Movies

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 09:08pm

Tags: Comedy, LOL, Sharon Horgan, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, Will-Arnett, Russell Tovey

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:31pm

Foreign Objects travels the world of international cinema each week to look for films worth visiting. So renew your passport, get your shots, and brush up on the local age of legal consent, this week we’re heading to… China! It’s a full fifty-nine minutes into John Woo’s new film, Red Cliff, before the first white dove appears. I don’t mention that to be [...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:21pm

If there were ever a milieu made for Jim Sheridan, a military town amid the current war in Iraq is it. Throughout his prestigious career, in movies as different as In the Name of the Father and In America, the Irish filmmaker has specialized in portraits of families under siege and the male psychology pushed to the brink. In Brothers, the David Benioff scripted remake of the 2004 Susanne Bier film[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 01:43pm

Congratulations to Kevin Mattson, Winner of ‘MMA Movie Star’ Video Contest! Kevin’s performance working the heavy bag while upside down in gravity boots won this tattooed (and cut) Grandpa the role in MMA-powered action film ‘Beatdown.’ Keep your eyes on MovieSet.com for your next chance to get into the movies! He’ll join the ‘B[...]

Tags: george st-pierre, new mma contest, mixed martial arts, be an mma star, win role in movie, mma contest

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 01:43pm

You knew something like this had to happen: with the runaway success of New Moon, shirtless jailbait Taylor Lautner is naturally going to be the object of many a producer’s casting  aspirations. The first picture to lock him up could well be Max Steel, an adaptation of the toy line and animated series that Paramount is putting together. Could be worse, right? He could be cast in a p[...]

Tags: Comic Book/Superhero, Casting, Taylor Lautner, Max Steel

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 01:08pm

In addition to their many literary charms, the novels of Jonathan Lethem have an unusual superpower: they resist cinematic adaptations with great vigor. Ironic, given the heavy cinematic awareness and influences on his novels. Lethem’s latest, Chronic City, even opens with a scene in the offices of the Criterion Collection, and has some entertaining discussion of cinematic masterworks bo[...]

Tags: Sci-Fi, Adaptation, Mystery/Suspense, Noir, Gun With Occasional Music, Jonathan Lethem

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:05pm

Now that you have seen Brothers (2009), what did you think of it? Was it a good drama? Whose side did you take when Captain Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) came home? Was Maguire believable? If you were Grace (Natalie Portman) and in her position, would what you have done? Is Brothers (2009) one of the best dramas of the year? Leave your thoughts on Brothers (2009) below.

Tags: Editorials, Natalie-Portman, Tobey Maguire, Brothers (2009)

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:04pm

Ever wanted to create a movie website and share your opinions on the film world with the world? Such a website has been created that will give you the tools to not only create a movie website but but be a success at it. That site is ProMovieBlogger. ProMovieBlogger currently has sections on: Writing Movie Content Movie Website Design How to Create a Blog Google AdSense Tips Search Engine Optimizat[...]

Tags: Links, ProMovieBlogger has Launched

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 12:00pm

From wallstreetjournal.com The Wall Street Journal: Despite having an injury, Richard Linklater expressly flew to New York to catch your final performance in “Rosebud” to check out your acting. That must have been exciting. Christian McKay: It was one of those things that I’ve read about, that... If you'd like to read the rest, please visit: http://www.dailyactor.com

Tags: Actor News, interview, Me and Orson Welles, Christian McKay, zach effron

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:43am

The second most awesome media-related fire sale of the week is the ‘everything and the kitchen sink’ auction of props and materials from Terminator: Salvation. (The first most awesome being the eBay auction of every scrap of Nine Inch Nails’ touring gear.) Halcyon needs cash — every penny they can get, it seems — so the company is selling off liter[...]

Tags: Terminator, Business and Industry News

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:15am

We are delighted to learn that we were selected “Critics of the Naughts” by IFC.com. “Naughts” doesn’t mean naughty, or that our efforts are for naught; it just refers to the decade of the 00s, now ending. So our thanks to Matt Zoller Seitz, filmmaker and film critic extraordinary, for his generous essay about our work. He has high standards for fi[...]

Tags: Film comments

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:35am

Hot on the heels of Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried being chosen for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, a poster has been released for the film (via Quietearth). We first got wind of this film back in summer, when it was revealed that the movie would primarily be a one-man show starring Ryan Reynolds. Reynolds plays a civilian contractor in Iraq who is kidnapped and buried alive in the desert, left[...]

Tags: Movie Marketing, Mystery/Suspense, Thriller, Independent, Poster, Ryan-Reynolds

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 10:00am

Odds are the film you, if you’re an independent filmmaker or producer, submitted to the Sundance Film Festival did not get selected for either the in-competition or out-of-competition line-ups. Someone on Twitter pointed out that, based on the number submitted, only three percent were chosen for what’s widely considered the absolute pinnacle of the film festival circuit. You ca[...]

Tags: Movie Marketing, Sundance Film Festival

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 09:31am

The Tobolowsky Files is a new podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky. In this episode, Stephen tells stories of his first few jobs and their accompanying disasters. You can always e-mail Stephen at stephentobolowsky(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or you can e-m[...]

Tags: slashfilmcast, stephen tobolowsky, The Tobolowsky Files

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 08:37am

It looks like we're finally set to see a Jimi Hendrix film, although this one isn't going to be based on fact. Slide is a fictional drama that will see the character of Jimi Hendrix pulled into another story and used for dramatic effect. The upside of this is that there will be no requirement for his music to be used and therefore the complex issues that have plagued the biographical fil[...]

