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Review: ‘Kickboxer: Vengeance’ Doubles Down On Splits, Kicks, And Dancing By Fred Topel/Sept. 1, 2016 12:00 pm EST Jean-Claude Van Damme’s franchises had a rough go back in the day. Both Bloodsport and Kickboxer continued with straight-to-video sequels that not only did not star Van Damme, but featured completely new characters. Yet reigniting Universal Soldier decades later on video signaled a return to form for Van Damme and delivered that franchise’s two best entries....

Rocket Science Movie Poster And Two Video Clips By Peter Sciretta/June 8, 2007 3:50 pm EST Rocket Science was not only one of our favorite movies at Sundace 2007, but it’s also one of my favorite movies of the year. In our review, we wrote: “Jeffrey Blitz has created the next Sundance classic. See this movie, see this movie, SEE THIS MOVIE.” It’s a mixture of Election, Rushmore, and Squid and the Whale (you can read the official synopsis after the jump)....

Sequel Bits: ‘Project X’ Sequel Already In The Planning Stages, Plus ‘Cloverfield 2,’ Journey 3’ By Russ Fischer/March 7, 2012 12:00 pm EST Project X, released last Friday, got some people angry, but Warner Bros. isn’t among those irritated by the teen party movie. The low-budget film is considered a success with $21m earned so far, and the studio and producers Todd Phillips and Joel Silver are already putting together plans for a sequel....

Superhero Bits: Batman Is The Murder Machine, The Flash Is The Favorite In Justice League & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 28, 2017 5:00 pm EST How did Star-Lord’s helmet sell for at auction? What is Batman doing as an evil version of Cyborg called The Murder Machine? Did Sam Wilson get a poor send-off as Captain America in Marvel Legacy? What are The Wasp and Ghost up to in a new set video from Ant-Man and The Wasp?...

TV Bits: Dwight Schrute-Centered ‘Office’ Spinoff In The Works, Plus: ‘Indie Game’, Paul Feig, Alan Ball, Rebel Wilson By Angie Han/Jan. 27, 2012 7:00 am EST With the exception of True Blood creator Alan Ball’s very serious-sounding Banshee, today’s TV Bits is all about the funny. After the jump: Dwight Schrute could leave Dunder Mifflin for Schrute Farms Paul Feig will direct Goldie Hawn in HBO’s The Viagra Diaries CBS orders a pilot written by and starring Bridesmaids’ Rebel Wilson Alan Ball sells an Amish country-set action drama to Cinemax HBO decides to turn Indie Game: The Movie into a half-hour comedy If the new series makes it to the small screen, and if (as expected) The Office is renewed for a ninth season, Wilson will return for several episodes this fall before transitioning to the new show in midseason....

Where Art Thou ‘Carol’ And ‘Creed’: Running Down The Biggest Oscar Snubs By Jacob Hall/Jan. 14, 2016 9:30 am EST The 2016 Oscar nominations are here and you know what that means: it’s time to start complaining! To be fair, this year’s nominees gave us a lot to cheer about. Mad Max: Fury Road (/Film’s favorite movie of 2015) walked away with a stunning ten nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director....

‘50/50’ Trailer And First Official Images By Germain Lussier/May 27, 2011 10:44 am EST Anyone with reservations about whether or not they’ll enjoy a cancer comedy can check those feelings right now. Summit has just released the first trailer for the fantastic new film 50/50, the true story of a young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who is diagnosed with cancer at 27 and given a 50/50 chance of survival. The studio is obviously aware that “cancer” and “comedy” generally don’t mix so they’ve been screening the film early and I’m happy to say that 50/50 (formerly titled I’m With Cancer) is hilarious and poignant....

‘Captain America 3’ Writer Christopher Markus Wants MODOK In A Marvel Movie By Angie Han/Aug. 13, 2014 3:00 pm EST Understandably, Captain America 3 scribe Christopher Markus hasn’t been very forthcoming about the overall plot of the new film. But he has been happy to discuss a certain baddie he really wants to introduce to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Even if he willingly admits it’s not likely to happen. Asked about Captain America characters he hoped to use, Markus singled out MODOK — as he has been doing for the last three years....

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Doesn’t Try To Break Stereotypes — And That’s Good By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 20, 2018 9:00 am EST Crazy. Rich. Asians. Every adjective in the title of Crazy Rich Asians sounds loaded at best, distasteful at worst. When trailers for Jon Chu’s movie started hitting the web, cries of racism inevitably began to surface. Why did it have to be Asians? Doesn’t that generalize an entire population of people?...

