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Deadline reports that Universal is set to reboot the Conan franchise again with The Legend of Conan and personally I couldn't be happier. You know why? Because Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to once again play the awesome badas... more
After the first sexy teaser image, this new image (courtesy of Empire) has Wolvie sporting some bone claws. Which admittedly might have been the only good thing Origins had going for it other than Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool. O... more
Nickelodeon is known for their kid-friendly shows and movies. There's always been jokes aimed at adults nestled here or there, but rarely do you see a character in one of said shows or movies use her breasts for bartering pur... more
[For the next week and half, we will be covering the 2012 South Asian International Film Festival, the biggest film premiere destination for South Asian and Indian films in the United States. Check back with Flixist for revie... more
The first trailer for A Good Day to Die Hard did nothing but tease 'splosions. This new international trailer though...is mostly the same. But this time, that sameness is brought you with extra scenes featuring a cooler Bruc... more
Bet you didn't expect news about a Bond sequel so soon did ya? Hell, Skyfall hasn't even released in the states yet! Of course, that doesn't really mean anything when it comes to the Bond franchise, because it's not like we'r... more
This review will be spoiler-free, making it one of the hardest I've ever had to write. Not only because I'm a Bond nerd of unhealthy magnitude, no doubt demonstrated by the Across The Bond feature Flixist has been running ... more
With the end of October marks the end of this year's Chicago International Film Festival. Out of the dozen or so films I watched, about 90% of them involved sex scenes, which was an interesting tidbit to note. I guess foreign... more
There's a lot going on in The Loneliest Planet that goes unstated. Long stretches are spent with small talk, chit chat, the intimate nonsense shared between a couple very much in love. For a while these scenes seem to linger ... more
Denzel Washington and Robert Zemeckis. I shouldn't even have to tell you that the movie is Flight and you should want to see it. Luckily we're doing a giveaway for a screening in the D.C. area so you can have the chance ... more
[For the past month, we covered the 50th New York Film Festival, bringing you news, features, and reviews of some of the most anticipated films on the festival circuit in 2012. Check out all of our coverage here.] And so... more
Silent Hill is one of the favorite video game franchises of all time. Sure, the last couple installments haven't lived up to their predecessors, and destructible weaponry is super dumb, but every installme... more
One year way back when I was an undergrad, I spent a lot of time at Denny's in the wee hours of the morning. It was close to my dorm, it was quiet enough, and it made for great people-watching. Example: one of the waitresses... more
When Drive first came to video, I watched it six times in five consecutive days and never has my love or enjoyment of the film diminished with repeated viewings. It is a masterpiece, plain and simple. So, needless to say... more
I tore through Cloud Atlas this past week in preparation for seeing the film, and I want to dedicate this entire introduction to motivating people to read the book before seeing the movie. Cloud Atlas is big and com... more
Matthew Vaughn, director of X-Men: First Class, has decided not to direct the sequel, X-Men: Days of Future Past. As of now, there's no word on why Vaughn left the director's chair. io9 notes that Vaughn was integral to devel... more
[Losing My Virginity articles are reviews written by someone who still hasn't seen an incredibly popular movie after all these years. LMV reviews are interesting in that they can offer the perspective of a person who's untain... more
A couple weeks ago, at New York Comic-Con, I was lucky enough to sit down with four very important players from Silent Hill: Revelation 3D at two different roundtable interviews at the super-swanky Trump SoHo. The first in... more
[For the next week and half, we will be covering the 2012 South Asian International Film Festival, the biggest film premiere destination for South Asian and Indian films in the United States. Check back with Flixist for revie... more
Empires of the Deep has a very strange development history. Apparently, production started for EOTD back in 2009 as the brain child of a Chinese real estate guy Jon Jiang. Jiang casted the lead and director, but all thr... more
Remember back in May when James Cameron said he's stepping down from narrative filmmaking, endless Avatar sequels notwithstanding? Well, look who changed his mind!In an interview with the good folks at IGN, Cameron went back ... more
This is the end. Across the Bond has covered all 22 James Bond films and we're all the better for it. It's been quite a ride, and you'd think Xander and I would be all done with Bond, but that's the beauty of having this many... more
Nickelodeon is known for their kid-friendly shows and movies. There's always been jokes aimed at adults nestled here or there, but rarely do you see a character in one of said shows or movies use her breasts for bartering pur... more
