Buckley’s mother Mary Guibert as executive producer, and this one, directed by Daniel Algrant (Naked in New York)....

Casting Bits: Vinessa Shaw In ‘The Bitter Pill;’ Ray Liotta In ‘Better Living Through Chemistry;’ And Stanley Tucci In ‘Your Voice In My Head’ By Russ Fischer/March 27, 2012 5:00 pm EST One of the last two films Steven Soderbergh plans to shoot before retiring from directing is The Bitter Pill, a thriller scripted by Scott Z. Burns (The Informant!, Contagion) that follows a troubled and highly medicated woman (Rooney Mara) who is dealing with her anxiety pending the release of her husband (Channing Tatum) from prison....

Cool Stuff: Tim Doyle’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ Posters By Germain Lussier/Feb. 1, 2011 11:45 am EST It’s not quite the smell of napalm, but a brand new screen-printed poster smells pretty sweet too. Experience it yourself as one of our favorite artists, Tim Doyle, has just completed a set of posters for Francis Ford Coppola’s classic Vietnam film Apocalypse Now to go with an upcoming screening at the Astor Theatre in Australia....

Could ‘The Thing’ Director Matthijs Van Heijningen Still Make Zack Snyder-Developed ‘Army Of The Dead’? By Russ Fischer/Oct. 5, 2011 4:00 pm EST Several years ago, when Zack Snyder was still making Watchmen, the director started talking about a zombie movie that he had been developing. The project was called Army of the Dead; it was written by Joby Harold and quickly attached director Matthijs van Heijningen. But the project stalled, and some time later van Heijningen went on to make The Thing for Universal....

D.J. Caruso Will Direct ‘Invertigo,’ Which Has Nothing To Do With Alfred Hitchcock By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2012 4:30 pm EST Director D.J. Caruso may have begun to establish himself with the film The Salton Sea and some episodes of The Shield, but his real big break came thanks to the success of Disturbia in 2007. The film was a modern teen-targeting thriller that riffed on Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movie Rear Window....

By Germain Lussier/Nov. 8, 2010 5:30 pm EST If you thought those special $150 TRON: Legacy 3D glasses by Oakley were ridiculous, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Later this week, Oakley is set to release two additional pairs of designer 3D glasses for $120 a pop. Then, in December, Marchon will release a pair of Calvin Klein 3-D glasses for $180 a pair. Each obviously looks way cooler, will be much more comfortable, and should actually improve the 3D viewing experience – plus, it’s probably better for the environment not to have to recycle 200 pairs of glasses after every single movie – but would you really spend $200 for your own pair of 3D glasses?...

Enter The Void International Trailer By Russ Fischer/April 14, 2010 10:59 am EST I don’t think there’s been a more divisive movie in the past year than Gaspar Noe’s Enter the Void. It premiered (in hastily finished form) at Cannes last year and has done festival circuits since. IFC bought the film for US distribution, but before it opens here it is getting a real release in France, which is the reason for the trailer we have today....

Eva Green Is Artemisia In ‘300: Battle Of Artemisia’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 16, 2011 4:15 pm EST The Noam Murro-directed 300 prequel 300: Battle of Artemisia has a pulse again thanks to a former Bond girl. Casino Royale, Kingdom of Heaven and Golden Compass star Eva Green is in talks to play the title character in the film, some of which takes place concurrently with events of the 2006 Zack Snyder blockbuster....

First Look: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, And Justin Timberlake In ‘Trouble With The Curve’ By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2012 6:30 am EST Clint Eastwood suggested that he was done with acting after the release of his 2008 film Gran Torino. The then- 78-year old actor had already pulled away from acting in any films but his own, and had long seemed more interested in directing and scoring films than performing in front of the camera....

G4 Is No More; Will Be Rebranded In 2013 As Less Geek, More GQ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 6, 2012 5:14 pm EST In a world where the Internet allows for infinite voices and instantanious news, TV just never seemed like a destination for pop culture news and opinions. However, if you wanted them, there was only one place to go: G4. The videogame/movie/music centric channel which started in 2002 long had a strangle hold on the geek TV demo, even if that demo wasn’t exactly too interested in TV....

Geek Deal: ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo For Only $12.99 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 8, 2011 7:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. How to Train Your Dragon Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo is on sale for only $12.49, 69% off the $40 retail price. Blu-ray includes: Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon: Hiccup and the gang return to search for a mysterious dragon in this all-new adventure The Animators’ Corner Enhances the Movie-Viewing Experience through Picture-in-Picture Storyboards, Behind-the-Scenes Footage and Insightful Interviews Uncover More Dragon Fun Facts through Pop-Up Trivia Three Deleted Scenes are Revealed Author Cressida Cowell Shares Her Inspiration Learn to Draw Toothless Take the Viking Personality Test Race for the Gold in the Viking Winter Games Build Your Own 3D Dragons And More Fiery Fun!...