We featured the very first trailer for She’s Out of My League just a few weeks ago and I guess at the time I thought it would be a PG-13 cheesy comedy, but boy was I wrong. Paramount has just debuted a red band trailer for the movie and it’s a lot more raunchier, dirtier, [...]

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Earlier this week, Brandon reviewed Adam Green’s Frozen from Sundance, giving it a measly 3 out of 10. Despite that negative review, I still stayed up tonight to catch a midnight screening of Frozen and I’m glad I did. For what it is, essentially a brutal B-horror movie, it’s actually a lot of fun. I [...]

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Immediately after the end credits completed, I tweeted: “Catfish is mind-blowing. Seriously one of the most odd, funny, weird, terrifying, sad, unique films I’ve ever seen. Honestly speechless.” I still kind of am. Good thing all of this is in writing. Catfish is a documentary from directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman about Ariel’s brother, [...]

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Awkwardness makes me laugh. And if the awkwardness is so awkward that it kind of hurts, that it’s shocking how awkward the situation has become, it makes me laugh even harder. Lovers of Hate, at times, is that awkward. And it’s also hilarious. The film is, on the surface, about the rivalry between two brothers. [...]

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Howl was the opening night film at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Starring James Franco and Jon Hamm, written and directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, the film centers on Allen Ginsberg’s poem Howl, the obscenity trial levied against the book publisher who published it, and the analysis of the poem at large. The [...]

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Up-and-coming horror director Ti West has booked his next directing gig following the cult hit The House of the Devil (which hits Blu-Ray next week). Variety reports that West will direct another horror flick called The Innkeepers next, about the last two staffers of a haunted hotel that’s going out of business. Based on that [...]

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Another fun stoner movie! AICN has debuted the official poster for Tim Blake Nelson’s Leaves of Grass starring Edward Norton (twice) as two brothers. We ran a trailer for this last year and I’ve heard that it might be out in theaters sometime this spring, so keep your eyes open at your local art house [...]

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Un Prophete (or A Prophet in English) is on another plane of existence. Director Jacques Audiard’s latest film since 2005’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped is, simply, a tour de force. From its performances, including first-time actor Tahar Rahim’s brilliant portrayal of Malik El Djebena, to its direction, to its writing, the film is [...]

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Ever since Taken director Pierre Morel was hired a few weeks back to direct Paramount’s new adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune, he’s been talking openly with a lot of different people about what to expect, even though they don’t even have a finished script. Morel most recently spoke with IGN and revealed that they’re “starting [...]

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Even though the Oscars nominees will be officially announced on Tuesday next week, there’s still lots of last minute discussion and buzz surrounding what will be nominated and what will win. Over on Entertainment Weekly (via Awards Daily) they’ve put together multiple Oscar Countdown Charts that combine various predictions from multiple sources. The charts are [...]

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