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VOTD: Ian McShane And Tom Wilkinson Talk About Love And Dating By Russ Fischer/Nov. 30, 2009 12:00 am EST I haven’t yet had a chance to see 44 Inch Chest, the film from Sexy Beast screenwriters Louis Mellis and David Scinto directed by British commercial helmer Malcolm Venville. The cast is enough to get me really interested: Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Tom Wilkinson and John Hurt, among others. The score, by Angelo Badalamenti and Massive Attack, sounds promising, too....

VOTD: Variety Slanguage By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2008 12:00 am EST Anyone who has ever clicked over to a Hollywood trade newspaper like Variety has surely been subjected to a bevy of insider slang words, some of which appear to have been created on the spot. FunnyorDie put cameras in a Monday morning Variety writers meeting to find out exactly how this Slanguage is created. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....

VOTD: Walter Willis In Die Hard By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2008 12:00 am EST Would Bruce Willis have become the leading action hero in the Die Hard films if the name on his headshot read “Walter Willis”? This advertisement for Aviva, formerly known as Norwich Union, transplants a modern day Bruce Willis into Die Hard with a Vengeance, DirectTV style. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/aviva.flv 460 344] Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....

Watchmen Comic Book To Movie Comparison Video By Peter Sciretta/July 22, 2008 2:16 am EST /Film reader Andrew F created a video which inter-cuts between Zack Snyder’s Watchmen movie trailer and the original comic book panels. I wish it had been done in a side by side format, but it’s cool none the less. [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/watchmencomparison.flv 460 350] Watchmen Comic Book To Movie Comparison Video By Peter Sciretta/July 22, 2008 2:16 am EST...

What’s In The Box? By Peter Sciretta/March 18, 2009 11:25 am EST What’s in the box? We’re honestly not sure. This 9-minute first-person short film has appeared on YouTube this week and is beginning to gain some traction in the Alternative Reality Game world. What we do know is this: The short was shot in the Netherlands, Nijmegen to be exact, using a bunch of assets taken directly from Half-Life, and music from the television show Lost....

American Gangster Leaked Online By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 24, 2007 10:09 am EST “For Your Consideration” season has begun. I know this because the first Oscar screener of the season has been leaked online. A week and a half before the official release date, Ridley Scott’s new film American Gangster has been uploaded to the bit torrent networks and has already been illegally downloaded by tens of thousands of people. And that’s just in the first 20 hours online....

Borat Writes A Travel Guide By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2007 5:43 am EST In an attempt to further capitalize off the Borat craze, Sacha Baron Cohen, has signed a book deal with Flying Dolphin Press to pen a travel guide book. The book will be written by Kazakh television reporter Borat Sagdiyev, and will tackle both the US and Kazakhstan. The hardcover book will have a dual title: Borat: Touristic Guidings To Minor Nation of U....

Box Office: 10,000 BC With $11.5M Friday, Headed To $33M By Steve Mason/March 8, 2008 1:51 am EST ALL-TIME TOP 5 ROLAND EMMERICH OPENINGS The Day After Tomorrow – $68.7M opening Independence Day – $50.2M opening Godzilla – $44M opening 10,000 B.C. – $33.14M opening (estimate) The Patriot – $22.3M opening The #2 spot for Friday and the weekend will go to Disney’s College Road Trip starring Martin Lawrence and Raven Symone, but it’s also a disappointment....

Casting Bits: Barry Pepper In True Grit, Ryan Reynolds And Jason Batemen In The Change-Up, And Three Join A Horrible Way To Die By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2010 8:00 pm EST A.J. Bowen, Amy Seimetz, and Joe Swanberg have been cast in Adam Wingard’s thriller A Horrible Way to Die. Written by Simon Barrett (Dead Birds), the story follows an escaped murderer (Bowen) in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend (Seimetz), who has fled to start a new life in a small town....

Contest: Run’s House On DVD By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2007 12:45 am EST Run’s House hits DVD store shelves on March 20th, and we have a copy for three lucky /Film readers. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On March 30th we will e-mail the winners with the best answers. More information on the release can be found after the jump....

