Film News

James Spader Isn't in CONTAGION, So What the Hell Is He Doing on This Poster?

Adam Quigley — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:45:39 -0400

One of the below faces belongs to Gwyneth Paltrow.

If you guessed that hers was the green-tinted deathly grimace -- no, not that one, the one underneath -- then you would be spot on. You deserve some sort of prize, really, because good god. Just look at her.

What's the Coolest Pose You Can Do While Wearing a Suit?

Adam Quigley — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:17:04 -0400

A new poster for Season 4 of Mad Men has made its way online, and as expected, it features Don Draper looking like one suave motherfucker. It also bares a notable resemblance to the poster for Inception, in which Leo Dicaprio is striking the same badass pose.

Trailer for "Megamind" Shows Dreamworks Radically Deviating from Formula

Adam Quigley — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:47:30 -0400

Dreamworks is back with another round of silly, feel-good family entertainment, and they've brought along all of their expected trademarks (read: stupid shit Pixar actively avoids doing). This includes...

Beating a Dead Horse: A Visual Comparison of the Racially Confused Casting in "The Last Airbender"

Adam Quigley — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:52:55 -0500

Much ado has been made about the casting of white actors in the upcoming film adaptation of the Nickelodeon TV show, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Finding the Common Ground: Fun Facts About the 82nd Academy Award Nominees

Adam Quigley — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:39:49 -0500

In a surprise twist, this year's Academy Award nominations are less terrible than usual. In lieu of an article explaining why that is though (read: I don't care enough to write one), here are some random observations and bits of trivia that have no useful bearing on anything that matters.

Best Picture:

We Judged Too Soon: Fantastic "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" Trailer Instantly Validates Sequel's Existence

Adam Quigley — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:08:36 -0500

What makes a good trailer? I suspect most people would submit the obvious; it should make you want to see the movie. As far as I'm concerned, that's only one-third of the equation. Yes, it should (1) make you want to see the movie, but it should do so (2) without spoiling it, and (3) without misleading or deceiving the audience.

"Smurfs" Movie Finds Its Director, Flatulence Jokes Pretty Much a Given

Adam Quigley — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:03:14 -0400

If you were at all worried that Hollywood might fuck up the Smurfs movie, I have some good news: they were always going to fuck it up. It was always going to suck.

Why is that good news?

Because now you can stop hoping it won't. You don't even have to wait until the trailer. With a single announcement, Columbia Pictures and Sony Animation has already told us everything we need to know about the shitstorm of cringe-worthy gags and hack-tastic storytelling that's in store for us.

Red Band Trailer for "Jennifer's Body": It's Like "Juno", If "Juno" Was About a Monster That Ate People

Adam Quigley — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:14:34 -0400

You have to give props where they're due. Regardless of how you may feel about Diablo Cody as a person and a writer, let it never be said that she isn't willing to try new things. First it was the leap from film (Juno) to TV (United States of Tara), which wasn't so much of a stylistic change as it was a narrative one, but now she's tackling something much, much different...

Horror.

Trailer for "Bad Lieutenant" Remake Leaves Us Confused/Intrigued/Exhilarated

Paul Proulx — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:45:32 -0400

Have you ever had the thought, "Why do they keep remaking the classics instead of trying to make bad movies better?" And, of course, we all know the answer is bankability. I don't think we should assume that anyone truly had a desire based purely on cinematic passion to remake Invasion of the Body Snatchers for the fourth time.

"G.I. Joe" Trailer Shows Us an Adaptation as Comical & Physics-Defying as the Cartoon (And That's Why We'll Like It)

Garrett Thomas — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:27:12 -0400