Contest: Dead Mary On DVD By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2007 12:28 am EST Dead Mary hit DVD store shelves on February 20th, 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 March 1st we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump....
Cool Stuff: Labyrinth Plush Door Knocker By Peter Sciretta/June 15, 2008 1:36 am EST Toy Vault is producing plush replicas of the door knockers from Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (seen below). This guy has something in his ears. The door knockers are a dynamic duo literally living upon a set of doors. One has a knocker ring in his ears; the other in his mouth. Therefore can hardly speak and the other can hardly hear, making them a form of irony....
Harry Potter Through Fresh Eyes: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (Movie Review) By David Chen/July 17, 2009 7:41 am EST Over the past seven days, I have plowed through 15 hours of Harry Potter movies in an attempt at exploring the cultural phenomenon of this series. Crucial to this adventure has been my complete unfamiliarity with the Harry Potter books. Unencumbered by the expectations and anticipations that accompany Potter-fandom, I tried to evaluate how well these films work as films in their own right....
High Resolution Hellboy II Wallpaper By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2008 1:24 pm EST I’ve created this super high resolution wallpaper out of Drew Struzan’s Exclusive New York Comic Con Hellboy II Movie Poster. It’s so big (4050 x 2544) that it even looks good on my 30 inch Apple Cinema Display. Right click on the image to save the linked file to your desktop. Enjoy. High Resolution Hellboy II Wallpaper...
Jason Bateman NOT In Kevin Smith’s Porno By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2007 11:16 pm EST A few weeks ago AintITCool reported a RUMOR that Jason Bateman had been cast as Zack in Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno. I was able to speak to Bateman exclusively while he was promoting his appearance in Jason Reitman’s Juno at the Toronto Film Festival, and he denied the story completely. “No, I read that, but no, Not at all,” Bateman told /Film....
John Krasinski NOT Captain America! Chris Evans, Mike Vogel, Wilson Bethel And Garrett Hedlund In The Running By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2010 4:51 pm EST Now Mike Fleming is reporting that Krasinski is out of the running for the role of Captain America, and that Marvel has expanded its search slightly. Details after the jump. Of the original contenders, only two remain “in serious contention”: Mike Vogel (Cloverfield) and Garrett Hedlund (Tron: Legacy)....
Killing Pablo Finally Gets The Greenlight By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2007 9:52 pm EST The Yari Film Group is fast-tracking Killing Pablo with Christian Bale (Batman Begins) and Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) set to star. The Pablo Escobar bio-pic has been in development for nearly five years, and was originally set-up at Paramount. Joe Carnahan (Smoking Aces) is still attached to direct. Bardem is slated to play Escobar, while Bale is in talks to play Major Steve Jacoby, the Delta Force commander who led the hunt for Escobar....
Mel Gibson And Leonardo DiCaprio Team For Viking Film By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2009 11:18 pm EST Mel Gibson is planning to direct a new “untitled period drama set in the world of Viking culture,” with Leonardo DiCaprio set to star. After some time away from the screen, with the 2006 film Apocalypto being his last directorial effort, Gibson is back in a big way. He soon stars in Edge of Darkness and has wrapped his role in Jodie Foster’s The Beaver....
Movie Trailer: Tony Gilroy’s Duplicity By Devindra Hardawar/Nov. 25, 2008 11:36 pm EST Ever since the fairly spectacular Michael Clayton, I’ve been eagerly awaiting Tony Gilroy’s next directorial project, Duplicity. Honestly, how could you not get excited about a film that reunites Closer stars Clive Owen and Julia Roberts, and includes Tom Wilkinson (who should seriously consider hitching his wagon to every Gilroy script), and Paul Giamatti? Clayton proved that Gilroy had the directing chops to match his screenwriting prowess—which is saying something given that he’s written all the Bourne films thus far....
Must Watch: Megan Fox’s NC-17 Mother Teresa Biopic Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 6, 2008 5:21 pm EST “Teresa: The Making of a Saint follows the incredible story of Agnes, a beautiful young Macedonian woman growing up in a world torn apart by war. After receiving a message from God, Agnes travels to a remote nunnery to learn the ways of the Lord but, once there, her passions are aroused by a handsome young priest....
