Despite the box office failure of the second live-action Smurfs movie, Sony is going ahead with a CG Smurfs movie, Get Smurfy. Why? Because in the rest of the World the Smurfs are huge! Sony Pictures Animation will be releasing Get Smurfy on March 31st, 2017 in North America – with a voice cast that […]
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Dracula, Saruman, Holmes – Sir Christopher Lee Is Gone!
I think the first time I had the crap scared out of me by Christopher Lee was when I sat through Dracula A.D. 1972 (God bless Hammer Films!). I’d seen him in other movies – She (starring Ursula Andress), at least one of his Fu Manchu movies – and on television (two different roles on […]
Waka Flocka Flame Zaps Pixels!
Waka Flocka Flame’s new song, Game One (with Good Charlotte) will be featured as the theme song for Columbia Pictures’ invasion of the video games film, Pixels. Pixels premieres on July 24th and you can both check out the new song and re-screen the film’s trailers after the break.
Patrick Brice’s Creep Gets Unique Online Distribution!
While looking for work, a filmmaker sees a curious ad – ‘$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.’ – and decides to give it a shot. His subject turns out to be something other than what he’s represented himself to be. Creepiness ensues. Creep is a co-production of The Duplass Brothers (Cyrus, Jeff Who Lives […]
TCM Movie Camp – Summer Series For Young Adults and Future Filmmakers!
TCM today announced the upcoming premiere of a new, summer-long series targeting young adults and future filmmakers – TCM Movie Camp. The series, hosted by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, will present classic movies and provide insight into the filmmaking process. Between them, Joyce and Oldenburg have worked with and for nearly every major studio. […]
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ Gets August Theater Dates!
Friesa’s back! The fan favorite villain is about to take out his vengeance on the Z Fighters of Earth in Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection’F’. The 20th Dragon Ball Z film and folow up to last year’s Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ will be in North American theaters between […]
TCM and Canvas Network Offer Free Noir Film Course!
Love film noir? Want to know more about it? Turner Classics Movies and Canvas Network will be offering a free online film noir course beginning on June 1. The course will run concurrently with TCM’s Summer of Darkness Programming throughout July and August and will offer: educational lecture videos; access to TCM’s online archives, including […]
Robert Downey Jr’s Five Best Scenes!
Avengers: Age Of Ultron is out, and as our review stated, it’s a hell of a lot of fun. It doesn’t have the novelty or originality of The Avengers, to be sure, but it progresses Marvel’s overarching narrative pretty effectively. Also, the action and main characters, as always, were incredibly enjoyable.
Captain America: Civil War Begins Production
Marvel Studios has begun production Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta, Georgia. The film has an ambitious arc – ‘after another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of […]
Ginnfer Goodwin and Jason Bateman Join Zootopia Voice Cast!
Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Have joined the voice cast of Disney’s Zootopia – a film set in a ‘modern mammal metropolis.’ Goodwin will voice Judy Hopps, an optimitisic bunny newly accepted into the city’s police force, while Bateman will tackle the con artist fox, Nick Wilde, with whom she must reluctantly team up to solve […]
Stacked odds: why remakes are always long shots
The trouble with remaking a classic movie is that the advantage is always going to lie with the first version. After all, if it is a classic, the odds are that it was pretty good. That is either setting the bar high or setting yourself up for a fall. Whichever way you look at it, […]