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New Fast & Furious Poster Proves Vin Diesel’s Head Is HUGE By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2009 12:58 am EST Universal Pictures has released a new poster for Fast & Furious on ComingSoon. Normally I wouldn’t care enough to cover such a poster (we just don’t care about the movie, at all), but the image made me laugh (plus there is a lack of news due to the holiday). Is it just me or does Vin Diesel’s head look extremely huge, especially in comparison to co-star Jordana Brewster?...

New Indiana Jones 4 Photo By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 15, 2008 12:33 pm EST Paramount/LucasFilm has released a new photo from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, featuring Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf and Ray Winstone. Click on the photo above to enlarge. Indy 4 hits theaters on May 22nd. New Indiana Jones 4 Photo By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 15, 2008 12:33 pm EST Paramount/LucasFilm has released a new photo from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, featuring Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf and Ray Winstone....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/March 20, 2009 12:12 am EST Darth Vader can’t even find work in this economy. [Daily What] United Artists has hired Peter Horton to write and direct Coal River, an adaptation of the Michael Shnayerson book. [Variety] The Dang Blog takes a look at some of the reasons why Wes Anderson’s films are considered “quirky.“The Wire star Rick Otto has joined Anthony Hemingway’s Red Tails and Point Break: Indo....

Paul Reubens Cast In New Todd Solondz Movie By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2007 5:02 pm EST Before he has a chance to get started on those two new Pee Wee Herman movies he’s been promising for years now (like those will ever happen), Paul Reubens will be featured in Todd Solondz’ new movie in a dramatic role. When I hear the name Todd Solondz, I think of his quirky earlier films Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness....

Princess And The Frog Comic-Con Video Test By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 5, 2009 1:00 pm EST Surfacing on You Tube today was a rather interesting The Princess and the Frog clip. It’s being called the ‘Comic-Con Video Test’ so despite being a rare /Film-er not at SDCC, I’ll take their word for it and assume that’s where the clip originated. Rather than just being more footage from the film (which, frankly, would still have sucked me in right away) it is something a little more special....

Roy Scheider Dies At Age 75 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2008 9:23 pm EST Life has a very strange way of playing out. Most creative people will explain to you the law of threes. Stories, jokes, art, movies, everything happens in threes. And I’ve noticed the same thing in life. Things happen in threes. First there was Brad Renfro, than Heath Ledger, and now Roy Scheider is dead at age 75....

Sundance Video Blog: The Day Before The Fest By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2009 2:59 pm EST Day 2 in Park City. Sundance doesn’t officially begin until tomorrow night, so today we’re picking up our press badges and getting some pre-fest work done. The infamous Alex Billington of FirstShowing.net arrived at the Condo last night and ruined all the fun. We have a few more bloggers/writers/broadcasters coming in tomorrow. But for now watch our second video blog to see “what happens when people stop being polite and start being real REEL....

SXSW Movie Review: Dreams With Sharp Teeth By Mel Valentin/March 19, 2008 3:16 pm EST In 1967, Ellison edited “Dangerous Visions,” a collection of short stories written by established and new-to-the-field writers while continuing to write fiction on his own. The seventies saw Ellison continue writing speculative fiction, along with essays, and other non-fiction work. One of his short stories was adapted into A Boy and His Dog, a post-apocalyptic tale starring Don Johnson (of Miami Vice fame)....

SXSW Movie Trailer: Breaking Upwards By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 2, 2009 10:16 pm EST The reason why I like the SXSW Film Festival is because it contains a lot of smaller films, movies that speak to people of my generation, and the even more technologically hip generation after mine. SXSW is very much what I imagine Sundance use to be 20 years ago, but if it were set in modern times....

Synecdoche, New York Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 2008 3:50 am EST Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York just premiered at the Cannes Film Festival (read about the reaction here). In the last couple weeks, we’ve brought you production photos and video clips, and now IonCinema brings us the movie poster. I love the imagery of Hoffman overlooking the endless tables of papers. It gives you the feeling of exactly how much of an undertaking it would be to recreate New York City inside a warehouse....

