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Tribeca Movie Review: The Sugar Curtain By SlashFilm Staff/April 29, 2007 6:25 am EST The following movie was seen at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival: The Sugar Curtain (El Telón de Azúcar) World Documentary Competition 2006, Cuba, France, Spain Dir: Camila Guzmán Urzúa A daring look at the remnants of a failed dream, The Sugar Curtain takes a personal route and looks at director Camila Guzmán Urzúa’s experience as a child during the “Golden Age” of Cuban Communism....

Variety Pans Spider-Man 3 By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2007 2:53 pm EST “The three main recurring characters get stuck in a rut and the same can be said of the film itself in Spider-Man 3.” A bad review from Variety is never a good thing, especially when the film in question is the big summer tent-pole. Todd McCarthy’s review takes aim at the film’s script, saying it resulted in “a story that would have provenmore satisfactory for a late ’60s cartoon-hero TV show than for a new-century blockbuster....

VOTD: Transforminators By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2009 9:32 pm EST Earlier this year, Michael Bay commented that he would like to see a war between Transformers and Terminators (somehow this led to McG challenging Bay to a penis measuring contest, before later admitting that he has been born with the irish curse). Of course, we’ll never see a movie where Autobots fight T800s or even those huge Harvester bots. But Black20 did the next best thing, and created a movie trailer mash-up titled Transforminators....

Warner Bros Developing Live Action Ninja Scroll Movie By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 26, 2008 8:13 pm EST Warner Bros will be brining Ninja Scroll to the big screen. The live-action big screen adaptation will be based on the popular 1993 Japanese Anime movie which spawned a popular animated series. Ninja Scrolls is considered one of the best Anime films ever produced. Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s original action/thriller tells the story of a Journeyman ninja-for-hire named Jubei, who “stumbles upon a plague, an evil clan of demons, a national crisis, and a beautiful ninja girl....

Year One Details Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 5, 2008 7:42 pm EST Details have have been kept tightly under wraps involving the upcoming Judd Apatow-produced Harold Ramis (Caddyshack, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Groundhog Day) comedy Year One. All that has been revealed thus far is the cast and creative list behind the film, which includes Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin), Jack Black, David Cross, Vinnie Jones, Juno Temple, and Oliver Platt. Ramis co-wrote the script with The Office scribes Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg....

Zack And Miri Make A Porno Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2008 12:01 am EST Kevin Smith has released the first internet teaser trailer for Zack and Miri Make a Porno. The teaser trailer appears to be a set of improvised lines or outtakes, from a scene where Zack and Miri are auditioning potential cast members for their porno. “Don’t call it a trailer, ‘cause it’s not a trailer; it’s a teaser,” warns Smith....

3:10 To Yuma Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2007 11:01 am EST We haven’t had much (if any) coverage of James Mangold’s 3:10 to Yuma remake on /Film based purely on my dislike of movie westerns. But it seems like everywhere I look there is something else about this new flick. Today it’s the movie poster [via our friends at FirstShowing ComingSoon], which even I must admit, looks very cool....

Alanis Morissette Knows Philip K. Dick By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2007 10:17 am EST Who would have ever thought that singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette would become a film actress? Sure, she did do a stint on the Nickelodeon television show You Can’t Do That On Television (you know, the one with the green slime that falls from the ceiling?). And she also made a brief, but fun appearance as GOD in Kevin Smith’s Dogma....

Bryan Singer Developing Adaptation Of The Sci-Fi Comic Book Freedom Formula By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2009 11:11 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The story takes place in a future where corporations rule the new city states. Extreme high-speed exo-suits called Vicious Cycles (VXs) race for entertainment on the track driven by captive members of a bloodline genetically bred solely for speed. Zee, the son of an escaped racer, returns to the city, manipulated by his father to fulfill his fate as a savior for the enslaved racers....

Contest: Bobby On DVD By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2007 12:36 am EST Bobby hits DVD store shelves today (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 15th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump. Revisit the night in 1968 when Robert F....

