In the long list of remakes and reboots that no one ever asked for or wanted, Robocop is right there at the top. How can anyone hope to approximate Paul Verhoeven's slice of 80s action? How can someone fill Peter Weller's big metal boots? The fact is that no one can, and it's asking for trouble to even try.
There are films that have months, even years, of hype, with teasers, trailers, TV spots, behind-the-scenes footage and clips jamming up our news feeds and Facebook walls. Then there are those films that come in quietly, sneaking up on y0u with a baseball bat. Out Of The Furnace seems to be one of the latter.
The build-up to the release of Spike Lee's Oldboy remake has reached maximum capacity, and not a moment too soon, as the film is about to hit theaters.
This might be one of the lease surprising pieces of news we're likely to get this week, but here it goes: director James Mangold is currently in talks to come back for the sequel to The Wolverine, with star Hugh Jackman in tow as usual. Are you shocked? Yeah, I thought not.
In the continuing saga of Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer and whether or not it will get an un-truncated America release, screenwriter Kelly Masterson has decided to weigh in. His appraisal? Don't let them cut it!
I recall reading a review of Kevin Wilson's The Family Fang when the book came out back in 2011. It not only sounded like an interesting story, but also a tale worthy to be made into a film from the likes of Wes Anderson. Now the book is indeed on track to becoming a film, but unfortunately Anderson is nowhere near it. Instead, actor Jason Bateman plans to both direct and star in the project.
Today we have the first international trailer for the director's vampire love story Only Lovers Left Alive, and it is one of the most provocative things I've seen in quite awhile.
Jason Reitman is best known for directing intelligent and quirky comedies like Up In The Air, Juno and Thank You For Smoking. So when he takes on a drama about a single mother, her son and the convict that suddenly comes into their lives on a holiday weekend, it behooves us to sit up and take notice. That's the subject of Reitman's latest Labor Day, which has two brand new trailers premiering today.
There is nothing that modern film fans like as much as seeing parts of movies before other movies. That's what Marvel is depending on for their Thor: The Dark World 3D screenings in an effort to boost 3D ticket sales. If you want to see five whole minutes of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, then you're going to have to pay premium prices for Thor: The Dark World.
The continuing saga of the Fifty Shades of Grey adaptation is probably more interesting than the film itself. First there was the endless speculation on who would play S&M stalker...I mean, romantic lead Christian Grey. Then there was the universal horror at Charlie Hunnam dropping out of the role, only to be replaced by Jamie Dornan (who?). Now, with the cast seemingly in place and a start date looming, we learn that a new screenwriter has been brought in to perform some tweaks on the script.
