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Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Next Big Thing in Sport Movies?
filmschoolrejects.com — Here at FSR, we’re not just about throwing the spotlight on major Hollywood releases. We also like to give a nod to the indie filmmaker when we have a chance. That’s why we have loved the success of films like Paranormal Activity , which started as a grass-roots movement and ... (more) Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Next Big Thing in Sport Movies?
Review: The Box
filmschoolrejects.com — I can’t imagine that adapting a short story that’s already been adapted into an episode of “The Twilight Zone,” and attempting to extend it into a feature length is an easy task. Especially when the original story has that built-in single-note ethical spin that seemed ... (more) Review: The Box
Review: ‘The Fourth Kind’ Should’ve Been Narrated By Robert Stack
filmschoolrejects.com — With the Saw films firmly on the ice flow of sequels toward apocalypse, the question I keep coming back to is, “where are horror films going to go from here?” Saw , and its subsequent imitators, satisfied the bloodlust of modern horror audiences for a time, but the cycle of desensitization ... (more) Review: ‘The Fourth Kind’ Should’ve ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, A Word from Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog is crazy and brilliant and German. He’s had a random and illustrious career which has taken him to South America, Bear Country, The End of the World and now lands him squarely in New Orleans. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans – a remake that’s not a ...
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A Christmas Carol: ‘Twas a Spiritless Affair, Indeed
filmschoolrejects.com — Movies have supremely warped my conception of time. No longer do I judge the fragments of the year in terms of trite notions of spring, summer, fall and winter. Instead my calendar is notated with marketing strategies of major studios. For example, the beginning of the year is award season, ... (more) A Christmas Carol: ‘Twas a Spiritless Affair, Indeed
Daily Diversion: Titular Lines
filmschoolrejects.com — Not a bad little showing here, but I’m missing where someone tells me to, “Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown.” What do you think? How many of these flicks have you seen? What’s your favorite? Related Reading: Couch or Curb: Cinematically Test Your ... (more) Daily Diversion: Titular Lines
The Slammin’ Salmon Trailer: The Movie is Better, We Promise
filmschoolrejects.com — Anchor Bay Entertainment has released the first official trailer for the upcoming Broken Lizard comedy The Slammin’ Salmon , which they will release in limited fashion in December. I caught this film when it made a stop here in Austin for the SXSW Film Festival in the spring. And for ... (more) The Slammin’ Salmon Trailer: The Movie is Better, ...
Exclusive Video: Gentlemen Broncos Orders Turkey Testicles
feedproxy.google.com — This is probably the single strangest exclusive we’ve ever received (and for that matter, posted), but what the heck. It’s late on a Friday and we don’t have much else to talk about — we might as well give you a look behind the scenes of Gentlemen Broncos in which ... (more) Exclusive Video: Gentlemen Broncos Orders Turkey Testicles
Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris, Justin Timberlake and Yogi Bear, Oh My!
filmschoolrejects.com — Entertainment Weekly has uncovered the supposed casting for the upcoming live-action/hybrid adventure that will bring the lovable picnic basket thief Yogi Bear to the big screen. The Hanna-Barbera cartoon will be adapted into a 3D film by director Eric Brevig ( Journey to the Center of the ... (more) Dan Aykroyd, Anna Faris, Justin Timberlake and Yogi ...
Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 11.06.09
filmschoolrejects.com — A CHRISTMAS CAROL Studio: Disney Rated: PG for scary sequences and images. Starring: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins and Robin Wright Penn Directed by: Robert Zemeckis What it’s about: If you don’t know this by now, you should be barred from the holiday ... (more) Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 11.06.09
Review: Disney’s A Christmas Carol
feedproxy.google.com — My feelings towards Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol have always been of two minds. I love the tale from the wit and greed-filled banter to the ghostly apparitions to the grand redemption at the end. The same goes for the multiple film and TV versions of the story. I’m partial ... (more) Review: Disney’s A Christmas Carol
30 Rock Review: Audition Day
filmschoolrejects.com — Episode: “Audition Day” (Season Four, Episode 4) Synopsis: Liz and Pete have discovered the talent they want to hire for TGS and plan to dupe Jack into hiring him, but when Jenna discovers that the lead candidate is an actor she dislikes, she and a paranoid Tracy plan to find ... (more) 30 Rock Review: Audition Day
The Reject Report Sings a Christmas Carol, Stares At Goats
filmschoolrejects.com — Welcome to another Reject Report! As you can tell it’s November, Halloween is now over and Christmas is right around the corner. How do we know this? Because the Christmas movies have started with A Christmas Carol . We also have the horror flick The Box , the thriller The Fourth Kind ... (more) The Reject Report Sings a Christmas Carol, Stares At Goats
Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 139 – The Fat Kind
filmschoolrejects.com — On This Week’s Show: Kevin and Neil say good-bye to scary movies (well, not really, considering two are released this week) and decide to ring in the Christmas season early. They stare at some goats, grumble about not being allowed to open a box, visit the uncanny valley and debate ... (more) Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 139 – The Fat Kind
Kick-Ass Character Posters Spell Things Out
Kick-Ass Character Posters Spell Things Out
filmschoolrejects.com — The folks at IGN have debuted for new character posters from the upcoming Lionsgate release Kick-Ass , from director Matthew Vaughn and the mind of Wanted writer Mark Millar. This comic property, now highly anticipated due to a wicked-cool showing at the San Diego Comic-Con this year, will ... (more) Kick-Ass Character Posters Spell Things Out
It’s Complicated Trailer: Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin Get It On
It’s Complicated Trailer: Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin Get It On
filmschoolrejects.com — Alec Baldwin is randomly crying. Meryl Streep is a little bit of a slut. Steve Martin, still crazy. And writer/director Nancy Meyers — purveyor of such estrogen-infused classics as What Women Want, Something’s Gotta Give and The Holiday – is back again for another round of ... (more) It’s Complicated Trailer: Meryl Streep and Alec ...
J.J. Abrams to Produce Hasbro’s Micronauts Movie
The Wall Street Journal (via Coming Soon ) is reporting today that J.J. Abrams , whom you may know as the director of Star Trek and producer of Lost, is in talks to produce a movie about the Japanese interchangable toys Micronauts — 3.75-inch tall toys which were used in an ...
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Milla Jovovich Joins Twitter; Updates from Resident Evil: Afterlife Set
Earlier this week, Dr. Cole Abaius and I were having a discussion about a new brand of director — the super-accessible kind who are now connecting with us, and their audience through the social media site Twitter . Whereas they were previously just the folks behind the camera and in ...
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John Krasinski Brings ‘Brief Interviews’ to the Alamo Drafthouse
Here’s some exciting local news for our readers in our home city of Austin, TX. One of my more praised, but lesser known Sundance 2009 favorites is coming to town — and with it comes writer/director John Krasinski , who you may know as Jim from The Office . The film is Brief ...
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New Photo from The Crazies: Radha Mitchell is in Trouble
Overture Films has released a new photo from their upcoming thriller The Crazies , a Breck Eisner directed reinvention of a George Romero classic. Set in a small town, The Crazies tells the story of the chaos that ensues after a mysterious toxin is released upon the population. In the ...
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