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A long time ago, movies weren’t allowed to have any violence, not even blood. Some monster would drag its hapless victims off screen and your mind would have to fill in the bloody blanks. These days, we have “Hostel,” the director’s cut. Enough said.

In July Fox Searchlight is set to release Joshua, a creepy psychological horror film from director George Ratliff. When I first saw the trailer, two things crept through my brain: first I was completely creeped out, and second, I could not help but be reminded of The Omen, and the creepy son of the devil in that creepy tale.

What will we do now that the people whose luxurious lives we lusted over are either in or going to rehab, rehab and jail? While they’re off the front pages of the gutter press, we’ll have to trust that their expensive public relations firms will find other ways to keep them in the public eye, something which Paris’s people are already working on.

Rumor has it the threesome of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are working on a third film as a trilogy of sorts of British odes to American films, but the rumor mill must be on a break. Maybe they just need a bright idea. Here’s the windup and the pitch.

In Judd Apatow’s film “Knocked Up,” Katherine Heigl gets a bun in the oven courtesy of the doughy but funny Seth Rogan after a night of heavy drinking. Considering America’s fascination with emulating the behavior of movie characters, who wouldn’t want to drink profusely in the hopes of landing a babe like Heigl?

A few years ago, a Brit photographer by the name of Sean Ellis decided to become a film director. His short, called “Cashback” didn’t exactly bring back cash, but an Oscar nomination isn’t bad either. People liked his main character and his ideas, so they bugged him to turn it into a long feature. He did, by giving his star a past, a future and a good romance and the result may not be apocalyptic but it’s funny and engaging, a rom-com strictly for the guys.

This has been out for awhile but with the third installment on its way, we’re throwing this review out to you. This package is a pretty sweet one and though it’s called the “explosive extended cut” the extended action sequences don’t add any explosions. In fact, I found them to be rather […]

Yesterday I gave you my personal list of The Ten Most Powerful Movie Franchises in History, so today it is time for you to give me yours. As many commenters have pointed out, my list was a bit subjective. So let’s throw objectivity way out the window and take it to a vote.

No Steven Seagal here, just the hard-hitting action of the justice system! Above the Law is a violence happy film about a dead-eye prosecutor who’s handy with a pistol and his hands and feet, and he’s out to find justice! Seriously. Intermixing bits of foreign silly-humor with hard hitting action and a […]

What makes a great movie franchise? Is it a cult-like fanbase? Is it a franchises ability to gross big amounts at the box office, on DVD or with merchandise sales? Or is it just longevity? All of these questions will be answered in good time as we round up the Ten Most Powerful Movie Franchises in History…

If you take away the first two months of the year, 2007 has been one of the more plentiful financial periods in recent history, with Box Office records falling faster than Lindsay Lohan’s acting career. 300, Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third all saw their fair share of records, and now the third installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is getting in on the action.

Long before Jackie Chan teamed with Owen Wilson to bring the Far East to the Old West in Shanghai Noon, and even before Jet Li brought the East to the West in Once Upon a Time in China and America, actor/director Sammo Hung brought the two together within the Chinese confines with Shanghai Express, originally […]

It appears that IMAX is about to take a small step forward next year, as USA Today reported yesterday on Christopher Nolan’s intentions to use IMAX to film 4 key action scenes in his highly anticipated film, The Dark Knight. The article reveals that not only will Nolan use IMAX format for action sequences, but he will also use it to introduce the world to his version of The Joker.

Coincidentally the film “Knocked Up” will hit theaters this Friday, because the Fat Guys have birthed a new show (explaining Kevin’s girth). This new fancy “update” edition of Fat Guys at the Movies promises to deliver more news, more box office banter and even more rants about Lindsay Lohan’s coke addiction. Also, Kevin joins the cast of “The View”, Neil kidnaps nubile Asian girls and hides them in a hotel and the age old dispute of which 1st Lady in History is most bangable is finally settled! We’re comin’ for you, Eleanor Roosevelt!

The new “Pirates of the Caribbean” film is different because the news surrounding its release has made as much buzz as the movie itself. Several months ago, the lack of trailers made many cinemaphiles scratch their heads. Now, the entertainment news is giving equal coverage to the fact that Disney has given a gag order on spoilers and plot twists…