/Film Welcomes A New Blogger: Russ Fischer By David Chen/May 26, 2009 9:06 pm EST /Film is proud to announce that we’re adding another blogger to our ranks: Russ Fischer. Those of you who read movie news and opinion online may have seen Russ’s work over at CHUD, but he’s also written for a myriad of other sites and publications, including the prestigious AV Club. In addition, Russ has previously appeared on /Film’s movie podcast, to rave reviews....
2012 Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2009 10:17 am EST Sony Pictures has released the first full trailer for 2012, the next big disaster film from Roland Emmerich, the director of Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and Godzilla. Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. 2012 is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors....
40 Photos From Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 16, 2009 12:01 am EST The new trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is filled with such amazing visuals. The only problem is that everything seems to pass by very quickly, and you are bound to miss a lot. I’ve compiled a collection of 40 high resolution screenshots from the new trailer, so that you can sit and stare at all the tiny details....
Blind Item: Director Can’t Communicate With Actors, Says Rosario Dawson By Peter Sciretta/March 31, 2007 4:57 pm EST While I’m not a celebrity gossip fanatic, I do love reading the New York Post’s blind items. It’s always fun to try to figure out who they are talking about from the elaborate set of clues. And it also helps that the stories usually involve some really bad stuff (hence being in the blind item section to avoid lawsuits)....
Casting Notes: Alan Cumming In Burlesque; Mirren Does Espionage; Dempsey Steals Laughs; Weaver And Shawkat Hit Cedar Rapids By Russ Fischer/Nov. 4, 2009 7:22 am EST It’s casting notes time again. Alan Cumming has joined Steve Antin’s Burlesque, about “an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice who finds herself at a neo-burlesque club.” Christina Aguilera is the girl, Kristen Bell is the rival dancer, and Cumming is the gender-bending club MC....
Contest: Attack Of The Gryphon On DVD By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2007 12:02 am EST Attack of the Gryphon hit DVD store shelves on April 3rd, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 11th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump....
Contest: Ric Flair And The Four Horsemen On DVD By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2007 12:21 am EST Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen hit DVD store shelves on April 10th, and we have a copy for one lucky /Film reader. All you need to enter is to e-mail us with the reason why you should win. On April 18th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump....
Cool Stuff: 8-Foot Tall LEGO R2-D2 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2008 9:15 am EST LEGO Master Model Builder Dan Steinenger constructed this giant 8-foot tall R2-D2 unit as part of the recent Festival of the Masters event which happened from November 9th to 11th at the LEGO Store at Downtown Disney in Orlando, Florida. Steinenger was assisted by children visiting the store. The R2 droid squeaks with sampled sound effects from the Star Wars films, and blinks red and blue with LEDs....
Cool Stuff: Eric Tan’s Sleeping Beauty And Little Mermaid Posters By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2009 3:33 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We’ve featured many of artist Eric Tan’s creations in past Cool Stuff columns: we’ve spotlighted his work for past Pixar productions, X-Men, LOST, among other things. Tan has been creating a series of posters for the Indiana Jones film series. You can see his Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom posters in our linked Cool Stuff articles....
By Russ Fischer/Aug. 11, 2009 10:04 am EST Not too long ago, Paramount Vantage seemed like one of the best faux-indie arms out there. As recently as 2007, the studio indie had two major heavyweight pictures: No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. But the label was folded into the heaving, tentpole-happy bosom of Paramount Pictures, a process which has left pictures essentially orphaned, waiting to be dumped....
FightCast - Round 3: Five Movie Holiday Spectacular By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 25, 2007 12:05 am EST In this week’s FightCast, we fight about five of this Holiday’s biggest movies: I Am Legend, Walk Hard, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Sweeney Todd, and Juno. We both had a lot of catching up to do and decided to talk about a bunch of the big films that are playing this week. I Am Legend is the Will Smith action flick that opened last week....
Fred Durst’s The Longshots Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2008 8:00 pm EST I bet when everyone first heard Fred Durst scream the chorus of his rendition of George Michael’s late ’80s hit “Faith”, they had no idea he would someday make a feature-length film, never-mind two. Yes, TWO – he also helmed a indie drama titled The Education of Charlie Banks, which won an award at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival....
Gary Oldman Confirms Roles In Robert Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol By Peter Sciretta/June 30, 2008 3:42 am EST “I play [the ghost of] Marley, Bob Cratchit, and Tiny Tim,” Oldman told /Film at the Dark Knight junket. “I saw the designs, and the realizations of London and the characters. The design of it, and the look of it, is beautiful. It’s quite stunning. It should be quite magical.” “They put you in a trench....
Geek Deal: Deadwood: The Complete Series For $75 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2010 12:35 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As with all the gold box deals, the price will vanish at midnight — so grab this 19-disc set while you still can.
Geek Deals: Die Hard Collection On Blu-Ray For $47 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 2, 2009 2:04 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Previously posted deals: They are also selling the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Monster Squad for the incredibly low price of $4.99, 67% off. Remember, shipping is free if you spend over $25. Previous Geek Deals:
Geek Deals: The Simpsons For $15/Season, Sex And The City $9/Season And More By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2008 11:15 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. They also have Heroes Seasons 1 and 2 on DVD for only $39.99, 60% off the suggested retail price.
Heath Ledger’s Terry Gilliam-Inspired Modest Mouse Video Released By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2009 8:45 am EST Earlier this year, The Playlist uncovered the news that Heath Ledger had been working on two music videos at the time of his death, one for Modest Mouse and one for Grace Woodroofe. Now Ledger’s animated Modest Mouse video, for the new song ‘King Rat’, is streaming at MySpace. When the news first came out, Terry Gilliam was reported to be the animator, which turned out to be false....
I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2007 7:28 pm EST I never thought I’d be interested in seeing a comedy about Adam Sandler and Kevin James getting married, but this actually looks some-what promising. The movie trailer for I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (Poster) is now online. Check it out on Yahoo! Movies in High Definition. If my description thus far hasn’t interested you, let me just say there is a sequence in the trailer that involves Jessica Biel in underwear and a bra....
International Spider-Man 3 Poster Revealed By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2007 7:10 pm EST Check out this super-cool international poster for Spider-Man 3. It features Black suit Spider-Man on the edge of a building, looking at a reflection of red-suit Spider-Man as the rain pours from the sky. Not too much different from the American release, but I like it. Click on the photo to the left for a much bigger version....
Joe Johnston’s Captain America Sounds Rather Angst-Ridden; Director Suggests New Jurassic Park Trilogy By Russ Fischer/Jan. 14, 2010 9:28 am EST What does The First Avenger: Captain America director Joe Johnston mean when he says of the film, “it’s not going to be a Captain America that you expect. It’s something different. It is influenced by the comic book, but it goes off in a completely different direction”? We know a few things about the film so far: it’s largely a WWII period piece, and an origin tale for the super-solider Captain America....
