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This Week In DVD: Killshot, New In Town, Powder Blue By Adam Quigley/May 26, 2009 9:10 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. How does this even happen? How does a movie from an Academy Award-nominated director (John Madden, of Shakespeare in Love), starring a slew of incredibly talented actors (Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson), based on a book by Elmore Leonard (Get Shorty, 3:10 to Yuma, Rum Punch aka Jackie Brown), spend over three years in post-production development hell, only to be dumped to DVD after a measly 5-theater run?...

Transformers 2: Does Fallen Get His Revenge? By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2008 2:15 pm EST Since Hasbro announced the new name for the Transformers sequel a couple days back, fans have been trying to connect the title, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen with the mythology presented in a 2002 comic book mini-series. Since the first rumblings I’ve just assumed that the character known as Fallen and the new film probably weren’t connected....

Video: Battlestar Galactica Comic Con Panel By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2008 12:15 am EST Comic Con’s entire hour long Battlestar Galactica panel, which was hosted by Kevin Smith, is now online at SciFi.com. Video: Battlestar Galactica Comic Con Panel By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2008 12:15 am EST Comic Con’s entire hour long Battlestar Galactica panel, which was hosted by Kevin Smith, is now online at SciFi.com.

VOTD: I Love Sarah Jane (Zombie Short Film) By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2008 4:43 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/ilovesarahjane.flv 424 194] I Love Sarah Jane by Spencer Susser The Pitch: A different kind of Zombie Film. A short film selection of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Jimbo is 13. All he can think about is one girl, Sarah Jane. And no matter what stands in his way – bullies, violence, chaos, zombies – nothing is going to stop him from finding a way into her world....

What Is Whedon And Goddard’s Cabin In The Woods Actually About? By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 27, 2009 4:59 pm EST Neither of the two things that most struck me is actually the essential premise of what Whedon and Goddard are brewing up here at all. Rather, I was taken aback how quickly the cat has fled the bag and also, very sadly, how uninspiring the basic idea is. After the break I’ll be truffling in some sort of basic spoiler stuff – so snout on cautiously....

4 New Fred Claus Movie Posters By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2007 4:21 pm EST Yahoo Movies has posted four new movie posters for the Christmas-time Vince Vaughn/Paul Giamatti comedy, Fred Claus. We were originally excited to see this film, but the ninja elf posters are worrisome. The full length theatrical trailer will hit the web this Monday night. The film hits theaters on November 9th 2007. Check out the new posters after the jump....

500 Days Of Summer Soundtrack By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 24, 2009 7:00 pm EST US Written and Performed by Regina Spektor Courtesy of Sire Records THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP Written by Sarah Martin, Stuart Murdoch, Richard Colburn, Michael Cooke, Christopher Geddes, Stephen Jackson and Isobel Campbell THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT Written by Johnny Marr and Steven Morrissey Performed by The Smiths Courtesy of Warner Music U....

AC/DC Music Video With New Iron Man 2 Footage By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 26, 2010 11:42 am EST A lot of the footage is from the Stark Expo scenes and therefore focuses on dancing girls in skimpy outfits modeled on details of the Iron Man suit. Between those clips and the shots already seen in the trailer, this is hardly dripping with fresh images. But, heck… don’t listen to me being a downer....

Alice In Wonderland Teaser Trailer #2: Essentially A Remix Of The First By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2009 7:52 am EST Back during Comic Con we saw the first teaser for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, which will be released in 3D in March 2010. It showed off the expected stuff: Burton’s warped landscapes and character designs and a bit of the basic story structure that most audiences are familiar with anyway....

Awesome New Watchmen Teaser Poster By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 22, 2008 1:46 pm EST The official theatrical Watchmen teaser poster has premiered on Yahoo. If you remember correctly, Zack Snyder premiered a Comic Con exclusive teaser poster with art by Dave Gibbons in 2007, and there were also eight character posters at Comic Con 2008. The new poster shows the shot from the early few minutes of the movie (and the frames of the comic book itself) when The Comedian (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is thrown through the window....

