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(05/08/12 2:09am)
"The Avengers" is the type of movie with the potential to be either a complete triumph among special effects films or a complete failure because it is a special effects film. This spectacle became the central point when advertising the film, with the campaign boasting all the chaos from the effects-heavy action scenes. As we have learned from Michael Bay's fetish for soulless robot monotony, this is a recipe for disaster.
(04/23/12 5:00am)
Summer has always been the ideal time of year for film studios to release their big blockbuster epics. They dole out mounds of cash in order to fill the budget with big name actors and flashy special effects. The upcoming "Battleship" is a prime example, taking a simple board game and turning it into a special effect-based alien epic. And, of course, there are always the superhero films and sequels. Some look promising (like "The Avengers" and "The Dark Knight Rises") while others don't hold much promise (like "Ice Age: Continental Drift").
(04/20/12 6:38am)
Tupac Shakur hologram debuts at CoachellaHe's alive! Not really, but all "eyez" were on Dr. Dre's hologram of the late rapper at the annual music and arts festival.
(04/19/12 6:29am)
The talents of independent filmmakers, artists and performers will be showcased at the Nickelodeon’s sixth annual Indie Grits Festival.
(04/17/12 6:21am)
Five college students drive to a cabin in the middle of the woods to enjoy a weekend of intoxication, sexuality and puffing the magic dragon. They are having the time of their lives until a set of unfortunate discoveries leads to a series of casualties.
(04/16/12 5:51am)
Joss Whedon has written screenplays for top-rated shows like “Roseanne,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly.” He wrote screenplays for feature films like “Toy Story,” which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He also gained directorial experience filming the movie “Serenity.”
(04/13/12 3:29am)
(04/12/12 7:28am)
On Feb. 11, 2012, beloved recording artist and film star Whitney Houston joined the list of actors who passed before their final film; a list that dates back the golden years of Hollywood with actors like James Dean and Marilyn Monroe to more recent actors like Heath Ledger. Here is a look at actors whose final films were released posthumously:
(04/11/12 6:35am)
Earlier this year, in my first issue of Simpson’s Cinema, I touched upon a recent trend that is taking the movie industry by storm: releasing classic movies in 3-D. This idea of adding another dimension of visual depth has nothing more than a broken promise, as shown with the classic Disney films rereleased with 3-D effects.
(04/10/12 8:03am)
While watching “American Reunion,” it becomes very apparent that all of the “American Pie” movies follow the same, overdone recipe: two drawn-out party scenes, a couple of touching moments and a dash of gross humor.
(04/06/12 5:21am)
"Jack and Jill" wins every Razzie award this yearAdam Sandler may have officially made the worst movie of all time.
(04/05/12 4:29am)
Magic mirror on the wall, which is the least enchanting Snow White movie of them all?
(04/03/12 6:52am)
If anyone has ever wondered how the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy would play out if directed by a special-effects juggernaut like Michael Bay, they may very well get an answer after seeing “Clash of the Titans” (2010) and its newly released sequel “Wrath of the Titans.”
(03/30/12 5:26am)
"Hunger Games" makes more than $150 million in opening weekend
(03/29/12 6:16am)
The current reliance on novel-based films is uncreative, but these kinds of movies can nonetheless become critically successful with the right cast, screenwriter and director.
(03/27/12 6:12am)
“Happy Hunger Games and may the odds be ever in your favor.”
(03/23/12 6:52am)
Gary Ross says "no" to 3-D for "Catching Fire"
(03/22/12 6:18am)
In my first entry in this column, I discussed how rereleasing old movies in 3-D is a completely redundant concept that ruins the artistic integrity of our favorite animated Disney films. But this concept alone is only part of a bigger problem that currently exists within the movie industry: the reliance on movie trends.
(03/21/12 6:15am)
At the start of the movie, the police chief says to our two leads, “The guys in charge are running out of original ideas and are forced to recycle old programs.”
(03/14/12 5:18am)