Transformers 2 Teaser Poster Released

I think I might be the only person to have not seen the first film, but the teaser poster for the follow-up is already here. Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers 2,’ teaser poster has been released.  While it doesn’t do much about giving away the plot, this’ll get the juices of the fans flowing.  Word is that …

Ghostbusters Coming to Blu-Ray

  You probably will be hearing screams of delight across the country the next couple of days.  The screams come after it was announced that ‘Ghostbusters’ is coming to Blu-Ray DVD. June 6, 2009 is the release date, so, mark your calendars now.  What will be on the disc?  Good question.  Here’s the rundown, starting …

Writers Guild Award Nominees Announced

The WGA screenplay nominations came out today, and currently I have to say, I’m quite happy with what made the list, singling out my personal favorites of the year, ‘Dark Knight,’ and ‘The Wrestler.’ The awards are presented February 7th. ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Burn After Reading,” written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “Milk,” written by …

HBO to Broadcast Inaugural Opening Ceremony

Cable giant HBO has announced that it will air the opening ceremony of President Barack Obama’s inauguration.  HBO first aired the opening ceremony in 1993, when Bill Clinton became president.  Non-HBO subscribers were upset that they were unable to see performances by Bob Dylan and Diana Ross.  However, this time, HBO will make their signal …

2009 Razzie Nominees Announced

  And here comes the onslaught of awards… The 29th annual Razzie award nominees have been announced.  The Razzies highlight the worst in cinema for the past year.  Thankfully I havent’ seen much of the nominees so I can’t really comment on their qualities (or lack thereof.) Fun  fact: director Paul Verhoeven was the first …

Review: Doubt

  John Patrick Shanley returns to the director’s chair with this adaptation of his Pulitizer-prize winning play, ‘Doubt.’  (For those of you who remember such things, Shanley’s first film was ‘Joe vs. the Volcano.)  Shanley’s second film, is, clearly, worlds away from his first.

Helund Cast in ‘Tron’ Sequel

It seems all we’re getting these days is casting news.  Continuing that trend is this… Garrett Helund, best known for his roles in ‘Friday Night Lights,’ ‘Eragon,’ and ‘Four Brothers’ has been cast as the lead actor in the much-anticipated ‘Tron’ follow-up.  Helund will play a computer geek who is investigating the disappearance with Flynn, …

Broken Lizard Talks ‘Troopers’ Sequel (Meow)

Speaking with MovieWeb, Broken Lizard members Jay Chandrasekhar and Paul Soter have confirmed that they are currently writing a sequel to their cult-hit comedy ‘Super Troopers.’ What could a sequel possibly be about? “The big picture is that we are on the Canadian Border. And in reality, what has happened is that the government has …

Tintin Casting News Released

In what is one of my more anticipated movies of 2009/2010, (probably ’10 given the production delays,) there is some word on casting in Steven Spielberg’s Tintin movie.  (Don’t forget Peter Jackson will be doing the second film with a director yet to be announced to do number three.) First off, Simon Pegg and Nick …