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Lucky McKee And Angela Bettis Reteaming For Offspring: The Woman By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 13, 2010 2:10 pm EST Lucky McKee’s May is, not to put too fine a point on it, one of the best horror films of the last decade. Angela Bettis starred in the title role, a lonely young lady who is moved to extreme measures in her search for a friend. Bettis and McKee later reteamed on the Masters of Horror episode Sick Girl and the short film Blue Like You, as well as in inverted roles when Bettis directed McKee in Roman....

McG Denies T4 Ending Spoiler; Apologizes For His Ridiculous Nickname By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2008 1:18 pm EST McG has posted yet another blog post on the Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins Blog. While he doesn’t come out and completely debunk the rumor that has most of the internet up in arms, the director assures us that “there are only three people who know the ending.” He gives us some insight into the world of this story:...

MIA’s Paper Planes Slumdog Millionaire Remix Video By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2008 11:48 am EST The music video for MIA’s Paper Planes remix has been released. The song is featured prominently in the soundtrack for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. Check out the video below. If you haven’t yet, buy/download the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack. I know its available now on iTunes. It’s definitely one of the best of the year. MIA’s Paper Planes Slumdog Millionaire Remix Video...

By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2009 9:00 pm EST First up is Ain’t It Cool News, risking it’s geek rep on a rumor that Christopher Nolan is planning to shoot the entire third chapter of his Batman series with full IMAX cameras (no, not the fake digital variety). While we don’t have any idea if this is true, the idea shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, as Nolan has said that he’s wanted to shoot an entire film using IMAX for years....

Nimrod Antal To Direct Predators? By Russ Fischer/June 23, 2009 8:35 am EST Nimrod Antal isn’t a name that most people know, but it should be. His debut feature Kontroll was a solid, weird thriller about ticket takers in the Budapest subway system. It created a unique underground world where misfits and drunks lived according to their own half-official rules. Antal followed that with Vacancy, which could have been just a cheap mid-point between the thriller and torture porn genres....

Once Sweded Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2008 3:35 pm EST

Pixar Futures: Toy Story 3 To Debut New Dolby Sound System, The Bear And The Bow Renamed? By Brendon Connelly/March 16, 2010 3:30 pm EST Before I hit you with a paragraph of jargon and numbers, let me tell you that you can just skip right ahead to below the break and find out what on earth all this tech talk has to do with Pixar (and get to the second Pixar story too, for that matter)....

Rob Corddry Cast In Oddball Satire Butter; Takes Role Once Linked To Jim Carrey By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2010 9:39 am EST It’s about time we got some really overt (and good) satire about the political events of the last couple years. The Jason Miscallef script Butter, which placed high on the 2008 Black List, may be the ticket. It tells the story of the contestants of an Iowa butter-carving competition, but as an allegory for recent political maneuvering....

Steven Spielberg Loves Once By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2007 12:03 pm EST Once is still one of my favorite movies of 2007. The little indie Irish-made musical (would you even call it a musical?) released earlier this year is still selling chugging away at the independent box office. It seems like uber-director Steven Spielberg has also fallen in love with the film. “A little movie called Once gave me enough inspiration to last the rest of the year,” said Steven Spielberg to USA Today....

The Arthur Remake Just Got Interesting - Peter Baynham To Put Words In Russell Brand’s Mouth By Brendon Connelly/Feb. 26, 2009 12:42 pm EST The screenwriter for the Russell Brand remake of Arthur has been announced in Variety, and it’s Peter from Balham – sometime collaborator of Chris Morris, Sacha Baron Cohen and Lee and Herring. Peter Baynham isn’t exactly comedy royalty in the UK – more like a secret power behind the thrones – but is, not to put too fine a point on it, incredibly funny....

The Brothers Bloom Video Clip: “The Mark” By Peter Sciretta/May 12, 2009 12:29 am EST Summit Entertainment has released a new clip from Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom. If you’re already planning to see the film (which I hope is the case), I would recommend saving the experience for the big screen and not watching the video. The two minute-long clip, titled “The Mark”, shows the brothers, played by Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo, make their first attempt to trick an unsuspecting victim, played by Rachel Weisz....

