The Rock Escapes To Witch Mountain By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 28, 2007 3:26 pm EST Dwayne “Don’t call me The Rock” Johnson has signed on to the Disney remake of Escape to Witch Mountain. What has happened to Johnston as of late? He has a promising career in medium level Hollywood action flicks. Even his turn in Gridiron Gang wasn’t bad. But now he’s going from one Disney family comedy (The Game Plan) to another Disney family comedy....
This Week In DVD: Swing Vote, Mirrors, Appaloosa, And More By Adam Quigley/Jan. 13, 2009 6:55 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict. The categories represent solely the author’s intentions towards the DVDs at hand, and are in no way meant to be a reflection on what he thinks other people should rent or buy....
Tune In Tonight At 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST For The /Filmcast Live By David Chen/June 23, 2008 10:30 am EST Tune in tonight to Slashfilm’s live page at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST to hear us broadcast the /Filmcast live! Tonight we’ll be discussing the week’s worth of film news and reviewing Get Smart with special guests Christina Warren and Sean Dwyer from Film Junk. If you have any questions/comments that you’d like us to read on the air, feel free to send them in to slashfilmcast@gmail....
VOTD: Hellboy On Inside The Actors Studio By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2008 10:14 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/hellboyactorsstudio.flv 460 254] Hellboy on Inside the Actors Studio The Pitch: Hellboy appears on Inside the Actor’s Studio with James Lipton. 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.com. VOTD: Hellboy On Inside The Actors Studio...
VOTD: Oktapodi By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2008 12:00 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/oktapodi.flv 470 350] Oktapodi The Pitch: While the design might not be as fine tuned, this computer animated short film by Julien Bocabeille is certainly on level with the last few Pixar shorts. To escape the clutches of a skilled cook, two octopuses engage in a burlesque race. Yet despite they successfully escape their fatal destiny, their struggle to stay together does not seem to get to an end....
8 New SXSW Movie Trailers By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2008 9:08 pm EST Beautiful Losers Directors: Aaron Rose & Joshua Leonard. A feature documentary film celebrating the independent and D.I.Y. spirit that unified a loose-knit group of American artists who emerged from the underground youth subcultures of skateboarding, graffiti, punk rock and hip-hop. (World Premiere) [flv:http://media2.slashfilm.com/slashfilm/trailers/beautifullosers.flv 470 256] FrontRunners Director: Caroline Suh The campaign for student body president at Stuyvesant, perhaps the most prestigious public high school in the country, is almost as sophisticated as any presidential election....
Cool Stuff: Junk Food’s Retro Indiana Jones T-Shirts By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2008 5:00 am EST Junk Food Clothing has created a cool retro line of Indiana Jones t-shirts, which will be released in May to coincide with the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. My favorite it the Raiders t-shirt shown above, which features the original 1982 Raiders of the Lost Ark poster artwork by Richard Amsel....
Cool Stuff: Vote McClane T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 24, 2008 6:00 am EST Why vote McCain when you could vote for John McClane? VoteJohnMcClane.com is selling t-shirts, buttons and bumper stickers in support of the most bad ass presidential candidate this country has ever seen. Too bad he’s only fictional. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff?...
David Hayter To Direct Wolves By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2010 2:07 pm EST David Hayter, writer of X-Men, co-writer of Watchmen and the voice of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games, has been close to claiming the director’s chair more than once. He was in line to helm Watchmen at one point, and almost got a Black Widow film off the ground long before the character was incorporated into Iron Man 2....
David Wain To Direct Too Cool To Be Forgotten? By Russ Fischer/April 6, 2010 8:34 am EST Between his work on The State and Wet Hot American Summer, David Wain pretty much has a free pass from me. Role Models was more a work for hire gig for the director, and I’ve been hoping his next film would be something brewed more from (or in accordance with) his own sensibility. Now there’s word that he may make his first comic book-based film, with an adaptation of the graphic novel Too Cool to Be Forgotten....
Ennio Morricone To Score Tarantino’s Basterds? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2008 1:22 pm EST Rumor has it that Quentin Tarantino has enlisted legendary film composer Ennio Morricone to compose the score for his upcoming WWII film Inglourious Basterds, this according to Italy Global Nation. Tarantino is notoriously a fan of Morrisone, having used a a bunch of his Spaghetti Western themes in the Kill Bill films and even his latest, Death Proof....
Final Zack And Miri Make A Porno Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 22, 2008 4:08 pm EST The Weinstein Co has released one last final trailer for Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and I think this might be the best one yet. I’ll make this short and sweet – Zack and Miri is the funniest movie I’ve seen all year. It doesn’t pretend to cure cancer, it’s just an incredibly funny movie....
First Official Photos: Steven Soderbergh’s Che By Peter Sciretta/May 11, 2008 11:50 pm EST With the Festival de Cannes kicking off later this week, a bunch of new production photos have surfaced. First up is Steven Soderbergh’s Che, a pair of films (The Argentine and Guerrilla) starring Benicio Del Toro as Argentine revolutionary Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara de la Serna. The running time for the two films combined is a whopping 268 minutes, or four and a half hours long....
For Your Consideration: Heath Ledger For Best Supporting Actor By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 22, 2008 5:45 pm EST Warner Bros has publicly begun its push with this Variety advertisement for Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight for a Best Supporting Actor nomination. Academy Award ballots are mailed on December 26th, polls close on January 12th, and the nominations are announced on January 22nd. Discuss: Should Heath Ledger be nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award?...
Geek Deal: Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seasons 1-6 For $90 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2010 12:31 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo Gets U.S. Release By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2009 1:03 pm EST Legendary Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki’s latest movie Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea will finally be getting a domestic release. The film was released last July in Japan, and has since grossed over ¥15.0 billion ($153.1 million). Disney’s John Lasseter has been working with Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy to make the American release of the movie, Miyazaki’s “biggest hit ever Stateside....
Judd Apatow Bringing Us Three Movies From Aziz Ansari And Jason Woliner By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 24, 2009 12:43 am EST Now that must have been one damn successful breakfast meeting. Apparently, comedian Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation, Human Giant) and director Jason Woliner (Human Giant, Players) recently sat down for breakfast with Judd Apatow and pitched him three ideas for future projects. To their surprise, Apatow wanted all three. Little else is known about the films, Ansari explains why:...
Karl Malden Dies At 97 By Russ Fischer/July 1, 2009 3:27 pm EST Actor Karl Malden, who achieved just about everything possible as an actor, died today at 97. Malden was from a generation of honest, muscular actors. He held his own against Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, anchored over 100 episodes of The Streets of San Francisco and worked with dignity as a pitchman for American Express....
Killers Movie Trailer: Why Reboot Mr. And Mrs. Smith When We Have This? By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2010 12:28 pm EST It was just a few days ago that we heard a prequel/reboot of Mr. and Mrs. Smith is under consideration. But why bother, when there’s Killers, a movie about a woman who marries a seemingly perfect guy, only to discover that he’s a government operative/assassin? Of course she gets in on the action, turning this into another buddy movie like Mr....
Natalie Portman To Star As Jane Foster In Thor By Russ Fischer/July 13, 2009 10:06 am EST When reporting on cast additions to Your Highness the other day I’d been thinking about what an interesting career Natalie Portman has crafted, in terms of playing in genre-ish films while keeping a pretty serious offscreen persona. And now Portman has been confirmed as part of the cast in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor opposite Chris Hemsworth (as Thor) and Tom Hiddleston (as Loki)....