[For the next week and half, we will be covering the 2012 South Asian International Film Festival, the biggest film premiere destination for South Asian and Indian films in the United States. Check back with Flixist for revie... more
This review will be spoiler-free, making it one of the hardest I've ever had to write. Not only because I'm a Bond nerd of unhealthy magnitude, no doubt demonstrated by the Across The Bond feature Flixist has been running ... more
There's a lot going on in The Loneliest Planet that goes unstated. Long stretches are spent with small talk, chit chat, the intimate nonsense shared between a couple very much in love. For a while these scenes seem to linger ... more
Silent Hill is one of the favorite video game franchises of all time. Sure, the last couple installments haven't lived up to their predecessors, and destructible weaponry is super dumb, but every installme... more
I tore through Cloud Atlas this past week in preparation for seeing the film, and I want to dedicate this entire introduction to motivating people to read the book before seeing the movie. Cloud Atlas is big and com... more
[For the next week and half, we will be covering the 2012 South Asian International Film Festival, the biggest film premiere destination for South Asian and Indian films in the United States. Check back with Flixist for revie... more
[This review was originally posted as part of our 2012 Tribeca Film Festival coverage. It has been reposted to coincide with the wider theatrical release of the film.] The Revisionaries is a documentary that made me angry in ... more
[For the next week and half, we will be covering the 2012 South Asian International Film Festival, the biggest film premiere destination for South Asian and Indian films in the United States. Check back with Flixist for revie... more
[Flixist will be attending the 48th Chicago International Film Festival over the next few weeks. Be sure to follow along as we bring you coverage from the longest-running competitive international film festival in the country... more
[Flixist will be attending the 48th Chicago International Film Festival over the next few weeks. Be sure to follow along as we bring you coverage from the longest-running competitive international film festival in the country... more
[For the next week and half, we will be covering the 2012 South Asian International Film Festival, the biggest film premiere destination for South Asian and Indian films in the United States. Check back with Flixist for revie... more
[Flixist will be attending the 48th Chicago International Film Festival over the next few weeks. Be sure to follow along as we bring you coverage from the longest-running competitive international film festival in the country... more
[Flixist will be attending the 48th Chicago International Film Festival over the next few weeks. Be sure to follow along as we bring you coverage from the longest-running competitive international film festival in the country... more
Running at a touch over an hour and a half, some might suspect Everything Or Nothing to be a glorified DVD extra given undue prominence and a limited UK release due to 2012 being the character's 50th anniversary year. The un... more
The first trailer for A Good Day to Die Hard did nothing but tease 'splosions. This new international trailer though...is mostly the same. But this time, that sameness is brought you with extra scenes featuring a cooler Bruc... more
Empires of the Deep has a very strange development history. Apparently, production started for EOTD back in 2009 as the brain child of a Chinese real estate guy Jon Jiang. Jiang casted the lead and director, but all thr... more
This new trailer for Django Unchained is "off the chain." We get a little more of DiCaprio's Calvin Candie (more aggressive than he was in the previous trailer), more of Django's blue suit thing, more guns and shooty action-... more
Here's what we've been waiting for folks. Ever since that lucky jerk Matt described the teaser trailer from Comic Con a few weeks back, I've been waiting very impatiently for the actual footage to release...an... more
The trailer for Iron Man 3 is upon us! Following yesterday's explosion of images and information is the trailer for the film that will jumpstart Marvel's "Phase 2" of their film universe. The trailer shows a darker side... more
I remember there was a time that I looked forward to movie parodies. When the first Scary Movie released, I laughed so hard I almost had an accident (I was also ten). When the sequel came out, that excitement tempered a bit.... more
As Bond Month at Flixist is making its way toward Skyfall, we've got a new trailer to share. It's pretty similar to the first trailer and the international spot, but there are snippets of new footage that are an exciting tas... more
Here's the latest trailer for Jack Reacher. Like the previous trailer, the film tries to turn the 5'7", 160ish-pound, brown-haired, green-eyed Tom Cruise into the 6'5", 230-pound, blond-haired, blue-eyed title character. He ... more
This latest trailer for Chinese Zodiac (aka Armour of God 3) isn't as awesome as the rollerblade suit trailer from late August or the more traditional trailer from May. It's not even as keen as that initial promo from last y... more
