Fox Searchlight has acquired worldwide rights to Mike Cahill’s I Origins at Sundance a existential sci-fi drama. I Origins is his second feature after Another Earth, which Fox Searchlight also acquired at Sundance in 2011. The press release follows the jump.
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Hot Trailer: The Raid 2!
It’s one of the hottest tickets at Sundance this year, but The Raid 2 is not the usual thoughtful indie fare that you might expect to be attracting such attention. Instead, it’s the sequel to the balls-to-the-walls martial arts movie, The Raid: Redemption, the most kinetic martial arts movie of the last decade. The Raid […]
Warners Moves Superman v Batman–Challenges Marvel Head-On!
VS. Warner Brothers is taking on Marvel in a back way at the movies. The studio has moved the Superman/Batman movie to the 2016 weekend already set for an unnamed Marvel movie, May 6, 2016. That weekend has been staked out by Marvel since 2006, making this DC vs. Marvel – and not in a […]
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Is a Solid Origin Story!
Tom Clancy never really got deeply into the story of how Jack Ryan came to be a hero, but Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit does a lovely job of filling in that background and grounding the character in today’s world. There’s not much we haven’t seen before, but Kenneth Branagh gives it some serious zip and […]
It’s Not Nuts to Love The Nut Job!
Maybe it’s because I went into The Nut Job with high hopes and low expectations, but for me, the squirrely 3D animated comedy did a pretty good job of expanding Peter Lepeniotis’ hilarious short, Surly Squirrel into a feature-length film.
Gravity Dominates Critics’ Choice Awards; 12 Years a Slave Named Best Picture!
The results of the 2014 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are in and Gravity dominated the proceeding with seven wins. 12 Years a Slave may have only won three, but they were biggies: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o) and Best Adapted Screenplay. Dallas Buyers Club nabbed both Best Actor (Matthew McConaughey) and Best Supporting […]
2014 RAZZIES–You’ve Seen The Best, Now Here’s The Worst!
American Hustle and Gravity kicked much tuchus when the Oscar® nominations were released this morning. Now it’s time to take a gander at the nominations for the 34th RAZZIE Awards, (dis)honoring the worst of the worst in cinema in 2013. It will likely come as no surprise that Adam Sandler’s Grown-Ups 2 led the way […]
86th Oscars® Nominations Announced! American Hustle and Gravity Lead the Way with 10 Each!
Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards® today. Hemsworth and Boone Isaacs announced the nominees at a 5:38 a.m. PT live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. The Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar® […]
Time Traveling Trailer: Mr. Peabody & Sherman!
If the movie is as good as its trailers, Jay Ward will have been done proud. Check out the new after the jump.
Need For Speed: Burning Rubber Behind The Scenes!
DreamWorks has just released a behind-the-scenes video about prepping the cars to do what they do onscreen. Very interesting stuff – even for a non-car person like me. Follow the jump to check out the video, a brief plot synopsis and social media links.
TCM Unveils Lineup for 2014 31 Days of Oscar®!
TCM has big plans for this year’s edition of its annual 31 Days of Oscar® celebration of the best and brightest in the history of film. The celebration begins with premiere of the documentary And The Oscar Goes To… on Saturday, February 1 (8/7C) and will include Oscar nominees for every aspect of filmmaking over […]