Rent It Few directors have had careers as unusual and eclectic as filmmaker Monte Hellman. Probably best known for Two-Lane Blacktop and his most recent feature film, Road to Nowhere , as well as producing Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs , Hellman was one of many filmmakers mentored by Roger Corman, and Hellman's early work includes titles like Beast From Haunted Cove and The Terror (in 1989 …
Highly Recommended The Show: The Comedy Central sketch show Key & Peele is heading into its triumphant fourth season, and so (much more quickly than they did with seasons 1 & 2 ) the cable network has put out another spotless-looking Blu-ray for the show's excellent 13-episode third season. Though the package is a little lighter on bonus features than previous releases, the main episodes are …
Recommended Before 1950, nearly all of the best Westerns were in black-and-white. Partly this was the law of averages, as the vast majority of pre-1950 Westerns were produced in black-and-white to begin with. But other than a few notable exceptions (John Ford's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon , for instance), pre-1950 Technicolor Westerns generally played it safe.
Can violent movies contribute to real-world mayhem?
The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival is excited to announce that “PIKMIN Short Movies†will premiere in 3D at this year’s festival as part of this year’s focus on animation.
In anticipation of the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier on Blu-ray and DVD, Marvel Entertainment has released three clips from the up coming release. They will be hosting a special autograph signing with the directors in Hollywood
Was it the end of the world at the summer box office? Lots of destruction, including studio profits, since grosses were down 25%.
Even among other genre films, comic-book movies used to be viewed as disposable pulpy fun. But we've now reached the point where serious A-list actors are vying for roles in superhero films. And actors are actually bringing their “A” game.
Summer is officially over as of last weekend, as the last two “big” summer movies (If I Stay and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For) closed out the unofficial summer movie season. This will be the first of what I hope are a handful of articles detailing the various successes and failures of the just-completed summer movie season.  For the moment we’re going to look at marketing campaigns for the …
The audience loved Robin Williams for the sheer variety of energetic characters he brought to the big screen. From Sean, the tough and wounded psychiatrist in Good Will Hunting to a more light hearted Peter Pan in Steven Spielberg's  Hook, his 47 films grossed over $5 billion.