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Comic Con Updates: Avatar, Mystery Team, Repo, Pandorum, Extract And 9 By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2009 11:05 am EST You’ve heard the buzz online, now see the movie! Derrick Comedy’s Mystery Team will be presenting a special sneak preview screening (yes, the whole movie) on Thursday, July 23rd at 8pm at the Horton Plaza theaters. How can you attend the screening? Passes will be available at the Mystery Team booth on the show floor on either Wednesday night (preview night) or Thursday....

Did Michel Gondry Steal The Idea For Be Kind Rewind From Amanda Bynes? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 20, 2008 10:24 pm EST Did Michel Gondry steal the idea from Be Kind Rewind from an episode of Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show (starring Amanda Bynes) from eight years ago? Probably not, but watch this video that is circulating around the interwebs. Discuss: Did Michel Gondry steal the idea for Be Kind Rewind from Amanda Bynes?...

Did WALL-E Make Appearances In Toy Story, The Incredibles And Cars? By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2008 5:11 pm EST A new video has turned up online claiming that if you look closely, you can find WALL-E in the background of certain scenes in Toy Story, The Incredibles and Cars. And I wouldn’t put it past the guys at Emmeryville. If you watched the teaser trailer for WALL-E than you know that the cute little robot was just one of the creations to come out of a now infamous lunch that was also responsible for Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc and a Bugs Life....

IMDb/RT Watch: The Dark Knight - 9.7 Rating / 94% Fresh By Peter Sciretta/July 17, 2008 11:30 pm EST 4,591 Internet Movie Database users have already rated The Dark Knight, which currently sits at a 9.7 out of 10 (or a 9.0 out of 10 from regular IMDb voters). That puts Nolan’s sequel at the #4 movie of all time slot on IMDb’s top 250. It will be interesting to see how this rating holds are a bigger sampling of users register their votes....

James Cameron Options Last Train To Hiroshima By Russ Fischer/Jan. 8, 2010 9:25 am EST While in Japan to promote Avatar, James Cameron visited Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who until his death this week was the only man to have been officially recognized as a survivor of the bombs dropped on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. While visiting Yamaguchi, Cameron pledged to “pass on his rare and harrowing experience to future generations.” Because Cameron was accompanied by author Charles Pellegrino, speculation arose that the director might be developing a film based on Pellegrino’s book Last Train to Hiroshima, which will be published on January 19....

Juno Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 14, 2007 11:22 pm EST I’ve been ranting and raving about Jason Reitman’s new film, Juno. You’ve probably already heard me claim that it’s the best film of the year so far, or even “this year’s Little Miss Sunshine”. That the script, soundtrack, and performances are all top notch. And now you can see the film for yourself (or at least the trailer). While the trailer gives you a good idea what the movie is about (and even features some of the aforementioned great tunes), I think it undersells the film quite a bit (compared to my obvious oversell)....

Mark Millar Talks Wanted 2 Film, No Comic Version By Devindra Hardawar/Aug. 31, 2008 9:20 am EST With Wanted being a huge success this summer, it’s no surprise that Mark Millar is already talking plans for more sequels to the film. What’s interesting is that Millar has pretty much given up the comic book continuity of the series. In an interview with Newsarama, Millar discusses his complete disinterest in a comic follow-up to his original books:...

Oceanic Airlines Flight Available On Kayak? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 28, 2010 11:00 am EST If you search the popular travel bargin site Kayak.com for a one-way non-stop ticket from Sydney to LAX on September 22nd, 2010 and you’ll get an Oceanic Airlines flight as a result. For those of you who don’t follow the television show Lost, Oceanic Airlines is the fictional airline which crashed Oceanic Flight 815 on a mysterious island....

Red Band Kick-Ass Movie Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2010 12:09 am EST Lionsgate has released a new red band movie trailer for Matthew Vaughn’s adaptation of the Mark Millar comic book series Kick-Ass. As you know, I’ve been very critical of the marketing for this film thus far. I’ve not only seen the preview footage at comic-con, read part of the comic, but I’ve seen the entire film — it is awesome....

