Attend One Of 15 Free ‘Draft Day’ Screenings Courtesy Of /Film By Germain Lussier/March 26, 2014 7:00 am EST We’ve got tickets to not one, not two, but 15 Draft Day screenings next week. And, unlike an NFL game, each one is absolutely free. Fifteen cities who have NFL teams have been chosen by Summit for special advanced screenings of the sports drama, which stars Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner and Denis Leary....
Author Of ‘The Princess Bride’ Wants To Write A Sequel, But Can’t Come Up With One By Germain Lussier/Oct. 3, 2012 2:05 pm EST Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride, written by William Goldman, is 25 years old this year and well on its way to becoming a classic. The classic storybook adventure, framed as a grandfather reading it to his grandson, blends action, romance, suspense and humor in just the right way that it’s hard to find a flaw....
Bookmark This: Join Us For An Evening With Bobcat Goldthwait, Monday Night (4/15) At 7 PM Pacific / 10 PM Eastern By David Chen/April 15, 2013 6:14 pm EST Update: The broadcast is finished! Thanks to everyone who joined. The 11th Annual Independent Film Festival of Boston (IFFB) is just around the corner! Tickets are already on sale online, and their lineup looks incredible as always. Regrettably, I’ll be unable to make the festival this year, but I was able get actor/writer/director Bobcat Goldthwait to agree to a live, 1-hour Q&A with the /Film audience....
Chuck Palahniuk Does Choke Cameo; Talks Snuff By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2007 11:50 am EST We still don’t have an update for out story from a couple days back titled “Renewed Interest in Chuck Palahniuk’s Invisible Monsters?,” but thanks to MTV, we now have a fuller plot synopsis for Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk’s new book Snuff, and some new tidbits about the Choke movie adaptation. Palahniuk describes the Snuff:...
Cool Stuff: Jason Edmiston Tackles Classic Movie Villains At Mondo Gallery By Germain Lussier/Aug. 21, 2013 9:30 am EST Every time you see a piece of art by Jason Edmiston, it takes a second to process. You have to look closely and ask, “Am I looking at a photo or is this a painting?” The next question is whether or not you have enough money to buy it. Edmiston is the man behind the next solo show at the Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas....
Disney In Talks With ‘Trance’ Writer Joe Ahearne For ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Reboot ‘The Beast’ By Angie Han/March 12, 2013 10:00 am EST Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland grossed $116 million in its opening weekend, and $1 billion worldwide in total. The Wizard of Oz prequel Oz The Great and Powerful didn’t perform quite that well, but its $79 million opening was none too shabby, either. The upcoming Sleeping Beauty reboot Maleficent has Angelina Jolie in the lead, and the live-action Cinderella just recently attached Kenneth Branagh to direct....
Kevin Feige Says ‘Iron Man 3’ Will Explain Why Tony Stark Doesn’t Call ‘The Avengers’ By Germain Lussier/March 5, 2013 4:24 pm EST “Why wouldn’t Tony Stark just call The Avengers if he’s having a problem in Iron Man 3?” It’s a questions fans have been asking for months in anticipation of the first film of Marvel Phase 2, out May 3rd. We all know Tony Stark is friendly with the likes of Captain America, The Hulk, Hawkeye, Thor and Black Widow so it would make sense for him to ask for help when battling The Mandarin....
LOL: Watch Bill Murray As Peter Pan On ‘The Late Show’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 3, 2014 11:15 am EST After 40 years in television, it takes a lot to confuse David Letterman. But that’s exactly what happened last week when frequent guest Bill Murray flew onto his set as Peter Pan, singing and everything. Check out the video below. Thanks to The Late Show for the video. Be sure to watch Letterman’s totally awkward reactions....
Mitch Hurwitz Says ‘Arrested Development’ Movie First, Then Season 5 On Netflix By Germain Lussier/Aug. 27, 2013 9:01 am EST The question became, would he make a movie like he had originally said years ago? Or would the show simply come back for another season on Netflix? Though nothing has been decided on legally, Hurwitz has finally made his decision. He’s writing an Arrested Development movie right now and hopes to do a fifth season after that....
Netflix Adds Thousands Of Starz Movies To Instant Streaming By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 1, 2008 1:40 am EST Netflix has announced that they have entered into an agreement with Starz Entertainment to make movies from Starz available to be streamed instantly online through Netflix. The movies will be included with the standard Netflix membership. According to the press release, the deal adds “significantly to a growing library of over 12,000 choices of movies and TV episodes that can be watched instantly at Netflix....
