Highly anticipated Robert Rodriguez flick Machete will hit theaters September 3rd, in time for the lucrative Labor Day Weekend, Variety is reporting [via GATW]. The spin-off of the Tarantino/Rodriguez flop Grindhouse looks to earn a little more gate with the stalled release date. Read the full story
In Lady Gaga’s new music for video for “Telephone,” Quentin Tarantino fans will be excited to see one of his famed movie props: the Pussy Wagon from Kill Bill: Volume 1. Read the full story
By Jack Giroux
2008 was a great summer for the movies. Good entertainment was had, and not just dumb popcorn movies for once. We got The Dark Knight, Wall-E, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Tropic Thunder, and Pineapple Express. This summer is even going to be better. Although the start was a bit shaky with Wolverine, Star Trek kicks it off right this weekend. Here are the top 15 stand out films this summer:
15- Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen
Release Date- June 24th
Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen will inevitably offer no more then a lot of explosions and CGI, but with robots. While the first film wasn’t a landmark of any kind, and mostly dumb, it was fun none-the-less. The 147 minute running time for the new one is a bit bothersome, but long running times are fine when the story calls for it. My only question is do we really need to see robots fighting for that long? Its a Michael Bay movie, there will only be good action, nothing more. Even the length of the first movie was a problem, the last thirty minutes turned into nothing but repetitive action. Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen will without a doubt be a fun action movie, even if it extends its welcome.
Today, the final lineup for the prestigious 2009 Cannes Film Festival was announced. The majority of the list is as follows:
Opening Night Film:
In Competition:
by Jordan Raup
In honor of Crank: High Voltage hitting theaters this weekend here is a rundown of the Most Over-the-Top Action Movies of the Decade. Some of these are actually decent films that hold their own (Transporter, Kill Bill Vol. 1) and others are awful, but over-the-top worthy (Rambo, Punisher: War Zone). I will try and be as spoiler-free as possible when describing the scenes, and include YouTube clips if available. Check out the full list and below:
Why It Is On This List: This visually astounding, but narratively overwrought film features more bloodthirsty half-naked men running around in slo-motion that anything else on the list.
Most Over-the-Top Scene: The decapitated head flying through the air is good but the scene below fulfilled my over-the-top action fix for the year:
It look’s like a bit of good came from Quentin Tarantino‘s completely unnecessary appearance on American Idol last night. We got more footage and an extended trailer from, his upcoming WWII film, Inglourious Basterds. The new sneak peek also give us a first look at Mike Myers as the British character Gen. Ed Fenech. Check it out after the jump.
Vanity Fair has some new beautiful images of the Inglourious Basterds cast. The photograph above shows director Quentin Tarantino among the cast. It’s nice these photos hit they day that Inglourious Basterds has been confirmed to premiere at Cannes. Everyone else will be able to see it when it hits theaters August 21st, 2009.
Last Sunday Slumdog Millionaire swept the Academy Awards concluding the culmination of 2008 cinema. 2009 film is now upon us. It’s been a bit of a mix with the horrendous Paul Blart: Mall Cop kicking off the year, but so far, it’s left us with a couple gems (Taken and Coraline 3-D). It’s not too early to take a look at the films that we will be seeing in next year’s Academy Awards. If you are looking for a more mainstream/blockbuster films, check out my 50 Must-See Movies of 2009. If you want a list of higher caliber films, here are my predictions for the major 2010 Oscars categories:
I’ve decided to lump these two categories together since it’s too early to separate them out. Here are 10 films that I can see being in the running with some other contenders after:
Plot: Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island. Leo DiCaprio leads an all-star cast, including Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams and Max von Sydow
Empire has unveiled three new posters for Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds starring Brad Pitt. Check them out below and click for Hi-Res:
Entertainment Weekly posted an incomprehensibly awful list of the 50 Greatest Active Directors. Check it out below:
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