As a genre, "Teen Noir Thriller" wasn’t even in the vocabulary until a couple years ago when Brick deftly handled the teen scene, making it feel grown up and just as seedy as any hard-boiled crime yarn – with a fun oratorical twist to boot.I’d venture to say we’ll be seeing more and more of … Continue reading
Come July 20th, if you don’t get enough of The Simpsons on a steady diet of weekly escapades and ever-present syndicated reruns, hopefully you can fill up on 90 minutes of a beefy The Simpsons Movie. In the mean time, take a Simpson family tour with six character posters that look like they could easily … Continue reading
The Dark Horse comics anthology series Dark Horse Presents, was the launching point for quite a few properties that finally made it into filmdom. Both Hellboy and Sin City cut their teeth in the black and white anthology, while other notable comic titles like Concrete gained their popularity in its pages. The format ended in … Continue reading
Thanks to one Mr. Smokin Joe (Carnahan that is), we’re getting word that workaholic Robert Rodriguez didn’t waste any time post-Grindhouse and has put together a possible teaser for Sin City 2, which revolves around the plot from the A Dame to Kill For books.Sounds like it’s going to make many a dudes pants shrink … Continue reading
Like a nice case of Montezuma’s revenge, Babel is striking back. Not content with an Oscar nomination for Best Motion Picture ("It’s great to be nominated!”, remember?), the film has been wreaking havoc on the intestinal fortitude of Japanese audiences since its April 28 release.Apparently, 15 people have complained about feeling sick as watching Babel … Continue reading
Better late than never, my friends. Better late than never. Earlier today, Pixar released a nine minute clip for its upcoming film Ratatouille. It’s impressive. Not necessarily by the story element being put to play, but (it’s here I unveil my animation gasm) holy crap…the animation. Gorgeous. Detailed. Fluid. While it’s par for course to … Continue reading
For all those offended by the terrible, terrible play on Limp Bizkit’s crapfest "Rollin’", I’m sorry. On to the story. Thanks to the success of a little spring movie called 300, Zack Snyder gets to make the Watchmen movie no one could get off the ground, WB is raking in gobs of cash and midget … Continue reading
So you may have heard about Bug. You may even be anticipating its release later this month. [Note from Devin: You should be – it’s really good!] The one-sheet that’s been attached to the movie (see it now!) has been an icky "Something’s under that dudes skin and it spells BUG!" poster, obviously inspired by … Continue reading
Last week, we reported on an upcoming film that, judging by the message board responses we received, many of you can’t wait to see: South of the Border. Oh, sorry! That’s Grizzly Park. South of the Border is the one no one gave two craps about. Unless you’ve suddenly developed an interest in movies about … Continue reading
Over the last few weeks, a continuous drip of Iron Man bits and pieces have been revealed. Devin caught the old-school (excuse me – Mark 1) suit. Nick caught the USA Today reveal of a hunger-striking Tony stark with glowing chest.Glowing chest? Old-school suit? WTFH!?Iron Fans know the latest pic is just ol’ Tony working … Continue reading