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Brandon's Sundance 2010 Review: Vincenzo Natali's Splice

When Vincenzo Natali introduced Splice -- his latest film after Nothing, Cyper, and his cult-smash Cube -- tonight at its world premiere, he simply said that this "film has no moral boundaries." Instead, it's probably more accurate to say that Splice has reset the moral boundary. This creature-feature is both an homage to and a worthy entry in the monster flick catalog. It's horrifying, mesmerizing, and always spine-tingling. There are images in Splice that will haunt my dreams. Some of them for very different reasons than you might expect. And that's the most entertaining piece of Splice; it's just so unexpectedly unimaginable.

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⥤ Posted January 23 in Reviews, Sundance 10 | 15 Comments

More Mentions That Hobbit Might Be Delayed Until Late 2012

By Ethan Anderton

The continuing debacle of selling and restructuring MGM is one huge obstacle in the way of Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro's two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Previously, Jackson and Del Toro had confirmed that The Hobbit would still meet its December 2011 release date, but unfortunately MGM's woes have become their own. Buried deep in an article about New Line's restructuring and upcoming slate, Variety points out head honcho Alan Horn "won't predict when the first of the two 'Hobbit' films will be out, but says the most probable scenario would be a release in the fourth quarter of 2012." Uh oh!

⥤ Posted January 23 in Hobbit News, Movie News, Opinions | 14 Comments

Badass Grindhouse Teaser Poster for 'The Runaways' Biopic

By Ethan Anderton

Apparition has debuted the new teaser poster for Floria Sigismondi's The Runaways, the Joan Jett biopic starring Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. MTV revealed the faded, vintage teaser poster with flares of a grindhouse / exploitation style, fitting considering the band hit big in the 70s. And if you don't get what's going on in this, that's one big cherry bomb, which is a play on their very popular song "Cherry Bomb." It's a great poster for a movie we're hoping is great as well. After its debut at Sundance on Sunday, we'll find out whether it really is or not. We also featured the teaser trailer back in December. Check out the poster below!

⥤ Posted January 23 in Movie News, Opinions, Posters | 6 Comments

Jason Reitman Talks More New Projects & Clooney-Less UITA

By Ethan Anderton

Last August we gave you an in-depth look at writer/director Jason Reitman's upcoming slate upon his ignition of the new production company Right of Way Films. However, thanks to ESPN's Bill Simmons' podcast which features an interview with Reitman, we now know of two more projects that weren't on our list of upcoming projects and a recently sold mystery project that he wasn't at liberty to talk about. The first film is an adaptation of Joyce Maynard's recent novel Labor Day, which Reitman confirms will be his next. In addition, he announced that he also has a new idea for a hockey referee movie. Yep, he's a busy guy.

⥤ Posted January 23 in Movie News, Opinions | 10 Comments

Martin Scorsese Looks to Direct The Invention of Hugo Cabret

By Ethan Anderton

Martin Scorsese / The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Since the prospect of Martin Scorsese directing an adaptation of Brian Selznick's best-selling children's book The Invention of Hugo Cabret has been gestating since 2007, this isn't exactly groundbreaking news. However, Variety's confirmation means that Scorsese is finally making serious moves to get the project off the ground. The trade points out the interesting recent trend of high profile directors tackling children's material (i.e. Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox and Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are), however, Scorsese's hyper-violent and dark style makes him the most unlikely to fall into the trend.

⥤ Posted January 22 in Movie News, Opinions | 6 Comments

Sundance 2010 Day 1: Robot Love, Ginsberg, & Lots of Snow!

By Alex Billington

There's nothing like being at the Sundance Film Festival when it's snowing. It's beautiful and it's very cold but it's part of what makes my Sundance experience complete. It might have to do with my upbringing in Colorado (where it snowed often), but that's a story for another day. This is my fourth year attending Sundance and I'm unquestionably excited about so many great films showing here (more on those below). And, as you know, Brandon Tenney is joining me this year to help round out our coverage on FirstShowing. The fest officially kicked off today, but only one feature film actually premiered - James Franco's Howl.

