Warning: This article contains major spoilers on the film Precious.
On a recent episode of Slate’s Culture Gabfest (direct link), the hosts of the podcast addressed the much-debated over issues surrounding the Sundance sleeper-hit/potential awards contender Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire as [...]
Since seeing Iron Man on the cover of Empire Magazine last week, we’ve been jonesing for more looks at Iron Man 2. It’s likely that you’ve been doing the same. Never fear, friends, as the marketing machine has heard your prayers.
Recently, I took some time to finally give Guy Ritchie another chance. The man had made two really awesome movies, then mucked about a bit and made some real stinkers. Having heard good things about RocknRolla, I set settled in to give it a watch. [...]
When I moseyed on down to Comic-Con this year, I took some time to hook up with the Raw Studios boys, whom we’re big fans of. In doing so, I was able to meet the writer of their most recent (at the time) fare, Mark Hosack, who [...]
Christopher Eccleston, “Doctor Who”, will star in a new John Lennon biopic called Naked Lennon, commissioned by BBC Four.
The film covers a short chaotic period in Lennon’s life from 1967 to 1971 when his marriage to Cynthia was ending and his relationship with Yoko [...]
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Today is Cyber Monday, the unofficial holiday that is the web’s response to Black Friday. By today, you’re all back at work in your cubicles, still hungover from turkey [...]
This one goes out to those of you who are clamoring for a sequel to this year’s sci-fi surprise District 9. Sam Raimi and his Ghost House Pictures shingle have won the rights to Panic Attack!, a short film concept by Uruguayan filmmaker Federico [...]
One project worth following is the adaptation of Max Brooks’ fantastic novel World War Z, which has been underway at Paramount for quite some time. The book has long been heralded (by yours truly) as the zombie book to end all zombie books, [...]
No one is accusing Peter Jackson of rushing through production on The Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings prequel that he and Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) are currently scripting. The producer/director has been taking his sweet time, and for the most part it [...]
“This is like the Saving Private Ryan for ninjas!” After having to sit through Ninja Assassin at Fantastic Fest, I was personally clamoring for some real ninja action — something that didn’t feel like a hyper-stylized cartoon. And something that didn’t star [...]
On August 15th, 2009, Evan Ratliff, a freelance writer for WIRED magazine went missing. On purpose. He wanted to see if one could disappear into the ether in an age where we are surveilled, swiped, and social security numbered to death. Where our IPs are tracked [...]
Let it never be said that Jason Reitman isn’t a good sport.
The man was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director for his second film, he’s already launched several careers (including, technically, his own), and he’s on the permanent Directors to Watch List for the rest of [...]
Well, we almost had a big upset at the box office this Thanksgiving, as The Blind Side almost toppled The Twilight Saga: New Moon. The fact that The Blind Side did so well this weekend has to rank as an upset in its own [...]
Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents:
The Apartment (1960)Earlier in the year, a movie about a mall security guard chasing down a pervert came out [...]
After two films, I have just about no energy or excitement for this franchise because of how forced everything felt. In the first movie when they charged and yelled that they were doing it for Aslan, I yawned and waited for the credits. The second was a [...]
I get the feeling that Africa is going to be a go-to for stories in the coming decade. It’s already in the public mindset of news and current events, and films like Hotel Rwanda and the upcoming Invictus (I’m not really counting District 9…) have [...]
The fine Spanish-speaking folks at Omelete have unleashed the first official photos from director Sylvain White’s The Losers, a DC Comics adaptation about a team of sexy CIA black ops agents who are betrayed, then left for dead. Now they must band [...]
Previously thought to be (a) way off the radar, then (b) not worthy of being on the radar in the first place, the Chris Columbus directed film Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief is now somehow creeping onto not only my radar, but also my [...]
Jason Reitman’s next film Up in the Air, doesn’t hit theaters nationwide until December 25th, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been talking about it for what feels like two years. All the same, the movie is a great story with some [...]
Last night, I made my Thanksgiving weekend family trip to the movies. The options were on the table: the depressing beauty of Precious, the grim immersion of The Road, the absurd annoyance of Ninja Assassin, or the light, fun quirk of Fantastic Mr. [...]
I am not Kevin Carr, that I am aware of. But like Kevin, I enjoy inebriation the way tweeners enjoy Twilight. Well it’s that time of the year again. The time when we take a moment from our busy lives and focus on peace, giving, and [...]
Those who are like me will note that the first trailer for Daybreakers, the bleak apocalyptic vampire flick from the resourceful and über-talented Spierig brothers, was brilliant. Enough to draw us into the film’s grim aesthetic and semi-unique story, but not a clubbing of plot [...]
