Welcome to the Film School Rejects Archive

Fans of this year’s underground internet sensation turned box office flub Grindhouse will know exactly who I am talking about when I say the name Marley Shelton. That is, as long as you stuck around for the credits.

If you have more than one photo of William Shatner on the wall in your bedroom, then you will absolutely go nuts for what I am about to show you.

Since the advent of DVD, FSR Editor Brian Gibson has been compiling debt… Lots of Debt. Every week he scours the Earth for the best DVD releases. Each week he’ll take you with him and let you know what to buy, what not to buy and why.

Ridley Scott is slated to direct a unique take on the Robin Hood legend — one that promises asskickery on multiple levels. Nottingham will be told from the perspective of the sheriff of the historic shire of Nottingham and will star Russell Crowe.

If you remember correctly, this is the one with an extremely hot and equally as wet Jessica Biel in her underwear. That was entertaining, to say the least.

Word is out that one of the unofficial dream teams of modern cinema will reunite once again for the screen adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel Shutter Island.

Steven Spielberg joined Stacey Snider, Dreamworks’ co-chair as they had lunch with Universal’s Jeff Zucker (CEO of NBC Universal Television) and Ron Meyer (President & COO of NBC Universal Television) for a quick bite to eat. I wonder what they had?

Whether or not you are willing to admit that you enjoyed all three Austin Powers flicks, you have to admit that Mike Myers is funny. USA Today gives us the first look at Myers all tooled up for his new film, The Love Guru.

Yesterday I reported that the trailer for Will Smith’s upcoming blockbuster I Am Legend was leaked online and subsequently strewn about all over the blogosphere. It turns out that I was wrong, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to my ex-girlfriend. What will come as a surprise to both my ex-girlfriend and the rest of you is that I am here to make amends.

Newsday has been contacted by Apollonia Corleone, first wife of Michael Corleone, to say reports of her death are false. Apollonia survived the car bombing originally intended for her husband; therefore, if Michael Corleone were still alive, he would no longer be a widower.

Earlier today I received a press release from the fine folks at Warner Brothers stating that there was a new trailer for I Am Legend that was being released on MySpace tonight around midnight. Of course as these things go, the trailer had no intention of waiting until this evening to find its way onto the web.

If you haven’t heard of Diablo Cody, screenwriter of the Toronto Film Fest hit Juno, that can be forgiven. If you haven’t heard of Megan Fox, then there is nothing we can do. Either way, you may soon know them together along with a movie called Jennifer’s Body.

Once upon a time, Harold and Kumar went to White Castle. Along the way, they met many a friend who was willing to lend a hand. One particularly kind fellow even stole their car. What? NPH wouldn’t steal a car!

Back in June, Marvel Studios announced that after Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, their next big project would be an adaptation of Captain America. They have also talked at great length about a Thor adaptation, and have even brought on Matthew Vaughn to direct. So what about Captain America? When’s it gonna be his time to get a director?

The blockbuster hit from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, Transformers, is the year’s top-selling week one DVD with North American sales reaching 8.3 million units since the title’s debut on October 16, it was announced today by Paramount Home Entertainment.

I’ll admit I’m a fan of the horribly kitschy B horror movies out there. None of them are really scary, but they’re all hilarious in their own way. Each October there are at least ten movies you have to see. So here you go…

When J.K. Rowling announced at Carnegie Hall that Dumbledore was gay, she did a great service to closet organizers everywhere. The doors are open now, folks, and South Park didn’t have to do a thing. They can now leave Tom Cruise alone and pick on someone their own size.

Danish director Susanne Bier makes her American film debut with Things We Lost in the Fire. It is a brilliant slice of life and an overwhelmingly emotional portrayal of devastated characters trying to over come a tragedy.

FSR’s Mister Hand, resident Indiana Jones freak takes a look at the long awaited release of The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones on DVD.

Alright people, when I first reported about the upcoming flick Meet the Spartans (originally called Hunting and Fishing), the parody of 300 being written and directed by Jason Friedberg (the brilliantish mind behind such classics as Epic Movie, Scary Movie and Spy Hard), I was only mildly annoyed. After seeing the trailer, I am now fully enraged.

I predicted it would be a Comeback Week for predictions at The Reject Report, and guess what? The number one movie of the week, 30 Days of Night, I nailed bang-on. The number two movie, Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married, I also nailed bang on. So it was a great week predicting the top movies. There’s just one problem: I got everything else wrong. Again.

There’s a threat facing America, and the world at large. It’s not as high profile as other issues. You don’t see it talked about on the news like you do the Iraq war. You don’t hear the President address it like he does global terrorism. You don’t hear the CDC put out any alerts about it. But it’s out there, it’s a threat to the very fabric of our entertainment sensibilities and it is going unchecked, reaching epidemic levels. The threat, my friends, is Dane Cook.

Thanks to a slue of atrocious Oscar wannabe’s this year, I have been relegated to looking forward to films that would normally be well off my radar (read: anything meant to frighten, scare or terrify audiences). One film in particular that has begun to sneak up on my Fall Want List is The Mist, starring Thomas Jane, Andre Brougher and Marcia Gay Harden.

Do you remember back in the day? Back when Vin Diesel was making films like Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick? Back then he was on the verge of being cool with the fanboy population. Then he made films like xXx and The Pacifier and we all lost hope. Still, the thought alone of Diesel headlining a Babylon A.D. flick was enough to pique the interest of some.

Matt Damon has delivered a nice little early Christmas present to movie fans worldwide recently, by making it known that he may be interested in a fourth installment of the Bourne franchise. Yahoo is reporting that the 37 year-old actor has said he is open to the idea of starring in another film as Jason Bourne, if his director is keen for the project too.

I think we’ve finally sorted out who’s the actor and who’s the director in the Affleck family. Over the last few years, Ben Affleck has been one of the most criticized men in front of the camera in Hollywood. Behind the camera however, Gone Baby Gone is only a small hint of what the man is capable of.

We spent time at Comic Con hanging with the man, the myth and the legend that is Thomas Jane. And the man who was once the best version of The Punisher spoke very passionately about a lot of upcoming projects. One that we didn’t hear a lot about was The Mutant Chronicles.

Early on in Paranoid Park we see its adolescent protagonist, Gabe Nevins, from the rear as he walks towards a bench in an overgrown field to sit down and write something—a memoir? a letter?—that he calls “Paranoid Park”.

What do you get when you combine Henry Rollins, inbred mutants, and a guy named Texas Battle? Wrong Turn 2, a film at this years Screamfest and recent DVD I also happened to get my mitts on, that’s what! This movie is available now on DVD and has been getting some pretty positive reviews in the genre community. Does it live up to the hype? Read on!

Our friends at IMDB are running a tidbit sound bite from Eli Roth proving, you guessed it, he’s still pissed off about Hostel II bombing and is still blaming piracy.