What Is Your Favorite Movie Scene? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 6, 2009 9:00 am EST Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is favorite movie scenes. One night while hanging out at Film School Rejects headquarters (where I was crashing for Fantastic Fest), FSR sexpert Bethany Perryman showed me her favorite movie scene of all time on YouTube. The scene involved a monologue in a congressional hearing, but that’s really not important....
Youtube Screening Room Hosts Independent Films In Honor Of Black History Month By David Chen/Feb. 3, 2009 12:01 am EST While Netflix may be the venue of choice for many people looking to watch films online, those of us who don’t want to shell out $9/month may often find themselves resorting to other, less costly options. Hulu is obviously a major presence in this space, with a substantial catalog of classic films already available for free, but one player that emerged late last summer is Youtube, which debuted the Youtube Screening Room last June....
‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Review: The Dark Anthology Series Returns To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 29, 2017 7:00 am EST Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker’s dark, twisted, technology-driven Twilight Zone riff, is about return to Netflix for yet another season of woe and punishment. There’s a cold cosmic justice at work in Black Mirror; a sense that any transgression, no matter how mundane, will be met with the bleakest of punishments. It can often make for an unpleasant experience....
‘Hostiles’ Review: Christian Bale Leads A Weary And Grim Western From Scott Cooper [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 17, 2017 10:00 am EST “The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.” So begins the epigraph of Scott Cooper’s Hostiles, a Western that explores America’s then-undeveloped territories as a fertile ground for nihilism, despair and self-reflection. Gone is the frontier myth of endless possibility and opportunity, replaced by a plot that is quite literally a march towards death....
‘I Declare War’ Review: Childhood Conflict Emulates Adulthood In Audience Award Winner [Fantastic Fest 2012] By Russ Fischer/Sept. 25, 2012 5:12 pm EST With a shock of blond hair, braces, and a physique that has yet to even begin thinking about filling out, PK is an unlikely general. He’s a relatively tiny kid, maybe eleven or twelve years old, and the undisputed champion of War amongst kids at school. In I Declare War, PK (Gage Munroe) plays by the rules in games of capture the flag: two teams, two immovable bases, gunshots incapacitate for ten seconds, grenades “kill....
‘Jurassic World:’ Let’s Analyze The Latest Trailer With Over 70 Screengrabs By Germain Lussier/April 20, 2015 8:00 pm EST Anyone who complained the first few Jurassic World trailers didn’t show enough will be pleasantly surprised by the latest one. The new trailer reveals several new action sequences as well the official full-screen reveal of the Indominus Rex, called the D-Rex. There are also many new shots of the Pteranodons, Velociraptors and a ton of homages to the original movie....
‘Mighty Ducks 4’ Might Happen Someday, Eventually, Maybe By Angie Han/June 9, 2014 2:30 pm EST It’s been 18 years since the release of D3: The Mighty Ducks, but in our sequel-happy age, it’s never too late to consider a follow-up. While D4 isn’t officially in development, producer Jordan Kerner has revealed that it’s not not in development, either. He just needs the “right story.” Should he ever find it, he’ll have at least one star on board....
‘Mr. Robot’ Review: Everything Is Illuminated As ‘Metadata’ Plays Catch-Up By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 2, 2017 7:00 am EST (We’re going to kickstart our weekly discussion of USA’s Mr. Robot season 3 by answering one simple question: who had the biggest mental breakdown in this week’s episode? “Metadata: the story behind the data,” Elliot intones as he rustles through Darlene’s apartment underneath the FBI’s stakeout. “Getting information is one thing, but how it was created, where and by whom, can often be illuminating....
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Is Uneven And Messy And A Whole Bunch Of Fun By Karen Han/May 25, 2018 7:00 am EST There will always be something transporting about the music that John Williams has composed for the Star Wars universe. As soon as the old themes and styles of orchestrations (lavish strings, sharp brass) kick in during Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, it’s difficult not to feel a little jolt of excitement — or hope....
‘The Greatest Showman’ Review: A Con Artist’s Bauble Of A Movie…With Great Songs By Karen Han/Dec. 20, 2017 7:00 am EST Oh, boy. Where to begin with The Greatest Showman? Generally speaking, if you feel the need to cover something up, then it’s a pretty good indication that you know you’ve done something wrong. To that end, it’s a leading indicator of what you’re in for that The Greatest Showman’s cast includes Paul Sparks (always great, always underserved) as critic James Gordon Bennett, and saddles him first with the task of pooh-poohing the protagonists’ efforts, and then begrudgingly admitting, “another critic might have called [the circus] a celebration of humanity....
‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2’ Review: With Nothing At Stake, The Oh-So-Serious Franchise Is Free To Play By Russ Fischer/Nov. 16, 2012 5:30 pm EST In the final act of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, as primary characters face horrific fates and a Highlander film’s worth of decapitations flickered on the screen, I struggled to wrap my head around a realization: I might have to convince some of my friends to see this movie....
30+ High Resolution Photos From Kevin Smith’s Cop Out By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2010 3:50 pm EST Warner Bros Pictures has released 30+ high resolution photos from Kevin Smith’s buddy cop comedy Cop Out, starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz, Ana de la Reguera and Seann William Scott. Check them out after the jump, along with the production notes from the film. Click on any of the images to enlarge....
Alien Covenant Trailer Breakdown: In Space No One Can Hear You Screenshot By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2016 7:00 am EST Over the weekend, the first trailer for Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant hit the internet. If you haven’t watched the Alien Covenant trailer yet, click over and watch it now. There are a lot of things happening in this trailer, and we thought it might be worth doing an image by image breakdown to figure out what’s going on here and point out some interesting bits that you may have missed....
David Ayer Reacts To ‘Suicide Squad’ Reviews, Fans Do The Same With A Rotten Tomatoes Petition By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 3, 2016 10:30 am EST The first Suicide Squad reviews hit the web yesterday, and while there was praise for performances from Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis and even Jai Courtney, there was a lot of criticism in other areas. The consensus was while the characters were great and brought a lot of fun to the table, they’re unfortunately part of a movie that doesn’t use them to their full potential, mostly due to a lackluster narrative and a weak villain to motivate them....
Empire Reveals J.J. Abrams’ ‘Force Awakens’ Cinematic Inspirations And More By Jacob Hall/Nov. 27, 2015 1:00 pm EST Remember when we were begging for any kind of news about Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Now we have to beat new stories and details and rumors and spoilers and trailers and TV spots with a stick. If you want to know the latest about the mysterious Supreme Leader Snoke, the complex nature of Kylo Ren, and a little more about the still-absent Luke Skywalker, this is the place to be....
In Defense Of ‘Independence Day: Resurgence,’ A Misfire Worth Embracing By Jacob Hall/June 27, 2016 10:00 am EST Last week, I bought my ticket and settled in for Independence Day: Resurgence with some trepidation. After all, the publicity machine had been silent and there were no really screenings for critics. The belated sequel to director Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion film was opening in theaters showcasing all of the telltale signs of stinker....
The Wes Anderson of It All I’m wading into the Isle of Dogs debate a few days after the initial uproar, as a conflicted Wes Anderson fan. Anderson is not known for his adherence to reality. His deadpan, eclectic dollhouse-style has become so recognizable that Anderson has become a genre unto his own. And Isle of Dogs is the epitome of that style – with a significant twist. Isle of Dogs is ostensibly Anderson’s love letter to Japanese culture, an homage to Japanese cinematic greats like Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki....
John Mulaney Elevates An Average ‘Saturday Night Live’ With Help From Ben Stiller And Robert De Niro By Ethan Anderton/April 15, 2018 9:00 am EST After writing for Saturday Night Live from 2008 to 2013, comedian John Mulaney returned to Studio 8H as one of the rare hosts who had only written on the sketch series rather than being a full fledged cast member. Due to his time spent on SNL, Mulaney had no problem with some of the issues that first-time hosts can struggle with, such as performing live, reading cue cards and hitting marks, but it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing....
Mark Millar Has “Big Name Action Director” For A Superman Returns Revamp? Announcing At Xmas? Madness. By Hunter Stephenson/July 1, 2008 10:48 pm EST Let’s hope Mark Millar sticks around the movie business for many years, and not only because the guy gives great quotes. With the adaptation of his Wanted comics raking in considerable bank and an adaptation of Kick-Ass on the way from director Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake), Millar is not allowing a Superman Returns revamp to vanish from his broadening Hollywood map....
Metallica Comes To Comic-Con 2013 On Friday Along With ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2,’ ‘Game Of Thrones, ‘Walking Dead’ And ‘Veronica Mars’ By Germain Lussier/July 5, 2013 12:30 pm EST The second biggest day of the Con will feature a loaded Hall H day including The World’s End, Kick-Ass 2, Riddick, Veronica Mars, RoboCop, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and even two huge TV entries, Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. But that’s not all....
