tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:53:25 +0000http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FilmBuffNewsreel.htmnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)Blogger602125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-832743958011876767Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:51:00 +00002008-06-25T12:53:25.895-04:00DirectorsComing SoonAs those watching for news leaks from the set of the upcoming X-Files: Fight The Future have learned, writer/director Chris Carter is good at keeping secrets. It should come as no surprise then that the Hollywood Reporter has uncovered that Carter is already midway through the production of his next film, Fencewalker. The Reporter describes the film as "a coming-of-age semiautobiographical http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/chris-carter-pulls-cloverfield.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-1948840609484771787Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:17:00 +00002008-06-25T12:42:45.678-04:00PosterRemakeComing SoonIf there is one film currently in production that I am NOT looking forward to seeing, it is the upcoming remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. And despite what some would think, it has less to do with my continuing apathy towards star Keanu Reeves than it does towards the fact that this project even exists. The original not only is one of the best science-fiction films of all time, but one of http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/poster-day-earht-stood-still.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-966564122448958432Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:34:00 +00002008-06-24T15:55:23.482-04:00In DevelopmentComing SoonComics And FilmUSA Today has a nice article on Marvel's slate of movies, where they speak with comic legends Stan Lee and Joe Simon about their creations who are due to hit the big screen. But the paper also speaks with Iron Man director, Jon Favreau, who reveals that Marvel is pushing for the team line-up for 2011 Avengers film to be Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and Iron Man. This should come as a http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/lee-and-simon-discuss-marvels-movie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-3815506269511604272Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:43:00 +00002008-06-25T08:02:05.479-04:00LegalLawsuitIn DevelopmentComics And FilmCould the Big Red "S" be on the shelf due to a high-profile lawsuit? And does this mean good things for The Big Red Cheese? In a recent press junket, Get Smart director Peter Segal was asked by AMC's SciFi Scanner blog about his upcoming Billy Batson and the Legend of Shazam, which adapts DC's Captain Marvel the screen. Segal's response raised a red flag for many comics fans. Here is the back http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/could-siegel-lawsuit-delay-superman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-2703009321436479371Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:39:00 +00002008-06-23T22:47:56.539-04:00Academy AwardsThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has send out its yearly round of invitations to join its organization to 105 individuals on Monday. Each year, AMPAS can only induct a maximum of 137 people. Invitations are usually sent out to a much lower number. Notable names on this years invitation list include Jet Li, Diablo Cody, Judd Apatow and Sacha Baron Cohen. For the full list of all http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/academy-invites-105-to-join.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-2680939465091175286Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:55:00 +00002008-06-23T22:38:35.298-04:00PosterComing SoonWe here at FilmBuff Online look out for our readers. We wish to warn you away from the movies of the team of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans). We do this by showing you the posters for their films so you don't accidentally stumble into theaters showing their films by mistake. FilmBuff Editor Rich Drees brought one to your attention here. But the http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/fbol-public-service-another-disaster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-5555778543065933396Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:43:00 +00002008-06-23T13:57:52.214-04:00Is the new Stephen Sommers live-action G. I. Joe film getting a subtitle? It appears that way for at least part of the world. The European film site Film1 was able to get a picture of a billboard at Amsterdam's Cinema EXPO which shows Channing Tatum's Duke and the film's logo with "Rise Of Cobra" underneath it. (Click to enlarge.) The addition of a subtitle definitely shows that the studio ishttp://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/gi-joe-gets-subtitle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-6857724025410910159Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:24:00 +00002008-06-23T14:43:44.026-04:00DirectorsIn DevelopmentIn an interview with the Boston Tribune published over the weekend, Quentin Tarantino has confirmed that, at long last, he is definitely done writing the screenplay for his World War II epic Inglorious Bastards. “I’ve been working on it for a long time,” he said. “And I literally just finished it, so it’s too soon to talk about it. It’s too new.” Tarantino was being interviewed in conjunction http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/tarantino-confirms-inglorious-bastards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-3969443408530799973Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:54:00 +00002008-06-23T13:19:43.216-04:00Although not a fan of gore slasher films, I may have been one of the few critics who actually had some positive things to say about Eli Roth's Hostel II. As oppossed to some other, similar films, I found Hostel II to have a very interesting subtext that could be seen as commenting on the geo-political landscape of the times. At the time of the film's release, there was the usual talk of a sequelhttp://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/roth-less-hostel-iii-in-works.