Year: 2008 | FilmBuffOnline

TCM To Air Charisse Tribute

June 20, 2008 John Gibbon

Turner 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 [click for more]

Weinsteins’ Join The Movies To Broadway Caravan

June 20, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

The 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 [click for more]

ZACK AND MIRI Have Ratings Problems

June 20, 2008 Rich Drees

If 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 [click for more]

This Week’s Theatrical Releases

June 19, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

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 [click for more]

Tarantino’s INGLORIOUS BASTARDS To Be Two Part Film?

June 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Quentin 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 [click for more]

Stamp Looking Forward To WANTED 2

June 19, 2008 Rich Drees

Terence 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 [click for more]

What’s Next For Leterrier? INCREDIBLE HULK 2? RUNAWAYS? 1602?

June 19, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

Even 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 [click for more]

AFI Names 10 Top 10.

June 18, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

This 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 [click for more]

SPEED RACER Postmortem: Is Anne Thompson Right?

June 18, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

There 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, [click for more]

Poster: Coen Brothers’ BURN AFTER READING

June 18, 2008 Rich Drees

If 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 [click for more]