Monthly Archives: February 2012

‘Mirror Mirror’ Set Visit: Tarsem’s Technique – The Madness and Genius of the Man Behind the Lens

Sure, The Cell made its 2000 debut in 2,411 theaters and Tarsem Singh himself made waves when his epic of a passion project, The Fall, finally hit theaters after years of development and production (including 17 years of location scouting and a four-and-a-half-year shoot in … Continue reading

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The Good, The Bad, and the Bogus: High School Party Movies

I did the whole high school party thing back in the day, and things did get crazy once in a while, but I never ended up with a midget in my oven. Have you seen the trailers and clip for Project … Continue reading

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Interview: Tim Heidecker & Eric Wareheim Of Tim And Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie

Can I even label this an interview? If you’ve seen Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! on Cartoon Network, you know what you’ve got coming with the comedy duo’s feature film Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie. Tim Heidecker … Continue reading

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Review: Being Flynn

Sure, director Paul Weitz is responsible for some excellent films like About a Boy and In Good Company, but with Little Fockers so fresh in my mind, it’s tough to remember what he’s really capable of. However, with Being Flynn, … Continue reading

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Review: Tomorrow, When the War Began

The Red Dawn remake is lucky the adaptation of John Marsden’s Tomorrow, When the War Began isn’t getting a wide release here in the states. It’d have some solid teens-band-together-to-fight-invaders competition. Tomorrow, When the War Began certainly suffers from some … Continue reading

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Best/Worst Movie Promos of the Week: Top Notch TV Spots for ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘Mirror Mirror’

Surprisingly promotional material for potential Oscar nominees isn’t flooding the web with the Academy Awards on the horizon, but we still do have a slew of solid items to sort through. The Hunger Games and This Must Be the Place rock the poster … Continue reading

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‘Hansel and Gretel & the 420 Witch’ Images (Plus Our Interview with Star Michael Welch, of ‘Twilight’ Fame)

It’s fairy tale adaptation madness out there. We’ve got two new TV series exploring a conglomeration of iconic tales, two Snow White movies going head-to-head and much more. How to stand out in such a whirlwind of retellings? Throw a pot-peddling witch … Continue reading

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Review: Act of Valor

Basing a film on true events really puts the audience in a hard place. The character on screen is doing something great and so did a real person out there in the world. How can you criticize a movie about … Continue reading

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‘The Hunger Games’ Countdown: The Clips Are Coming!

Well, they better be. We’ve been knee deep in Hunger Games promotional material for quite some time now, but we’ve still yet to see a single clip and, as stellar as the posters, trailers and TV spots are, it’s those clips that … Continue reading

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Review: Bullhead

Talk about starting out on the right foot. Not only did first time feature writer-director Michael R. Roskam deliver a solid film, but he snagged an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. Will it claim the Oscar? I’m … Continue reading

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