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Reject Radio: Episode 24: That Mockingbird is Gonna Sail Away This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we laugh and cry about the state of independent filmmaking while eating leftover Halloween candy. By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 2, 2009 | Comments |
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Casting Net: Banks, Li, Theroux, And Morton All Find Work Casting announcements shoot across the net almost every day, but not every announcement, rumor, or speculation deserves its own post. Of course we’d be remiss in our duties as the web’s premier source of movie news, reviews, and snark if we didn’t cover them in some fashion… so welcome to the Casting Net! By Rob Hunter on August 25, 2009 | Comments |
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Jay Baruchel Stumbles Out On His Own with ‘Klutz’ Last year, we got blackface back as a performance art. Now Jay Baruchel seeks to bring another vaudevillian art form back into the mainstream. By Dr. Cole Abaius on March 12, 2009 | Comments |
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Rachel McAdams Looking Classically Hot for ‘Sherlock Holmes’ We’ve got some first look pictures of Rachel McAdams in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, as well as Robert Downey Jr. talking about his Oscar nomination for Tropic Thunder. By Neil Miller on February 3, 2009 | Comments |
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The Ten Most Memorable Scenes of 2008 With such a memorable year, it was hard to pick the top ten memorable scenes from all the films. Of course, to be fair, I had to choose only one scene from any given movie (otherwise, The Dark Knight would easily take five or six spots on the list). By Kevin Carr on January 2, 2009 | Comments |
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The 15 DVDs You Should’ve Bought in 2008 As part of our Year in Review, we’ve asked our resident DVDologist Brian Gibson to lay down his 15 favorite releases from 2008. By Brian C. Gibson on December 31, 2008 | Comments |
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Editor’s Picks: The Ten Best Movies of 2008 As is customary this time of year, it is my duty (and honor) to present you my list of the Ten Best Films of 2008. And in the past year we’ve seen an interesting range of films, have we not? By Neil Miller on December 31, 2008 | Comments |
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The Ten Coolest Movie Posters of 2008 It is time once again for the FSR Year in Review, our annual week of lists and recaps, counting down the very best in film for the year. We begin our quest with the place where most cinematic journeys start, with a great movie poster. By Brian C. Gibson on December 28, 2008 | Comments |
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Victims of Hype: The Biggest Disappointments of 2008 How (puke-colored) green was our valley in 2008? I offer ten instances in film that did not live up to a certain amount of hype, didn’t get the credit they deserved, or just flat-out disappointed the general public. By Josh Radde on December 28, 2008 | Comments |
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The 14 Must See Movies of Awards Season 2008 Are you an awards season junkie? Do you love to be able to sit there and look smart in front of your friends and family, most of whom only make it out to the movies once a year to see the latest Jim Carrey comedy, by being able to talk endlessly about all of the “important” movies of the year? If so, consider this your awards season to-do list.Fr By Neil Miller on December 14, 2008 | Comments |
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Tom Cruise: Les Grossman May Be Ready for His Close-Up Its impossible to deny that Tom Cruise’s performance as Les Grossman, the booty dancing, shrewd dealing studio head was anything less than brilliant. And now, Grossman may be making a comeback. By Neil Miller on December 12, 2008 | Comments |
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Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 95 – Faatu Barada Nikto Kevin and Neil are overwhelmed with the impending awards season, feverishly trying to watch all the films at press screenings and on studio-provided DVDs. They know this makes you jealous, but such is the life of illustrious film critics. By Kevin Carr on December 12, 2008 | Comments |
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2008 Golden Globe Nominations: Ledger, Cruise, Dexter! The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their nominees for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards today, laying out what is generally regarded as a relatively accurate precursor to the Academy Awards nominations. By Neil Miller on December 11, 2008 | Comments |
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Oscar Beat: Tropic Thunder’s For Your Consideration Ads First order of business is to let you know that we did not make the following Oscar advertisements. They are, however, quite funny. By Neil Miller on December 7, 2008 | Comments |
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Discuss: What Was the Best Movie Trailer of 2008? To get us started in this month of yearly recap, Yahoo has released their list of the ten most popular movie trailers based on the number of views each trailer received. But which was the best, really? By Neil Miller on December 2, 2008 | Comments |
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Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 92 – Team Fat Guys Kevin and Neil swoon over the CGI Disney dog and show their fangs about a certain high school vampire. Neil gives some love to the new Star Trek footage while Kevin proceeds to offend him with some smarmy suggestions about the forbidden love of Bella and Edward. By Fat Guys at the Movies on November 21, 2008 | Comments |
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DVDs I Bought This Week: November 18 Do not be alarmed — Neil is not taking over the DVDs I Bought This Week column, just filling in for a week to give Brian’s mounting debt a week off. By Neil Miller on November 18, 2008 | Comments |
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BD Report: WALL-E and Tropic Thunder Explode in HD This week’s Blu-ray Report takes us all over the world, from the deepest parts of the universe to the jungles of Vietnam. It is fantasy and fun, silliness and absurdity — it is Pixar’s WALL-E and the ridiculous ride that is Tropic Thunder. By Neil Miller on November 17, 2008 | Comments |
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Jack Black Developing a Comedic Bourne Identity After delivering solid performances in three very good films in 2008, Jack Black is now looking toward the future, and it appears that he is bringing his Kung Fu Panda writers with him. By Neil Miller on October 1, 2008 | Comments |
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‘Dangerous’ Box Office Numbers Reveal America’s Lack of Interest Another down weekend at the box office, courtesy of the solo release of Nic Cage’s new movie Bangkok Dangerous, has left Hollywood wondering, “Where did everyone go?” By John Cairns on September 7, 2008 | Comments |