New Photos From Pixar’s Up By Peter Sciretta/May 9, 2008 5:42 pm EST Effets-Speciaux.info has posted two new photos from Pixar’s Up, which were unveiled at last month’s New York City Disney/Pixar event. From the Academy Award®-nominated team of director Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.) and co-director Bob Peterson comes Up, a comedic adventure taking off (and lifting spirits). Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner) spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest....
New The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/June 23, 2008 1:39 am EST We missed this one on Friday… Universal has released a new trailer for The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor on the Papa John’s Pizza website. When a movie trailer is released on a Pizza website, that should tell you a lot about the quality of the film. Too bad you don’t get a free pizza with the purchase of a movie ticket....
Rumor Killer: Only Two Hours Of Crystal Skulls By Peter Sciretta/April 20, 2008 2:22 pm EST Last week we posted a story which claimed that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull would top 140 minutes. Apparently that isn’t true after all. Jeff Wells’ source on the running time was composer John Williams who revealed in a recent YouTube video clip that the film is “seven reels long [with] each reel being 20 minutes....
See Wes Anderson’s Directorial Videos For Fantastic Mr. Fox By Russ Fischer/Nov. 13, 2009 8:04 pm EST HitFix has this clip, which compares some of the video direction supplied by Anderson against bits of the finished film. You’ll see that, in the cases provided at the very least, the movements of Anderson and characters are often identical. It’s fairly neat to watch how exactly Anderson’s movements were mimicked by his animators....
Sundance Meta: Day 0 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 17, 2008 1:05 am EST Sundance Meta: We’re tracking the Sundance Buzz so you don’t have to! A pair of tickets to the premiere of U23D currently has a high bid of $610 on eBay. Entertainment Weekly takes a look back at 11 Influential Sundance Movies/Film has the Movie Posters for American Teen, Goliath, Bottle Shock, The WacknessWiReD takes a look at the Geekiness Films of Sundance 08Gregg Goldstein blogs about bumping into Morgan Spurlock at the airport....
The Original Festival Trailer For Rian Johnson’s Brick By Devindra Hardawar/Jan. 14, 2010 10:08 am EST I remember getting chills after watching the trailer for Rian Johnson’s Brick back in 2005, and watching this newly unearthed pre-Sundance trailer for the film is giving me similar vibes. Maybe it’s the brilliant use of Ennio Morricone’s “Paying off Scores”, or the way the trailer is cut to a conversation between Brendan and Brain — all I know is that a rewatch for Brick is in short order....
This Week In DVD: Get Smart, Futurama: Bender’s Game, Transsiberian, And More By Adam Quigley/Nov. 4, 2008 4:51 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Following Bender’s Big Score and The Beast with a Billion Backs, it’s now time for Futurama’s third direct-to-DVD feature (out of the planned four) with Bender’s Game, a spoof of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons. According to David and Devindra on the /Filmcast (the discussion for which you can listen to when the Zack and Miri Make a Porno episode is released), this entry plays more like a series of comedic gags than a film with a compelling and structured story arc....
Underdog Teaser Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 14, 2007 5:36 am EST Have no fear, Underdog is here. The first teaser trailer that is. [youtube]Cwt5ImSrOxo[/youtube] The teaser is an obvious parody of Superman (which seems to be the movie of choice now-a-days – The Simpsons Movie). I’ve been very unsure about this project from the beginning. The two things that are keeping my interest are Jason Lee (who voices Underdog) and Academy Award nominee Amy Adams (for Junebug, if you haven’t seen it – go rent it now)....
Warner Bros Developing Live-Action Adaptation Of The Japanese Manga Bleach By Peter Sciretta/March 21, 2010 10:29 pm EST Warner Bros in in the process of acquiring the live-action movie rights to the Japanese manga Bleach. The bad news is that 50 First Dates and Get Smart director Peter Segal is in talks to produce. I haven’t really liked Segal’s vision thus far and most people agree that et action-quotient of Get Smart was the film’s main downfall, so why is the filmmaker, best known for his comedies, producing this supernatural adaptation?...
Warner Bros To Make Live-Action Thundercats Movie? By Peter Sciretta/June 6, 2007 8:53 am EST Warner Bros has optioned the property based on a script by newbie Paul Sopocy. Growing up a kid of the 1980’s, I liked (or at least watched) all sorts of bad 80’s cartoon shows (probably starting with The Smurfs). It seems like Hollywood has run out of all original ideas again. Later this month Transformers will be unleashed and prove all the Hollywood movie executives right: “See, remaking the old shit brings in the real cash....
