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About The Time That I Loved The Phantom Menace
May 19, 1999, was going to be one of the greatest days of my life -- and it was all going to begin at midnight. Yeah, I was that guy. I was the guy who scoured every nook and cranny of the Internet in...
View ArticleAwards Show Challenge: Best Cinematography
On Sunday February 26, the biggest stars in Hollywood gather to bestow Oscars on the best movies of the year. With Billy Crystal hosting the festivities once again, movie fans will be watching how many...
View ArticleHumane Society Genesis Awards Nominations: 'War Horse,' 'Planet Of The Apes,'...
"The Artist" may be getting showered with praise and nominations, but there's one voting body who won't be honoring it this year: The Humane Society. Yes, the animal advocacy organization made a...
View ArticleMuppet Oscars? Judd Apatow Tweets Displeasure Over Potential Performance Snub...
What has been rumored since the end of January is closer to becoming fact: The 84th annual Academy Awards may nix in-show performances of the two Best Original Song nominees ("Man or Muppet" from "The...
View Article'The Wolverine': Hugh Jackman's X-Men Sequel Gets July 2013 Release Date
Don't worry, "X-Men" fans; you only have to wait another year-and-a-half before erasing the bad taste of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" from your mouth. Twentieth Century Fox has set July 26, 2013 as the...
View ArticleCinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: The Woman in Black
The balmy days of February have triggered an uncommon sense of renewal, nowhere more so than in the cinema, where, after a customarily dismal January (we're looking at you, The Devil Inside), there now...
View Article'Big Miracle' Is a Whale of a Tale
Some movies are enhanced by being based on true events. Such a film is "Big Miracle." If it wasn't based on truth then the acts included to save trapped whales, or the romances that transpire between...
View ArticleJean Dujardin: Can 'The Artist' Star Become A Hollywood Icon?
When audiences talk about "The Artist," it's usually about Uggie. The dog. Lost in the mix is poor Jean Dujardin, the actual lead in the movie. Although, that's not to say the French actor has been...
View ArticleWhy Denzel Washington Is the Last Old-fashioned Movie Star
It is no secret that I often whine about the lack of mid-budget, star-driven, adult-skewing thrillers in this fantasy-tent pole era. And while there has certainly been a slight resurgence in the form...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, And Other Prolific Movie Producers...
With the musical "Smash" and horror drama "The River" premiering back to back, it seems like Steven Spielberg is executive producing just about everything on TV these days. How many shows is the busy...
View Article'Interns': Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson May Reunite For Comedy That Sounds Like...
Following the breakout success of "Wedding Crashers" in July of 2004, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson became the comedy couple du jour -- and it didn't take them long to find a honeymoon project. By...
View ArticleCatherine Hardwicke: 'Twilight' Scripts Initially 'Sucked'
Grab your pitchforks, Twi-hards! In a recent interview with Vulture, Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the first "Twilight" movie, had some unkind words about the film's initial script. At a...
View ArticleAwards Show Challenge: Best Animated Short
On Sunday February 26, the biggest stars in Hollywood gather to bestow Oscars on the best movies of the year. With Billy Crystal hosting the festivities once again, movie fans will be watching how many...
View Article'2 Guns': Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg May Team For Action Film; Who Is...
The best news you've ever read or the BEST news you've ever read? Variety reports that buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin are being told that the Universal Pictures co-financed action film "2...
View Article'Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance': Idris Elba's High-Speed Chase Goes...
Nicolas Cage is the star of the "Ghost Rider" franchise, but this new clip from the upcoming sequel shows that he may have some pretty stiff competition when it comes to action scenes. Idris Elba, who...
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An Obsessive Chat About Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Between...
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace returns to theaters on Friday in 3D -- 13 years after its original release. In 1999, anticipation was high for what was the first new Star Wars installment in...
View Article'Bourne Legacy' Trailer: Jeremy Renner Is The New Bourne (VIDEO)
"Jason Bourne was the tip of the iceberg!" So sneers Edward Norton in the new teaser trailer for "The Bourne Legacy." And how, Eddie! Starring Jeremy Renner as Aaron Cross (though he calls himself...
View ArticleMartin Scorsese: Blackie, The Dog From 'Hugo,' Was Not 'CGI'd'
Thanks to a successful Awards season campaign by Martin Scorsese, Blackie, the Doberman Pinscher from "Hugo," is on the ballot for the Golden Collar awards. However, the director concedes that the...
View ArticleOscars 2012: Celebrate The Movies With New Banners Highlighting 'Annie Hall'...
If you aren't excited enough for the 84th annual Academy Awards ceremony later this month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has quite a treat for you: between now and the telecast,...
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How Stanley Kubrick Shot His Own Newsweek Cover
Stanley didn't travel. His work and life were intertwined and based entirely in England, so the world came to him. This was both a benefit and a complicating factor as I set about strategizing...
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