Tags: News

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 08:35am

The Korean horror film Phone by Ahn Byung-ki, one that I thought had some issues with the story and filming but that overall gave a good horror experience, is to be remade. However this isn't going to be a straight Hollywood remake like The Ring, the production are actually going to try and make it more like the Grudge series, a collaboration between Korean and Western cinema....Visit Filmsta[...]

Tags: News

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 08:15am

Hanging at Voce’s Florida office today before tomorrow’s WordCamp Orlando day. Be sure to stay tuned to both/either the WCO site and/or VoceNation for write-ups of the sessions I’m sitting in on, which is a schedule I really should figure out today. If you’re a Twitter fiend you can follow the @wordcamporlando feed for updates on how the day is going and we&[...]

Tags: Conferences, WordCamp

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 08:13am

Richard Todd, the British actor who began on stage and Broadway, perhaps best known for his role in The Dam Busters, has died aged 90. He also starred in The Longest Day, one of the few actors who actually took part in the Normandy invasion on D-Day and were tasked with capturing towns and villages. His face and voice are a legend in British cinema, and for good reason too. He often played the sti[...]

Tags: News

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 07:11am

Red Cliff (2009) dir. John WooStarring: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen and Zhao Wei***1/2By Greg KlymkiwI know absolutely nothing about Chinese history. Well, not absolutely nothing. I have a vague notion that there was a period during the first few centuries of the previous millennium where the country was carved up among a variety of warlords. For what feels

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 07:00am

On This Week’s Show: So many movies… so few screenings. In spite of the fact that almost no movies were screened for them this week, Kevin and Neil meet in the Magical Studio in the Sky to not talk about Armored, Brothers and Transylmania. (There were screenings for Everybody’s Fine, but the Fat Guys each missed it for personal reasons… so sue them!) But eve[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 06:00am

20th Century Fox is really ramping up promotion for James Cameron’s Avatar. Last night, two new extended scenes have been released online. Watch the two new clips after the jump. First up, from Cineplex is a new scene where Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña) introduces Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) to her Banshee. Next up, MSN has an exposition-filled scene where SecFor administrator Parker S[...]

Tags: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi, 20th Century Fox, Sam-Worthington, Giovanni-Ribisi, Zoe Saldana

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 04:00am

Coming to you weekly from my vantage point in good old Blighty, it’s Slashfilm UK. Anglos and Anglophiles rejoice as every Friday I’ll be bringing you a round up of news, links and coverage specific to the cinematic comings and goings here in UK. Sometimes we’ll be talking about films that have already played in the US, other times it will be films that won’t make it to the[...]

Tags: Page 2, /Film UK

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 03:35am

Antoine Fuqua reunites with his Training Day star Ethan Hawke for another cop tale, this time set in Brooklyn, NY. (Did the title give it away?) Hawke is joined by Richard Gere, Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes in this three-part story that premiered at Sundance this year. Now there’s a trailer, after the break. Apple has the trailer, which you can see there in HD if the YouTube embed isn&a[...]

Tags: Movie Trailers, Drama, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes, Brooklyn&#039, s Finest, Anoine Fuqua

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 03:12am

In TV news tonight: It looks like Heroes may finally be put out of its misery come the end of its fourth season (which is currently airing). A source tells E! online, “Everyone is expecting this to be the last season. The cast, the crew, everyone.” The news comes after Sendhil Ramamurthy was cast in an upcoming NBC pilot, Rex Is Not Your Lawyer. All I can say is good riddance. [...]

Tags: Sci-Fi, Television, Mark Wahlberg, entourage, Howl

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 03:01am

Most movies exist in a sort of cultural vacuum, too addicted to rehashing genre conventions to explore the realities of the contemporary world outside the cinema’s doors. The most successful, transformative filmmakers have transcended those limitations, producing assured stylistic works that also say something about the times we live in. Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air, his best film, re[...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:58am

Well I think the Terminator franchise would have been saved whatever happened to the company currently owning the rights to the franchise, Halcyon. Should it have been sunk then the rights would have been sold to another company who would have taken it up, however the news looks good for Halcyon. Last we heard the company was going down the tubes and the rights for the franchise were open to biddi[...]

Tags: News

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:54am

Steven Spielberg has dropped the idea of remaking the classic film Harvey, you know the one starring James Stewart as the man who befriends a six foot invisible rabbit? Dropped he may have (why am I writing like Yoda?) but the idea of the remake hasn't been dropped by the studio. The film is an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning play written by Mary Chase which was made into the 1950 fi[...]

Tags: News

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:53am

Check Out the TrailerA seminal film in the career of Tim Burton, it established the filmmaker as an auteur. The unique fable also made a movie star of Johnny Depp and established a filmmaker and actor collaboration that has been a creative windfall since. The title character has been a pop culture icon. A lonely inventor (Vincent Price, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL) creates a young man from spare parts. [...]

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:51am

It looks like the entire score for Nine is online, well I mean the songs that the stars sing anyway, and you can listen to them right here. All the major stars are singing their songs from Daniel Day Lewis to Judi Dench, and you really get a taste of, musically at least, how this film is going to turn out. For the visual side there's always the trailers to go through on the site – just [...]

Tags: Trailers

Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 02:26am

If you’ve run any IMDB searches for The 40 Year Old Virgin recently, you may have come across The 40 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It. You may have also hoped that you had entered a cinematic bizarro world, because surely nobody would greenlight such a thing. Unfortunately, the film is real, and the trailer makes it clear exactly what the film aspi[...]

Tags: Comedy, Movie Trailers, Movie Marketing, Red Band Movie Trailer, The 40 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It