There are a number of factors contributing to the controversy surrounding the new George Lucas’ film Red Tails, and all of them are worth at least a little discussion. The leading contributor to the buzz on the film was George Lucus’ claim in an interview with Jon Stewart, that Hollywood wouldn’t back the production because [...]

I’m not sure what happened or when, but somewhere down the line I firmly believe that Tim Burton was able to get some blackmail material on the once great and versatile actor known as Johnny Depp. Hear me out a moment before you threaten to goth me to death (I’m not even sure what that [...]

Recently while browsing around for some news on things, I ran across this press release statement for the upcoming fifth movie in the Resident Evil movie franchise: “The wildly successful film franchise adaptation that has grossed nearly $700 million worldwide to the popular video game series, Resident Evil, returns in its highly anticipated fifth installment, [...]

The creative, visionary, and Oscar winning animation director Brad Bird (who has directed the likes of The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, and Ratatouille) as well as the writing team of Andre Nemec and Josh Appelbaum (the producers and writers of hit show Alias and the highly underrated Life On Mars) have come together to create [...]

I agree Surprised Lemur. I was really excited to see Tolkein’s Middle Earth in a whole different light, and I had an immense amount of faith in Guillermo Del Toro to deliver a great series of films. A Hobbit with just a bit of its own personality that would separate it from the Lord of [...]

Elmo has never been one of my favorite characters, his popularity grew quite a bit after Sesame Street stopped appealing to someone of my age at the time. I also got to live through the craziness that was the Christmas of  Tickle Me Elmo during a period in my life where I was extra angsty. [...]

There is a rather large segment of the movie going audience, and even critics, that clamor for a return to the old Sherlock Holmes. They want a new film that portrays this classic literary character in proper fashion. There are those that do not like this big Hollywood take on the character and his story, [...]

The Three Musketeers is a classical story of friendship and honor. It’s been the base of many an adaptation, the story being retold again and again, so that it lives on. Or perhaps it’s limping on at this point, as contemporary Hollywood and director Paul W. S. Anderson (of Resident Evil ‘fame’) have gotten their [...]

Aardman Features Studio brings to life a Christmas tale that is a refreshing take on the classic Santa mythology that has nearly been forgotten in these modern consumerist times. Aardman is most well known for their unconventionally clever stop-motion films such as Wallace & Gromit, Chicken Run and Flushed Away. Sony Pictures Animation gives these [...]

That’s right, the great man from the original Star Trek crew has brought the fight to a proper enemy. Star Wars vs Star Trek has been one of the longest fought battles in all of geekdom. It was recently reinvigorated thanks to a few back and forth videos between William Shatner and Carrie Fisher. Many of [...]