Blu Ray Review: Street Fighter (1994)

Had I not been stricken with the flu over the last two days, I was planning on catching an early Friday morning screening of Street Fighter:...

The Simpsons live on...

The Simpsons have just been renewed for another two seasons, which will send them sprinting past Gunsmoke as the longest running fictional...

DVD Review: Watchmen The Complete Motion Comic (2009)

Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic 2009 325 minutes Not Rated Available on DVD or Blu Ray on March 3rd. by Scott Mendelson Well, this is an...

Weekend Box Office Finals (02/24/09)

Sorry for the delay... real life got in the way. I usually make fun of people who are constantly astounded by Tyler Perry's box office p...

Blu Ray Review: Wonder Woman (2009)

Wonder Woman 2009 74 minutes rated PG-13 by Scott Mendelson For at least the last twenty years, Warner Bros and DC Comics have struggled in ...

Musings on Friday the 13th...

This isn't a full on review. First of all, I don't want to step on Brandon Peters' toes and second of all, I don't think th...

Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs teaser... 7 years gone and still no acorn.

Madness is defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Scrat has been chasing after that single ac...

The Dark Knight (finally) crosses $1 billion worldwide. Now, it's only $800 million away from Titanic.

Brandon Gray of Box Office Mojo broke the news last night. The Dark Knight is now the fourth film in history to gross $1 billion globall...

Roger Ebert on remembering Gene Siskel...

Here is Roger Ebert's long, lovely essay marking the ten-year anniversary of Gene Siskel's shocking, unexpected death at the far-to...

Exclusive clip from Wonder Woman

Here is a brief, 1 minute video clip from the upcoming (and allegedly bad ass ) Wonder Woman animated feature. It comes out on DVD and Bl...

Exclusive - Rod Lurie confirms, comments on DVD release for Nothing But The Truth

First off, a hearty thank you to Sony Pictures for arranging the DVD (and Blu Ray, I presume) release of Rod Lurie's Nothing But The Tr...

Branding children as child predators to protect children from other children?

Here is a lengthy Slate article by Dahlia Lithwick detailing the issues with middle and high schoolers actually being charged with various ...

Headline du jour. Apparently murder is an occupational risk of being an actress.

CNN has this story up on their front page, a Santa Monica cold case involving a young would-be actress found murdered in March 2008. Fair ...

Angels and Demons trailer goes online...

I've written before about the tragedy of a mediocre or bad film spawning a superior sequel, only for said sequel to under perform becaus...

Transformers 2 trailer goes online...

Here is a link to a nice version. The money shots are almost identical to the Super Bowl spot, so there isn't much new to add.  The tra...

Some quick thoughts on that upcoming A Nightmare On Elm Street remake...

I guess the $46 million 4-day Friday the 13th opening means the feared Nightmare on Elm Street remake is about to get fast tracked, right qu...

Friday the 13th scores $41 million over opening weekend...

First of all, the Platinum Dunes remake has made $41 million over its opening weekend , already out earning every traditional Friday The 13t...

Guest Review: Friday The 13th (2009)

Friend and fellow film geek Brandon Peters was kind enough to tap out a Friday the 13th review, freeing me to see the visually intoxicating...