/Film Interview: ‘Pacific Rim’ Screenwriter Travis Beacham Discusses How ‘Tales From Year Zero’ Influences The Film By Germain Lussier/June 17, 2013 4:00 pm EST While Guillermo del Toro will likely get the credit, good or bad, once Pacific Rim comes to theaters, it was Travis Beacham who got him there. It was Beacham who, while walking on the beach, cracked the idea to pit giant robots against giant monsters in what eventually became this summer’s film....

/Film Interview: Chris Hemsworth, Thor In ‘The Avengers’ By Germain Lussier/April 27, 2012 12:00 pm EST Chris Hemsworth is having a staggering 2012. A film he shot before he was cast as Thor, The Cabin in the Woods, was just released. He’s back as the God of Thunder with a pivotal role in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers and he’ll then be seen as the Huntsman in Snow White and the Huntsman....

‘Hearts Beat Loud’ Review: Nick Offerman & Kiersey Clemons Form Your New Favorite Band [Sundance] By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 24, 2018 3:30 pm EST Movies about fractured families are easy to come by at the Sundance Film Festival, so it takes something special to make them stand out. In the case of Hearts Beat Loud from writer/director Brett Haley (The Hero, I’ll See You in My Dreams), the special ingredient comes in the form of Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons as a father and daughter who have had trouble connecting since the death of his wife and find a connection by forming a band with some real potential....

‘Magic Magic’ Review: Michael Cera Pushes Juno Temple Into Madness [Sundance 2013] By Russ Fischer/Jan. 24, 2013 1:00 pm EST Magic Magic is the second of two Sundance 2013 films from writer/director Sebastián Silva and star Michael Cera. This is the one that features Cera performing much of his dialogue — quite credibly, I believe — in Spanish. But Cera isn’t actually the lead here. That role belongs to Juno Temple, who very impressivly plays a young woman who goes completely out of her mind while visiting a cousin in Chile....

‘Saturday Night Live’ And Kumail Nanjiani Tackle Racism, Sexual Assault & ‘It’, Watch The Best & Worst Sketches By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 15, 2017 9:00 am EST Saturday Night Live finished up their first batch of new episodes kicking off the 43rd season by bringing in Silicon Valley star Kumail Nanjiani to host for the first time, fresh off the summer success of his indie romantic comedy The Big Sick. Since Nanjiani is also a celebrated and established stand-up comedian, this episode felt like it was going to be a hit....

‘Skull Island: Reign Of Kong’ Concept Art And Trailer Revealed For New Universal Orlando Ride By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2015 9:30 am EST After years of rumors, Universal Studios has finally confirmed and announced the upcoming Skull Island: Reign of Kong ride for Universal’s Islands of Adventure. Universal Orlando has released concept art of the new attraction alongside the first Skull Island: Reign of Kong trailer, teasing Kong’s return to Florida....

‘Superman’ And ‘Alien’ Title Designer Richard Alan Greenberg Dies At 71 By Chris Evangelista/June 21, 2018 4:00 pm EST You may not have known the name Richard Alan Greenberg, but you almost certainly know his work. Greenberg was an Oscar-nominated effects artist who created memorable title sequences for films, including Alien and Superman. Greenberg died this week at the age of 71. In 1977, Richard Alan Greenberg and his brother Robert founded R/Greenberg Associates, designing film titles and advertising work....

‘Things Fall Apart’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2011 2:30 pm EST Last year Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson took the low road to being taken seriously as an actor. No, not acting! That would be taking the high road. He lost a hell of a lot of weight and shaved his head to play a college football player stricken by cancer. The movie is Things Fall Apart, directed by and c0-starring Mario Van Peebles....

10 Things We Learned From “Breaking Bad” S5E11 “Confessions” By Joanna Robinson/Aug. 26, 2013 10:30 am EST As we promised in “The Ones Who Knock” Kickstarter, I will be doing weekly recaps here for each episode of Breaking Bad. For those of you unfamiliar with my recapping style, it’s less of a straightforward plot summary and more a distillation of the most interesting elements of each week’s episode. The recaps will spoil everything up through the current episode (S5E11 “Confessions”), but won’t spoil any future episodes or even scenes from the “Next Time” segment of the show....

Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci On The Tone Of ‘Cowboys And Aliens’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 1, 2010 12:00 pm EST Since it was first announced, I’ve been wondering what the tone will be for Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens. Even coming out of the footage screened at Comic-Con, I wasn’t exactly sure. Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci recently gave an interview with SciFiMedia Zone about the film and actually address the tone of the movie....

Episode 8 Bits: Yet Another “Leaked” Title, Intriguing Story Details, And The Best Set Pictures Yet By Jacob Hall/May 23, 2016 1:30 pm EST In today’s edition of Episode 8 Bits: Another “leaked” title for Star Wars: Episode 8 has arrived online. The combination of actors on the Irish sets tell us more about the story ahead. Details from a what sounds like a key sequence, but beware of potential spoilers....