A Version of ‘Machete’ That Won’t Waste Your Time, In Stop-Motion
Robert Rodriguez's Machete was a bore. While initially delivering on its exploitation premise, it wasted much of its time on a dull political plot line and ...
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‘Inception’ & ‘Harry Potter’ Propel Warner Bros. to Top Studio of 2010
Someone shake Pete Postlethwaite's hand up in heaven. The actor starred in three major releases for Warner Bros. this year including Inception, Clash of the...
‘No Strings Attached’ Red Band Trailer Reveals Its Naughty Side
If you saw the green band trailer for Ivan Reitman's No Strings Attached, you may have written off as a no-frills romantic comedy that goes through all the ...
‘The Mechanic’ Red Band Trailer
After a string of 2010 bombs including Extraordinary Measures and The Back-Up Plan, CBS Films has released the first red-band trailer for the next Jason Sta...
The Best Cinematography of 2010
Cinema extends to more than just a visual medium, but that component keeps us coming back. The sense of awe seeing the completely unexpected is unmatched. Few...
Olivia Wilde Joins Chris Pine In Alex Kurtzman’s ‘Welcome to People’
They only got a glimpse of each other in The Next Three Days, but Olivia Wilde is set to have more time with her co-star Elizabeth Banks in Welcome to Peopl...
Jodie Foster Joins Matt Damon In Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’
Last month we reported that Matt Damon will be joining District 9 star Sharlto Copley in director Neill Blomkamp's next secret sci-fi project, Elysium. The...
James Franco To Direct William Faulkner’s ‘As I Lay Dying’ & Cormac McCarthy’s ‘Blood Meridian’
Update: James Franco has confirmed his involvement with the projects below. Read his story here.
James Franco is kicking 2011 off with a bang. The prolif...
5 Films To See In January
January is a terrible month for film-goers. There is just no way around it. A few Oscar-hopefuls see expansion and we get a few film festival leftovers, but f...
‘Toy Story 3’ Tops Quentin Tarantino’s Favorite Films of 2010 List
One of the biggest cinephiles-turned-directors, at least publicly, is Quentin Tarantino. The eccentric writer/director has likely had a tough year, as his l...
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