Resident Evil: Extinction Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 21, 2007 9:30 pm EST I’ve never really been a fan of the Resident Evil movies. So it came as a huge surprise that I actually enjoyed the The Resident Evil: Extinction teaser trailer. The teaser opens with an incredibly cool constructed visual of the extinction of Las Vegas. Does this mean it’s going to be a good movie? Way-way–Wait a minute. I never said that....
Robert Rodriguez Talks Machete, Sin City 2 And Neveracker By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2009 4:40 pm EST Robert Rodriguez has been chatting it up at SXSW and CinemaBlend has a few details direct from the filmmaker’s mouth. First off, Robert says that he always tells people that Sin City 2 is “right around the corner, because that’s what everybody wants to hear” but admits that “It might be a long corner....
Rosario Dawson Ditches Kevin Smith’s Zack And Miri Make A Porno For Eagle Eye By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2007 10:14 am EST For months now we’ve told you that Kevin Smith wrote the lead role in his new comedy/drama Zack and Miri Make a Porno for Clerks II star Rosario Dawson. When we asked Rosario about the project at the Grindhouse junket, she pretended not to know much about it:...
Sam Raimi Wants To Direct The Hobbit By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2007 4:50 pm EST Earlier this year New Line chairman Robert Shaye announced plans to adapt The Hobbit into a feature film without The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. Rumors started to circulate claiming that Shaye was interested in signing Spider-Man 3 director Sam Raimi to helm the film. Raimi hasn’t commented about the rumor, until now. The Evil Dead director revealed to EW that he is more than interested in tackling the film adaptation, if he gets the okay from Jackson....
Sundance Movie Review/Video Blog: Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me By David Chen/Jan. 26, 2010 4:00 pm EST Based on the novel by Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside Me tells the story of Lou Ford, an unassuming sheriff who finds himself surrounded by growing pile of murder victims. The film was directed by Michael Winterbottom, a man whose films have spanned many genres (some of which defy categorization). I was excited to see Winterbottom’s take on film noir and curious about reports that the film’s violence had sparked outrage among audiences....
Telluride 2008 Wrap-Up By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 3, 2008 2:17 pm EST There is no reason why I shouldn’t have loved the Telluride Film Festival. Heck, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed every film festival I’ve ever attended, even including my first – The Boston Film Festival, which was very lame in retrospect. I’ve attended Sundance for five years, today I will be heading to Toronto for my second time. I love film festivals. So why is it that I didn’t love Telluride?...
The Creators Of The Luxo Lamp Are Suing Pixar By Brendon Connelly/Sept. 6, 2009 10:42 am EST The manufacturers of the Luxo lamp, model for Pixar’s mascot, have ended over two decades of happy cooperation by the two companies by this week filing a lawsuit against the animation studio. While they have been more than happy for Pixar to use the likeness of their product on screen, the lawsuit seems to have been brought about by both the new Luxo Jr....
The Dark Knight’s Long Halloween? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 17, 2007 2:05 pm EST
The Game In Talks To Play B.A. Baracus In The A-Team? By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2009 11:47 pm EST When John Singleton was developing an A-Team movie, he was talking to Ice Cube about playing B.A. Baracus. A year and a half later, Joe Carnahan has since been brought on board to get the project started, and BlackFilm is reporting that a new rapper has now become the front-runner for the mo-hawked soldier of fortune role originally played by Mr....
The New Mad Max: Jeremy Renner? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2009 9:25 pm EST Go see The Hurt Locker and try not to emerge as a big fan of Jeremy Renner; I’d say that’s close to impossible. Then read his comments to his hometown paper (The Modesto Bee, via AICN) about one project he’s trying to move forward. “I’m also fighting to do the new Mad Max film with George Miller....
This Week In DVD: Revolutionary Road, Defiance, Weeds, And More By Adam Quigley/June 2, 2009 7:00 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....
Three High Resolution Photos From The Last Airbender By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2009 7:24 pm EST Paramount Pictures has sent over high resolution versions of the two photos released last week for M Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender. They have also been nice enough to send us the official release of the Dev Patel snow photo, which somehow leaked online last week. Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film is set in a world where human civilization is divided into four nations: Water, Earth, Air and Fire....
VOTD: Ghostbusters Director Ivan Reitman Hypes “New” DVD Format In Retro 1999 Video By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 23, 2009 12:00 am EST Columbia Tristar Home Video produced this two minute video with Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman hyping the “new” DVD movie format as “the future” of home movie entertainment. The video was distributed in 1999 (yes, over ten years ago) to help promote the emerging new media, and of course, the release of Ghostbusters on the format....
VOTD: Old Star Trek With Lens Flares By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2009 11:24 pm EST What if Star Trek: The Original Series had lens flares like the new JJ Abrams reboot? What would it look like? Partmor has created a video that does just that. Watch it embedded after the jump. Thanks to /Film reader Jim H for the tip. VOTD: Old Star Trek With Lens Flares By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2009 11:24 pm EST...
VOTD: Star Wars Snowboarding By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2008 12:21 am EST [flv:http://bitcast-a.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/trailers/starwarssnowboarding.flv 470 262] Star Wars Snowboarding by Mike BensonThe Pitch: Star Wars themed snowboarding at Mountain High. 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: Star Wars Snowboarding By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2008 12:21 am EST...
25 New Photos From Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2007 10:21 pm EST If you haven’t already, check out the new trailer for Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Yahoo’s 1080p feed is incredibly vivid, but not all internet connections and computers can support this high bandwidth video. So we’ve captured a bunch of important stills from the 1080p version for those of you who are unable to check it out....
Alex Cox Versus Universal: Fight! By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2009 2:14 pm EST Yesterday in Page 2 I mentioned that the title of Universal’s Repossession Mambo had been changed to Repo Men, and wondered if fans of Alex Cox’s awesome Repo Man might be a little irritated. Being in a bit of a rush to put that page together, I didn’t think about how Alex Cox might feel. And the answer is: a little peeved....
Babylon A.D. Movie Trailer, New Movie Poster By Hunter Stephenson/May 1, 2008 6:05 pm EST They’re really playing up the dystopian poncho fashion with the new poster and teaser trailer for the perma-looming Vin Diesel sci-fi vehicle Babylon A.D. Might the eventual tagline be “This way late summer, put on your poncho as we journey into a future where anything can happen and it rains a lot”? You’ll find out nothing about the film’s plot from this hyper-edited clip, but the ambiance/marketing equation seems to be Blade Runner + Children of Men / xXx = “serious Vin Diesel action” from the mind of director Mathieu Kassovitz who brought America Gothika....
Box Office: Knowing Grabs $8.8M Friday, Targets $24M Weekend By Steve Mason/March 20, 2009 11:59 pm EST Reviews for Knowing, written and directed by Alex Proyas, the inventive filmmaker behind the visually striking 1998 film Dark City and the 2004 Will Smith mega-hit I, Robot, has received overwhelmingly negative reviews (25% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes), but thanks to Twitter, real-time movie-goer reactions spread like wildfire. Here are some Tweets I just grabbed off the social networking platform....
Captain America Shortlist Reportedly Down To Three By Russ Fischer/March 19, 2010 1:06 pm EST And while we’re on the subject, fancy comic artist/painter Alex Ross said today that the only person to play Cap should be Jon Hamm, because, “Captain America is supposed to be the patriarch of the Marvel universe. To get a guy in his early to mid-20s is only thinking about where the character began, not what he ultimately needs to become....
