Friday Flashback: UNDER THE RAINBOW
We continue our celebration of the shortest month of the year with a look at some movies featuring Hollywood’s shortest actors… There’s a scene in Under The Rainbow that had I seen the movie in [click for more]
February 2010
New Releases: February 19
1.Shutter Island (Paramount, 2,500 Theaters, 138 Minutes, Rated R): Usually, when a film has its released date moved back like this one has (it was supposed to come out in October 2009), that is usually [click for more]
Special John Hughes Tribute On Oscar Night
The Academy Awards will take a few moments during their broadcast next month to pay a special tribute to the late writer/director John Hughes, who passed away last August. It’s an unusual move for the [click for more]
Young CONAN Cast
Leo Howard, last seen this past summer as the young Snake Eyes in the flashback portions of GI Joe, has been cast in Lionsgate’s upcoming new Conan film, playing the sword-swinging barbarian as a youth. [click for more]
MAMMA MIA Sequel Probably Not Happening
Bad news Mamma Mia! Fans. If you were hoping for a return trip to that Greek island where everyone spontaneously breaks into ABBA songs, you may have to cancel your travel plans. While making the [click for more]
Script Review: ALLIES WITH BENEFITS
By Elizabeth Wright Shapiro Draft Dated March 2, 2009 The old saying about politics making strange bedfellows is apparently the springboard for Allie With Benefits. With perhaps the first Meet Cute to take place at [click for more]
Kevin Smith Kicked Off A Plane, Tweets About It
This really isn’t film news related, but as a man of sizable size and girth, I think it bears repeating. Kevin Smith was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight on Saturday. Why? For being fat. [click for more]
Imagi Studios Closes, GATCAHMAN Fate Unknown
Last week, Imagi Studios, the CGI animation group behind the recent Astro Boy big screen adventure, was closed by its owner, Hong Kong-based Imagi International Holdings Ltd. Over 300 employees are now out of work [click for more]
Roland Emmerich To Shoot FOUNDATION In Mo Cap
Filmmakers have been trying to figure out how to bring Isaac Asimov’s epic Foundation trilogy to the big scree for three decades with little success. But now Roland Emmerich, the latest helmer to be attached [click for more]
New Releases: February 12
1. Valentine’s Day (Warner Brothers, 3,665 Theaters, 125 Minutes, Rated PG-13): When viewing the ads for this film, you are struck by the magnitude of the cast. But, just to put it into perspective, here [click for more]