Month: March 2011 | FilmBuffOnline

Trailer: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER

March 23, 2011 Rich Drees

The first full length trailer for Marvel Studio’s Captain America: The First Avenger has hit online, a day early apparently. If you’ve been waiting to see if the movie version of Cap will be doing [click for more]

Noir Classic KISS ME DEADLY Coming To Criterion

March 23, 2011 Rich Drees

As the two-fisted private detective Mike Hammer, Ralph Meeker chiseled in granite the image of the tough film noir protagonist in director Robert Aldrich’s Kiss Me Deadly. Following a code of honor that puts him [click for more]

Stahl To Write Depp’s THIN MAN Remake

March 23, 2011 Rich Drees

Jerry Stahl has been hired by Warner Brothers to script their planned adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s classic detective novel The Thin Man. Johnny Depp is attached to star in the film and Rob Marshall is [click for more]

Elizabeth Taylor, 79

March 23, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

She might only be remembered by some for all the jokes told about her numerous marriages. For a whole generation, her most memorable film role was as Fred Flintstone’s mother-in-law in 1994’s The Flintstones. But [click for more]

Pyun’s CAPTAIN AMERICA Getting Blu-Ray Director’s Cut

March 23, 2011 Rich Drees

While the comic book adaptations of Marvel Comics these are on average pretty good, this wasn’t always the case. Back in the 1980s the comics publisher sold off film rights to whomever could whip out [click for more]

Brace Yourself For The Live Action AKIRA Casting Shortlist

March 22, 2011 Rich Drees

There are some days when I think that a live action adaptation of the classic anime film Akira might be a good idea. And then there are some days when I think that it would [click for more]

Disney Releases New PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Trailer

March 21, 2011 Rich Drees

If you’ve been waiting for a new trailer for Disney’s upcoming Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, wait no more because here it is. In addition to featuring some of the footage we’ve already [click for more]

THE HOBBIT (Finally) Rolls Cameras

March 21, 2011 Rich Drees

After numerous delays caused by studio financing issues, Peter Jackson has finally called “Action!” in New Zealand on his long anticipated two-film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit a press release from MGM [click for more]

Alan Tudyk Latest Addition To ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

March 18, 2011 Rich Drees

Alan Tudyk has been cast in Timor Bekmambetov’s upcoming adaptation of of Seth Grahame-Smith‘s novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He’ll be playing a skewed version of politician Stephen Douglas. If you remember your middle school [click for more]

New Releases: March 18

March 17, 2011 Bill Gatevackes

1. Paul (Universal, 2,801 Theaters, 104 Minutes, Rated R): Seeing Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in any film not directed by Edgar Wright seems to veer a little too close to sacrilege for my tastes [click for more]