Sunday, December 28, 2008

Review - The Wrestler

Randy "The Ram" Robinson in the 1980s was a larger than life pro wrestler. Twenty years later, his career is in no way as illustrious. Randy is bruised, battered and alone working for severely less money on the independent wrestling circuit. After a heart attack that forces the "The Ram" to retire, Randy reaches out to the daughter he alienated during his career and a local stripper he looks to for companionship. Randy's passion for wrestling however,...

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Review - Time Crimes

A middle aged man, by fate of circumstance stumbles his way into a time machine traveling back, one hour into the past. The ordinary man must now allow a series of unexplainable events unfold in order for his mirror image to return into the time machine in hopes to restore the unexpected occurrenc...

Friday, December 26, 2008

The Mother of Invention Trailer & Poster

Mocumentaries are generally better left to the likes Christopher Guest and company, but this gem of a film (which is currently seeking distribution) called "The Mother of Invention" looks outstanding! "The Mother of Invention" follows a young man who is desperately trying to win an annual invention award. Each of his inventions look to be hilarious in of themselves, but it also has a strong cast including Jimmi Simpson, Kevin Corrigan, Mark Boone...

Cera & Beyonce on Gilligan's Island?

We haven't seen as many adaptations of television shows into film as much as we did in the 90's, but a father/son duo Sherwood and Lloyd Schwartz have signed a deal to bring "Gilligan's Island" to the big screen. Not only have they signed a deal but Movie Web is reporting that they are persuing Michael Cera to play the lead Gilligan and Beyonce Knowles as the sultry Ginger!Gilligan's Island was a phenominally successful television series, but like...

Fast & Furious One Sheet!

The fourth film in the "Fast and the Furious" franchise is rapidly appraoching and thanks to MTV I got the first One-Sheet for the film! "Fast & Furious" reunites the original films cast together when they are forced to come together and face a shared enemy. Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster all return in the high octane sequel, that as always, pushes the limits behind the wheel. The new one sheet below gives us...

Chow Out as Kato Too?

Last week it was reported that director/creator of Kung Fu Hustle Stephen Chow was removing himself from his director duties on Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's penned The Green Hornet do to "creative differences" it now appears that the actor may jump ship on the project altogether.The International Herald Tribune reports that Stephen Chow is considering departing the project due to scheduling difficulties. His scheduling difficulties arise from...

Monday, December 22, 2008

Judge Dread is Back!!

Official announcement came friday from 2000 AD Forums that Judge Dread will be recieving the reboot treatment. The original 1995 film, based on the comic of the same name, starred Sylvester Stallone but this time around Sly definately wont be serving the law. The studio is targeting a 2009 production start date.Official announcement: "Rebellion and 2000 AD are proud to announce that Judge Dredd is coming to a cinema near you soon! Together with...

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Review - The Day the Earth Stood Still

An alien visitor Klaatu and his gigantic robot Gort, are traveling to Earth for unknown reasons. The United States and the rest of the world, expecting disaster with the looming visitor approaching, gather the nation's leading scientists and all available military to Manhattan in order to make contact and discover the reason of the alien species arriva...

Friday, December 19, 2008

Marvelous Iron Man 2 Scoop

Rumormill has been in overkill with superhero castings of late, the pendulum has been primarily resting on Batman. This news, however will shift the speculating entirely over into Marvel's world and Iron Man. Latino Review has exclusive scoop that reports both Hawkeye and Black Widow will be featured in Iron Man 2! That is not all, it appears Tim Robbins will be cast as Howard Stark (Tony's father) in the sequel for a flashback scene that will setup...

Rickman Talks Wonderland

Thespain Alan Rickman, who is casted in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland as the constantly smoking Caterpillar, recently opened up a little bit about his role in the anticipated Tim Burton movie. Alice in Wonderland is being shot utilizing all three live action, animation and stop motion with particular characters being shot with a combination of the different techniques together. The film, which is currently shooting in Culver City, is targeted...

Promo Pic for Couples Retreat

Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn are back together again in Couples Retreat a film the two worked up together with specific actors in mind. The film follows Jason Bateman who wants to patch things up with his wife, Kristen Bell and plans a therapy vacation inviting three other couples who have no idea that the "vacation" is a Couples Retreat revolving around relationship therapy.Along with Bell and Bateman, Couples Retreat stars Jon Favreau, Kristen...

Hornet Director Needed Again

The Green Hornet has been trying to get off the ground for quite some time now with various actors and directors attached. For a long time, Kevin Smith was leading the cause to direct the film, but that eventually fell by the wayside. At one point the film was also being targeted as a George Clooney vehicle. It seemed that every time The Green Hornet felt close to a shooting date, something would happen. More recently, Seth Rogen announced he would...

