Outside of the movies themselves, the most remarkable things things about the Star Wars franchise is its canny marketing campaigns. Lucasfilm is teaming up with seven major global brands to launch an expansive promotional campaign for Star Wars: The Force Awakens: COVERGIRL® & Max Factor, Duracell, FCA US, General Mills, HP, Subway® and Verizon. For more, follow […]
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Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ Enters Top Ten All-Time Anime Films!
In a matter of days, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ has taken in almost six million dollars in its limited North American run – moving into ninth place among North America’s top ten grossing anime films. It is the first independent anime film to reach the top ten. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ ends its theatrical run ends […]
The Writers Lab Announces Women Screenwriters For Script Development Retreat!
Meryl Streep has long advocated the hiring of more women in all aspects of filmmaking and noted that so-called ‘women’s movies’ -when done well – makes a ton of money. She has also put her money where it counts, funding a script development retreat for The Writers Lab that will give a dozen women screenwriters […]
Movie Review: Amka and The Three Golden Rules
Pakistani born Babar Ahmed not only teaches about film at Washington, DC’s George Washington University, he is an accomplished Independent Film Director/Producer in his own right. His last two efforts Genius and Royal Kill were nicely done low budget affairs. After watching his latest effort Amka and The Three Golden Rules, I’d love to see […]
The Dark Tower Set As Part Of 16 New Additions To Sony’s 2016-17 Slate!
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower – the first in his series of Gunslinger novels – has been assigned a premiere date by Sony Pictures Entertainment: January 13, 2017. The title is just one of sixteen films on the company’s slate for 2016-17 (and even edging as far into the future as 2019). Bad Boys is […]
Doctor Who Returns To The Big Screen In Canada!
Doctor Who will be returning to Canadian theaters for two nights – September 16th and 20th – for a special 3D presentation of the two-part Season Eight Finale, Doctor Who: Dark Water/Death in Heaven. The Doctor’s Meditation, a brand new prequel to Season Nine, will also be included. This special Doctor Who event is presented by […]
Southpaw – Jake Gyllenhaal Goes The Distance!
Jake Gyllenhaal’s latest film, Southpaw wants desperately to be the Rocky or maybe Rocky 5 for the current generation. For the most part the story of light heavyweight champ Billy Hope (Gyllenhaal) mostly works. If you saw any boxing film in the last 30 years, you’ll see some of the well-worn plot turns coming a […]
BBC Culture Compiles The 100 Greatest American Films!
BBC Culture surveyed sixty-two critics from around the world – from newspapers, magazines, bloggers, broadcasters and authors – and asked them to pick their top ten American movies (made in America, funded in some way by an American source). Using a basic weighted system – 10 points for #1 votes to 1 point for #10 votes […]
Hasbro Loves Ant-Man!
The folks at Hasbro love Ant-Man so much that they’ve recreated three Ant-Man posters using Hasbro gear for Iron Man (above), Captain America (after the jump) and Thor (also after the jump). a) That’s pretty cool, and b) that was fast!
2015 Kennedy Center Honorees Announced!
Eagles, Carole King, George Lucas, Rita Moreno, Seiji Ozawa and Cicely Tyson have been named the 2015 Kennedy Center Honorees. They will be recognized for their contributions to culture and the arts on The 38th Annual Kenny Center Honors, Tuesday, December 29th, on CBS. For further details, follow the jump.
TCM Announces Special Guests For 2015 TCM Classic Cruise!
TCM’s annual Classic Cruise always features top flight talent and this year’s voyage is no exception. Hosted by TCM’ own Robert Osborne and Ben Mankiewicz, the 2015 TCM Classic Cruise will feature film legends Eva Marie Saint, Louis Gossett Jr. Ruta Lee, Roger Corman and more. The cruise will take place November 1st-6th aboard the […]