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Breakdown: The Animated Oscar Race Begins with 20 Films

Breakdown: The Animated Oscar Race Begins with 20 Films

Yesterday, Variety published the list of films that have made the cut of 20 for the race to get the Best Animated Feature Oscar. Allow me to break this down for you…

By Neil Miller on November 12, 2009 | Comments

This Week In DVD: September 29th

This Week In DVD: September 29th

Rob Hunter loves movies. He also loves working as a server at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater carrying $5 shakes, black-bean burgers, and root-beer flavored cookies to happy, cinema-loving patrons. 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… Away We Go, Monsters vs Aliens, The Hills Run Red, and more!

By Rob Hunter on September 29, 2009 | Comments

Zac Efron Dances to Top of the Box Office with 17 Again

Zac Efron Dances to Top of the Box Office with 17 Again

Well, the box office numbers are in and it’s not that big a surprise for a lot of people this weekend as that Zac Efron movie 17 Again finished on top of the charts with $24 million, basically what was expected.

By John Cairns on April 19, 2009 | Comments

Box Office: Fast and Furious Sets Records at $72 million

Box Office: Fast and Furious Sets Records at $72 million

Are you as surprised as I am that Fast and Furious did as well as it did? It not only set the April record — it shattered it by a $30 million margin. Not only that, it looks like this flick also set the spring record, beating 300 by a couple of million.

By John Cairns on April 5, 2009 | Comments

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 109 – Fat & Furious

Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 109 – Fat & Furious

The Fat Guys bemoan the fact that certain studios have been withholding screenings of their films, while Neil unleashes a fit of rage against the quirky indie comedy Gigantic. He’ll never look at his dear Zooey Deschanel the same again.

By Kevin Carr on April 3, 2009 | Comments

Lesson Learned: Everyone’s a Sucker for Computer Animation

Lesson Learned: Everyone’s a Sucker for Computer Animation

Call us Colonel Nathan Jessep because we’re saying you can’t handle the truth. It doesn’t matter whether it’s crap or not, moviegoers are adamant in their devotion to computer animated films.

By Adam Sweeney on April 1, 2009 | Comments

Monsters vs. Aliens Leads $58 Million Attack on Box Office

Monsters vs. Aliens Leads $58 Million Attack on Box Office

As correctly predicted by myself, it was indeed the attack of the 50-foot woman in 3-D at the box office. Monsters vs. Aliens won the weekend with a haul of $58 million, topping Watchmen for the best weekend opening of 2009 so far.

By John Cairns on March 30, 2009 | Comments

Monsters vs Aliens: 10 Things I Liked, 5 I Didn’t

Monsters vs Aliens: 10 Things I Liked, 5 I Didn’t

We’ve already laid waste to Tokyo and kidnapped bikini babes off beaches, so it was definitely time to enlist with the Monster Army to fight Aliens. But did we enjoy the experience?

By Robert Fure on March 30, 2009 | Comments

Boiling Point: Studio Blindness

Boiling Point: Studio Blindness

This week, studios have Robert Fure all riled up – but probably not in the way you think.

By Robert Fure on March 30, 2009 | Comments

Review: Monsters vs Aliens is Fun, Hip and Retro

Review: Monsters vs Aliens is Fun, Hip and Retro

After a horrifying accident with a glowing meteorite turns Susan Murphy (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) into a giant, she’s drugged and imprisoned by the government in a secret facility run by General W.R. Monger (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) where she meets some of the strange monsters our government has kept secret for years.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on March 27, 2009 | Comments

The Reject Report Hangs Out With Monsters and Aliens

The Reject Report Hangs Out With Monsters and Aliens

Well, I am always happy to get a prediction right at The Reject Report, so I will take credit in advance for my daring prediction that Monsters vs. Aliens will win the weekend box office.

By John Cairns on March 26, 2009 | Comments

The 7 Must-See Monster and Alien Movies of the 1950s

The 7 Must-See Monster and Alien Movies of the 1950s

Is there anything more worth celebrating than B-movies of the 1950s? The aliens, the UFOs on strings, the rubber-suited monsters. There’s nothing else like it in cinema, and the genre is back in the spotlight with this week’s releases.

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

Daily Diversion: Oscar 2009 Movie Preview

Daily Diversion: Oscar 2009 Movie Preview

Today’s diversion: The 2009 movie preview reel that played during the credits of last night’s Academy Awards broadcast. It features shots from Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, Pixar’s Up, McG’s Terminator Salvation and Michael Mann’s Public Enemies.

By Neil Miller on February 23, 2009 | Comments

Superbowl Spots: Monsters vs. Aliens 3D, Angels and Demons

Superbowl Spots: Monsters vs. Aliens 3D, Angels and Demons

It is now Monday afternoon, time to wrap up our coverage of last night’s Superbowl advertising extravaganza. With an unprecedented amount of movie-related ads, this year’s Superbowl left the heads of many cinejournos spinning well into the late evening hours.

By Neil Miller on February 2, 2009 | Comments

Watch This: SoBe’s 3D Monsters vs. Aliens Superbowl Commercial

Watch This: SoBe’s 3D Monsters vs. Aliens Superbowl Commercial

The other day we brought you the 2D version of SoBe Lifewater’s Superbowl commercial, which features characters from the upcoming Dreamworks Animation feature Monsters vs. Aliens. And today they have released the 3D version of the trailer online for all to see — or at least those of us nerdy enough to have a pair of 3D glasses laying around the house.

By Neil Miller on January 31, 2009 | Comments

Daily Diversion: SoBe’s Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Superbowl Commercial

Daily Diversion: SoBe’s Monsters vs. Aliens 3D Superbowl Commercial

Quick, go get your 3D glasses. We’ll wait. Alright, now that you’ve successfully retrieved something that you would never publicly admit to owning, it is important to tell you something…

By Neil Miller on January 28, 2009 | Comments

The 25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009

The 25 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009

If you ask anyone in the film industry, the year doesn’t begin until we’ve properly dictated to you our most anticipated movies of the next 12 months. Seriously, ask anyone. They will tell you that anticipation cannot exist without a road map. And said map must be provided by the staff here at FSR. It’s science.

By FSR Staff on January 7, 2009 | Comments

Monsters vs. Aliens Goes 3D During the Superbowl

Monsters vs. Aliens Goes 3D During the Superbowl

In addition to a 3D episode of Chuck the week following the Superbowl, NBC will also play home to a very special 3D commercial for the Dreamworks Animation release Monsters vs. Aliens. It’s a pretty cool idea, if they can pull it off.

By Neil Miller on January 5, 2009 | Comments

New ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ Trailer Focuses On the Boobies

New ‘Monsters vs. Aliens’ Trailer Focuses On the Boobies

Dreamworks’ upcoming animated film Monsters vs. Aliens is shaping up to be their funniest release yet. Sure it’s directed by Rob Letterman, the writer/director of the abysmal Shark Tale, but the man seems to have learned a lot since then.

By Rob Hunter on December 23, 2008 | Comments

Reese Witherspoon Talks About Cameron Crowe’s Next

Reese Witherspoon Talks About Cameron Crowe’s Next

Will we ever see a new Cameron Crowe film? The answer’s yes but according to Reese Witherspoon it may take some time.

By Adam Sweeney on December 13, 2008 | Comments