Box Office: Underworld Winning The Weekend With $19.75M By Steve Mason/Jan. 24, 2009 10:26 am EST As the dust settles from the Academy Award nominations and Hollywood prepares for Sunday night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, two new wide releases have hit theatres with one, a slight disappointment, and the other, a total misfire. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Sony), a prequel to the two previous Underworld movies, will win the weekend after grabbing an estimated $7....

Bruno Deleted Scene: Pete Rose By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 5, 2009 3:00 pm EST Universal Pictures has released a deleted scene from Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno, which will be included in the DVD/Blu-ray which debuts November 17th 2009. The sequence features Baseball legend Pete Rose, in the same situation that you see Paula Abdul in the released film — having to do an interview while sitting on a mexican gardener. Rose was a lot nicer about the situation, which explains why they probably reshot the sequence with Abdul....

Child’s Play Remake By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 20, 2007 7:07 pm EST Any who had a MyBuddy when they were a child, was terrified of the Chucky films (Yes, even though at times the animatronics were rather lame). But I think even most Horror fans lost interest in the series before The Seed of Chucky was even conceived. My friend Alex at FirstShowing was at the Martian Child junket where producer David Kirschner revealed that they are working on a all-out remake of the first Chucky movie, Child’s Play....

Cool Stuff: George Lucas Frozen In Carbonite By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2008 4:00 am EST We’ve seen Han Solo frozen in Carbonite. We’ve even seen Jar Jar Binks frozen in Carbonite. But how now someone has finally created a Star Wars prop replica which has George Lucas frozen in carbonite. Bonniegrrl captured photos of such a creation at Celebration Japan last week. Cool Stuff: George Lucas Frozen In Carbonite By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2008 4:00 am EST...

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys’ Hellboy 12 Inch Collectible Figure By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 5, 2008 6:00 am EST Hot Toys has announced their 12 Inch Hellboy collectible figure. The figure perfectly captures the likeness of actor Ron Pearlman as Hellboy. Hot Toys developed muscle figure body with over 28 points of articulation featuring caved occult symbol on Hellboy’s right shoulder. Bendable tail with wire inside. “Right arm doom” with bendable fingers....

Cross One Name Off The Captain America Casting Shortlist By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2010 7:54 pm EST Smallville/The O.C./Privileged star Michael Cassidy confirms that he is out of the running for the role. Does that mean that Marvel has made their choice? Johnson previously stated that casting needed to be complete by March 1st 2010 (a date that has now passed) as filming is set to begin at the end of June in the UK....

David Fincher’s 2009 Nike Commercial “Trail Of Destruction (Alter Ego)” By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 15, 2009 4:48 pm EST Back in October of 2008, we posted “Fate”, a Nike commercial that David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en) directed which told the life-long journey of pro football players LaDainian Tomlinson and Troy Polamalu as their destinies collide in an NFL football game, set to a remix of Ennio Morricone’s “The Ecstasy of Gold” from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (if you haven’t seen it, trust me, click the link)....

David Goyer Talks Super Max By Peter Sciretta/April 11, 2007 10:35 am EST A couple days back we told you about David Goyer’s unconventional Green Arrow movie titled Super Max. We were intrigued by the concept of a superhero movie which takes place mainly in the confines of a super maxim security prison, where a hero must come face to face with the people he jailed. Sure it’s a copy of the classic Grant Morrison Batman graphic novel Arkham Asylum and the recent Daredevil series, but we’re all for it....

Did The Dana Carvey Show Have One Of The Greatest Comedy Writer Benches Ever? By Hunter Stephenson/April 24, 2009 5:33 am EST The Dana Carvey Show is now on Hulu. What’s the big deal? Well, when the sketch comedy show premiered on ABC in the mid ’90s—following a family-safe block of programming—millions were in awe at the stuff it got away with. It was too good to be true, giving SNL an irreverent elbow....

First Look: H2: Halloween 2 Teaser Footage By Hunter Stephenson/April 18, 2009 4:48 pm EST The first footage from Rob Zombie’s H2 (Halloween 2) has appeared on Entertainment Tonight and it’s actually worth a look. Not only does the clip briefly reveal the new mask for Tyler Mane’s Michael Myers (look in the mirror), but it contains flashbacks/nightmare imagery of Young Michael Myers wearing the cheap-o clown suit from Zombie’s prior film....