So this summer, specifically in August, we’ve got two new entries in the horror genre that look promising. The Possession, produced by Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures, and now The Apparition, from writer/director Todd Lincoln, making his theatrical debut. The Apparition stars Sebastian Stan (Captain America, Hot Tub Time Machine), Ashley Greene (Twilight series), Tom Felton [...]
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Review: Sound Of My Voice
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect going into Sound of My Voice. I had remained fairly unspoiled towards the movie, I’m not even sure I saw a trailer for it or not, though I knew the story focused on a cult. I had seen Brit Marling’s previous film, Another Earth, which she also co-wrote [...]
Summer of the 80′s: Visiting Hours
Summer of the 80′s is a weekly column that will run until the end of August in which I watch a movie released during the summer movie season of the 1980′s that I’ve never seen before. Every Friday, I’ll write about an 80′s movie that came out on the same day, or near the same [...]
Popcorn News – May 24
Gary Oldman has joined the Jose Padilha-directed remake of RoboCop. He’s set to play the scientist who creates the cyborg technology that brings police officer Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman of AMC’s The Killing) back to life. (Hollywood Reporter) With G.I. Joe: Retaliation vacating the June 29th release date this summer, it looks like Seth McFarlane’s feature [...]
You Won’t Be Seeing G.I. Joe: Retaliation This Summer
Nikki Finke over at Deadline is reporting that Paramount is moving G.I. Joe: Retaliation out of the summer season and into.. March of 2013? The sequel was supposed to open in just over a month on June 29th and is now being pushed back 9 months for a March 29, 2013 release in order to [...]
Movies Worth Rewatching – Casino Royale.. Plus New Skyfall Teaser!
This week on Movies Worth Rewatching we’re talking about the 21st James Bond film, Casino Royale (2006, Sony Pictures). Like so many people my age, I was first introduced to James Bond by way of movie marathons aired on TV, and man did I love them. A younger me would sit and obsess over all [...]
Summer Of The 80′s: Conan The Barbarian
Summer of the 80′s is a new weekly column that will run from now until the end of August in which I watch a movie released during the summer movie season of the 1980′s that I’ve never seen before. Every Friday, I’ll write about an 80′s movie that came out on the same day, or [...]
Popcorn News – May 18
Scott Z. Burns, screenwriter of Contagion and The Bourne Ultimatum, has been hired by 20th Century Fox to work on the sequel to Rise of the Planet of The Apes. (Hollywood Reporter) Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel) is set to direct The Green Inferno, a horror thriller that he co-wrote with Guillermo Amoedo (Aftershock). The plot [...]
Movie Trailer Round-up!
The Possession – Aug. 31 From producer Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures, comes a horror film by Danish director Ole Bornedal (The Substitute, Nightwatch – 1997). The film, which was previously titled The Dibbuk Box, follows a young girl who buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that a malicious and ancient spirit lives [...]
Movies Worth Rewatching – Blazing Saddles
This week on Movies Worth Rewatching we’re talking about the outrageously over-the-top Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles (1974, Warner Brothers Pictures). I honestly can’t recall the first time I saw Blazing Saddles. My father, who to this day laughs so hard at this film he nearly chokes, is a huge fan of Mel Brooks and [...]