Editor’s Note: We hope you enjoy this new Friday afternoon column, Junkfood Cinema, by Brian Salisbury. It celebrates movies that are so bad, even though they are also sometimes so good. For more (coming each and every Friday), stay tuned to the Junkfood Cinema [...]
I don’t know about your family, but in mine Thanksgiving is viewed largely as a warm-up drill for the Christmas season, a Christmas prequel if you will. At Thanksgiving I see, for the most part, the same extended family I end up seeing at Christmas, but for [...]
OLD DOGS
Studio: Disney
Rated: PG for some mild rude humor.
Starring: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green and Ella Bleu Travolta
Directed by: Walt Becker
What it’s about: Robin Williams plays a sports marketing businessman who learns that he has seven-year-old twins. When their mother needs [...]
On This Week’s Show: Kevin and Neil come to the Fat Guys table early this week for a special Thanksgiving episode of the show. They talk about what they plan to eat over the long holiday weekend and talk a little bit about [...]
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…
Hong Kong!
I don’t experience nearly as many ‘oh shit’ [...]
Richard Linklater returns to the big screen after a three year absence with Me and Orson Welles, a jazzy backstage coming of age picture. It’s a fast-moving period piece that chronicles the coming together of Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre’s 1937 production of [...]
Synopsis: Erica works with newly-formed allies to uncover a biological threat they suspect the Visitors have been plotting. Aboard the Mothership, Anna meets with a special guest while managing the investigation into the murder of a V. And Chad does a segment on the V Healing Centers, [...]
Well, we got through the Twilight: New Moon predictions without any of the Twilight fans hating me too much, so with that out of the way it is on to the Thanksgiving weekend predictions here at the Reject Report. This weekend we have the [...]
Dimension Films has released the full-length trailer for the upcoming comedy Youth in Revolt, starring Michael Cera. Based on a novel by C.D. Payne, the film tells the story of Nick Twisp (Cera), a young man who is driven to doing very bad [...]
Hugh Jackman has played a man with a harder-than-steel skeleton, but he has never really taken on anyone made of steel. At least, not beyond fighting giant steel Sentinels in X-Men as Wolverine. This time though, Jackman will be stepping into robot boxing movie [...]
Earlier this week I followed a link over on Movieline that led to a study by Miller-McCune about the effect that nudity and sex in movies has on the box office. The overwhelming conclusion of the study is that over the past decade or so, [...]
Seeing as it has been more than a few weeks since we wrote anything about 2010’s first big film Iron Man 2 and everything seems to be about Avatar these days, the folks at Paramount and Marvel have given us something to talk [...]
Another week, another round of dollars to be spent here on This Week in Blu-ray. And just like last week, there are a few movies worth buying. Well alright, maybe only a few — which is a welcome sign for anyone [...]
Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves standing in line at the unemployment office. These two joys come together in the form of cash money payments that he receives every week and immediately uses to buy more DVDs. So join us each week as [...]
When I interviewed Bill Nighy last year, three things seemed to stand out about the man. One, he shakes hands with only the front part of three fingers like I have to imagine witches do. Two, he had a greater sense of humor about himself than anyone [...]
Not only did Fantastic Fest audiences get a glimpse at the upcoming Ninja Assassin two months before its wide release, FSR was lucky enough to sit down with director James McTeigue who had a ton to say about the MPAA ratings process, the concept behind creating [...]
I love the Beatles. Some might say I’m obsessed with them and the incredible burst of creative sonic wonderment that they built and embodied for such a short amount of time.
In fact, if you enjoy “music,” then you love them to even if you don’t know it. [...]
One of the last times we really checked in with The Goon, it was back in the days of Aught Eight (if you can remember back that far) when we still let Robert Fure bake his Peyote Lemon Squares.
Oh, Comic Con 2008.
Fortunately, Bloody Disgusting [...]
If you’re a regular reader of the site, you’ve probably clicked into this article hoping to hear me tear Twilight a new asshole. If you’re a visiting “Twihard,” you’ve most likely come bearing fangs ready to tear out my throat over bashing your sweet Edward love [...]
If you love martial arts action and the high-flying first film from producer Luc Besson, you must see this movie. That is my ultimatum to you, friends. Besson is back, producing District 13: Ultimatum with Patrick Alessandrin directing. Cyril Raffaelli and David Belle reprise their [...]
This week, I will warn you that I’m on a Wes Anderson/Werner Herzog kick. It is likely that I will write several articles in the directions of both directors, as they’ve each released films in the past month that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed. To his credit, Wes Anderson [...]
Earlier today I caught a glimpse of a ‘For Your Consideration’ ad (click to enlarge above) for Warner Bros.’ comedy The Hangover over on First Showing. Alex had clipped it from Variety and posted it with a big question mark: “The [...]
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