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Summit Reinvigorates Weitz Into Making More Films

Summit Reinvigorates Weitz Into Making More Films

He’ll be going ahead with his next project, sure, but it looks like comments about quitting the business came in the heat of the moment.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 23, 2009 | Comments

Fringe Star Defends Us Against ‘UFO’

Fringe Star Defends Us Against ‘UFO’

I don’t wanna wait! For Joshua Jackson to be cast in a science fiction film that sounds a lot like Men in Black and is based off a British television show from the 70s. Luckily, I don’t have to.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 23, 2009 | Comments

Reject Radio: Episode 27: Good Times Had By None

Reject Radio: Episode 27: Good Times Had By None

This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we blather on and on for no real reason until the end credits and, for some reason, a ton of 14-year old girls camp out to get tickets.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 23, 2009 | Comments

Review: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Review: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Remember Nicolas Cage? He doesn’t make a lot of movies. The good news though is that after a multi-year absence from movie screens he’s finally returned in Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.

By Rob Hunter on November 22, 2009 | Comments

Old Ass Movies: White Christmas

Old Ass Movies: White Christmas

Who cares about Thanksgiving? Just like Corporate America, we’ll be skipping right over it in favor of starting our whirlwind Christmas coverage. Cross your fingers for snow.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 22, 2009 | Comments

Twilight Saga: New Moon Sets Records, Hauls in $140 million

Twilight Saga: New Moon Sets Records, Hauls in $140 million

Wow. I knew the fans of The Twilight Saga: New Moon were crazy for this movie, but I didn’t realize they were going to be THIS crazy. It’s an enormous $140 million opening domestic haul for the whole weekend for New Moon.

By John Cairns on November 22, 2009 | Comments

Review: Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Review: Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

In Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, director Lee Daniels pulls off an improbable feat.

By Robert Levin on November 22, 2009 | Comments

Facebook Fans: Win a Copy of North by Northwest on DVD!

Facebook Fans: Win a Copy of North by Northwest on DVD!

Yesterday we gave everyone a chance to win a copy one of the worst movies that we’ve ever given away. But today we follow it by giving our Facebook Fans a chance to win one of the greatest films of all-time.

By Neil Miller on November 22, 2009 | Comments

Caption This: Win Uwe Boll’s Far Cry on DVD!

Caption This: Win Uwe Boll’s Far Cry on DVD!

Would you like to pay for another Uwe Boll video game adaptation on DVD? We didn’t think so. How about we give you the DVD for the low-low price of entertaining us with a photo caption?

By Neil Miller on November 21, 2009 | Comments

Carey Mulligan and Natalie Portman Talk Dreams in ‘Brothers’

Carey Mulligan and Natalie Portman Talk Dreams in ‘Brothers’

Lionsgate has provided us with a brand new clip from Jim Sheridan’s upcoming drama Brothers, a remake of a 2004 Danish film from director Susanne Bier.

By Neil Miller on November 21, 2009 | Comments

I’m Not a Tour Guide: More Clips from ‘Up in the Air’

I’m Not a Tour Guide: More Clips from ‘Up in the Air’

Paramount Pictures has provided us with two new clips from their upcoming release Up in the Air, from Thank You for Smoking and Juno director Jason Reitman.

By Neil Miller on November 21, 2009 | Comments

Avatar Through the Eyes of Stephen Lang

Avatar Through the Eyes of Stephen Lang

One of our beloved readers, Marcus G., sent this over to me this morning and it is more than worth sharing — especially if you’re looking to cleanse your pallet from all of the Twilight: New Moon news this weekend.

By Neil Miller on November 21, 2009 | Comments

New Moon Topples The Dark Knight’s Opening Day Record

New Moon Topples The Dark Knight’s Opening Day Record

Despite my clear disdain for the latest entry in the Twilight series, as written in my review, I must admit that Summit Entertainment is doing something right.

By Neil Miller on November 21, 2009 | Comments

Junkfood Cinema: Battle Beyond the Stars

Junkfood Cinema: Battle Beyond the Stars

Brian Salisbury is back with another movie so bad, it’s also good. This time he dips into the catalogue of Roger Corman and unearths a galactically-bound remake of The Seven Samurai.

By Brian Salisbury on November 20, 2009 | Comments

Michael Bay Still Loves Megan Fox

Michael Bay Still Loves Megan Fox

Despite their on-again, off-again routine of media spats, Michael Bay still has a thing for actress Megan Fox. Which means that her Transformers character Mikaela Banes will be surviving on into the next film, Transformers 3.

By Neil Miller on November 20, 2009 | Comments

Mia Wasikowski is the New Jane Eyre?

Mia Wasikowski is the New Jane Eyre?

Mia Wasikowski, Alice in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is in talks to step into the role of the plain Jane governess who finds true love with Mr. Rochester, that guy with the crazy first wife residing in the attic of his foreboding mansion Thornfield.

By Robin Ruinsky on November 20, 2009 | Comments

Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

I was always taught that if you’re going to do something, you might as well do it right. I also know that fans of popular books deserve movies that honor their favorites, not drag them down. Sadly, Twilight: New Moon isn’t honoring anyone.

By Neil Miller on November 20, 2009 | Comments

The Orphanage Remake Caught in Limbo

The Orphanage Remake Caught in Limbo

There has been talk about a remake of the hit Spanish horror film The Orphanage for some time. And despite threats of actually making the thing, it appears as if the production has stalled.

By Neil Miller on November 20, 2009 | Comments

Underworld 4 Gets a Writer from The Shield

Underworld 4 Gets a Writer from The Shield

A fourth trip to the world of Underworld is in development. And while they don’t have a director, or a star just yet, they do have a writer.

By Neil Miller on November 20, 2009 | Comments

Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas Get Hot for Robert Pattinson

Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas Get Hot for Robert Pattinson

Uma Thurman has the Edward Cullen bug, just like every other gal in America.

By Neil Miller on November 20, 2009 | Comments