2014 Golden Globe Award Winners And Live-Blog By Angie Han/Jan. 12, 2014 5:48 pm EST I’ll be posting the winners here as they’re announced, along with some live commentary. Hit the jump to get in in on the conversation. (Not sure whom to root for? Go here for the list of this year’s nominees.) BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine...
College Double Dare: Marc Summers Wants To Reboot ‘Double Dare’ By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2014 3:31 pm EST Remember Marc Summers? The producer of food network shows like Restaurant: Impossible, most people from my generation probably know Summers better as the host of the Nickelodeon television game show Double Dare (and in later incarnations, Super Sloppy Double Dare, Family Double Dare and Double Dare 2000). The show was an 1980’s classic, combining trivia questions with messy physical challenges and the climactic Obstacle Course....
Errol Morris Looks Back At JFK Assassination In Short Film ‘November 22, 1963’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 22, 2013 10:30 am EST Almost exactly fifty years ago as I write this, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, TX, and we’re still talking about aspects of the shooting decades later. Was there a single shooter, or multiple assassins? Was the killing the action of a loner, or the product of a conspiracy involving the CIA, the Mob, and foreign powers?...
First Official Look: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, And More In Edgar Wright’s ‘The World’s End’ By Angie Han/Dec. 21, 2012 10:12 am EST The predicted end of the world may have some folks in a panic, but for Hollywood filmmakers working on apocalypse-themed movies, it’s proving to be a marketing boon. Yesterday, we got the first trailer for Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s This is the End. Today, we have the first official look at Edgar Wright’s The World’s End....
First Poster And Images For Keanu Reeves’ Directiorial Debut, ‘Man Of Tai Chi’ By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2013 9:00 am EST Keanu Reeves has been in a couple of big martial arts influenced movies (those Matrix films come to mind, and there’s the delayed 47 Ronin) and now he’s directing his own. The film is called Man of Tai Chi, and features Reeves as the villain, with Tiger Hu Chen (who worked in the Matrix stunt team) as the hero....
Geek Deal: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete Series For $95 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 25, 2013 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Honest Movie Trailers: ‘Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 22, 2013 10:00 am EST We’ve posted a lot of the Screen Junkies-produced trailer edits over the past year. Their latest is a hilarious takedown of the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Watch it now embedded after the jump. header image via gweem Honest Movie Trailers: ‘Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull’...
Indies ‘Kill Your Darlings’ And ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Set Release Dates By Angie Han/June 7, 2013 1:44 pm EST We’re smack in the middle of summer blockbuster season right now, but once the weather cools there’ll be some interesting indies making their way into theaters. Sony Classics has just penciled in the Beat drama Kill Your Darlings for a fall bow, while the Matthew McConaughey-starring Dallas Buyers Club is jumping right into the prestige-pic fray with a December debut....
Kirsten Dunst In Talks To Star In All Good Things With Ryan Gosling By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 22, 2008 1:24 am EST Ready for some Dunst? Rocker-doting actress Kirsten Dunst is in serious talks to star alongside Ryan Gosling in All Good Things, the feature film debut from Capturing the Friedmans director Andrew Jarecki. Variety reports that Dunst would play a waif from the fable-staple “wrong side of the tracks,” with Gosling as a “scion of a New York real estate dynasty....
Marvel Wants Female Superhero Film; Katee Sackhoff Has Been Contacted By Germain Lussier/Sept. 6, 2013 12:00 pm EST After several male dominated films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, more attention is turning to women. Besides the inclusion of Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron, Marvel director/producer Louis D’Esposito was recently quoted saying the company wants to make a female lead superhero movie. He even offered up the character Captain Marvel as a possibility....
Matt Damon To Reunite With Kenneth Lonergan For ‘Manchester-By-The-Sea’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 8, 2014 10:30 am EST Matt Damon is about to shoot The Martian with director Ridley Scott, and now he’s got a follow-up project set. Damon worked with Kenneth Lonergan on Margaret (above) and now the two are going to reunite for the Lonergan-scripted Manchester-by-the-Sea. THR reports that Gigi Pritzker and her company OddLot Entertainment (which helped financed films such as Draft Day and Ender’s Game) are close to a financing deal for the film, which would put Lonergan back to work on a feature for the first time since Margaret....