Page 2: Simpsons, Transformers, Toy Story, Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Godzilla, King Kong, Sofia Coppola, Frozen By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2014 12:00 pm EST Header Photo: A LEGO Version of The Homer, A Ridiculous Car Designed by Homer Simpson 25 Things Star Wars Taught Us About Making MoviesWhere Are the Kids’ Movies This Summer? Train Painted in Transformers 4 Motif Steve Jobs’ wise decision to avoid Blu-ray Disney’s 12 Principles Of Animation, In A Cartoon...
Phil Lord And Chris Miller Reuniting With Sony For ‘The Reunion’ By Angie Han/June 27, 2013 5:00 pm EST As far as we know, the new film will be their first one not based on a pre-existing property — though to be fair, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street treated their source material more as starting points than sacred texts. Few details have been revealed about the plot of The Reunion, other than that it’ll take place at a high school reunion....
Rupert Wyatt Could Direct Mark Wahlberg In ‘The Gambler’ By Angie Han/Sept. 11, 2013 2:41 pm EST As filmmakers go, Martin Scorsese, Todd Phillips, and Rupert Wyatt are pretty damn different. However, they do have one project in common: The Gambler. A few years back, Scorsese was set to direct the remake of the 1974 film, with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to play the lead. He fell off at some point, and last year The Hangover helmer Phillips entered talks to take over the project....
Superhero Bits: Ant-Man, Gotham, Fantastic Four, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Batman V Superman By Germain Lussier/July 15, 2014 3:15 pm EST How will Gotham tease the Joker throughout the season? What did Kate Mara say about the Fantastic Four comic book connection? Has Kevin Feige commented on the post Edgar Wright Ant-Man situation? Did Chris Pratt immediately take his role in Guardians of the Galaxy? What does Joss Whedon think about Marvel’s female Thor?...
By Germain Lussier/Nov. 6, 2012 3:28 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Technology today wouldn’t be wear it is if it wasn’t for the late, great Steve Jobs. Thanks to Apple and Pixar the guy had his hand in some of the biggest tech evolutions to shape culture in the last few decades. Though he’s given a dedication at both the end of John Carter and Brave this year, Pixar has decided to give him a more permanent dedication....
The 800th Edition Of Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 31, 2014 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: An Artist Examines The Violence Of Movie Posters How Music Bridge the Gap Between Stage Plays and the Big ScreenSPIKE JONZE’S AMA: HIS INFLUENCES, TRANSITIONING FROM MUSIC VIDEO TO FILMS, WRITING ‘HER’ AND MUCH MOREWALL-E iPhone coverThe 12 Highest Rated Comedy Movies On Netflix StreamingHow Does Rob Lowe Leave Shows? An Analysis Gizmoda t-shirt...
VOTD: Joss Whedon’s Wesleyan University Commencement Speech By Angie Han/May 28, 2013 4:00 pm EST Any Whedonite could tell you that Joss Whedon is all too aware of the looming specter of death. The beloved geek creator has a reputation for killing off characters, especially fan favorite characters, in terribly tragic ways. In that regard, it probably makes perfect sense that his commencement address to the eager, hopeful youngsters of Wesleyan University’s Class of 2013 starts with the stern warning that “you are all going to die....
VOTD: Peter Jackson Interviews The Stars Of ‘The World’s End’ By Germain Lussier/July 19, 2013 8:00 am EST After the London premiere of The World’s End, director Edgar Wright and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost traveled to New Zealand and Australia on the way to San Diego Comic-Con. While in New Zealand, they sat down with everyone’s favorite kiwi, Lord of the Rings and Hobbit director Peter Jackson, to talk about The World’s End and filmmaking in general....
Watch: Animated Warner Bros. Short ‘Coyote Falls,’ And A Live-Action Short In The Road Runner Style By Russ Fischer/Dec. 3, 2010 5:00 pm EST Here’s a good little Friday treat; some of you may have already seen one (or both) of these shorts, but if not they’re both worth a look. First we’ve got Coyote Falls, the first of three new CGI Road Runner shorts produced by Warner Bros. It ran in theaters, in 3D, this summer, but if you missed it now’s your chance....
‘Epic’ Trailer #3: Famous Voices Congregate In A CG Forest By Angie Han/March 21, 2013 12:33 pm EST Sure, it’s got noble warriors, a vicious villain, a graceful queen, and an old, bitter feud, but the most epic thing about Epic may be the voice cast. Amanda Seyfried leads as Mary Katherine, an ordinary girl who somehow gets shrunk down and finds herself involved in the grand yet very, very tiny battle between the protectors and the destroyers of the forest....
