Common Cast In Mark Millar’s Wanted By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2007 11:45 pm EST Rap artist Common (Smokin’ Aces) has joined the cast of Universal’s big screen adaptation of the popular Mark Millar graphic novel Wanted. “I’m about to do this film called Wanted, which is starring Angelina Jolie,” Common informed MTVNews.com. “[It’s also got] Morgan Freeman and James McAvoy, who was also part of The Last King of Scotland with Forest Whitaker....
Cool Stuff: Garden Zombie By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2008 4:00 am EST Artist Alan Dickinson has created one of the coolest garden sculptures I’ve ever seen. Wait, can a garden sculpture even be cool? The Zombie of Montclaire Moors is a life-sized, gray-toned zombie that appears to be clawing his way out of your garden. Captured in great detail in quality designer resin, available for $89.95. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm....
Friday Box Office: 3:10 To Yuma w/$5M; Shoot ‘Em Up #5 For Weekend By Steve Mason/Sept. 8, 2007 1:02 am EST Oscar winner Russell Crowe and Batman Begins star Christian Bale have lassoed the Friday box office crown, and 3:10 TO YUMA (Lionsgate) will ride away with a surprisingly easy 3-day weekend win. The James Mangold-directed remake of the classic Western of the same name grabbed just over $5M on Friday, and appears to be headed for a weekend of $15....
Geek Deals: Lost Seasons 1-3 For $59; DVD Box Set Sale By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2008 12:37 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. $34.99 – Gilligan’s Island – The Complete Series Collection $39.99 – Mel Brooks Collection (Blazing Saddles / Young Frankenstein / Silent Movie / Robin Hood: Men in Tights / To Be or Not to Be / History of the World, Part 1 / The Twelve Chairs / High Anxiety)$43....
LOL: Star Trek Movie Quick Recognition Chart By Peter Sciretta/May 15, 2009 1:39 pm EST Has JJ Abrams’ new movie made you interested in revisiting some of the past Star Trek films? Not sure which one you should watch? Luke McKinney has created this wonderful flow chart, which he calls the “Star Trek Movie Quick Recognition Chart”, to help you decide which movie to watch. Click on the image above to enlarge....
LOL: The Happening Subway Advertisement Defaced By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2008 1:36 pm EST M. Night Shyamalan kept referring to himself as an outsider during a recent interview with the New York Times. Seems like the New Yorkers have a different name for him. The New York City street critics have begun to deface posters for The Happening. The above subway advertisement was found at the 6th. Ave. 14th street subway station....
Movie Review: Half Moon By SlashFilm Staff/April 24, 2007 5:28 am EST The following movie was reviewed at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: Half Moon (Niwemang) World Narrative Competition 2006, Iran, Iraq, Austria, France Bahman Ghobadi Celebrated filmmaker, Bahman Ghobadi, returns with this meditative portrayal on life after the Saddam Hussein regime in Kurdistan, and how the characters in his film deal with the restraints still placed upon them today. The first Kurdish director in the history of Iranian cinema, Ghobadi has come to prominence and is recognized as one of the leading figures in the New Iranian cinema....
Movie Review: Shrek The Third By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2007 1:08 am EST Okay, let’s be honest. The Shrek series never had good storylines, and this has the worst yet. But like the two films before this, Shrek the Third succeeds when it is allowed to wit-fully play with and against the conventions of the fairy-tale genre. The first 20 minutes are jammed packed with three laughs a second. It’s so much, almost too much, that when the story eventually kicks in, the momentum of the film hits a slow-motion like pace (at least in comparison)....
New Documentary: The People Vs. George Lucas By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 14, 2008 11:51 pm EST So, there’s a new documentary in the works set for a 2009 release entitled The People vs. George Lucas and the filmmakers are currently looking for Star Wars fans to submit interviews confessing their feelings on the man and his ever expanding universe. And judging by the rather ballsy title, it will focus on burn victims, of the lightsaber variety....
Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 2, 2008 4:00 am EST Thank God Anthony Hopkins played Hannibal Lecter, because Jessica Alba isn’t that scary. [defamer] You can see 15 minutes of Twilight early, but you’ll need a passport, a private jet, and the blessing of the Pope. [cinemablend] Pamela Anderson finally shows her kids Borat, and is forced to explain the infamous sex tape. [boxofficepsychics] The poster for Vincent Chase and Edward Norton’s Smoke Jumpers, the movie within the television show Entourage, has been found on the interwebs....