New ‘The Babadook’ Trailer Is Scary And Spectacular By Russ Fischer/Aug. 14, 2014 7:17 pm EST The Babadook is a lean and mean horror film out of Australia, and this new Babadook trailer is just perfect. The film was one of the best at Sundance this year, and remains one of my favorites of the year so far. The story centers on Amelia, a widowed mother, and her troubled young son Samuel....
Page 2: Matrix, Simpsons, Star Wars, Muppets, Back To The Future, Toy Story, Walking Dead, Total Recall, Hunger Games, Star Trek, Studio Ghibli, Paul Thomas Anderson By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Star Wars sleeve tattoos. 10 Pieces of Cinematic Art That Require Revisiting The poster for The Queen of Versailles We have to go back! Great ‘Lost’ scenes, 2 years later Timothy Anderson’s Matrix poster....
Page 2: Star Wars, Ghostbusters, BTTF, GoT, Godzilla, Breaking Bad, Ducktales, Transformers By Peter Sciretta/June 11, 2014 12:00 pm EST Header Photo: LEGO Flower Pots Are The Coolest Flower Pots The Terrible Unspoken Implications Of Star Wars’ Slave Leia 30 Years Later: Ranking The Movies Of Summer 1984 Watch: 1984 ‘Ghostbusters’ Chat with Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis20 Badass Movie Dads: These Guys Ask Questions Later Summer of 88 T-SHIRT...
Page 2: Star Wars, Star Trek, Bryan Cranston, Walking Dead, Harry Potter, Mad Men, This Is The End By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2013 3:00 pm EST Header Photo: LEGO Death Star Trench Run Stays On Target I’m quoted again in USA Today: “‘Man of Steel’ finds success — is ‘Justice League’ next?” A Few Words About Ferris Bueller in the Internet Age Rebel Backpack Why ‘The Phantom Menace’ is one of the best movie trailers of all timeThe 5 Most Unjustly Overshadowed Sci-Fi Classics...
Possible Concept Art For Dubai’s ‘Marvel City’ Theme Park By Germain Lussier/April 16, 2013 11:00 am EST Are you scratching your head looking for an exotic, geek-oriented destination vacation? Dubai could be a strong option in the next few years. A series of images have gone online for a planned Marvel themed attraction called Marvel City, and it looks like comic book heaven. Every inch is infused with exciting views and cool rides....
POTD: ‘The Wonder Years’ Reunion For The Upcoming DVD Release By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2014 8:38 am EST Fans have been waiting years for The Wonder Years to make it back into their homes. Since ending its run in 1993, the show played in reruns and finally appeared on Netflix last year. But even so, the original episodes with the original music have never made it to the DVD format. That changed recently when StarVista announced they’d be releasing the series the way it was intended in late 2014....
Robert Zemeckis Boards ‘Marwencol’, Wants Leonardo DiCaprio For Lead By Angie Han/Oct. 24, 2013 5:38 pm EST Robert Zemeckis could follow up one fact-based live-action drama with another. The filmmaker has signed on to direct Marwencol, based on the acclaimed 2010 documentary of the same title. While no stars are currently attached, Zemeckis and Universal are hoping to land a big-name actor like Leonardo DiCaprio for the lead. At the center of the story is Mark Hogancamp, a man who emerged from a head injury with severe amnesia....
Rumor: Early ‘Doctor Strange’ Plot Details Reveal Stephen’s Tragic Past By Angie Han/June 25, 2013 7:49 am EST Doctor Strange has been hovering near the top of Marvel’s to-do list for years, but there still hasn’t been a whole lot of visible movement on it. While Kevin Feige has said that he “definitely” wants to include the Sorcerer Supreme in Phase Three of the Cinematic Universe, the studio has yet to officially announce the project, let alone a release date, director, or star....
Steve Carell And James Gandolfini Will Be Feuding Paleontologists For HBO By Angie Han/April 8, 2013 9:00 am EST As a kid, my favorite dinosaur wasn’t the vicious velociraptor or the majestic T-Rex, but the gentle (relatively speaking) giant brontosaurus. You can imagine my disappointment, then, when I later learned that the creature wasn’t just extinct, like all the other dinos, but that he’d never existed in the first place....
