Year: 2008 | FilmBuffOnline

Breaking News: Oscar Winner Anthony Minghella Has Died

March 18, 2008 Rich Drees

The BBC is reporting that Academy Award winning director Anthony Minghella has died. He was 54. His death was confirmed by his agent, though no further details were forthcoming. Minghella won the Academy Award for [click for more]

Heading Back To DUNE

March 18, 2008 Rich Drees

Director Peter Berg will be taking us back to the planet Arrakis, having been attached to direct a big screen version of Frank Herbert’s classic science-fiction novel Dune. Berg will be working with producer Kevin [click for more]

Regal Goes Red Band

March 17, 2008 Rich Drees

Regal Entertainment Group has announced that they will begin using restricted “red band” trailers in their theaters, though they will be limited to screening only in front of R-rated feature films. The Motion Picture Association [click for more]

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN Gets More Runners

March 17, 2008 Rich Drees

Carla Gugino and Frank Marshall have joined the cast of Race To Witch Mountain, according to a Hollywood Reporter story published over the weekend. According to the story, Gugino will play a UFO expert who [click for more]

Required Reading: Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy

March 16, 2008 Rich Drees

One side effect of the internet has been the death of the fanzine. Amateur-produced magazines only in the fact that they seldom turned any sort of profit, fanzines were the product of fan’s love for [click for more]

Neidermeyer Interrogates The Deltas!

March 16, 2008 Rich Drees

The Delta’s old nemesis, Douglas C. Neidermeyer, apparently wasn’t killed by his own troops in Vietnam as previously thought. He’s currently running a restaurant in Milwaukee and has been talking to his college rivals, members [click for more]

Review: DOOMSDAY

March 16, 2008 Rich Drees

With Dog Soldiers (2002) and Descent (2005), director Neil Marshall proved himself a skilled cinematic chef, able to take the standard ingredients of a genre film and with the application of spice and style serve [click for more]

Waiting For Harvey Dent

March 15, 2008 Rich Drees

This weekend, Warner Brothers put into play the latest part of their continuing viral marketing program for the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight. Springing out of a website promoting Harvey Dent, to be portrayed [click for more]

This Week’s Theatrical Releases

March 14, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. Horton Hears a Who! (3,954 Theaters, 88 Minutes, Rated G): I don’t know about you, but the switch from live-action to computer animation is a bit jarring. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like [click for more]

Fincher To Reforge HEAVY METAL

March 14, 2008 Rich Drees

Paramount Pictures has announced that it developing a new animated anthology feature film based on the 1981 animated feature Heavy Metal, itself based on the long-running illustrated fantasy magazine. Director David Fincher will be heading [click for more]