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Hey guys, it's me again. I'm sure you've all watched (and loved) our first NYCC video recap, and here we are again with our second (and possibly final?) attempt at talking coherently into a camera. Today, Hubert, Sean,... more
The busiest day at the New York Comic Con meant very little space to move around but a lot of cosplay. Here's a solid batch of pics I took while wandering the Javits Center and the area around the convention. One last batch of cosplay pics coming tomorrow. more
Michael Basset, the director of Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, is a pretty cool dude. I had a roundtable interview with him and producer Samuel Hadida today and the interview closed out with the obvious question of "Do you see a... more
I just got out of the panel for the Evil Dead remake where director . Needless to say Bruce Campbell rocked the house, pretty much pulling the most cheers and being generally awesome. He even gave a fan five dollars afte... more
Here's a small batch of cosplay photos from Friday at the New York Comic Con. I took a few photos with one of Alec's cameras, which he'll upload eventually. I'm going to be taking a lot more the next two days, so keep an eye out for those. In the meantime, peep the pics in the gallery. more
Even though there was cool news about comics projects from Matt Wagner and Grant Morrison, the Pacific Rim portion of the Legendary Comics panel stole the show. The panel was moderated by Chris Hardwick and also featured Lege... more
So, you know, we're at the New York Comic Con and stuff, and it's pretty cool. But you know what's better than reading about what we thought? Seeing and hearing what we thought. That's right, for the first time (probably) ev... more
Before his sex tape, dying muscles, messy divorce, and failed reality show, Hulk Hogan was a respectable yellow wearin', wraslin' loon. I have to admit it's sad to see him try strut his less than 24 inch pythons in vain as a... more
You know that Adi Shankar produced female version of The Expendables we've slowly been getting news about? Well, looks like we're getting two of those. The second female Expendables film is being produced by Millennium Films ... 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
While some of the lucky jerks Flixist staff are at NYCC this weekend, the rest of us will have to deal with the news that slowly trickles out of it. Thankfully, this new poster for the Arnie Schwarzenegger sta... more
Octopussy frequently gets dismissed because of its name, but is actually one of the strongest movies of the Moore era. Bond gets a complex and sensibly aged loved interest, the villain is as charismatic as he is cunning, ther... more
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's The World's End has to be my most anticipated film of...ever really. It's the third and final film in the Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy and there's no doubt this is going to be amazing. No... more
I've been following the trials and tribulations of the film adaptation of The Goon for quite some time. While Hollywood has passed on this film several times it seems, The Goon just won't die. Now, the filmmakers have turned ... more
Flixist's Bond Month is going strong in the lead up to Skyfall. In addition to Matt and Xander's daily Across the Bond features (tackling every Bond film in chronological order), this week Matt had an awesome interview with B... 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
Last night at the New York Comic Con there was a panel on the forthcoming documentary The Image Revolution, directed by Patrick Meaney and produced by Jordan Rennert. The film chronicles the rise of Image Comics in the 1990s... 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
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
We're here! We're queer! We like movies! Wait that doesn't seem right. We are here (here being the New York Comic Con), we do love movies as well. Maybe it's the middle line. No can't be that because we've got a Flixist... more
After having just seen Prometheus for the second time, I'm not particularly excited about any news involving a sequel. If anything, my distaste for the film has only grown from viewing it again, but there were still plen... more
I guess I should come right out and let you guys know that these pics are pretty dull. It's mostly just Josh Brolin and Spike Lee standing around and it's hard to decipher the context of what's going on. What scene is being f... 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
[For the next month, we will be covering the 50th New York Film Festival. Keep coming back to Flixist for news, features, and reviews of some of the most anticipated films on the festival circuit in 2012. Check out all of our... more
[For the next month, we will be covering the 50th New York Film Festival. Keep coming back to Flixist for news, features, and reviews of some of the most anticipated films on the festival circuit in 2012. Check out all of our... more
[For the next month, we will be covering the 50th New York Film Festival. Keep coming back to Flixist for news, features, and reviews of some of the most anticipated films on the festival circuit in 2012. Check out all of our... more
[This review was originally posted as part of our Austin Film Festival 2011 coverage. It is being reposted to coincide with the film's wider theatrical release.] There are some movies you simply seek-out due to... more
[For the next month, we will be covering the 50th New York Film Festival. Keep coming back to Flixist for news, features, and reviews of some of the most anticipated films on the festival circuit in 2012. Check out all of our... 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
