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The Hurt Locker Wins Best Picture From PGA; Is Avatar No Longer An Oscar Sure Thing? By Russ Fischer/Jan. 25, 2010 8:29 am EST After the past six weeks, there’s no surprise that Avatar is in the Monday box office news. Once again the film is making scads of cash, pushing past The Dark Knight’s domestic total and closing in on Titanic’s box office record. High 3D ticket prices help quite a bit, as Avatar is still way behind Gone with the Wind and Star Wars on the list of most-seen films....

This Week In DVD: The Reader, The Spirit, And More By Adam Quigley/April 14, 2009 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Please don’t take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they’re meant not to be reviews but rather previews that include the general thoughts and ramblings of a twice-committed DVD addict. The categories represent solely the author’s intentions towards the DVDs at hand, and are in no way meant to be a reflection on what he thinks other people should rent or buy....

What You Don’t Know About A Christmas Story By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 25, 2007 11:33 pm EST Every year A Christmas Story endlessly plays in the background in most family Christmas parties thanks to TBS. I know I’ve personally seen the film over 60 times, and its also the first film I remember seeing theatrically. But seeing and knowing are two different things. For example, did you know that Jack Nicholson was very interested in playing Ralphie’s dad, but was never hired due to budgetary concerns?...

Worst Poster Ever: Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 4, 2009 10:47 pm EST Not a bad idea. I have photoshoped the actual poster to reflect this concept. It actually doesn’t look THAT bad.Imagine if the lettering was also in black to give the poster a two-color color scheme. Then some studio executive probably sent over a note saying that the stars need to sell the movie. I mean, its not like anyone has ever played and of the video games in the long running fighter franchise, right?...

500 Days Of Summer Clip: IKEA Trip By Peter Sciretta/May 22, 2009 10:36 am EST (500) DAYS OF SUMMER Opens July 17th

By Peter Sciretta/March 28, 2008 1:28 am EST Since it’s premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, movie critics have been comparing this year’s best film (so far) American Teen to John Hughes’ 80’s teen classic The Breakfast Club. Paramount Vantage has decided to run with this idea, and curb the marketing for the film (or at least the poster) around the idea of a modern day real life Breakfast Club....

Bryan Singer Lending His Name To 2012 Prophecy Mini-Series By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 6, 2009 5:21 am EST SyFy have announced a new six-hour miniseries about the Mayan doomsday prophecies. Bryan Singer will be the executive producer while the screenplay will come courtesy of Michaels Bond and Petroni. I love you, Mr. Singer, but is your name in the executive producer field really any indication of quality? I’m not so sure....

Christian Bale Signed For All Three Terminator Films By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2008 2:29 pm EST As if there was any doubt, Halcyon Pictures honcho Victor Kucibek confirmed today that Christian Bale is signed on for not one, but three Terminator films. I’m pretty sure most people already knew that. McG’s Terminator 4 will begin a three picture story arc about the future war between man and machines. Bale plays John Conner, the leader of the human rebel faction....

Contest: Princesas On DVD By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2007 12:59 am EST Princesas will hit DVD store shelves on March 27th, 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 30th we will e-mail the winner with the best answer. More information on the release can be found after the jump....

Cool Stuff: TRON-Inspired Tennis By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 14, 2009 12:00 pm EST Sony Ericsson has put together a glow-in-the-dark Tennis event which was inspired by Disney’s Tron. Everything glows, from the players wardrobe, to the court, to the huge futuristic scoreboard wall, to the ball which is said to leave a glowing streak in the air. The game is set in a nightclub, with live music provided by club DJs. Check out a video embedded after the jump....

Cool Stuff: WALL-E Laptop By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2008 8:00 am EST MNPCTech’s Bill Owen decided to create a laptop case modification based on Pixar’s upcoming movie WALL-E. Brad Galvin did the airbrush work. Check out some more photos after the jump. Cool Stuff is a daily feature of slashfilm.com. Know of any geekarific creations or cool products which should be featured on Cool Stuff? E-Mail us at orfilms@gmail.com. Cool Stuff: WALL-E Laptop...