Paris Hilton’s New Movie Rated The Worst Movie Of All Time By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 13, 2008 11:40 pm EST The users of the Internet Movie Database have voted Paris Hilton’s latest movie “effort” The Hottie and the Nottie as the WORST movie of ALL TIME. With 2,190 votes, Hilton’s latest film has overtook the 2004 ultra low budget indie horror film Zombie Nation, as well as other infamous cinematic crap such as Who’s Your Caddy?...
Retro Movie Trailers: The Indiana Jones Trilogy By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2008 12:14 pm EST With the release of the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie trailer, I thought a look back at the original films is in order. So below you will find the trailers that made up the original Indiana Jones trilogy. Step into the Delorean, and take a trip back in time with me…...
Robert Downey Jr. “Very Involved” In Rewriting Iron Man 2 Screenplay By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 30, 2009 7:25 am EST It sounds like there’s been a lot kitchen hands, if not exactly chefs, stirring ingredients into Iron Man 2. The first named screenwriter was Justin Theroux, the actor and famously a co-writer of Tropic Thunder; there’s also the Marvel brain trust made up of some of their brightest and best comic book talents; and now, Jon Favreau has revealed that Tony Stark’s off-screen alter-ego Robert Downey Jr....
Sex Drive’s Sean Anders And John Morris Set For Dead Mom Comedy By Hunter Stephenson/Oct. 19, 2008 8:22 pm EST Hard to believe that a Kirk Cameron ichthys affair and Disaster Movie will ultimately out gross Sex Drive. After this weekend’s $3 million take, the /Film championed comedy is destined to join the “funny is funny” cult ranks of PCU and Grandma’s Boy. In a smart move, Summit Entertainment, soon to be fat off Twilight, isn’t letting writer/director Sean Anders and co-writer John Morris get away....
Shia LaBeouf Injured On Transformers 2 Set By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2008 1:17 pm EST TMZ is reporting that Shia LaBeouf has once again injured himself. Stitches were required below his eyebrow, after he sustained a cut from a prop on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The actor supposedly went right back to work. No word on if the stitches were covered up with make-up or if Michael Bay will add a few million onto the budget to cover it up in post production using CG....
Spec: Rambo To Become Super Rambo? Rambo…in Space? By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 16, 2008 1:31 pm EST The following bit of info may not fill you up, but like the last piece of octopus on a platter of boring California rolls, I can’t ignore it. I’m a glutton for cool “what if…” scenarios, especially when it comes to Rambo or Rocky, as those are all too rare. And hearing a real one come directly from Sylvester Stallone is unheard of....
The Simpsons Movie Trailer Is 70% FAKE By Peter Sciretta/April 25, 2007 1:16 am EST Think you know what The Simpsons Movie is about? Think again. Simpsons Writer/Director/Producer James L Brooks claims that 70% of the theatrical trailer is not even in the finished film: “It started out as people wanting to know what it was about, and then we were having fun with it, putting out false story lines. We’ve revealed more with each successive trailer....
Tin Man Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2007 5:51 pm EST A trailer/advertisement for the Sci-Fi Channel mini-series Tin Man is now online. The story is a based on Lyman Frank Baum’s classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. A fierce tornado rips DG (a re-imagined Dorothy Gale), a rebellious young waitress from Omaha, and deposits her with a shocking bump on “the other side.” The once-beautiful “Outer Zone” (Oz) has been zapped into a frigid and decaying wasteland....
Video Clip: One Beer With The Wrestler By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2008 1:38 am EST Watch the clip in High Definition on Yahoo. The Wrestler hits limited theaters on December 17th 2008.
VOTD: Orci And Kurtzman Featured In Honda’s Living With Robots Short Documentary Film By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2010 7:00 pm EST Honda created an 8-minute short film about Robots titled Living With Robots. As part of the short doc/advertisement, they interviewed Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman — the screenwriters who wrote Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Mocking Honda for reaching out for such robotics “experts” would be wayyyy too easy, For those interested, you can watch the short film embedded after the jump....
