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Tribeca 2015 Review: MAGGIE, An Elegant Zombie Melodrama

Geoff Gilmore, chief creative officer of the Tribeca Film Festival, in his introduction to the world premiere of Maggie, the first feature by Henry Hobson - starring some guy you may have heard of named Arnold Schwarzenegger - called the...

Exclusive: Watch The First 5 Minutes Of Vincenzo Natali's HAUNTER

Vincenzo Natali's Haunter hits home video today (Tuesday, February 11), and we've got the first five minutes to tempt you. Here's the official synopsis: The film stars Abigail Breslin in director Vincenzo Natali's (Splice, Cube, ABCs of Death 2) unique...

China Box Office: Minions Storm The Mainland As DESPICABLE ME 2 Opens Top

After a lengthy delay, Dreamworks' animated hit Despicable Me 2 finally opens in mainland China and goes straight into the top spot. Rank Title Origin 6/1-12/1 (US$M) Total (US$M) Screening days 1 Despicable Me 2 USA $15.37 $15.37 3 2...

Review: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Not Exactly a Family Destination

If you like attending your own dysfunctional extended family gatherings, you'll just love paying to attend someone else's! That must be the prevailing assumption behind the decision to release this film this time of year. Having been through multiple mandated...

AnarchyVision: Jason Gorber Talks ENDER'S GAME, LAST VEGAS and MAN OF TAI CHI!

Not exactly a mighty weekend, save for a slew of Oscar contenders that opened weeks ago that are are slowly rolling out. Meanwhile, tonight's slate had us talking Ender's Game, the banal Last Vegas, and the forgettable Man Of Tai...

Review: ENDER'S GAME Is Not Worth Playing

I had some time during the generally tedious Ender's Game to let my mind drift, hearkening back to a time when I would have been genuinely excited to see this kind of film on screen. I'd have been a young teen,...

Hey, America! Win A Viewing Of Vincenzo Natali's HAUNTER For Free!

Hey, America! Vincenzo Natali's Abigail Breslin starring ghost story Haunter hits theaters in limited release today while also appearing on cable VOD, SundanceNow and other digital platforms and you could see it for free!Lisa Johnson is one day shy of...

Review: HAUNTER Delivers an Enjoyably Tame Ghost Story

Time is a fluid thing in the atmospheric Haunter, but it's set mainly in 1985. It's the day before Lisa's 16th birthday. It has been for a while. Lisa (Abigail Breslin) and her wholesomely plain family -- mother (Michelle Nolden),...

THE MACHINE, BIG BAD WOLVES And PAINLESS Load Up Mayhem Film Festival Lineup

So, turns out you are going to be in Nottingham, UK, this Halloween and you're wondering to yourself, 'Self? What am I going to do this Halloween? And how do I keep that Halloween spirit alive throughout the following weekend?' Never...

Frightfest 2013 Preview: BIG BAD WOLVES, THE AMERICAN SCREAM, Ident Competition Winners & More!

The August bank holiday is almost upon us here in old London town, which of course means that Film4 Frightfest is almost here as well! At the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square, from Thursday August 22nd to Monday August 26th,...

ENDER'S GAME Belongs To Harrison Ford, According To New Trailer

As much as I enjoyed Orson Scott Card's novel when I read it sometime in the 1990s, I can't help feeling that the movie version looks completely generic so far. And the newest trailer doesn't change that feeling. What the...

HAUNTER And DELIVERY Coming To Mayhem Film Festival

The ninth edition of the Mayhem Film Festival will take place in Nottingham, England, this Fall and the festival has announced the first two titles for this year's lineup. Vincenzo Natali's haunted house flick Haunter and Brian Netto's found footage...

Check The Trailer For Vincenzo Natali's HAUNTER

Splice director Vincenzo Natali returns to screens with haunted house thriller Haunter and the first trailer has arrived for your viewing pleasure.Abigail Breslin stars as a young girl who must unravel a decades-old mystery to save her family in this...

ENDER'S GAME Trailer Offers Nothing New in Blockbuster Landscape

I understand that there is some Hollywood rule out there that all Hero-Journey Blockbuster (tm) trailers have to look alike.  I understand that if you have Harrison Ford in your movie that you might as well use his voice to...

First Look at Harrison Ford Sci-Fi Flick ENDER'S GAME

The first footage has arrived online for Gavin Hood's upcoming science-fiction thriller, Ender's Game. Based on the popular novel by Orson Scott Card, it tells the story of a gifted young lad who is recruited into a hi-tech military academy...

Vincenzo Natali Launches Production On Reverse Ghost Story HAUNTER

Science fiction fans eagerly awaiting the Vincenzo Natali directed adaptation of William Gibson's Neuromancer are going to have to wait a little bit longer. Because while the acclaimed director of Cube and Splice has just launched production of a new...

ENDER'S GAME Begins Production

Orson Scott Card's science fiction classic novel Ender's Game has been something of an enigma in film circles for decades now. Film types have been fascinated by the cinematic qualities of the story pretty much from the day it was...