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FS.net Update: New Comment System Implemented - Feedback?

As you might have already noticed, we just switched our commenting system on FirstShowing.net from the WordPress system to the Disqus system that's now running. Disqus is a popular commenting system that almost everyone currently uses, which is why we made the switch and why it's good news for you guys. This means that you can login and comment on FS.net using existing logins for Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo or OpenID, or you can use your Disqus account (which you can create directly in the system). Your comments are linked, you can follow other people, and it's a lot easier to comment on all kinds of sites around the web.

› Posted January 8 in Discussion, Featured, General News | 68 Comments

Happy New Years from FirstShowing.net - Time to Kick Off 2011!

By Alex Billington

Happy New Years! Yet another year has come and gone but it only means bigger and better things are yet to come. We just recorded our year-in-review episode of the The Golden Briefcase yesterday, and looking back at 2010, I think it was actually a damn good year overall, with some unforgettable, generation-defining films like The Social Network, Black Swan and Inception. But it's now 2011 and things are already looking good this year. We've got lots of new sequels, epic conclusions and many new introductions that we've been waiting years for. Here's to another great year of entertainment and, of course, more great movies to come!

› Posted January 1 in Featured, General News | 14 Comments

James Franco's Grandma's Funny '127 Hours' Christmas Greeting

By Alex Billington

Merry Christmas from the Francos! Fox Searchlight has been running a viral campaign for Danny Boyle's 127 Hours that involves sending out shirts that say "I Kept My Eyes Open for 127 Hours" and a website at ikeptmyeyesopenfor127hours.com, where you can request a shirt. They're playing off of all the occurrences of fainting, which happened separately at both showings I attended. The star of the film, James Franco, is home for the holidays and recorded a video on Funny or Die (via Deadline) with his grandma with a special message to everyone who hasn't seen 127 Hours yet. It's a fun video definitely worth watching today. Enjoy!

› Posted December 25 in Cool Stuff, General News | 8 Comments

A Very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from FirstShowing!

By Alex Billington

Joyeux Noel! Gledelig Jul! Froehliche Weihnachten! Mele Kalikimaka! From all of us at FirstShowing.net, we want to wish every one our readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays! Whether you're with your family or with friends or whether it's snowing or sunny, we hope you have a wonderful weekend. For those that follow the tradition of seeing a movie on Christmas Day, like myself, I hope we've at the least helped you make the right choice. I'm planning on seeing True Grit and/or The King's Speech. Things are a bit slower than normal this year during the holidays, but we'll be back at full speed once 2011 rolls around!

› Posted December 25 in Featured, General News | 29 Comments

Wishing Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving From FirstShowing.net!

By Alex Billington

Happy Thanksgiving! What are we thankful for this year? All of you. If you're reading this, then we owe you thanks. Its been an odd year this year, but without every last reader, we wouldn't still be here. Normally we publish our annual Thanksgiving Movie Guide, but we decided not to write one for 2010. Why? Mostly because the line-up isn't that impressive, but honestly because we're just tired and need a day off, too. But here's a quick rundown of movies arriving in theaters: The King's Speech (limited), Burlesque, Faster, Love & Other Drugs, The Nutcracker in 3D, and last but certainly not the least, Disney's Tangled.

› Posted November 25 in Featured, General News, Movie News | 19 Comments

Kicking Off My Monstrous Horror Movie Marathon in October

By Alex Billington

Every October when I return home from the always awesome genre festival Fantastic Fest in Austin, all I feel like doing is watching horror movies non-stop. As a kid I was honestly very scared of most horror (I'll admit it). My older brother showed me some but it would scare me so much that I literally couldn't sleep, so I've dodged the genre as much as humanly possible. Over the years I've toughened up and, with the help of friends and colleagues, been introduced to lots of great horror which has made me appreciate the genre. But, of course, there's still many great horror movies I haven't seen, which is why I'm kicking off this new series.

› Posted October 5 in Discussion, General News, Opinions | 55 Comments

Paramount Holds an Open Casting Call for 13-14 Year Old Kids

By Alex Billington

This casting call has been out there for a little while, but here's a last minute reminder for anyone who might be considering going or knows any good young actors. Paramount is hosting an open casting call tomorrow (August 21st) morning at their studio in Hollywood. It's for a "Major Motion Picture" from Paramount but is untitled and unnamed and just so happens to be asking for male and female 13 to 14 year old kids. This gels with the reports back in May that this is probably for J.J. Abrams' Super 8, the mysterious sci-fi project we all saw that cool teaser trailer for earlier this summer. Recent news says it will start shooting in September.

