The Experience of Kevin Smith’s Red State Tour — Day 1: Radio City Music Hall

posted 03-07-11 by Angelo D'Argenio

When I stepped into Radio City Music Hall for the first day of the Red State tour and took my seat crammed between two people clutching their belongings to their chests as if they were curling into the fetal position, I never thought that I myself would spend much of the night in that same [...]

Robot + X = Win!

posted 02-07-11 by Max Tedaldi

RoBatman I stumbled upon this blog today and my brain nearly exploded from a nerd coolness explosion aneurysm. It may only be a proof of concept, but mark my words, we will be seeing Robatman / Cybord Batman comic in the near future. Robatman is like Batman but without all of that pansy emotion. He [...]

Congratulations to the Butterworths! This Year’s WGA Paul Selvin Award Winners

posted 02-03-11 by Max Tedaldi

The Paul Selvin Award is given to that WGA member(s) whose script “best embodies the spirit of constitutional and civil rights and liberties, which are indispensable to the survival of free writers everywhere, and to whose defense Paul Selvin committed his professional life. This year’s Paul Selvin Award has just been bestowed upon Fair Game‘s [...]

Build Your Own Transformer

posted 02-03-11 by Max Tedaldi

Transformers are no longer limited to childrens toys, 80s cartoons, and explosion-laden Michael Bay films. Over the past few years transformers have invaded different sects of popular culture from computers to commercials to even architecture. With SFX software improving faster than Sly Stallone in a training montage it’s no wonder that transformers are more prevalent [...]

Easter Eggs — You Didn’t Even Know You Didn’t Know About Them

posted 02-02-11 by Max Tedaldi

Simpsons See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Little did you know that McBain was an actual movie in more ways than one. First, there is the 1991 Christopher Walken, Michael Ironside actioner McBain, and secondly there is the easter egg mini-movie inside The Simpsons show itself. If you take clips of McBain [...]

The Many Forms of Dracula

posted 02-01-11 by Max Tedaldi

Deafula Believe it or not, Deafula was the first ever movie made solely in American Sign Language. The result has got to be one of the weirdest movies ever made. The story of a theology student who finds himself turning into a vampire and hunting other students for their blood doesn’t really work as a [...]

Fans Think That These Comic Books Need Films Now

posted 01-31-11 by Max Tedaldi

Axe Cop Axe Cop: The Movie – Part 1 from Peter Muehlenberg on Vimeo. If there is a more heart-warming story in the world of comic books, I surely am not aware of it. Brothers Malachai (age 6) and Ethan Nicolle (age 30) teamed up to create the tale of a cop who fights aliens [...]

Academy Award Winning Films That You’ll Actually Want To Watch

posted 01-27-11 by Max Tedaldi

Sneaking action films into family film night should afford you some catharsis after watching Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2. But what do you do when you find yourself face to face with the movie snob who wants nothing to do with your action-packed, gun-slinging, explosion-filled tastes. No matter how many times you try to explain the [...]

Kevin Smith Rants on the State of Red State

posted 01-25-11 by Max Tedaldi

Red State – Coming 2011 from Red State on Vimeo. Kevin Smith’s latest film is a stark digression from his typically raunchy and wordy comedic films. Red State is a horror film, a first for Smith, that makes some metaphorical stabs at the bigots of America. Red State premiered at Sundance this year and is [...]

Film Franchises in Fast Forward

posted 01-24-11 by Max Tedaldi

Attention deficit disorder is a real thing that affects millions of moviegoers every year. Not every 3 hour film is able to captivate and enthrall for its entire 180-minute duration. Thankfully a bunch of youtube users know the common plight of the ADD addled moviegoer who wants to watch every amazing action franchise, but finds [...]

Introducing Andrew Garfield As Spider-Man!

posted 01-13-11 by Max Tedaldi

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The Top MMA Fighters Turned Movie Stars

posted 01-11-11 by Max Tedaldi

The relationship between actors and musicians has always been a slightly incestuous affair. Successful actors yearn for the adoration of millions of screaming fans at rock concerts, and successful musicians are always looking to the big screen to broaden their appeal. Meet the new breed of celebrity looking to break into the acting game. Capitalizing [...]

10 Family Films Full of Fight

posted 01-10-11 by Max Tedaldi

We’ve all been there. With a fresh copy of The Expendables burning a hole in your action-filled Blu Ray player you are forced to abandon your explosion-laden dreams for “family film night”. You’ll have to endure the horror of watching your irredeemable family laugh along with revolting films like Good Luck Chuck. You know that [...]

A Zombie Film for All Seasons

posted 01-07-11 by Max Tedaldi

You love zombie films. You love them more than your Boba Fett action figure. Yes, the one that you slept with until you were 18. You love zombies so much that you’ve watched the Thriller video hundreds of times, have the dance down pat and still have no idea who this Michael Jackson character is. [...]

2011 Movie Preview — You’ll Get More Action Than A Pair Of The TSA’s Rubber Gloves

posted 01-04-11 by craigmacnee

With the end of the world as we know it just around the corner in December 2012 (according to John Cusack anyway), next year could well be the last full year of action movies we ever have. Consequently, I thought it would be useful to give you an overview of everything coming out that might [...]