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DreamWorks delays ‘Dragon’
Mindful of a crowded schedule for 3-D films late next year, DreamWorks Animation has pushed its offering "How to Train Your Dragon" by four months to March 26, 2010. The move leaves the studio with just one release, "Monsters vs. Aliens," scheduled for next year and...
It Takes a Butler To Tame a Dragon (Blog)
I tried not to make that joke -- but hey, everyone else is using McLovin' ones! The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Gerard Butler joins America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel and Christopher Mintz-Plasse to voice How to Train Your Dragon. Get your minds out...
Crank 3 Going 3D with Bullet-Time: (Blog)
We previously announced that Crank 2: High Voltage is in the works, but now the plot thickens - they're also making Crank 3! And that's not it - it's going to be in 3D, too! Steve over at Collider caught up with filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who told him...
Movie review Wrath of Gods- 2007 (blog)
Wrath of Gods is an challenging exploration into the rigors of film making as seen through the riotous production of 2005s Beowulf and Grendel (not to be confused with Henry M. Robert Zemeckis forthcoming motion conquer adaptation of the same famed narration). The...
Dear Frankie review (blog)
Dear Frankie is the story of a mother and her son Frankie. Frankie writes letters to his dad who works on a ship, but in reality, the mother pretends to be the dad and writes back. Frankie's father left the family when Frankie was a baby. When the boat comes to their...
Revolution, Lightstorm team for ‘Tale’ spin
[i Cameron strays from Fox hole for comedy/adventure pitch[/i Revolution Studios has picked up a pitch called "The Hanging Tale" from scribe Danny Rubin ("Groundhog Day") for low six figures to be produced with Jim Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment. Deal marks the...
BEOWULF AND GRENDEL (2005)…A Movie Review (blog)
I am a medievalist ... specifically, an Anglo-Saxonist. Don't panic ...all that means is that I am becoming something of an "expert" at the literature, and perforce, the history, of the Anglo-Saxons. And THAT means that among the things I must know is their greatest...
Movie review Wrath of Gods (2007)
Wrath of Gods is an challenging exploration into the rigors of cinema making as seen through and through the troubled production of 2005s Beowulf and Grendel (not to be lost with Robert Zemeckis approaching motion catch adaptation of the same famed story). The natural...
34th Saturn Awards’ Noms, ‘300’ Dominates (Blog)
As the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced the nomination for the 34th Annual Saturn Awards, it was revealed that the Greek epic “300″ was leading the pack by garnering 10 nods. The action adventure drama based on Frank Miller’s graphic...
The 34th Annual Saturn Award Nominations (Blog)
The Saturn Award nominations, announced by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films, always tend to pack that gore-filled genre-punch so needed at this time of year—when fans are prepping for a whole new year of supposedly fantastic titles while still...
Dracula 2001 – A Review (blog)
For our American cousins, the reason I have reviewed this under the title “Dracula 2001” is because that was its UK release name, having been released a year after the American release. This was Wes Craven’s foray into vampirism (as executive producer) and what we...
Directors of “Crank” and “Game” On Uncut This Wednesday (Blog)
One of the most popular and fun episodes of our Uncut LIVE show was back in April of 2007 when we had Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Writers and Directors of the Jason Statham feature “Crank”) in studio with us. It was also the first time they announced there would...
“Beowulf and Grendel” Review
Now that Beowulf and Grendel is available on DVD, here’s my long-promised review/critique. Please note that there will be plenty of spoilers herein, so if you don’t want spoilers, stop reading. There’s also a bit of foul language quoted from the film later, too. I’m...
300 Workout (Blog)
This workout is intense, the workout used to get the actors in shape for the movie 300. From Men's Health... Sometimes a movie takes off for no apparent reason. And sometimes the reason is readily apparent. Take 300, for instance. This epic account of an ancient...
DVD Review: Wrath Of Gods
Let's be real; most supposed documentaries about the making of a film are little more than an advertisement for the film in question. There have been the exceptions of course, but the majority have been more along the lines of infomercials than anything else. Think...
Dear Frankie (2005) review (blog)
Devout Frankie is one of those rare gems (somehow actually written and filmed) that come along occasionally and restore your trust in motion pictures as an art form. First off it’s just a unrepentant tear-jerker, and by the end of it I’d leaked enough duct juice to...
2007 : Best Actor
1. Daniel Day-Lewis – THERE WILL BE BLOOD I’m writing this at a very interesting time because right now the backlash against Day-Lewis’ performance is matched only by the increased quotability of dialogue from the portion of the film fueling the backlash. Admittedly,...
‘Game’ transforms UNM to Virtual World
Amid the quiet of winter break, avatars in metallic clothes and neon-bright hair step out of a computer screen onto the sky-bridge outside the Thorax bar – Woodward Hall, that is. They are part of “Society,” a simulation game similar to “Second Life” but with real...
On the set of “Game” with Gerard Butler, Amber Valetta, and Efren Ramirez…
So I saw that you guys had the poster for Game up, so I figure I'll share with you some pictures I have from the set. I played a raver in a huge rave/club scene. We just shot this about two days ago... there'll be tons of blood and tons of boobs. 🙂 A few things......
Producer Tom Rosenberg Interview
Tom Rosenberg, head of Lakeshore Entertainment, spoke to Collider.com about some of Lakeshore's upcoming films. Here is what he had to say about Game: [quote Q: So what's it been like working on Game, or how has that been shaping up? Tom: It's wild, that's wild. It's...