By Russ Fischer/March 17, 2014 4:30 pm EST “Are you the Liam Neesons from Tooken?” That’s a good one-line joke when it’s used by Key and Peele, who have built a few really fun comedy sketches about a pair of valet attendants who literally explode in delight when talking about films starring Liam Neeson. Now two other guys — who seem to have no relation to Keegan Michael Key or Jordan Peele — are filming their own Taken spoof Tooken....
‘Monuments Men’ Now Has A February 2014 Release Date; ‘RoboCop’ Pushed By Russ Fischer/Oct. 24, 2013 11:45 am EST Briefly: We knew more or less the window in which George Clooney’s new film The Monuments Men would be released after being delayed from a December opening this year. In an interview given just after the detail, Clooney said “We had a meeting with all the effects guys for our CGI stuff, and, we’re just not going to get there in time....
‘Spring Breakers’ Trailers: Let’s Cause Some Trouble Now By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2013 9:10 am EST Even before its debut at Venice last fall, Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers was attracting attention for its unexpected cast and wild premise. Former Disney gals Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez star with Rachel Korine and Ashley Benson as longtime pals desperate to get out of their boring college town. They hatch a plan to rob a convenience store, and then use the cash to head to Florida and party all day in skimpy neon bikinis....
‘The Baytown Outlaws’ Trailer: A Southern-Fried Freakshow By Russ Fischer/Nov. 27, 2012 7:00 am EST If you’ve ever wanted a redneck Boondock Saints, or some vague approximation of an offshoot from Smokin’ Aces featuring the Tremor Brothers, then The Baytown Outlaws is probably your movie. If you haven’t wanted either of those things, then… well, watch out. We saw a sales trailer for the film back in April that was a lot like the new one that arrived today....
‘There Will Be No Stay’ Trailer: “I Was Murdering People For Society’s Revenge” By Germain Lussier/Nov. 18, 2013 3:30 pm EST The death penalty is one of the biggest, most controversial issues in American culture. Is it okay to kill someone if they did something truly terrible, or does killing them make us just as bad as the criminal? Even if execution is deemed permissible, can it be carried out in good conscience knowing that the process of putting someone on death row is flawed?...
‘Yeah!’ Enters The Online Movie Streaming Game With Pop Up Features By Germain Lussier/March 12, 2013 5:00 pm EST The site is called Yeah! and is run by AMC Networks, which own AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel, WE tv and IFC Films. Basically, the site allows you to stream movies like Scream, Reservoir Dogs, 300, The Terminator, Clerks, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Pulp Fiction, and This is Spinal Tap. Along with each film are 400-500 pieces of new, original context and facts that appear on the screen during the film....
Andy Serkis To Direct Performance Capture Version Of George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 19, 2012 5:00 pm EST If anyone has had a cooler career path than Andy Serkis, I’d be interested to hear it. A classically trained actor, Serkis happened upon a technological revolution when he took on the role of Gollum in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. His performance capture work in those films helped define a whole new way to look at acting and then he took it to the next level with King Kong and eventually Rise of the Planet of the Apes....
Cool Stuff: Marko Manev’s X-Men Themed Noir Print, Now On Sale By Germain Lussier/June 10, 2013 11:30 am EST Briefly: Artist Marko Manev took the art world by storm this Spring with his cool concept of Superhero Noir. His latest print, Mutants, is now on sale through Bottleneck Gallery and is a timed release. That means every person who buys the $35 13 x 19 inch print before a specific time will get one....
Full Trailer For Japanese ‘Unforgiven’ Remake By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2013 1:30 pm EST Here’s the full trailer for a film we’ve been curious about for a while: the Japanese remake of Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven. Ken Watanabe stars in the role that stands as one of Eastwood’s defining moments. There are no subtitles in this trailer, but anyone familiar with Eastwood’s original will know all they need to understand to get the idea here....
Guillermo Del Toro Contributes To New ‘Silent Hill’ Game Starring Norman Reedus By Russ Fischer/Aug. 12, 2014 5:00 pm EST Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has long said he wanted to make a Silent Hill game, and his first effort for the series has been revealed after months of teasing. Strangely, Kojima has a couple big names working with him. A demo game called P.T. hit the PlayStation 4 today, and upon completion revealed vague details of the upcoming game Silent Hills....
