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Article: The rise of the film critic filmmaker
The line between film critic and film maker has always been a blurry one. “Battleship Potemkin” director Sergei Eisenstein wrote essays and books about the language of motion pictures that continue to be studied by film students to this day. Many of the biggest figures of the French New Wave, from Jean-Luc Godard to Francois…
Article: Five ways “The Amazing Spider-Man” will differ from the previous movie franchise
Yesterday’s preview of “The Amazing Spider-Man” yielded lots of new details about Peter Parker’s upcoming return to the big screen, but one of the most significant takeaways from the sneak peek event was confirmation of some of the ways this version of the webslinger will differ from his big-screen predecessor. British actor Andrew Garfield puts…
Article: Watch “Sin City” tonight to be prepared for “Sin City 2″
“Sin City” airs tonight at 8/7c; “Sin City 2″ comes out …eventually
Article: Portlandia: Help fund a new video on Kickstarter
Jayde is looking for a little help funding her new video on Kickstarter from this week’s new episode of “Portlandia”
Article: “The Amazing Spider-Man” full-length trailer swings online
Plus, we’re always pleased to see Spider-Man being a wise-ass.
Article: The top five talent agent scenes in movies
Where would a man be without his agent? He’d be lost in the jungle (sometimes literally), wondering how all this anarchy and madness came into being. Here are some of our favorite scenes that depict the often complex but almost always beautiful relationship between an agent and his client. Martin Short in “The Big Picture”…
Article: “The Amazing Spider-Man” sneak peek reveals more details about webslinger’s return to the big screen
Your friendly neighborhood wall-crawler returns to theaters this year, and a worldwide event held earlier today that revealed new footage from “The Amazing Spider-Man” served as a great reminder that Peter Parker will be giving The Avengers and Batman some competition at the box office. Held simultaneously in 15 cities across the world, the “Amazing…
Article: New “The Amazing Spider-Man” character bios explain Peter Parker’s parents
Plus, Marc Webb talks the “untold story” angle of the film, and it’s use of first-person 3-D.
Article: Harrison Ford rumored to join “Blade Runner” sequel
What does this mean for the big twist about his character in “Blade Runner”?
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Article: The top five talent agent scenes in movies
Where would a man be without his agent? He’d be lost in the jungle (sometimes literally), wondering how all this anarchy and madness came into being. Here are some of our favorite scenes that depict the often complex but almost always beautiful relationship between an agent and his client. Martin Short in “The Big Picture”…
Article: The five Hammer Films-produced horror movies everyone should see
This past weekend’s premiere of “The Woman In Black” marks the return of famous British studio Hammer Films to the world of horror movies — a genre the studio helped define during the 1950s, and then throughout the ’60s and beyond. While “Harry Potter” franchise star Daniel Radcliffe stars in the terrifying new film by…
Article: “Chronicle” and 5 other movies that weren’t based on comics (but seem like they are)
Filmmaker Josh Trank’s impressive debut film “Chronicle” hits theaters this weekend, and while its story of three teenagers who gain superhuman powers might seem like comic book fare, you won’t find its inspiration on the shelves of your local comics shop (not directly, at least). Featuring a story penned by Trank and co-writer Max Landis,…
Videos
Article: Portlandia: Help fund a new video on Kickstarter
Jayde is looking for a little help funding her new video on Kickstarter from this week’s new episode of “Portlandia”
Article: Exclusive premiere: Lindsay Fuller “One More Song”
Lindsay Fuller’s debut video features the singer in a blood bath, mourning the loss of a dear friend.
Article: Call-In Commentary: Watch “The Woman in Black” trailer with star Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe certainly needs no introduction, but his new thriller — his first role since ending the “Potter” franchise — probably does. “The Woman in Black” follows a young assistant for a law firm (Radcliffe) who is dispatched to a remote town to wind down the paperwork for a recently deceased woman. While there, he…
Portlandia
Article: Portlandia: Help fund a new video on Kickstarter
Jayde is looking for a little help funding her new video on Kickstarter from this week’s new episode of “Portlandia”
Article: Kristen Wiig stops by this week’s Portlandia
SNL and “Bridesmaids” star Kristen Wiig joins this week’s episode of Portlandia
Article: Portlandia Behind-the-Scenes: The Dream of the 1890s
Portlandia’s Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel talk about the development of the Dream of the 1890s
Call In Commentary
Article: Call-In Commentary: Watch “The Woman in Black” trailer with star Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe certainly needs no introduction, but his new thriller — his first role since ending the “Potter” franchise — probably does. “The Woman in Black” follows a young assistant for a law firm (Radcliffe) who is dispatched to a remote town to wind down the paperwork for a recently deceased woman. While there, he…
Article: Call-In Commentary: Watch “The Innkeepers” trailer with writer-director Ti West
Ti West broke into the horror scene in a big way with 2009′s “The House of the Devil.” Since then he’s kept genre fans coming back for more with “Cabin Fever 2,” IFC’s “Dead & Lonely” web series and the upcoming Sundance fave “V/H/S.” His latest film, however, is “The Innkeepers,” a good, old-fashioned ghost…
Article: Call-In Commentary: Watch a “Filly Brown” clip with directors Youssef Delara & Michael D. Olmos
For a film that’s already making waves at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, little is known about “Filly Brown.” That’s sure to change, but for now we’ve got an early peek at this music-flavored indie. The film follows a young woman named Maria Jose ‘Majo’ Tonorio (played by Gina Rodriguez), a hard-charging Mexican-American street poet…