Movie News
The Star Wars Visual Effect That Almost Wasn't Ready In Time For Release
Cinema Blend - 14 Jan 2016 23:25
Visual effects artists are a lot like film directors. If the movie on which they were working didn’t have a hard-and-fast release date, they likely would continue to tweak specifics until the cows came home. Star Wars:...
The Next 'Dead Rising' Will Use the Unreal Engine
Bloody Disgusting - 14 Jan 2016 04:36
Capcom Vancouver is ditching the engine they built to (re)animate the undead hordes in their gritty-ish reboot of the tonally challenged Dead Rising franchise in favor of a partnership with Epic Games. The studio will be...
Alan Rickman, Actor Known for 'Harry Potter' and 'Die Hard,' Dies at 69
The New York Times - 14 Jan 2016 23:30
The British actor brought an erudite dignity to film roles like the nefarious mastermind of "Die Hard" and the dour master of potions in the "Harry Potter" series.
Review: 'Band of Robbers' Riffs on Mark Twain Characters in Today's Missouri
The New York Times - 14 Jan 2016 23:49
This comedy, written and directed by Aaron and Adam Nee, offers variations on "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer."
Review: Surely you'll enjoy the 'Airplane'-esque silliness of 'Angie Tribeca'
HitFix - 14 Jan 2016 23:46
HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "Angie Tribeca," the new TBS parody of cop dramas, created by Steve Carell and Nancy Carell, and starring Rashida Jones, Hayes MacArthur, Jere Burns, and Deon Cole.
Oscar Nominations 2016: The Snubs And The Oh-Come-Ons
Film Drunk - 14 Jan 2016 23:45
This year’s Oscar nominations (the 2016 Oscars, or the 2015 Oscars, depending whether you identify by movie year or telecast date) were announced this morning , and, like every year, there were plenty of snubs (deservi...
Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark signs Guilermo Del Toro to direct because duh
HitFix - 14 Jan 2016 23:45
In one of the most obvious combinations of director and material in recent memory, Guillermo Del Toro has signed to direct Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark for CBS Films, working from the John August rewrite of the scri...
Adam Lambert to Play Eddie in Fox's 'Rocky Horror Picture Show'
Bloody Disgusting - 14 Jan 2016 23:38
"American Idol’s" Adam Lambert has been cast in Fox's "Rocky Horror Picture Show" as Eddie, an ex-delivery boy played by the great Meat Loaf in the original film (see below). Lambert joins cast members Laverne Cox, who...
Hard "R" Rating For 'Alien: Covenant,' Says Ridley Scott!
Bloody Disgusting - 14 Jan 2016 23:28
Ridley Scott has dropped all the bullshit and is embracing the animalistic nature of his Alien franchise. Even though Prometheus, the prequel to his 1979 horror classic Alien, was targeting towards a more mainstream audi...
Every Michael Bay Movie, Ranked
Cinema Blend - 14 Jan 2016 23:02
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi marks the return of Michael Bay. Some people will meet that news with a shrug of indifference, while others will instantly be overjoyed that Bayhem is about to come back to the b...
The Weirdest Aladdin Remake Ever Is Coming, And Of Course It's Got Macaulay Culkin
Cinema Blend - 14 Jan 2016 22:49
Live action remakes of fairy tales are pretty big business right now. After Disney hit it big with Maleficent, they've moved to turn most of their animated stories into live-action films. A number of other studios have a...
Lita Baron, Spanish-Born Actress and Nightclub Performer, Dies at 92
Hollywood Reporter - 14 Jan 2016 22:47
Once married to the late actor Rory Calhoun, she played Ricky's former dance partner from Cuba on an episode of 'I Love Lucy.'
Oscar Box-Office Bump: 'The Revenant' Rides Ahead of 'Star Wars: Force Awakens'
Hollywood Reporter - 14 Jan 2016 22:44
As a class, the eight best picture nominees have earned $75.8 million on average, up 196 percent from last year's dismal $25.6 million average.
Guillermo del Toro to Develop 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'
Hollywood Reporter - 14 Jan 2016 22:25
He may also direct the adaptation for CBS Films.
Oscars: Oddsmakers Like 'Spotlight' and 'The Revenant' for Best Picture
Hollywood Reporter - 14 Jan 2016 22:14
Leonardo DiCaprio should easily take best actor, but it's a much tougher call for best actress.
Somehow the only Oscar nomination for 'Straight Outta Compton' went to white people
HitFix - 14 Jan 2016 22:12
If you thought the Academy Awards couldn't get any whiter than they were last year, you thought wrong.
Guillermo del Toro Scares Your Childhood With 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'!
Bloody Disgusting - 14 Jan 2016 22:06
Some huge news that hits many of us right in the childhood nostalgia feels is coming out of Hollywood as it’s being reported that Guillermo del Toro will be producing and potentially directing a film adaptation of “S...
'Mad Tiger' and Other Films Join a New Wave of Punk Documentaries
The New York Times - 14 Jan 2016 22:05
In movies like "Los Punks" and "Mad Tiger," filmmakers have been chronicling bands and scenes from China to California, Myanmar to Texas.
Oscars odds, ends, facts and figures
Miami Herald - 14 Jan 2016 21:53
A look at five facts about Thursday's Oscar nominations: …
The 11 Biggest 2016 Academy Award Nomination Snubs
Cinema Blend - 14 Jan 2016 21:47
Congratulations to this year’s nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards! Now, if you could do us a small favor and tone down your celebrations, because you are going to make the following people upset. There are only so ma...
'Dying Light: The Following' is 'Mad Max' With Zombies
Bloody Disgusting - 14 Jan 2016 21:47
2015 was a transformative year for Techland’s zombie genocide simulator Dying Light. The game has evolved, gradually, via incremental updates that have introduced new features, content and additional polish, as well as...
New Video Collections Examine Machines Modern and Less So
The New York Times - 14 Jan 2016 21:38
The documentarian Manfred Kirchheimer hails 1970s New York subway graffiti in a collection, while "The Short Films of the Quay Brothers" evokes older technology.