[This review was originally posted as part of our Sundance Film Festival 2012 coverage. It is being reposted to coincide with the film's wider theatrical release.] The found footage horror film is one of th... 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 the next month, we will be covering the 50th New York Film Festival. Keep coming back to Flixist for news, features, and reviews of some of the most anticipated films on the festival circuit in 2012. Check out all of our... more
Killing Them Softly currently holds a 95% 'Fresh' rating at Rotten Tomatoes, which is odd considering how many of the reviews point out the movie's obvious flaws and spend relatively little time explaining its merits. I wonde... more
[For the next month, we will be covering the 50th New York Film Festival. Keep coming back to Flixist for news, features, and reviews of some of the most anticipated films on the festival circuit in 2012. Check out all of our... more
[For the next month, we will be covering the 50th New York Film Festival. Keep coming back to Flixist for news, features, and reviews of some of the most anticipated films on the festival circuit in 2012. Check out all of our... more
[For the next month, we will be covering the 50th New York Film Festival. Keep coming back to Flixist for news, features, and reviews of some of the most anticipated films on the festival circuit in 2012. Check out all of our... 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 sure feels like I've been posting a lot foreign language trailers lately. Here we have The Last Days, a film by brothers Alex and David Pastor, and boy does it seem like a neat concept. Here's the synoposis: 2013. A myst... more
Once you get past the German, since Tarzan 3D is releasing internationally in 2013 and does not yet have a domestic release date (with good reason), you get some really bad looking motion capture animation. Tarzan jaggedly c... more
Looks like we have the second trailer for the film previously known as Vs., now operating under the title of All Superheroes Must Die. That pretty much sums it up. A group of superheroes is captured by their arch-nemesi... more
Corruption, intrigue, action, bad hair, a trailer that give away most of the movie and all the best lines. These are things that you should expect when watching the trailer for Broken City a movie about a city that is b... more
Fair warning before you watch the international trailer for Wreck-It Ralph, one of our most anticipated films of the upcoming months. If you wanted to go in blind (and not know any of the plot details), then you shouldn't wa... more
The Croods is the next planned in Dreamworks's really, really well planned out (and packed!) future film slate. Grug (Nicolas Cage) is a father who wants to keep his family safe by staying put in their cave, while Eep (... more
Finally, a trailer for the Die Hard sequel no one really asked for from the director of the Max Payne movie no one wanted! Kidding aside, there's no story to find in the first trailer, just a lot of punches and sho... more
Used to be there was a time when I would be surprised to find that the new [INSERT HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FILM HERE] trailer was online, or better yet, I'd stumble upon it on the big screen before another movie. Well, courtesy of... more
First things first. I really, reeeally don't like that Jason Statham being from San Antonio, Texas (my home) means he has to put on a cowboy hat and "Texan" accent. We don't all talk like that, and it's insulting. ... more
The first trailer for The Guilt Trip looks...well...cute really. Andy Brewster (Seth Rogen) has just invented a product as is going a trip across the United States to pitch his idea. He then feels so bad for his lonely mothe... 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
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've never been very good at gambling. The few times I've put actually money down on the line playing poker (a whole five bucks), I was always the first to run out of chips. I never know when to fold, I'm willing to bluff whe... more
A little more than two years ago, about a month before Flixist went live for the first time, I wrote a review for Resident Evil: Afterlife. You can read it here. For those of you who don't want to read it, I will summari... more
[This review was originally written as part of the ongoing series of Korean Movie Night NY screenings and then showed up again during our coverage of the New York Korean Film Festival. It is being reposted due to the film's D... more
At first glance, Bachelorette seems like a more foul mouthed version of 2011's Bridesmaids since it centers on a group of friends that are celebrating another friends wedding. However, Bachelorette existed as a play far ... more
Every now and then, a horror film comes around that is so well-crafted, so atmospheric, so full of unyielding dread, that it changes one's life. I'm talking about the kind of movie that haunts you, that sticks with you long a... more
Dax Shepard is a pretty cool dude. He's been dating Kristen Bell since 2007, they've been engaged since 2010, and won't get married until gay marriage is legal in California. He works, alongside Hit and Run co-star and f... more
I think there's a point in everyone's childhood where one feels displaced from their surroundings and possibly alienated from their friends and family. It's just a part of growing up and it helps us appreciate ourselves as in... 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
Gangster Squad
Bond Month!
