Why It Works: Inglourious Basterds

Posted 10 years ago

Why It Works is an ongoing column which breaks down some of the most acclaimed films in history and explores what makes them so iconic, groundbreaking, and memorable. ****SPOILERS AHEAD**** Quentin Tarantino's THE HATEFUL EIGHT hits theaters on Christmas Day,...

Exclusive: We talk The Big Short, Ant-Man sequel, and more with Adam McKay

Posted 10 years ago

Director Adam McKay is renowned for his series of insanely popular Will Ferrell comedies. Each seems to be more ambitious than the last, with ANCHORMAN giving way to the big-budget TALLADEGA NIGHTS, the nonsensical (but hilarious) STEP-BROTHERS, the action-spoof THE...

Review: The Big Short

Posted 10 years ago

This review originally ran during our coverage of AFI Fest PLOT: When a small group of businessmen see that the housing bubble is likely to collapse, they try and prepare for a possible devastating outcome. Taking on the big banks,...

Before They Were Famous: Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Connelly & Mark Ruffalo

Posted 10 years ago

Welcome to “Before They Were Famous“, where we take a look at some of the past exploits of today's biggest stars, be it from movies, television, Broadway, competitions, etc.! The more embarrassing, the better. Our memories are long, but the...

New trailer for The Big Short should start getting you angry

Posted 10 years ago

THE BIG SHORT is one of those anger-inducing movies. Pulling back the curtain on all the shady business that was taking place several years ago to prop up the housing market and ultimately the economy, Adam McKay‘s adaptation of Michael...

Brad Pitt helping to bring YA sci-fi Illuminae to the big screen

Posted 10 years ago

Everyone keeps looking to mine the YA section at their nearby bookstore in hopes of finding what could be the next big thing for Hollywood, and Brad Pitt and his Plan B shingle may have secured an interesting property to...

A new poster and featurette hit for Adam McKay’s The Big Short

Posted 10 years ago

Adam McKay's (STEP BROTHERS, ANCHROMAN) latest film, THE BIG SHORT, follows four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s and decided to take on the big banks for their greed...

Brad Pitt and Netflix helping to bring Bong Joon-ho’s Okja to life

Posted 10 years ago

  This is a helluva cool time to be a monster movie fan. We’ve got Nacho Vigalondo working on a killer kaiju tale called COLOSSAL starring Anne Hathaway; Legendary Pictures is bringing King Kong to life with KONG: SKULL ISLAND...

Review: By the Sea

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: An American couple, their marriage deteriorating rapidly, relocate to a scenic village in Malta in the hopes of repairing their once-happy existence.  REVIEW: If it were about seven or eight years ago, the prospect of seeing Angelina Jolie (aka...

Netflix & Brad Pitt’s Plan B to back Bong Joon-ho’s monster pic Okja

Posted 10 years ago

Things are moving swimmingly for OKJA, the upcoming monster flick from THE HOST director Bong Joon-ho. The film is currently in pre-production, and it's been announced that Netflix and Brad Pitt's Plan B shingle have joined the project as backers,...

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