⥤ Posted January 22 in Editorials, Sundance 10 | 7 Comments

Check This Out: Beautiful Poster for Tilda Swinton's I Am Love

By Alex Billington

As everyone probably knows, I'm a sucker for great posters, and this is easily one of my favorites of 2010. Vulture debuted the official poster for Italian director Luca Guadagnino's film I Am Love that stars Tilda Swinton and Flavio Parenti. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year and also played at the Toronto, Rome, and now Sundance Film Festivals. I love this poster because of the great photo they use and the elegant interaction of the title lettering around the characters, especially Tilda Swinton. They actually use a technique that I use often on the site with photos in some of our articles. Anyway, check it out below.

⥤ Posted January 22 in Indies, Opinions, Posters | 8 Comments

First Trailer for Duplass Brothers' Sundance Comedy 'Cyrus'

By Alex Billington

Fox Searchlight has just debuted the first official trailer for their new Sundance comedy Cyrus that stars John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, and Catherine Keener, directed by the Duplass Brothers. I'm not going to watch this trailer because I'm seeing this film on Saturday and I want to go in completely fresh. But I have a feeling it looks hilarious, especially with this great cast and the two hilarious guys working behind the lens. Mark and Jay Duplass are two filmmakers who are set to break out in a big way this year. Earlier this week we announced that they're working on a film with Jason Reitman. Trust us this time and watch!

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⥤ Posted January 21 in Indies, To Watch, Trailers | 24 Comments

Josh Duhamel & Samuel Jackson Have 'Sympathy for the Devil'

By Ethan Anderton

After director Boaz Yakin pleased fans of the "inspirational sports movie" genre with Disney's Remember the Titans, he unfortunately followed it up with Uptown Girls. That was six years ago. Since then Yakin has only directed Death in Love, which hasn't garnered a lot of good press despite showing at Sundance last year. However, things might be looking up for the director as Latino Review has learned that the director is in early pre-production on Sympathy for the Devil, a violent, pulp fiction kind of story with Samuel L. Jackson & Josh Duhamel playing humans who have to navigate a battle between heaven and hell. Sold!

⥤ Posted January 21 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 10 Comments

Jason Momoa is Conan the Barbarian; Mickey Rourke In, Too?

By Ethan Anderton

How about some news about a Conan who has nothing to do with that late night television debacle that's all over the airwaves and web? Great! Because both Deadline Hollywood and Latino Review have independently confirmed that Jason Momoa (seen above), star of such TV shows as "Stargate Atlantis" and "Baywatch: Hawaii" has been cast as the barbarian warrior in Conan, the forthcoming Marcus Nispel directed rebirth of the original Robert E. Howard story series. But a little more credit goes to Latino Review on this one as El Mayimbe also uncovered that an offer has also been sent to Mickey Rourke to play Conan's father Corin.

⥤ Posted January 21 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 80 Comments

Isla Fisher and Tom Wilkinson Also Join Landis' Burke & Hare

By Ethan Anderton

Just yesterday we received word via a redacted Twitter update from Simon Pegg that the magnificent Andy Serkis would be replacing David Tennant in the dark comedy Burke & Hare, John Landis' return to the director's chair after ten years. Now THR's Heat Vision confirms Serkis' casting in the project along with the addition of Isla Fisher and Tom Wilkinson. Serkis is obviously playing Hare opposite Pegg’s Burke with Fisher playing Burke’s girlfriend, an actress looking for a patron who might or might not be an accomplice to the murders and Wilkinson as Dr. Robert Knox, an anatomy lecturer looking for fresh corpses. Great cast!

⥤ Posted January 21 in Casting, Movie News, Opinions | 7 Comments

Back Again: The 19 Best Movies That You Didn't See in 2009

By Alex Billington

Although it's now 2010, that doesn't mean we can't look back at some of the best movies you didn't see last year. Back by popular demand, it's our third annual list of the 19 Best Movies That You Didn't See in 2009 (you can find the older lists here: 2008, 2007). Featured below is a hand-picked selection of the best independent and mainstream films that were either quietly dumped by distributors, ignored by audiences, or just not marketed well. So to give these films some extra time in the spotlight, and to support some of the best filmmakers out there, we've put together this 2009 recap just for you. Read on for the complete list!

⥤ Posted January 21 in Editorials, Featured, Indies | 75 Comments

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