Redesigning /Film By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2007 6:15 pm EST Okay, so we’re finally starting to work on a site redesign. As you can see with the early sneak peak mock up above, we are keeping with the same color scheme that you know and love, reduced the advertising area, and have added a ton of new features (including a usable sidebar and top menu). But right now we’re still in the conceptual stage, and we’re looking for your help....

Steven Spielberg And Will Smith To Remake Oldboy?! By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 6, 2008 10:25 pm EST Steven Spielberg and Will Smith are in talks to collaborate on a remake of Chan Wook-Park’s Oldboy. Spielberg has been looking for an opportunity to work with Smith for a few years now, and this just might be the project. DreamWorks is in the process of securing the remake rights, and Spielberg is on the search for a screenwriter to develop the project....

Takeshi Kitano Reveals Outrage, His Return To Gangster Pictures By Russ Fischer/Dec. 1, 2009 11:59 am EST Here’s some great news about a film that, just by virtue of existence, is now high on my ’to watch’ list for 2010. I knew that Takeshi Kitano had been shooting a new film (mentioned it in passing here, while talking about Ryo Kase working with Gus Van Sant) but we haven’t had any details about it....

By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 18, 2008 2:50 pm EST Last week it was reported that Don Cheadle had been signed to replace Terence Howard in Iron Man 2. Initial speculation was that Marvel had a falling out with the actor over salary requirements. When asked about the announcement on NPR, Howard explains his confusion over the entire situation. “Yeah, I found that out, too,” said Howard. “It was the surprise of a lifetime....

The Number 23 Movie Review By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2007 1:29 am EST People have been obsessed with numbers since the beginning of time. The number three for example is engrained in everything from a joke, to a story, to life. Dramatists say that the number is just part of how the human brain functions. It’s how we structure our thoughts, in three acts – a beginning, middle, and end. Even the Bible has a number obsession....

VOTD: Superhero Fashion Emergency By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 25, 2008 12:00 am EST Superhero Fashion Emergency The Pitch: What happens when superheroes begin to question the sexual orientation style of their outfits? Thanks to /Film reader Gregory V for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations. Have a video we should be feature on VOTD? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail....

39 Years Of Roger Ebert, One Year Without By Peter Sciretta/April 3, 2007 12:47 pm EST Even though we might not always agree, we’ve always loved reading Roger Ebert’s reviews. As you know Roger underwent surgery for to remove a cancerous growth on his salivary gland last June, and has been absent ever since. Sure, he came back and wrote a couple small reviews, and made some bad oscar predictions (but he’s not in 100% capacity, so we can’t blame him), but for the most part he has disappeared....

Best Reviewed Movies Of The Decade By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 18, 2009 11:00 am EST Metacritic has released their list of the best and worst reviewed films of the decade. Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth sits in the #1 spot. I’ve included the top 10 after the jump, as well as a list I’ve compiled of the top 20 best reviewed films of the decade from Rotten Tomatoes. Man On Wire ranks in at #1, the only film with over 100 reviews to have 100% fresh rating....

Contest: Candy On DVD By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2007 12:55 am EST Candy will hit DVD store shelves on March 27th, 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: Nike’s Marty McFly 2015 Limited Edition Future Sneakers By Peter Sciretta/June 26, 2008 3:04 pm EST This edition of Cool Stuff was too cool to wait until tomorrow. Since the release of Back to the Future: Part II, fans have been trying to convince Nike to produce the futuristic sneakers worn by Marty McFly (played by Michael J Fox). An Internet petition was even started a while back on mcfly2015....

First Look: New Spider-Man 3 Footage By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2007 11:52 am EST National CineMedia has revealed some new footage from Spider-Man 3. The FirstLook preview for Spider-Man 3 includes a bunch of new footage cut between talking head interviews with the cast and crew. Be warned that the only way to watch this new clip is on the cinemedia website. The problem is that everyone and their brother is trying to watch this new clip so it’s running a little slow....