The Editing Of Successful Hollywood Movies Follows A Mathematical Formula By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2010 1:26 pm EST Physorg has an interesting article about how Hollywood movies follow a mathematical formula that “lets them match the effects of their shots to the attention spans of their audiences.” Here is an excerpt: “Psychologist Professor James Cutting and his team from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, analyzed 150 high-grossing Hollywood films released from 1935 to 2005 and discovered the shot lengths in the more recent movies followed the same mathematical pattern that describes the human attention span....

The Wackness Teaser Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 15, 2008 11:11 am EST Sony Pictures Classics has finally released a teaser trailer. And while I love the graffiti re-do of the Sony logo, the music, and the way everything was cut together, I’m just not sure the moments used accurately give you any real indication what this film is like. For example, I don’t think you get any idea what kind of relationship Josh Peck’s character and Ben Kingsly’s character have....

VOTD: Sir Ben Kingsley Pays Tribute To DC Hardcore Band Minor Threat By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 22, 2008 12:00 am EST I mean, how could we not post this? Sir Ben Kingsley doing his best Ian MacKaye imitation (not difficult) while “performing” the song “Minor Threat” by Minor Threat. For the helluva it. For your health. VOTD: Sir Ben Kingsley Pays Tribute To DC Hardcore Band Minor Threat By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 22, 2008 12:00 am EST...

9 Minutes Of Pixar’s Ratatouille Now Online By Peter Sciretta/May 1, 2007 12:35 am EST Disney.com has an exclusive 9-minute look at Pixar’s Ratatouille. Click on this link to watch it now. The nine minute video clip is essentially the clip shown at WonderCon 2007. Here is how we explained it back then: Remy talking to the imaginary Gusto as they watch the chefs cook in the kitchen. Remy notices the kid ruining the soup and decides to take action....

By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2008 4:14 pm EST The movie poster for Coen Brothers’s Burn After Reading is one of my favorite posters released this year. The distinctive style is a call back to the one-sheets of legendary poster/title artist Saul Bass. I have included some of the great Bass posters which might have inspired this new design below. Click on the image to the right to see it in larger resolution on Cinematical....

Chuck Palahnuik’s Choke Soundtrack By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 11, 2008 3:20 am EST The big screen adaptation of Chuck Palahnuik’s Choke is my second most anticipated movie of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The first Palahnuik film adaptation, Fight Club, had a great electronic score by The Dust Brothers, backed up by the powerful Pixies climax of “Where is My Mind”. So what will Clark Gregg’s film bring in terms of a musical sound?...

Comic-Con: Solomon Kane Footage Debuts By Russ Fischer/July 26, 2009 10:00 am EST The characters of Robert E Howard have taken a surprisingly long time to get to the screen. Only Conan has really made a splash, and even that character hasn’t had the continual screen presence you might expect. But the independent production Solomon Kane, directed by Michael J Bassett and starring James Purefoy as Kane, could help bring Howard back to theatres....

Cool Stuff: Lasseter Family Wines By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2009 5:00 am EST Did you know: Academy Award winning animation director and Disney/Pixar cheif creative officer John Lasseter owns a Sonoma Valley winery? Lasseter bought the 27 acre Justi Creek Vinyard in 2002, embarking on a environmentally sensitive restoration the historic property and converting the vineyard exclusively to organic farming practices. The Lasseter Family Winery is now open for business, offering three wines: Syrah Rose, Rhone Style Red Blend, and St....

Cool Stuff: To Infinity And Beyond!: The Story Of Pixar Animation Studios By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2007 2:45 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Book Description: In 1986, gifted animator John Lasseter, technology guru Ed Catmull, and visionary Steve Jobs founded Pixar Animation Studios. Their goal: create a computer animated feature, despite predictions that it could never be done. An unprecedented catalog of blockbuster films later, the studio is honoring its history in this deluxe volume....

Dark Knight Footage Shown At Wizard World Chicago By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2007 7:16 pm EST Wizard World Chicago is ground zero for Dark Knight happenings this weekend. This morning at the DC Booth they passed out Dark Knight t-shirts, photo above courtesy of HollywoodChicago. It was later revealed at the end of the panel/footage that the t-shirts contain a hidden text that reads “HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA” when put under blacklights. A capacity crowd packed the Dave Cockrum Room for a special Dark Knight panel....