› Posted August 20 in Cool Stuff, General News, Movie News | 7 Comments

FS.net's San Diego Comic-Con Meet-Up Tonight - Details Here

By Alex Billington

Calling all fellow comic book geeks, we're having an official FirstShowing.net meet-up later tonight (on Wednesday!) at the San Diego Comic-Con. This meet-up is for both SlashFilm and FS.net readers and starts at 10PM (at least that's when we'll be getting there). We're meeting at the Marriott Marina Hotel Lobby Bar (map) in the North Tower. You do not need to be 21, as we'll be hanging out in the lounge area next to the bar. In addition to myself, our staff writer Ethan Anderton will be joining us as well. We hope to see you there if you're also in San Diego attending Comic-Con. Enjoy preview night and we'll see you at 10!

› Posted July 21 in Events, General News | 3 Comments

Richard Kelly Talks Inception on Tonight's Golden Briefcase!

By Alex Billington

We are incredibly excited to record tonight's new episode of our podcast The Golden Briefcase featuring a very special guest - Donnie Darko, Southland Tales and The Box director Richard Kelly. He'll be joining us LIVE tonight during the recording to talk about Inception, mind bending sci-fi, and so much more. You can listen in live at firstshowing.net/live starting at 8PM PST tonight. The full episode will be recorded and released right here tomorrow to listen to as well, incase you are unable to listen in tonight. We hope you tune in to this very special podcast, as Richard Kelly is one of our favorite filmmakers. See everyone tonight!

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› Posted July 13 in Featured, General News, Podcasts | 3 Comments

Technology Update - FirstShowing is Running on a New Server

By Alex Billington

I'm sure a few of you have noticed that we've been experiencing some tech troubles recently, with downtime and server lag issues, so we decided to fix all those problems once and for all change our server and web host to Liquid Web. As of now, our domain is pointed at the new server and the DNS updates are propagating throughout the world. However, since this is a pretty big update, if you notice anything out of the ordinary, anything that doesn't seem right, any tech problems, glitches, slow loadtimes, other website-related issues, please get in touch with Alex directly at this email. Let's debug this sucka' and get her running at full speed!

› Posted July 11 in Discussion, Featured, General News | 15 Comments

Easy Rider Star Dennis Hopper Has Passed Away at 74 Today

By Alex Billington

Even more tragic news following Gary Coleman's death yesterday. ABC News (via Reuters) is reporting that legendary Oscar nominated actor Dennis Hopper died this morning at age 74. Hopper passed away from complications due to prostate cancer on Saturday peacefully at his home in Venica, California surrounded by family and friends. This is truly sad news as I think of Hopper as a true American acting legend. He's been in a lot of films, as villains, and even as the director. It's very sad to see him pass. Hopper received two Oscar nominations: one for writing Easy Rider in 1970 and for Hoosiers in 1987. He is survived by four children.

› Posted May 29 in General News, Movie News | 39 Comments

Breaking News: Child Actor Gary Coleman Dead at 42 Today

By Alex Billington

Sad news to report today. CNN has confirmed with a publicist that actor Gary Coleman has died today at age 42. Coleman died of a brain hemorrhage at a Provo, Utah hospital, Friday afternoon. Earlier reports said that Coleman had a fall at his home in Utah and slipped into a coma earlier in the day and was living on life support. The news is still developing, so expect to hear more updates on this tragic news throughout the day. Coleman hasn't been doing much on screen acting recently, but did appear in David Zucker's An American Carol comedy as "Bacon Stains Malone " a few years back. Head to CNN for the latest details on the news.

› Posted May 28 in General News, Movie News | 22 Comments

Alex is Heading to the Cannes Film Festival Again This Year!

By Alex Billington

We're headed to France again! I'm currently in Paris, spending a few days here before taking a train down through the French countryside to Cannes. For my second year in a row, I will be attending and covering the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday, May 12th this week, and lasts until Sunday, May 23rd (I return home on the 24th). I'm formally announcing this for a couple of reasons. First, to let you know posting may be a bit more sporadic than before only because the time difference is a bit big (nine hours from Los Angeles). Second, to ask you what kind of coverage from Cannes you'd like to see from us?

› Posted May 9 in Cannes Film Festival 10, General News | 20 Comments

FirstShowing Heads to Sundance - Coverage Details for 2010!

By Alex Billington

Another year, another Sundance Film Festival, but as always, we've got some changes this year! The first thing I should mention is that Brandon Lee Tenney will be making the trek to Park City for his first time, writing reviews and coverage of the fest for FS. This will be my 4th year attending and I'm planning to see as many films as I can and provide some great interviews and video blogs (find them here). The bad news is that Bob Stencil will not be returning this year (watch his videos from last year) but he will be back again for Comic-Con. Anyway, expect lots of reviews over the next two weeks and all of our normal coverage as well.

› Posted January 18 in General News, Sundance 10 | 7 Comments

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