Here is the first teaser/trailer for Kimberly Pierce's remake of Carrie. It's pretty much how Matt described it in his Carrie panel recap for the New York Comic Con. There's something promising about the imagery here, especi... more
Now that I've got a better look a Sean Penn's nose thing, I'm thinking I'm going to love Gangster Squad. It's got attractive people doing attractive things (Did you see how hot Josh Brolin is? MY GOD), and it looks like it's... more
I have to say Zero Dark Thirty is looking much more interesting than I had originally given it credit for. I was expecting something in the field of a straight up military drama akin to Black Hawk Down, but it looks lik... more
When I first heard that Frank Miller's masterpiece The Dark Knight Returns was getting adapted the stuff in this trailer is what I was really looking forward to. When the elderly Judge Dreddified Batman (as in, he... more
New trailer for Django Unchained. It still comes out Christmas. We still want to see it bad. 'Nuff said. (Get well soon, Stan Lee.) [Via First Showing] more
Here we have the very first trailer for the Alfred Hitchcock biopic Hitchcock starring Anthony Hopkins as the big fella himself, with Helen Mirren as Hitchcock's wife and Scarlett Johannson as Janet Leigh. The film most... more
It's been awhile since the first trailer for The Perks of Being a Wallflower was released. Since then, I basically read the novel cover to cover and found myself highly anticipating the film's release. 15 new images were rece... more
For the first time ever, pop culture art gallery Gallery 1988 has taken their annual cult-movie-centric art show Crazy 4 Cult out of its home in California and landed it in New York. East Coasters were apparently all about i... more
I really hope writer/director Rian Johnson becomes a big name. His film debut, Brick, is one of my favorite films ever and what established my fascination in Joseph Gordon-Levitt's career. With the upcoming Looper starri... more
The Marvel booth at this year's San Diego Comic-Con gave us a preview of Tony Stark's new duds in the upcoming Iron Man 3. The armor is pretty much the same general shape as the older design, but the yellow accents have spr... more
French illustrator Berk Senturk has drawn 12 uncomfortable film character meetings for his new series, "Oh, Hi!" The images, which you can see in the gallery below, pair similar characters from different franchises. For examp... more
I felt grimy typing that headline, although now that I bask in its establishment, I feel good knowing I'll never be cheesier than the Piranha 3DD filmmakers for choosing such a corny title. I digress; as some of you may alrea... more
Just can't wait for that new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man that should be landing at any moment today? Neither can we. However, it isn't here yet. No worries, we've got two new images from Apple to tied you over. Bo... more
This year's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) took place from April 13th to April 15th. Unfortunately, there wasn't much of a film presence this year, so my friend Charles and I decided to do what half of the rest... more
Is it possible to be too excited for a film? If so, that just might describe my feelings for this On the Road adaptation... even if it means I have to look past the fact that Sam Riley's voice is nowhere near Jack Kerouac's. ... more
My SXSW 2012 journey ended last week, but as you may have seen throughout the week, the work was far from over. After all of the interviews, reviews, screenings, walking, sweating, crying, and bleeding, we can finally say goo... more
Nickelodeon is known for their kid-friendly shows and movies. There's always been jokes aimed at adults nestled here or there, but rarely do you see a character in one of said shows or movies use her breasts for bartering pur... more
Silent Hill is one of the favorite video game franchises of all time. Sure, the last couple installments haven't lived up to their predecessors, and destructible weaponry is super dumb, but every installme... more
I tore through Cloud Atlas this past week in preparation for seeing the film, and I want to dedicate this entire introduction to motivating people to read the book before seeing the movie. Cloud Atlas is big and com... more
The most alluring thing I like the most about independent films is their penchant for analyzing social taboos. Don't get me wrong, big budget films touch upon a lot of the same themes, but they don't quite have the same level... more
Confession: I still have not seen the first Paranormal Activity. I always felt that I saw everything about it I needed to know with the footage that was included in the second film. Katie gets possessed and kills her boy... more
James Patterson's literary detective/psychologist Alex Cross has had a decently successful life in films. Both Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider are competent thrillers handled with panache. Also... more
[This review was originally posted as part of our coverage of Sundance Film Festival 2012. It has been reposted to coincide with its theatrical release. The film's title has since been changed from The Surrogat... more
