Movie Review: Once By Elaine Mak/May 22, 2007 5:13 am EST I love movies about everyday things. The films that I enjoy most are not about heroic people and epic events, they are, rather, the ones that tell seemingly unimportant stories about regular people that inspire me, and subtlety change the way that I view the world. Director John Carney’s “Once” is undoubtedly one of these films. “Once” is a modern-day Irish singer-songwriter musical....
New Watchmen Photo, Zack Snyder Launches Cruel And Unusual Films Website By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 30, 2009 11:21 am EST Entertainment Weekly has a new photo of Rorschach a grappling gun into the Comedian’s apartment from the opening of Watchmen. They also have exclusive news that Zack Snyder is launching a website for his production company Cruel and Unusual Films at cruelfilms.com. You can see the production company logo to the right....
Page 2 For April 25th 2008 By Peter Sciretta/April 25, 2008 12:00 am EST Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2! Rob Zombie has updated his MySpace profile with a new image which reads “Tyrannosaurus Rex – 51% Motherf—er, 49% Son of a Bitch” which gives us a couple new clues to his next film....
Photos: On The Set Of Will Eisner’s The Spirit By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 15, 2007 4:53 am EST Lionsgate sent us two new photos from the set Will Eisner’s The Spirit, which is directed by Frank Miller (Sin City). I just got back from Albuquerque, New Mexico, where I went on set for the new Gerard Butler sci-fi action film (codenamed Game). Frank Miller was also in town filming The Spirit on a green screen stage in the city....
Question: What Are Your Favorite Movies Featuring Anachronistic Characters? By David Chen/June 26, 2009 4:51 am EST This past week saw the release of Harold Ramis’ Year One, with an all-star cast featuring Michael Cera, Jack Black, David Cross, Paul Rudd, etc. While the film had a few laughs, overall, we thought it was poorly put together and not really worthy of Ramis’ glory days. The script is half-baked, most of the humor is juvenile, and many scenes from the film seem truncated, with probably a lot of material left on the cutting room floor....
Release Date Changes: The Wolfman, Fast And Furious, And Nottingham By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2008 1:08 am EST Universal Pictures has decided to shuffle next year’s movie slate. The Wolfman is being pushed back from April 3rd to November 6 2009, and Justin Lin’s Fast and Furious will be moving from it’s June 12th release to The Wolfman’s former April date. They have also moved Ridley Scott’s Nottingham back to a 2010 TBA slot, which was expected since the film isn’t set to go into production until February 2009 at earliest....
SAW 5 In 2008 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 5, 2007 12:08 am EST A couple months ago it was revealed that SAW series production designer David Hackl had been hired to direct not one but two SAW sequels, possibly even back-to-back. Rumor had it that Lionsgate wanted to, for the first time in four years, take a year off from the SAW series. But I’m happy to report that is not true....
Star Trek Pushed Back To May 2009 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 13, 2008 7:15 pm EST Bad news for Star Trek fans. Paramount has announced that they have decided to push back the release of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek prequel/reboot from December 25th 2008 to May 8th 2009. The studio claims that the move is part of a major reshuffle in the Paramount/DreamWorks schedule, and studio insiders say they are more likely to gross more with a Summer date instead of a Winter release....
Star Wars Fanboys To Protest Weinstein’s SuperHero Movie By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2008 12:09 pm EST Star Wars fans are still very angry over The Weinstein Co’s horrible handling of Fanboys. Their movement has gained a bunch of mainstream press, including the New York Post, the Daily Telegraph, Vanity Fair, and thousands of websites. The group is now organizing Stop Darth Weinstein Protests in New York and Los Angeles on March 28th, outside two prominent movie theaters where Superhero Movie will be opening....
Stephen Fry Teams With Grant Morrison And Paul McGuigan For ‘Twin Peaks Meets Brigadoon’ TV Series By Russ Fischer/Feb. 25, 2010 2:47 pm EST It’s a good week for Stephen Fry. He was part of Craig Ferguson’s successful ’experiment’ to do an episode of The Late Late Show with no audience, for one. Highly recommend watching that, as their nearly hour-long chat was a great bit of television. And Fry’s film Hallelujiah!...
Sundance Blog: Locals Ticket Weekend By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2008 2:08 pm EST The last couple years, Utah local Jill Adler (from OnTheSnow.com) wrote a couple Sundance blogs for the site. This year she returns, and has an update on Sundance 2008 before the big storm of people hit Park City. The Sundance Fest’s locals ticket weekend came and went but not before the tickets to all of the premieres went first....
The Incredible Hulk: Three New Video Clips By Peter Sciretta/May 23, 2008 1:48 pm EST Update: Added Third Clip. Universal has released two new clips from The Incredible Hulk. I’ve been saying this for months, but I think Hulk will be the sleeper hit of the summer (maybe not in box office sales, but with fans). The first clip, which is available in HD on Yahoo or embedded below, features The Hulk destroying a police car in his fight with Abomination....
Toy Story 1 & 2 Returning To Theaters In 3D By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 24, 2008 2:14 pm EST It was announced today that the first two films in Pixar’s sole and signature franchise, Toy Story and Toy Story 2, are headed back to movie screens October 2nd, 2009 and February 12th, 2010, respectively, with a complete digital 3D makeover, called Disney Digital 3D to be exact. The films will be an audience primer for Disney-Pixar’s digital 3D Toy Story 3, which hits screens on June 18th, 2010....
TV Series Terra Nova Could See Steven Spielberg Again Work With Dinosaurs By Russ Fischer/Feb. 17, 2010 11:07 am EST
VOTD: Clint Eastwood In The Growler By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 16, 2008 12:00 am EST Clint Eastwood is back, and he’s crankier than ever in The Growler. I’m still waiting to the inevitable Dark Knight/Gran Torino movie trailer mashup. Thanks to /Film reader Rory M for the tip. 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?...
VOTD: Eli Roth On Rock N Roll High School By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 5, 2008 12:00 am EST Chainsaw Maid The Pitch: Eli Roth does commentary on the trailer for Rock N’ Roll High School in the latest Trailers From Hell. 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....
VOTD: Mark Osborne’s More By Peter Sciretta/June 8, 2009 11:20 pm EST The movie was the first short film to be shot in the IMAX format, and took nine months to complete. The 6-minute short also won the special jury prize at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, Best Animated short at the 1999 South by Southwest Film Festival, and ranks #10 on IMDB’s top 50 user ranked best short films of all time list....
Watchmen Video Clip: Escape By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2009 8:26 pm EST To make up for the Twilight story I bring you something much more interesting. Warner Bros has released a new video clip from Watchmen on Yahoo. The new clip features Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) trying to escape from the police. (Thanks to /Film reader Ali D for the tip) Watchmen Video Clip: Escape By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2009 8:26 pm EST...
2008: The Cinescape By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 1, 2009 3:37 pm EST You might remember /Film reader Matt Shapiro’s video “2007: A Year for Drama”, which went viral last year. Well Matt has returned with a retrospective music video for 2008, titled 2008: The Cinescape. I could go on about how incredible this video is, or how many great films we’ve seen over the last year, but I just want you to watch it....
Agora Movie Trailer By Russ Fischer/Aug. 28, 2009 9:35 am EST Five years after The Sea Inside, Alejandro Amenábar travels back to an ancient civilization with his latest film, Agora. We ran a teaser for this a couple months back, but there’s a full-length domestic trailer available now, which encapsulates the story of Hypatia of Alexandria (Rachel Weisz) during the onset of Christianity in the Roman Empire. The film features some impressive production design, but does it have any other highlights?...
