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Sunday was supposed to be a day of sports and soldiers. Instead, Sunday was a day of sports and scene kids.

Have you seen anything this year worthy of next year’s Oscars? If so, what? What do you think should get nominated? Who should win? Bethany Perryman wants to know.

Saturday at AFF: An Education; Battlestar Galactica: Caprica panel, screening, and Q&A; a downright amazing Apollo 13 screening and panel with Ron Howard, Captain Jim Lovell, and others; and a storytellers panel with Mitch Hurwitz, Ron Howard, and Steve Zaillian. Also, fake blind people.

Several sites are reporting that, according to an interview with Tele5 Germany, Sly Stallone wants to make a seventh Rocky movie. Oh, hell yes.

Bloody Disgusting is reporting tonight that Scream IV will be shot in 3D. And Wes Craven is “closer than ever” to returning to direct.

The bar is set high, and the world awaits Neill Blomkamp’s next move. Will he order pizza? Will he have a brew? Will he make another movie? He should, I’m sure he will, and yes. Yes!

Thursday, October 22nd was the first official day of the Austin Film Festival. Come inside and see what sex columnist and all-around funny girl Bethany Perryman has to say about that.

The accomplishments of Amelia Earhart cannot be summed up easily, as she’s one of the most enduring figures in American history. Even still, you’d think her life would make an interesting movie. You’d think…

[REC] is another 2007 import (as was this week’s 31 Days feature Inside), but this time: it’s from Spain, 2) it’s the mother-film of the 2008 American remake, Quarantine, and 3) it is straight-up terrifying.

If we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a thousand times: you’re not on the internet to read. Which is why we need you to go see Where the Wild Things Are, then come back here and review it for us…

Where the Wild Things Are is beautiful, successful in its task, and moving. But you might not like it. It’s darker than it is whimsical, sadder than it is sweet.

The New York Daily News just reported that Captain Lou Albano — permanent fixture of the wrestling world, father figure to Girls who Just Wanna Have Fun, and most importantly, the human incarnation of Mario (Super Mario Bros. Super Show) — has warped to the great World 8 in the sky. He was 76.

Need another reason to move to California? It’s not all bikinis, surfing, and an auspicious lack of glaucoma — now there’s a veritable crapload of movies premiering at the 30th Annual AFM, a few of which we can turn into innuendo-laden post titles.

For Tatum O’Neal, most famous for winning an Oscar at the ripe old age of 10, things just keep getting sweeter.

Duncan Jones’s starkly elegant sci-fi character piece Moon has taken three awards at Spain’s Sitges Film Festival. But wait, there’s more…

Attention, New York Rejects! In anticipation of this weekend’s release of Where The Wild Things Are, the Museum of Modern Art in New York has created the first ever retrospective of Spike Jonze’s work. Spike Jonze: The First 80 Years.

What do having sex with Sharon Stone, having sex with Carice Van Houten, and having sex for money have in common? I’ll give you a hint, and it’s not having sex.

Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3-D have claimed $22 million in only 10 days. Not bad for some old ass movies. This success has prompted Disney to extend the movies’ runs, presumably through the end of the month.

It’s no surprise that Couples Retreat was… not good. And we now know (thanks to this week’s Reject Report) that it won the weekend box office with $35 mil. So, what gives?

Director Mike Nichols will receive AFI’s Life Achievement Award in a ceremony next summer. Here’s 7 good reasons why we’re not surprised.