— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — We reported earlier this summer that a Judge Dredd movie was in development and that Karl Urban was in negotiations to play the comic book character. It looks like the movie is further along now; it has been given an official title — or at least an early title [...]
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‘The Met: Live in HD’ Returning to U.S. Movie Theaters
The Metropolitan Opera’s Emmy® and Peabody award-winning “The Met: Live in HD” series returns to movie theaters for a fifth season this fall, featuring 12 LIVE operas – six of which are new productions including the first two installments of a highly anticipated new Ring cycle by Ro[...]
Images Leak from the Set of ‘Captain America’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Not too long ago, “The Avengers” movie felt so many years away … but now it is approaching quickly. When I would read articles about the individual movies for the separate heroes to be released one by one before “The Avengers,” it just seemed like we wo[...]
‘The Boondock Saints’ to Travel to Middle East on USO Tour
Cast members of the cult classic film “The Boondock Saints” will soon embark on an eight-day, three-country USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to the Middle East to visit troops and extend their appreciation. Making the long-distance journey — on what will be the film’s 10-year annivers[...]
First-Look Featurette: ‘Inferno’
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — As all of you should know, unless you’ve been directly avoiding celebrity news all summer, starlet/party girl/hot mess/sometimes actress Lindsay Lohan is currently in rehab after a short sojourn in jail this summer. But before Lohan was thrown in the slammer, [...]
Rooney Mara is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
— by ALEXA MILAN — After weeks of speculation, David Fincher has finally found his Lisbeth Salander. The director has cast the relatively unknown Rooney Mara as his female lead in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Based on the first installment of[...]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Friday Preview
— by H.G. WATSON — Tonight is the finale of Toronto After Dark, and after a week of films — good, bad and ridiculous — the film fest ends on an outrageous note with two rather out-there films. At 7 p.m., is the French film “Rubber.” Robert, the main character, is sick of [...]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: ‘The Last Exorcism’
— by H.G. WATSON — In Peter Biskind’s excellent book “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls,” Biskind documents the rise of the great directors of the ’70s, including: Spielberg, Lucas, Scorsese, Coppola, De Palma and William Friedkin. In a chapter dedicated to Friedkin’s seminal horro[...]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Japanxploitation
— by H.G. WATSON — Exploitation films are, for me, in many ways often the most difficult films to review. They are, obviously, exploitative of whatever subject matter the filmmaker has chosen. Keeping that in mind, it’s pretty hard to come down on a film for being sexist, racist, or ju[...]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Zombie Appreciation Night
— by H.G. WATSON — You know you’re at a unique film festival when the festival director kicks things off by having the audience chant: What do we want? Brains! When do we want them? NOW! But that’s just a regular Saturday night at Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Saturday night was [...]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Monday to Wednesday Preview
— by H.G. WATSON — There is one Toronto film festival that is eagerly anticipated by Torontonians every year, and it isn’t that big flashy one that you’ll be hearing more about in September. Now in its fifth year, the Toronto After Dark Film Festival bills itself[...]
‘Gone with the Wind’ Dresses in Need of Repair
— by ALEXA MILAN — Vivien Leigh’s sweeping period dresses in “Gone With the Wind” are almost as much characters in the film as Scarlett O’Hara herself. But Scarlett’s iconic wardrobe might not be around much longer for fans to appreciate if the Harry Ransom [...]
Star Wars Celebration V Surprises
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — The “Star Wars Celebration V” is going on in Orlando, Fla., right now and all kinds of news is coming our way via “the force” that is the internet. I really wish I could be there, but I am following it closely online, as I know other millions of fans [&hellip[...]
Behind the Scenes Clip: ‘Transformers 3’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — I will admit that I have thoroughly enjoyed the last two “Transformers” movies. And trust me, this was not the popular fandom to belong to, since at the time of its release there was a lot of hating towards the series — especially the second movie. [...]