Nicolas Cage has had a career full of a little bit of everything: comedy and drama, indies and blockbusters, hits and misses, critical success and across the board scorn. Despite this impressive range, many of his film choices can be broken down into three categories 1) For the Money 2) For the Show {Prestige} and 3) For the WTF Factor. Read the full story

Summer is over and the early awards season has begun. While the ten films below are not to be missed, September also means high-profile premieres at the Venice, Telluride and Toronto International Film Festivals. It also means, up to the end of the year, this list will likely be filled up with many limited releases, so make sure to check out when these hit your town. Let us know what you want to see this month below. Read the full story

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We did it last year and now its time again. With awards season gearing up, here at TFS we have come up with 20 of our favorite films of the year. For all the naysayers saying the year has been disappointing, I challenge anyone to watch the following and stand by that statement. These are films that have had at least a limited US release in 2010. No order, just 20 films that are more than worth your time. Check them out below and let us know what you’ve enjoyed the most this year. Read the full story

Since busting on to the scene with Arrested Development in 2003, Michael Cera has worked with many of today’s most popular comedians, and you’d have to be living under a rock to not have seen at least one of his films. Some say he is risking overexposure. But I say Cera has been steadily working toward Kevin Bacon status, developing a film career worthy of his own 6 degrees game.

To be a truly effective Party Game Icon, Cera would have to link to a variety of film actors to allow for a range of players to participate:

• a major Hollywood star (for casual movie fans)
• an international film star (for film students)
• an independent film star (for hipsters)
• a film star from Hollywood’s golden age (for anyone over 25).

As you can see below – Cera’s plotted his course well:

Do you believe Michael Cera has reached Kevin Bacon status? Give us your examples in the comments below.

This is interview part two with the makers of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.  If you missed the first part with Michael Cera & Anna Kendrick you can check it out here. Read the full story

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Rob Reiner‘s Flipped was lighthearted nostalgic bliss and easily one of my favorite films of the year. I was saddened to hear yesterday that the film will not be expanding wide yet. I truly hope it can find an audience and encourage you to check it out if it is playing in your town. Read the full story

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The first trailer for director Danny Boyle‘s next film, 127 Hours, is surprisingly upbeat. The drama tells the true story of Aron Ralston, the mountain climber who had to sever his own arm after he is trapped by a boulder.

The film has two cinematographers: Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle. It looks as if one was in charge of the bright, upbeat first section of the film and then, as early test screening reviews mention and the trailer hints it goes to a dark, desperate place. Read the full story

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This week on DVD and Blu-ray I get to re-watch one of the best TV shows of the last decade, see below: Read the full story

Many have lamented this summer movie season as lackluster, but it hasn’t been. Things did get off to a bit of a rough start, but we ended up receiving a handful of worthwhile blockbusters and plenty of excellent indies. And most importantly, we got plenty of characters that will be remembered as above-the-cuff badasses. Read the full story

Given the critical respect/financial disrespect of the wonderful, geek-friendly romantic comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, here’s a list of my top 10 financial disasters that should have been anything but:

10. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (dir. Terry Gilliam)

Released on March 10, 1989. Here we follow the tale of the Baron, off to round up his crew of heroes so that he can return to save a small town that’s under attack by the Turkish Sultan — or something like that. The film is a fantastical children’s tale with all of these ridiculous elements put together. The studio didn’t like the Gilliam-ness, and Gilliam didn’t like the studio-ness (a common tale in the auteur’s long career). The film’s budget was $47M. Its domestic gross was $8M.

9. EDtv (dir. Ron Howard)

Released on March 26, 1999. Who knew that a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey could flop? This is one of those movies that I enjoyed immensely when it first came out. It is funny and cute when it needs to be. Even though people like to call it the poor man’s Truman Show — which it technically is — I still love it. The film’s budget was $80M and its domestic gross was $22M.

8. Swept Away (dir. Guy Ritchie)

Released on October 11, 2002. I know this is a film that was pretty much panned by critics, and it definitely isn’t any Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch, but I liked it. I personally found Cast Away to be an overall boring movie, but once you insert this love story with having the two people left on this island alone I was loving it. I loved how the stuck up rich blonde girl and the working seaman got along over all the time together on the island and they go from a relationship of needing each other to actually wanting each other. Then eventually when a shift in the importance of one to the other happens, we see the true nature of people. The film’s budget was $10M and the film’s domestic gross was $600,000.

7. Hudson Hawk (dir. Michael Lehman)

Released on May 24, 1991. Bruce Willis plays this charismatic thief who loves swing music. I know that this movie is overall a bad movie, but it’s one of those bad movies that I love to watch and if you love movies you will be with me laughing ear to ear at the ridiculousness of the film. Every time I see it on TV I have to stop and watch it and see things like Willis and his partner, played by Danny Aiello, rob an art house while singing Swing on a Star. It’s fantastic stupidness. The film’s budget was $65M and the domestic gross was $17M.

6. A Good Year (dir. Ridley Scott)

Released on November 10, 2006. Russel Crowe and Marion Cotillard fall in love in France. It’s two opposites who keep bumping into each other end up falling in love. Romantic comedies, when done well, are one of my favorite kinds of movies to watch. Crowe is so likable that even through the first half of the movie when he’s being an annoying prick to everyone you like him. The film’s budget was $35M and its domestic gross was $7M.