The Chubbchubbs! Sequel Attached To Daddy Day Camp By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 6, 2007 1:57 pm EST Sony is trying everything they can to get people to go see Daddy Day Camp. They shouldn’t worry, they have a bad family comedy on their hands, America will probably show up in droves. Their latest plot involves attaching a follow-up to the 2002 Academy Award winning computer animated short film The Chubbchubbs!. According to Peter Debruge, “The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas” will be attached to the family “comedy” which hits theaters this Friday....

Three New Transformers Trailers By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2007 12:48 am EST As it turns out, there are actually three new trailers for Michael Bay’s Transformers. We posted the first one earlier today (click here). The new international trailer features about 5% new footage including a bit at the end with Shia LaBeouf’s character talking to Optimus Prime (this worries me a bit) and can be seen below. And a third trailer can be seen attached to Shrek the Third....

Toronto Video Blog: Ghost Town And Rocknrolla By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2008 2:03 pm EST It’s day seven of my 28 day movie adventure. The Toronto International Film Festival has begun. And anyone who doesn’t think Canada can be hot obviously hasn’t visited Toronto in September. I arrived at 2:00am due to an unforeseen delay in my flight, and was unable to catch the morning press screening of Guy Ritchie’s latest Rocknrolla....

Uncanny Resemblance: Christian Bale And Kermit The Frog By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 7, 2008 9:54 pm EST A real genius has put together this formidable side-by-side photo collection of Christian Bale and Kermit the Frog. The uncanny resemblance has haunted us all weekend, so we now pass the monkey’s paw onto you, our dear readers. Here’s a sample. We’ve excluded any and all comparison shots from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight....

VOTD: Head Of Skate Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 29, 2008 12:00 am EST Head of Skate Movie Trailer The Pitch: Matt Damon commented that the rise of Sarah Palin is almost as absurd as a Disney movie. The guys at College Humor decided to create a trailer for such a film. Thanks to /Film’s own David Chen for the tip. Watch More Cool Videos Here! Video of the Day is a daily feature of /Film showcasing geekarific video creations....

VOTD: In A Judd Apatow World By Peter Sciretta/April 30, 2009 12:01 am EST Would life be better if the real world was more like the world that Judd Apatow has created on the big screen? College Humor’s Streeter Seidell and Sarah Schneider have created a music video titled “In An Apatow World”, an optimistic anthem for the normal schlub. “This is a song about fat homely losers who always land hot cool independent girls despite their gross eating habits, bad taste in fashion and crude language....

VOTD: Starship Troopers Against Child Abuse By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2009 12:00 am EST Starship Troopers star Casper Van Dien, AKA Johnny Rico, reprises his famous role to help raise awareness of child abuse in one of the weirdest Public Service Announcements ever produced. This PSA is not only real, but it’s brand spanking new. It wasn’t filmed years ago when the movie was released but was just shot a few weeks ago....

Will Dick Cook’s Departure Kill Pirates Of The Caribbean 4? By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 19, 2009 12:07 pm EST As you’ve probably heard by now, Dick Cook has been fired OR stepped down as Disney Chairman after working for the company for 38 years. The effects of this shocking move will be felt in the weeks to come, but we’re starting to hear of some of the possible aftershocks. For example, one of the reasons DreamWorks signed with Disney was because of Steven Speilberg’s relationship with Cook....

Will Smith’s Superhero Suit In Hancock Revealed By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 28, 2008 1:01 pm EST The first photos of Will Smith’s costume from this summer’s superhero-pastiche Hancock are here for your eyes. Personally, the trailer for Peter Berg’s film caught my attention in the first place because the character was shown duking it out in mid-air out against highway signs wearing his signature rumpled street clothes. The new garb resembles a futuristic-biker’s, especially with the majestic bird on the back....