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-2511659566705953912Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:43:00 +00002008-06-23T11:52:42.434-04:00ObituaryGeorge Carlin, the groundbreaking social satirist whose "Seven Dirty Words You Can't Say On Television" bit sparked a court case that lead all the way to the Supreme Court and a national discussion on indecency and censorship, has passed away last night in Los Angeles. He was 71. Primarily a stage comic, Carlin would take an occasional screen role, but a film career was something he never http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/breaking-george-carlin-has-died.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-8444175022957119216Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:40:00 +00002008-06-22T23:47:44.765-04:00Animated FilmHistoryWithout a doubt the biggest success story in films in the past two decades has been the rise of PIXAR Animation Studios. A small sidebusiness started by George Lucas but sold off to Steve Jobs, the small northern California-based studio rose to prominence through a combination of smart business strategies and the boundless imagination of its output. Recently, The PIXAR Touch, David A. Price's http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/pixar-touch-sample-chapter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-7327864079248194607Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:44:00 +00002008-06-21T23:44:50.501-04:00SequelIn DevelopmentComing SoonComics And Film If all the stars align, 2011 might be a busy year at the cineplex for Marvel movie adaptations.Producer Laura Ziskin, promoting her one-hour Stand Up To Cancer fundraising special, announced to California and Nevada theater owners that the fourth sequel to the Spider-Man franchise is tentatively scheduled for a May 2011 release.This might seem like a case of putting the cart before the horse http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/spider-man-4-to-come-in-may-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-3185070494744119572Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:23:00 +00002008-06-21T22:41:55.265-04:00Posterpromotional stuntsIf you have ever wanted to hear Scarlett Johansson say to you, "On your knees then," well, this is your lucky day. I'm sure by now everyone has seen these teaser posters released for Frank Miller's The Spirit: However, if you want to hear the above characters say the lines of dialogue that have been photoshopped on their faces, click over to Yahoo Movies. They have a page showing the above http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/want-to-hear-ladies-of-spirit-speak.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-6484629289384174917Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:35:00 +00002008-06-21T09:43:37.203-04:00ReviewsTV To FilmCan a television comedy with roots in the spy mania of the 1960s and the Cold War be relevant and find laughs four decades later? That's the mission Steve Carell accepted when he stepped into Don Adams' iconic role of bumbling spy Maxwell Smart for a big screen revival of the classic televisino comedy Get Smart. Does he succeed? Read our review to find out.http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/review-get-smart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-717342028547814208Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:44:00 +00002008-06-20T13:22:28.710-04:00Academy Awards The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved two changes to their nomination rules Tuesday night in an effort to address controversies from years past. A change was made in the Best Original Song category limiting the total number of songs that can be nominated from a single film to only two. Last year, three songs from the movie Enchanted were nominated, causing a stir amongst http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/rule-changes-for-oscars-put-into-effect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-4680511609911766597Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:15:00 +00002008-06-20T17:46:38.030-04:00Turner Classic MoviesTurner Classic Movies will honor the recent passing of one of Hollywood's greatest dancing stars, Cyd Charisse, by devoting its June 27th evening schedule to showcase three of her films. At 8pm, TCM will present Singin' in the Rain (1952), featuring one of the most brilliant musical numbers ever filmed. As soon as her outstretched leg caught Gene Kelly's eye in the Broadway Melody sequence, you http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/tcm-to-air-charisse-tribute.