Regular readers at It’s Just Movies have no doubt noticed that writer Cam Smith puts together a regular column for the site called “About That …” where he takes a look at a movie in development (or one that is at least rumored to be in development). However, despite being[...]
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Go On ‘The Road’ With This Featurette
— by JASON EAKEN — I read Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” in about two days this past summer. The writing is immediate and stark, and it has a very terse quality that really worked. I’m eager to see the movie, due in large part to director John Hillcoat (2006’s[...]
A Deleted Scene From ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
— by CAM SMITH — Any Harry Potter film that opens with a flash strobe-popping nod to Scorsese’s “Raging Bull” and closes with a poetic homage to “The Empire Strikes Back” is all-right in my book and last summer’s “The Half-Blood Prince” was the best series entry to date[...]
How It Should Have Ended: ‘Twilight’
— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — There have been a whole series of these videos created called “How It should have Ended” and they are pretty funny. The newest one takes aim at “Twilight,” a movie that is attracting plenty of spoofs and satires right about now[...]
Brandon Routh in ‘The Twilight Cycles’
Brandon Routh is part of a parody of “Twilight” for Funny or Die in this clip called “The Twilight Cycles” (the name will make sense when you watch it). This clip is possibly not safe for work, so you may want to wait to watch it if you are on your work computer[...]
What if Saul Bass Did the Credits for ‘Star Wars’?
— by SEAN GERSKI — Like most people of my generation (and a large number of the writers on this site), “Star Wars” is a huge part of my childhood. I also love a good parody as much as anyone and when it’s a great parody of “Star Wars,” that’s all the[...]
Behind the Scenes of ‘Across the Hall’
— by CAM SMITH — Gadzooks, this sure has been a big year for debut directors making splashy debuts with expanded full-length adaptations of their earlier shorts. While the most prominent and popular example came in the form of Neill Blomkamp, whose “District 9” — a fleshed-out [...]
Death Cab for Cutie’s ‘New Moon’ Video
The official music video for Death Cab for Cutie’s song “Meet Me On The Equinox” from the soundtrack for “New Moon.”[...]
A First Look at ‘Changing Hands’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “Changing Hands” is directed by Scott L. Schwartz, who is making his directorial debut. Schwartz has more than 70 acting credits on his resume, so he is no newcomer to film, and all of his work on the set seems to have helped him as a director. This film[...]
Reservoir Turtles
Do you like the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”? How about “Reservoir Dogs”? What would happen if you combined them? This mashup trailer by YouTube user Withonea answers that question[...]
Fantastic Mr. Fox: Four Featurettes
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is turning out to be a film that both adults and children will love, with Rolling Stone even calling it a film that “deserves to be called groundbreaking.” Wes Anderson, the director of films such as “The Royal[...]
2012 VFX: Vegas in Ruins & L.A. Earthquake
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Disaster movies never left. Let’s think about it. From natural disasters to man-made disasters, they have been around in some way, shape, or form since as early as the 1920s. Either as a TV movie or in movie theaters, they have been attempting to capture[...]
‘Avatar’ TV Spot: Next Generation of 3D
— by BEN FOWLER — There can’t be many people around at the moment that aren’t aware of the upcoming “game-changing” film, “Avatar,” by James Cameron. To continue to pump the movie-going public that little bit more prior to its release, a TV spot trailer has[...]