Jimmy Kimmel’s 2014 Oscars Special Turns Viral Videos Into Awards Bait By Angie Han/March 3, 2014 7:41 am EST For the last few years, one of the highlights of the Academy Awards night has been what comes after the Academy Awards. Namely, Jimmy Kimmel’s post-Oscar spoof of Hollywood filmmaking at its grandest. This year was no exception. After knocking it out of the park two years in a row with Movie: The Movie and its inevitable sequel, he switched gears this year to bring us highfalutin Oscar bait trailers starring the likes of Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Ben Kingsley… based on the likes of YouTube classics “David After Dentist,” “Keyboard Cat,” and “Charlie Bit My Finger....
Michael Douglas Says Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Liberace’ Shoots In May Or June 2011 By Russ Fischer/Nov. 30, 2010 11:32 am EST Despite a rather public battle with throat cancer in the last few months, Michael Douglas appears to be gathering his strength. He’s been looking more and more healthy in the past few weeks (just look at him here) and now it seems he’s prepping to go back to work. In a new interview, the actor/producer says that Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace is happening, and soon....
Superhero Bits: Batman V Superman, Agents Of SHIELD, Rocket Raccoon, The Wolverine, Flash By Germain Lussier/Sept. 15, 2014 5:00 pm EST What character trait does Ben Affleck share with his character in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? Which cast member from the original Flash TV show is also returning to the new Flash TV show? Did the writer of The Wolverine like how the movie turned out? Want to see a trailer and images from the new season of Agents of S....
Superhero Bits: Fantastic Four, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World, Batman Begins, Loki By Germain Lussier/Feb. 20, 2014 4:00 pm EST With so much major superhero news today (Fantastic Four, Guardians of the Galaxy) did you think there wouldn’t be any Superhero Bits? Think again. Do you want to read some thoughts on the Fantastic Four casting? Why is Beast back in human form in X-Men: Days of Future Past?...
Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Batman: Arkham Origins, Man Of Steel, Nathan Fillion, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. By Germain Lussier/Aug. 20, 2013 3:30 pm EST Want to see a kick-ass new trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins? When is Man of Steel coming to Blu-ray and what are the extras? What would happen if Clark Kent tried to work at the Daily Planet today? Is there a chance we’ll see the Comic-Con Guardians of the Galaxy footage online anytime soon?...
Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Justice League, Dark Knight Rises, Batman: Arkham City By Germain Lussier/July 28, 2011 11:00 am EST [No photo] The Dark Knight Rises is coming to Pittsburgh and the city is ready and excited. One spy sent this image into Superhero Hype. Very cool. I wonder how Nolan and crew will feel about that since they are so secretive?Chris Evans spoke to The Daily Blam at Comic Con about the reveal of the new, modernized, Captain America suit that’ll appear in The Avengers:...
Topher Grace In Talks For Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ By Russ Fischer/July 23, 2013 12:33 pm EST Briefly: Add one more to the cast of Christopher Nolan’s new film, Interstellar. Topher Grace is in talks to join the cast, which also includes Michael Caine, Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Ellen Burstyn, John Lithgow, Bill Irwin, Timothee Chalamet, and Mackenzie Foy. (Grace actually just finished another movie with Burstyn, The Calling....
Watch: Interpreting Synecdoche, New York With Amy Nicholson (Part 2) By David Chen/Feb. 14, 2014 12:00 pm EST In a video essay published last week, Amy Nicholson (from LA Weekly) and I dove into some of the intricacies of Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York. This week in Part 2, we examine the role of Sammy Barnathan, ponder why Caden wears a wig later on in the film, reflect on the role of Madeline Gravis, and try to figure out why everyone is everyone, as the world outside of the play collapses....
Watch The Trailer For 2014 Palme d’Or Winner ‘Winter Sleep’ By Russ Fischer/May 27, 2014 11:00 am EST The Cannes prizes were handed out over the weekend, and the top award, the Palme d’Or, went to Winter Sleep, from Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan. The film is The director has visited Cannes many times before — in fact, his last five films have all taken prizes at the festival. (2003’s Distant and 2011’s Once Upon a Time in Anatolia both won the Grand Jury Prize; 2006’s Climates was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize; 2008’s Three Monkeys won Best Director....
‘Anonymous’ Trailer: Roland Emmerich, Shakespeare, And Radiohead By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2011 9:35 am EST For his latest film, Anonymous, Roland Emmerich departs from his established world-busting pattern…or does he? While the film doesn’t feature scenes of overt global destruction as per 2012 and Independence Day, the movie does seek to drop a bomb on the literary world by taking seriously the conspiracy theory that says the works of William Shakespeare were in fact penned by someone else....