In 1979, as the Iranian Revolution was reaching its peak, the American Embassy in Tehran was overrun by revolutionaries and its occupants were taken hostage, a situation that had come to a head as the result of several factor... more
Seven Psychopaths, written and directed by In Bruges's Martin McDonagh, features a character named Martin (Colin Farrell) who is a screenwriter working on a script for a film called...Seven Psychopaths. Now, before the i... more
I don't normally go on Rotten Tomatoes before seeing a movie, especially one I'm reviewing. But sometimes, it's inescapable. The lower the score on RT, the more people are going to talk about it (especially when one works at ... more
Before I start this review, I have some confessions to make. I'm a huge Glee fan. I enjoy the show's nonsensical plots, the song covers, and the occasional musical genius when it chooses to alter them. I don't like the show e... more
For most people Hotel Transylvania looks like another Adam Sandler and Friends vehicle with a trendy pop star from an animation studio not known for its top quality product. One could understand why no one’s expectation... more
Time travel is a sticky wicket for movies, and really all stories in general. There’s just so many contradictions, loopholes and moving parts that things get complicated. By the end of a time travel movie you’re u... more
Let's be real: Tim Burton hasn't exactly been churning out hits lately. Between Alice in Wonderland and Dark Shadows, it's hard to have a lot of faith in the man anymore. What seemed to be passion projects seem more and more ... more
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned in every horror movie review I've written how much I love horror films and about the crap threshold that lies within them. Truly good horror films come around once every now when the planets all... more
I don't remember Harriet the Spy being a terribly good movie, but its childlike sense of espionage was absolutely gripping as a kid. The house we rented at the time had a cinderblock wall with a few blocks jutting out at a pe... more
Netflix brings us a fine variety of television this week. First off, there's Sherlock! If you haven't seen Sherlock yet, now you have no excuse. It's absolutely fantastic, and both seasons are up. Completely unrelated, there'... more
This is the moment we've all been waiting for. The FP has hit Netflix instant. The world may never be the same. In case you haven't heard of The FP, either from our awesome LA screening earlier this year or our contest or our... more
Is this something everyone else was aware of? If so, how could you let this happen!? What is the world coming to? We're a stone's throw away from pestilence and boiling, bloody seas. Mark my words. So this week seems to be pr... more
Netflix is absolutely crawling with awesome things this week. It's also crawling with bugs and it really should see someone about that. TV has Taking on Tyson, a documentary series about Mike Tyson and his passion for the pig... more
Netflix isn't offering up a lot this week, but what it does have is fairly solid. TV has a fairly decent selection. Both Parks and Recreation and Parenthood are up to season three. There's also more My Fair Wedding and a show... more
This week actually has a pretty good selection for all you guys and gals at home. For bigger movies, we have Super 8, which I definitely want to revisit after all the mixed reviews. There's also the fantastic Riki-Oh: The Sto... more
I know it must be a generation gap, but I've never understood that Fred thing the kids like. I suppose it's the kind of thing I would have found hilarious when I was ten and stupid, but watching a child crack up at that guy i... more
There are a lot of good things on Netflix this week. The list of new items is large and varied, and there's something to fit most tastes. Normally, I would point out some key interesting choices in different genres to stimula... more
[Header source photo by Bruno Sousa] Hey, look! It's the much-hyped early summer film, Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies! It may seem a bit early for it to be on Netflix already, but it seems like the powers that be are smiling upo... more
This week brings us what is possibly my favorite genre mixture ever. The story of La Llorona, or the crying woman, may not be terribly well-known to North American audiences. It tells the tale of a woman who drowns her childr... more
The fourth season of Breaking Bad made it to Netflix this week. I was just thinking that I would really like to pick up from where I left off in season two, and Netflix was kind enough to read my mind and give me a gentle rem... more
This week, Netflix brings us Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance. A quick Google search informs me that Joffrey is actually a prominent ballet company, but that is certainly not the first thing that sprang to mind. I like to... more
With cable prices rising and the economy not terribly steady, it's no surprise that Netflix is doing well. What is surprising, however, is that Netflix is almost doing better than its fierce competitor, regular ol' cable. Reg... more
The Rugrats Movie is on Netflix this week. I went to see that with my friend when we were in the seventh grade, old enough to be in the intended audience but also old enough to realize that we were in the upper limit of the i... more
A Good Day to Die Hard
Bond Month!
