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Expect Star Trek Reviews On April 7th And A Rant On The Future Of Film Criticism By Peter Sciretta/March 22, 2009 2:51 pm EST I’m not sure how many people care about the meta world of writing about films, but generally when critics screen a movie (unless it is at a film festival) they are under embargo not to post their review until the day of release. Some print outlets like weeklies and trades are allowed to run their reviews a little bit early, which has always angered online journalists....

Fake Transformers 2 Posters By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 20, 2008 12:18 am EST Over the last week I’ve been bombarded by e-mails about the two new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie posters which have supposedly leaked onto the interwebs. The reason why we haven’t posted these on the site, is because they are not real. I don’t know where these posters originated from, but I can tell you that they are in fact fan made....

Fan Trailer And Campaign For An Extended Cut Of Superman Returns By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 13, 2009 11:16 am EST Superman Returns is not a film known for being butchered at the hands of the studio. Indeed, to the best of my knowledge, the theatrical release actually was a Bryan Singer-approved cut and absolutely free of any controversy (well, this kind of controversy at least). This hasn’t stopped some dedicated fans from launching a campaign to get a new cut of the film released on DVD and Blu-ray....

Gus Van Sant’s Milk Set Photos By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 24, 2008 10:26 pm EST Gus Van Sant’s Harvey Milk bio-pic Milk is currently shooting in my hometown of San Francisco. But for some reason I’m stranded miles away in Park City. Anyway, the production designers are giving Castro street a retro make-over. The following photos shows work on some of the store fronts, which includes a new 70s psychedelic music store called Aquarius Records on Castro and 19th Street....

Harrison Ford Joining Jon Favreau’s Cowboys And Aliens? By Brendon Connelly/April 6, 2010 4:16 am EST He’s had experience with aliens, and he’s turned up in the Old West before, but never at the same time. It could be time to pull one ridiculous fanboy daydream into reality, as it seems like Harrison Ford might well be joining the cast of Cowboys and Aliens. In case you haven’t been keeping up, this is the Jon Favreau picture with a script by Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof, initially expected to star Robert Downey Jr....

Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince Pulls In $22.2 Million At Midnight By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2009 8:02 am EST Update: THR is now saying an estimated $22.2 million total from the 3,003 midnight performances.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince did record-setting business at midnight screenings on Tuesday night. The film made an estimated $20 million, which beats the previous record set by The Dark Knight ($18 million for those wondering)....

Has Production On Astroboy Shut Down? By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 26, 2009 8:42 am EST Steve Hulett is the Business Rep. and Kevin Koch the president of The Animation Guild (TAG), Local 839 IATSE. They also keep a very interesting blog about the ups, downs, ins and outs of living and working as a professional animator. Sadly, they’re now reporting that production on Imagi’s Astroboy movie appears to have shut down. This comes just days after I last reported on the film, on how it appears to have just scraped through it’s troubles with the recession....

It’s Alive Remake Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2008 11:50 pm EST Are you ready for another unnecessary horror remake? Check out this Cannes Promo Trailer for Josef Rusnak’s remake of Larry Cohen’s 1974 creature feature It’s Alive starring Bijou Phillips (Hostel: Part II) and James Murray. The movie tells the story about a couple who find that their newborn baby, when scared, has an appetite for murder, when scared....

Mike Newell To Direct The Terminal Spy By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2010 3:31 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You can read the official plot synopsis from the book, below: Who was Alexander Litvinenko? What had happened in Russia since the end of the cold war to make his life there untenable and in severe jeopardy even in England, the country that had granted him asylum?...

More Terminator Salvation Photos By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 2, 2009 2:48 pm EST Entertainment Weekly has a few new photos from McG’s Terminator Salvation. The photo above features Christian Bale as John Connor, approaching one of the killing machines from behind. And below we have a photo comparison (or what I like to call, a really bad photoshop image) of Connor and the ”old school” T-600. Official Plot Synopsis: “The highly anticipated new installment of “The Terminator” film franchise is set in post-apocalyptic 2018....

