At first, the new red band teaser for Repo Men, a futuristic action film starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker, seems like a tired old girl. That is, until she busts loose with bloody intensity.

Clark W. Griswold (Chevy Chase) just wants to have a good ole’ fashioned family Christmas at his place, but Karma (or some other unstoppable, twisted force) is working against him.

2009 comes to a close at the movies not with a whimper, but with a bang. And while you may think it’s due to a blockbuster movie featuring beautifully animated CGI characters that leap off the screen and impress with their stunningly life-like appearances, Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel actually has nothing to do with it.

Yesterday the trades began reporting on a new production shingle that will bring average folks into the filmmaking process. Today we have an exclusive look at this shingle’s new movie. How ironic…

Welcome to a pre-Christmas edition of the REJECT REPORT! We have a crowded next few days in store at the box office. On Wednesday we have Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel plus the expanded release of Up in the Air, starring George Clooney. Then on Christmas Day we have Sherlock Holmes, It’s Complicated plus the expanded release of Nine.

Columbia Pictures has released the first teaser for the upcoming remake The Karate Kid, the rebirth of a fan favorite from the 1980s, which will star Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan. And oddly, it doesn’t suck.

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for the highly anticipated sequel to the 2008 estrogen smash, from director Michael Patrick King. And we just can’t wait to find out what those gals do next…

With Invictus currently in the theaters, trying to eke out some award nominations, we here at Film School Rejects prefer to remember the best movie of the year that is set in South Africa: District 9.

It is the week of Christmas, and we’re gathering up gift recommendations (for ourselves, of course) in This Week in Blu-ray. If any of you need to get something for your favorite Blu-ray columnist on the web, there are two great titles below in the ‘Buy’ category that I would love to receive.

If you weren’t sure what to make of the oft-title shifting movie Knight and Day, a comedy (I think) about a sociopathic super spy played by Tom Cruise and some random woman that he’s picked up along his path of secret agent violence, played by Cameron Diaz, you’re really in for a treat with this first trailer.

You’ve seen Avatar, I’ve seen Avatar, we’ve all seen Avatar. You’ve read reviews, and reviewed it yourself. You’re probably even thinking about renaming your cat Neytiri, or at least getting a little feline with your cosplay – you sicko. And now’s the time to get a little anthropological. We’re talking about the sex of Avatar.

Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves writing sympathy cards for a greeting card company. These two joys come together in the form of cash money payments that he receives every week and immediately uses to buy more DVDs. This week… District 9, ICHI, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, and more.

A sci-fi epic seems like the logical choice, but an intimate character study would have been a far better choice. Hear me out.

Just over 3,000 films were released in the past ten years. Instead of sleeping, Neil and Cole (with the help of a supercomputer) whittle that list down to the best 1%.

The Sundance Film Festival is exactly 30 days away. Might as well begin my preview. In order to do so, I will be previewing at least one film every day from here until the day the fest gets underway. We begin with Frozen…

Quick, rush your parents, grandparents and any children out of the room. Then watch this video of a 12-year old girl with a gun. It’s not exactly what you think it is weirdo — it’s far better.

This week’s Culture Warrior says that cinema is the ultimate form of art. And it has nothing to do with ‘Avatar.’ Seriously, it doesn’t.

When the Christmas Cash rolls in, Robert Fure gets a little crazy with what he’s willing to buy. But if you didn’t make it, he can’t buy it, suckers.

The Sundance Film Festival is fast-approaching, and while the fest has announced its slate already, they are still adding films here and there.

Question 1: Do you want to be in a movie?