Cool Stuff: Old Big Boy T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 29, 2009 6:00 am EST For those of you wondering what the American remake of the South Korean classic Old Boy is going to be like, here you go: soft, comfortable, with loads of product placement. Screen printed on an American Apparel navy tee, Dutch Southern’s Old Big Boy t-shirt is available in sizes small to XXXL for $18. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm....

Cop Out Red Band Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2010 9:57 pm EST I’m a huge fan of Kevin Smith, and have loved every movie he’s released thus far (yes, even Jersey Girl). But the first trailer for his new film, a buddy cop comedy which he didn’t write, Cop Out, had me worried. I’ve read the script, and thought it was mildly entertaining, and I was hoping that Smith would elevate it to something more....

Corey Feldman And Corey Haim Return For The Lost Boys 2 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2007 1:24 pm EST When Warner Bros announced that they were making a sequel to The Lost Boys, we were furious. Not only was it a sequel, but a direct-to-dvd sequel. Those are notoriously the worst because they usually became a remake of the original featuring an entirely new cast of bad actors and a horribly revamped script....

Digital Processing Reveals The Final Whisper In Lost In Translation By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2007 1:26 am EST When Sofia Coppola’s Lost In Translation, one of the big topics of conversation revolved around what Bill Murray’s character whispered in Scarlett Johansson’s ear at the conclusion of the film. Sofia Coppola gave interviews saying that nothing was officially scripted, and that only Johansson and Murray know what was really said. YouTube user Vid22 used digital processing to clear up the audio and finally reveal the answer....

First Official Look: The A-Team By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 23, 2009 10:19 am EST /Film reader Dr. Malo sent over the first official photo from Joe Carnahan’s big screen adaptation of The A-Team. The film stars Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck, Liam Neeson as Col John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, Sharlto Copley as Capt. ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock, and Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson as Sgt Bosco ‘B.A.’ Baracus. The film is currently in production, aiming for a June 11th 2010 release....

Johnny Depp Will Be Pancho Villa For Director Emir Kusturica By Russ Fischer/Dec. 3, 2009 2:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. With all those details in place, the project is a lot more interesting. Too bad we’re not likely to see it for two years. Due to Depp’s packed schedule, 2011 is likely the earliest the picture can shoot, says Variety. But Kusturica and Depp seem to be planning on making it happen, potentially with Salma Hayek to co-star....

Jonathan Glazer’s Next Sexy Beast Wants To Get Under The Skin By Brendon Connelly/May 19, 2009 11:20 am EST Sexy Beast and Birth director Jonathan Glazer is working on a feature film adaptation of Michel Faber’s sci-fi horror novel Under the Skin. It seems that aliens must be really hot with production execs right now as some of the most interesting upcoming projects seem to revolve around otherworldly thingimajigs, from Greg Mottola’s Paul, through Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block and on to this one which, according to Film4 is “a groundbreaking story about aliens in Scotland looking for human prey”....

Kevin Smith Does Batman By Peter Sciretta/July 28, 2008 3:22 pm EST We missed this in the madness of Comic Con, but Kevin Smith announced that he is co-writing a new Batman miniseries with pal Walt Flanagan (who View Askewers will know from Walt and Steve-Dave fame: “Tell Em Steve-Dave!). The three issue mini-series will re-introduce Onomatopoeia, a villain Smith created on his Green Arrow run. Not much is known about the character, only the he can perfectly imitate the sounds around him, rarely speaks and is skilled with weaponry....

Kevin Smith’s Secret Stash To Reopen In Laser Blazer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 6, 2007 11:18 am EST Kevin Smith’s west coast comic book and memorabilia store is now closed. But fear not View Askew fans, the store is going to reopen as part of one of Los Angeles’ best DVD store – Laser Blazer. “Rather than see us close up shop on the West Coast, someone offered the Secret Stash West a new home....

MTV Planning Dawn Of The Dead Spin-Off TV Series By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 7, 2010 9:48 am EST The last time George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead went out for a reworking, pretty much the entire blogosphere shared my skepticism. Luckily, once Zack Snyder’s remake finally came out, most of us were satisfied that while he hadn’t ousted the original from it’s Best Zombie Movie Ever pedestal, he’d actually served up a film well worth caring about and taking seriously....