Movie Trailer: Chris Rock’s Death At A Funeral Remake By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 5, 2009 9:57 am EST Screen Gems has released the first trailer for Chris Rock-produced re-imagining of Frank Oz’s 2007 British comedy Death at a Funeral. Although Oz’s original was well-received by many critics, it didn’t get very much traction with theatergoers, drawing only a niche audience. The new film has a primarily African-American cast and focuses on a funeral that “devolves into a debacle of misplaced cadavers, indecent exposure and family secrets....

Roger Ebert’s Top 20 Movies Of 2008 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 7, 2008 10:20 am EST Roger Ebert has released his Best of the Year column, listing off his top 20 films of 2008. Unfortunately Ebert took the cowards way out and didn’t list the movies in any specific order. You can check out the bare-bones list below, or head on over to RogerEbert.com to read his full column. Ballast The Band’s Visit Che Chop Shop The Dark Knight Doubt The Fall Frost/Nixon Frozen Friver Happy-Go-Lucky Iron Man Milk Rachel Getting Married The Reader Revolutionary Road Shotgun Stories Slumdog Millionaire Synecdoche, New York W....

By Brendon Connelly/Oct. 30, 2009 3:43 pm EST Robert Zemeckis has been loosening us up for a Who Framed Roger Rabbit sequel for some months now, letting slip the odd reference here and there that he’s been keen to give the follow on a good crack. In April he said that he had a good idea for the second installment; on July 22nd he said he’d been discussing the film with Bob Hoskins; on July 23rd he told the Comic-Con audience that he could neither deny nor confirm any plans for a sequel....

The Mummy 3 International Teaser Poster By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2008 10:45 am EST BadTaste have gotten their hands on the final international teaser poster for the third Mummy film, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The Mummy 3 International Teaser Poster By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2008 10:45 am EST BadTaste have gotten their hands on the final international teaser poster for the third Mummy film, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor....

Toy Story 3 Plot Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 20, 2008 3:52 pm EST The Wall Street Journal has revealed the plot for Toy Story 3: “Woody the cowboy and his toy-box friends are dumped in a day-care center after their owner, Andy, leaves for college.” Lee Unkrich, who has been co-director on Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, and Finding Nemo, stepped up to helm the third film in the series. Michael Arndt, the Academy Award nominated scribe of Little Miss Sunshine, wrote the screenplay....

Vera Farmiga Joins Jason Reitman’s Up In The Air By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 23, 2008 8:58 pm EST Farmiga will play a businesswoman who develops a romantic relationship with Bingham through meetings in airports and hotels around the country. To be honest, I’ve only seen Farmiga in a few films so far, and found myself impressed by her performance in The Departed. She was just nominated for Best Actress in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas for the British Independent Film Awards....

Walk Hard Unrated Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2007 5:06 pm EST A new international unrated movie trailer for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story in now online. I know Judd Apatow produced this flick, and he’s on the streak of a lifetime, but so far I’ve had absolutely no interest in seeing this musical comedy, UNTIL NOW. And this is a great example of how a red band trailer that doesn’t go overboard with nudity or swears (although it does have a couple swears), and instead allows the filmmakers to show you what the movie really is like… unlike the watered down unfunny green band advertisements....

Wichita Details Emerge By Russ Fischer/Sept. 3, 2009 9:44 am EST James Mangold’s new film starring Tom Cruise, once called Wichita and soon to be called something that might actually entice an audience to plunk down ten bucks, is about to start shooting. On the eve of this auspicious occasion we’ve got a bit of casting news and some details about one of the movie’s big setpieces. First, Marc Blucas from Buffy is signing on....

Chris O’Dowd To Be Villain In Gulliver’s Travels, Confirms Emily Blunt’s Involvement By Brendon Connelly/March 22, 2009 10:37 am EST To promote all of this hoo-hah, O’Dowd is currently – right now as I type – appearing on the BBC entertainment and cookery show Something For the Weekend. It was during an interview segment a few minutes back that he announced his casting in Gulliver’s Travels and gave some details of the role....

Columbia Pictures Options The Green Hornet By Peter Sciretta/March 20, 2007 12:22 pm EST Columbia Pictures has optioned the rights to make a movie based on the classic superhero character The Green Hornet. Movie studios have been trying to turn The Green Hornet into a feature film for years now. In the 1990s, George Clooney and Jason Scott Lee were supposedly lined up to play the leads. In the late 90s, Music video director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind) worked with RoboCop screenwriter Edward Neumeier on a possible adaptation....