Details On Insurge, Paramount’s Paranormal Activity-Inspired Micro-Budget Film Initiative By Russ Fischer/March 11, 2010 8:51 am EST In December 2009, we told you that Paramount Pictures was launching an intiative to develop of slate of ‘micro-budget’ movies, based in part on the success of Paranormal Activity. Each of these new films would have $100k to play with, and would theoretically get a theatrical release. Now the business plan has a name, Insurge, and a few more details have been publicly revealed about Paramount’s plan....

Download These NOW: iTunes Offering 10 Free Sundance Short Films Until January 25 By David Chen/Jan. 16, 2009 8:25 am EST When I was younger, I recall that during Oscar night, I used to watch the Best Short Film Oscar nominations on television with some level of frustration and confusion. What were these films that I’d never heard of? And how could a layperson like me ever hope to see them?...

Final SAW V Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 29, 2008 11:51 am EST Lionsgate has released the final poster for SAW V. The tagline promises “You won’t believe how it ends”. One thing that has been consistent throughout all of the SAW films – they have always ended with a twist, even when it is barely logical. In the fifth installment of the SAW franchise, Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy....

First Look: Mickey Rourke In 13 (The 13 Tzameti Remake) By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2008 11:59 am EST The first photo of Mickey Rourke in 13, the American remake of the award-winning French crime thriller 13 Tzameti. The film follows a naive young man who assumes a dead man’s identity and “finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence,” and a Russian-roulette-style competition where the losers truly lose everything....

Flynn’s Arcade Revealed In New Tron Legacy Photo By Peter Sciretta/March 1, 2010 12:11 pm EST Update: Disney has sent us a new image from Tron Legacy. The image is from the forthcoming trailer, a scene that was also shown at Comic-Con. Kevin Flynn’s son Sam (Garrett Hedlund) drives his bike to the old Flynn’s Arcade to investigate after receiving a mysterious phone call from a Kevin’s old disconnected office phone number....

Friday Box Office: Iron Man Targets Another $49M; Speed Racer Stalls With $6.5M Friday By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2008 12:03 am EST Speed Racer, as expected, struggled at the box office on Friday, pulling in an estimated $6.5 million, targeting a $28 million weekend according to Steve Mason. Paramount’s Iron Man ended Friday with an estimated $14.5 million, meaning it will likely end the weekend $49 million richer ($175.63M cume). Here are the estimates:...

Guys And Dolls: Guy Ritchie Version Is (Surprise!) BS; Hugh Jackman Could Remake By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2009 9:15 am EST But then Arrow told Variety what could be happening: a version with Hugh Jackman. More after the break. Remaking Guys and Dolls, the story about Times Square gamblers and hoods originally staged on Broadway in 1950, then filmed with Brando, Jean Simmons and Frank Sinatra, is an idea that keeps coming up....

John Malkovich Seemingly Confirms Spidey 4 Casting; Also Replaces John C. Reilly In Red By Russ Fischer/Jan. 11, 2010 6:32 am EST Spider-Man 4 has been beset by rumor and delay of late, most of which seems to center around the villain for the piece. Director Sam Raimi reportedly hated the last script draft, and wants to hinge the film on classic bad guy the Vulture. Sony has been said to want any other character as the antagonist....

Justin Theroux To Write/Direct Zoolander 2, Jonah Hill As The Villain? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 24, 2010 4:52 pm EST It looks like Ben Stiller’s long-in-development sequel to Zoolander might actually be happening. Finke has learned that Ben Stiller has been working on a script with Tropic Thunder and Iron Man 2 screenwriter Justin Theroux. Paramount Pictures wants to keep the budget low (under $50 million) as the first film was not a box office hit....