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (John G)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-7791464605910639716Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:45:00 +00002008-06-20T12:43:09.501-04:00Screen To StageThe road between movies and Broadway used to be a one way street, running from the Great White Way directly to the Silver Screen. But the success of musical theater adaptations movies such as Beauty and the Beast, Hairspray and The Producers has increased the flow of traffic in both directions. Now, The Weinstein Company is pulling on that highway with musicals based on some of their film http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/weinsteins-join-movies-to-broadway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-2961203731894302058Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:42:00 +00002008-06-20T10:07:00.172-04:00RatingsDirectorsMPAAComing SoonIf you thought that a film with a title like Zack And Miri Make A Porno would sail through the MPAA's rating process with no troubles, then you probably aren't up on the long list of ridiculous and often contradictory decisions the board has made when it comes to assigning ratings to films. Porno star Seth Rogen, now there's a phrase I'm sure he's proud to be a part of, has let slip to MTV http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/zack-and-miri-have-ratings-problems.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-981296619486657471Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:35:00 +00002008-06-20T16:07:31.286-04:00movie releases 1. Get Smart (3,911 Theaters, 110 Minutes, Rated PG-13): Sometimes, Hollywood just mystifies me. The summer movie season is four months long, yet two of the biggest comedies of the season are opening on the same week. Yes, instead of separating them by a week or two, where they won't take audiences away from one another, they have them fight it out on the same weekend. Of the two, I am leaninghttp://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/this-weeks-theatrical-releases_19.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-5284852263686076719Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:15:00 +00002008-06-20T18:13:49.047-04:00In DevelopmentQuentin Tarantino is no stranger to long movies. Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown both clock in at just over two and a half hours each while his martial arts/revenge saga Kill Bill needed to be split into two films. Now it looks like his next film, the World War II film Inglorious Bastards is going to be a two part epic as well. The news comes from AintItCoolNews' founder Harry Knowles, who has http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/tasrantinos-inglorious-bastards-to-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-5844911100333960357Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:33:00 +00002008-06-19T22:48:46.352-04:00SequelComing SoonComics And FilmTerence Stamp fans have it lucky this month. Not only is he appearing as the head of the evil terrorist organization KAOS in this Friday's Get Smart, he will be making an appearance in the Angelina Jolie action pic Wanted. But don’t be too discouraged if he only has a small role in that film. Stamp told MTV Movies Blog that his appearance in Wanted may be small, he will return taking a http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/stamp-looking-forward-to-wanted-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-1554899726622754179Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:02:00 +00002008-06-19T09:06:42.744-04:00SequelIn DevelopmentComics And FilmEven though The Incredible Hulk performed slightly under expectations ($5 million short of the projected $60 gross), Louis Leterrier is quickly becoming a name to be reckoned with in comic book movie circles. And some of his comments in the press junket for The Incredible Hulk lead fans to believe that the film will not be the last comic adaptation which will feature Leterrier's name in the http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/whats-next-for-leterrier-incredible.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-2310754668792539845Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:15:00 +00002008-06-18T13:36:58.107-04:00ListsAFIThis might not be news to anybody who stopped by their local CBS affiliate while flipping through the channels last night, but The American Film Institute has named the top ten films in ten different genres. The genres selected were Animation (# 1: Snow White), Fantasy (#1: The Wizard of Oz), Sci-Fi (#1: 2001: A Space Odyssey), Westerns (#1: The Searchers), Courtroom (#1: To Kill A Mockingbird)http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/afi-names-10-top-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-8487799433704908433Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:18:00 +00002008-06-18T09:21:25.148-04:00There is an old maxim that goes: "Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan". This year's cinematic orphan has to be Speed Racer. The film, which cost an estimated $120 million to produce, has made just over $80 million worldwide in six weeks of release. It looks unlikely that it will recoup its budget and if it does, it will just barely. Variety columnist Anne Thompson is acting as a http://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/speed-racer-postmortem-is-anne-thompson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (William Gatevackes)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272589938515116382.post-4275045560443203173Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:02:00 +00002008-06-18T07:02:33.666-04:00PosterComing SoonHistoryIf there's one thing I like about the Coen Brothers, it is that there films routinely show a wide knowledge of film history. Classic genres as diverse as slapstick, farce, suspense and film noir all inform their various movies. And sometimes, like in their upcoming dark spy comedy Burn After Reading, its possible that all those influences come into play. We don't want to give too much of the plothttp://www.filmbuffonline.com/2008/06/poster-coen-brothers-burn-after-reading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rich D)