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Top 10 Christmas Movies

Christmas one week away and what better to get us in the Christmas spirit than a Top 10 List of the best Christmas movies. Christmas is always a special time and a usually every year a new Christmas film releases, so there is no shortage of films to choose from. So here we go.....

Review - Transporter 3

Frank Martin returns for a third installment in the Transporter series and this time he is forced to deliver the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian diplomat. Martin is fitted with a explosive bracelet that when activated, will blow up, if he travels further than 50 yards from his beloved Audi. Along the drive from Marseilles to Odessa Frank's growing emotions for Valentina test his ability to complete his delivery. In usual Transporter fashion, Martin...

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Crow Minus the Goth

It is tiresome to ritually explaining that remakes have two purposes. One, to present a film in a new light, that will appeal to a new generation. Two, to improve upon a film that was lacking in some form. The most current remake announced needs neither, but still Hollywood is jamming another one down our throats. The famed underground comic and 1994 cult film The Crow, is next to recieve the remake treatment.Before I give further disappointment...

Are You a Film Addict?

Do you consider yourself a huge movie buff? Are you addicted to seeing film? Well Film Addict has complied IMDB top 250 movies of all time in a list you can check off and see your addicted level. I scored a 94.8%....check your's score out below and see how you measure up with various friends.Film AddictWhat is your Addict score? Strikeback.....

Review - Gran Torino

A recently widowed Korean War vet, Walt Kowalski who is completely abbrasive and dejected from his family, church and neighborhood spends his days mowing his picture perfect lawn, tinkering with his tools, and babying his cherry 1972 Ford Gran Tornio. Adding to the disgruntled veterans constant resentment, his new Hmong neighbors teenage son Tao, is pressured by a local gang to steal his cherished Gran Torino. After a failed attempt by Tao, Walt...

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Sequel Talk Galore!!

Sequels are a sure thing in Hollywood and come by the bucketload at us every year. Over the last couple of days a few sequels have been greenlit or heavily talked about, so Schofizzy took the liberty to compile them all for you in one detailed post below. Some of these are mildly to very exciting, unfortunately most are head scratchers. I've ranked them from "why do another one?" category, to the "I am already in line!" status. Enjoy....The Phantom...

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Review - Sukiyaki Western Django

A lone drifter gunman rolls into a post gold rush Nevada mountain town, posed between two warring clans the Genji and Heike, who are searching for a legendary hidden treasure. The gunman, blessed with uncanny shooting skills, is asked by both opposing clans to help one side find the gold and a stake in the claim. With tensions rising, the guman must decide where his loyalties lie, leading up to a vicious and deadly gunfight for all of the wealt...

Review - MILK

MILK chronicles the first openly gay male elected to office in the United States. In 1977 Harvey Milk was elected to San Francisco city's board of supervisors and ignited gay rights in the State and throughout the nation with his various political tactics. Milk, once in office takes aim at Proposition 6, a statewide measure that intends to ban gay teachers in California, which Milk focuses directly on the issues of civil freedom and all men being...

Friday, December 12, 2008

Powder Blue Trailer

Powder Blue is a upcoming film that has a huge cast of highly potenial actors in a film that follows a four Los Angeles residents; a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest, and a stripper whose lives intersect on Christmas Eve. Powder Blue stars Jessica Biel, Forrest Whitaker, Patrick Swayze, Ray Liotta, Kris Kristofferson and Eddie Redmayne. The film, directed by Timothy Linh Bui, has no tennative release date but is sure to find itself at...

New Pics of Basterds

Our first production stills from Inglourious Basterds have hit the net. Previously, all we had seen was a promo shoot of Pitt as Aldo Snow, but these two new treats show off a bit more! Production on Inglourious Basterds began back in October and these fresh stills seem a tad premature, but regardless there here and below for you to gander at.The first still features Diane Kruger who plays an German actress Bridget Von Hammersmark, that is working...

Elm St. Remake Greenlit!

It seems the next beloved horror franchise is now set to be remade. The guys that have brought us Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Amityville Horror and releasing in February Friday the 13th will next take a trip to Elm Street. That's right, the long anticipated and talked of remake is actually happening! Platinum Dunes will be moving forward with its working relationship with Warner Brothers and New Line for "A Nightmare on Elm Street." Shock Till You...

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

New Terminator Trailer & Images

Terminator Salvation is shaping up to surely be one of the biggest hits of 2009. Hopefully the film does live up to the hype. At minimum, be better than T3! The newest trailer has released yesterday and I got it for you below along with a few new images from the trailer and LA Times. The newest trailer gives us bit more of action and alot more of the various Terminators throughout Terminator Salvation. In particular, a T-800 lying down next to John...