Cool Stuff: Disney’s Internal Star Wars Weekends Posters By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2009 5:00 am EST StarWars.com has posted four posters created to promote Disney’s Star Wars Weekends among employees at Disneyworld’s Hollywood Studios theme park. For those of you who don’t know, Star Wars Weekends is an annual summer special event at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park that celebrates George Lucas’ Star Wars. Disney presents special shows, presentations, memorabilia, as well as appearances from actors from the Star Wars films....

Cool Stuff: ILM Halloween Party Invitations By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2008 6:00 am EST Last year we brought you 30 years of LucasFilm Christmas Cards. But what about the invited to the annual ILM Halloween party? The 2008 card above was designed by Harrison Parker. You can find out more about the creation of the card on StarWars.com. Check out some of the cards from ILM’s past Halloween parties after the jump....

Delgo Sets Record For Worst Wide-Release Opening Ever By David Chen/Dec. 16, 2008 9:59 am EST According to the movie’s IMDB page, Delgo’s plot summary is as follows: “In an exotic divided land, Delgo, an adventurous dreamer but naive teenager, must rally his group of troubled youth and some unlikely friends to protect their world from conflict between the terrestrial Lockni people, who harness the mysteries of the land, and the winged Nohrin people, who rule the skies....

Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Chee’ WOW Wä) Movie Poster…Yes, George Lopez Does Some Voice Work By Hunter Stephenson/April 15, 2008 4:51 pm EST Somebody, a trashcan, quick. Full disclosure: There are two degrees of separation between me and this production. I knowwww. Disney sent Slashfilm the official one sheet for September’s live-action Beverly Hills Chihuahua, which stars voice-actors Drew Barrymore (no Long?), George Lopez (zing!), Salma Hayek (obvi), Paul Rodriguez (his son’s more famous), Cheech Marin (holy Slashfilm controversy!...

Final Valkyrie Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2008 8:44 pm EST United Artists has released the last and final movie trailer for Bryan Singer’s Valkyrie. Gone is the overly stylish split screen editing, Added, the SAW theme leads to the climax. It’s amazing how well that theme fits other movies, even though its the key theme song of a five film franchise. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m really starting to look forward to this film....

Fireproof Movie Trailer (Starring Kirk Cameron Saving Marriages) By Hunter Stephenson/Aug. 21, 2008 3:24 pm EST UPDATE: Someone was using my name in the comments below last night and starting, yes, drama. We’ve deleted the comments in question. This has occurred more than once on Slashfilm recently. We’re looking into it. For the record, yes, Slashfilm thinks this movie is a total pile. And I don’t hate all of our readers, c’mon....

Geek Deal: Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection For $50 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2008 12:53 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 26, 2007 1:48 pm EST Guillermo del Toro tells IESB that he would love to do a new Frankenstein film. Del toro apparently is interested in doing a revamp of the classic Universal Monster, possibly even using some ideas from Frank Darabont’s early 90’s script. Sure, there is no deal on the table right now, and del Toro’s immediate future plate is looking kind of full, but I’m sure if the opportunity came up, Guillermo would make it work....

Jared Hess Returns With Gentlemen Broncos By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 19, 2007 2:59 pm EST No word yet on casting, but the idea sounds very promising to me. Filming is scheduled to take place next March in Hess’ home state of Utah. source: JoBlo

Joe Eszterhas Returns To Tell Story Of The Virgin Of Guadalupe By Russ Fischer/Aug. 6, 2009 5:22 am EST Joe Eszterhas was once the face of Hollywood excess. The Basic Instinct screenwriter was equally famous for drugs, womanizing and his multi-million dollar paychecks for scripts that either languished unproduced or became films like Showgirls, Jade and An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn. But he quit the excessive lifestyle, moved to Ohio (much of his childhood was spent in Cleveland) and suffered throat cancer, the battle with which helped him find religion....