January 24, 2007
Sundance Review: "Weapons" Is Violent, Feels Authentic
Adam Bhala Lough's "Weapons" has an opening to remember. A teenager sits in a fast food joint eating a hamburger, chewing blithely away in slow motion. He sits facing the camera for minutes until a figure in the background approaches, pulls out a shotgun, and blows off his head mid-lunch -- splashing a ketchup-red splatter of blood right onto the camera lens. It's a harbinger of what's to come.
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November 7, 2006
Day of the Dead Remake Mixes Old and New
The "Dawn of the Dead" remake revolutionized George A. Romero?s creation by making the zombies fast running monsters. Now Hollywood has decided to remake "Day of the Dead," but there might be more variety to the zombies, says star Nick Cannon.
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July 12, 2006
Cast Lines Up for the "Day of the Dead" Remake
After Zack Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead" remake impressed a bunch of people and made a bunch of cash, it came as no surprise to learn that a "Day of the Dead" remake was going into production -- and the cast & crew will begin shooting next month.
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May 1, 2006
Trailer Bulletin: Monster House
One of the summer's more anticipated CGI features is Sony's "Monster House," and Apple Quicktime has just posted the first full trailer for the family-friendly monster mash. Click right here for the goods.
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March 17, 2006
Weinsteins To Present Estevez's "Bobby"
The Weinstein Co. has acquired Emilio Estevez's ensemble drama "Bobby," which follows the 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel and its effect on the hotel's inhabitants, played by a vast, star-studded cast.
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February 6, 2006
SXSW Promises Vendettas, Betties, Dreamz & Slithers
In addition to a ton of low-budget, independent, documentary, and dramatic films, this year's South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival promises a rather flashy infusement of high-end studio fare, too! So while it's always important to shed some attention on the little guys (which we'll be doing soon enough), it's also fun to note that SXSW will be offering high-end "gimme" titles like "V for Vendetta," "The Notorious Bettie Page," "American Dreamz," and the geekily-anticipated "Slither."
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October 5, 2005
Four More Sign On for Estevez's "Bobby"
From The Hollywood Reporter comes word that four new stars have climbed aboard Emilio Estevez's Bobby Kennedy biopic: namely, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Nick Cannon and Freddy Rodriguez.
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September 22, 2005
"Roll Bounce" to Charity
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox Searchlight is prepared to donate 10% of the "Roll Bounce" opening weekend tally to Operation USA for Hurricane Katrina.
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September 1, 2005
Critical Consensus: "Gardener" Reaps Praise
This week we have a movie about international intrigue ("The Constant Gardener"), a mercenary ("The Transporter 2"), the problems of time travel ("A Sound of Thunder"), and a cop who goes back to school "Underclassman").Which one will get the best marks from the critics?
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July 18, 2005
"Monster House" to Get the 3-D Treatment in Digital Theaters
When the Robert Zemeckis-produced animated adventure "Monster House" hits movie screens next July, a handful of theaters will offer you the 3-D experience. Created with the stop-motion animation style used in last year's "Polar Express," "Monster House" is about "three kids who must battle a house determined to eat every trick-or-treater on Halloween."
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July 8, 2005
Trailer Bulletin: Underclassman
Nick Cannon plays a youthful bike cop who's enlisted for undercover duty at a posh private school in "Underclassman," the trailer for which can now be seen at Yahoo! Movies. Directed by Marcos Siega ("Pretty Persuasion") and penned by "Girl Next Door" scribes Brent Goldberg & David Wagner, "Underclassman" has been sitting in a Miramax vault for many a moon -- but hey, it might be good anyway!
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