movies

What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend

Richard Lawson · 08/19/11 06:10PM

We have only three summer weekends left, so the last few dregs of summer movies are lurching out of the shadows to entertain you. Today we have a wistful British romance, a scary American vampire, and a far-eastern war.

Trespass: Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage Are in Danger

Richard Lawson · 08/18/11 10:57AM

Here is a trailer for Trespass, no not a reissue of the 1992 Bill Paxton/Ice-T/Ice Cube collaboration, rather a new movie starring Nicole Kidman and Nicolas Cage as a wealthy couple suffering a home invasion. It looks... yikes.

The Woman in Black: Harry Potter Sees Dead People

Richard Lawson · 08/17/11 12:41PM

Here's a trailer for The Woman in Black, a new period horror movie starring Daniel Radcliffe in his first major post-Harry Potter role. Don't worry though, this one also involves creepy old buildings and supernatural things and lots of children.

Hysteria: Hugh Dancy Will Get You Off

Richard Lawson · 08/16/11 03:45PM

Here's a trailer for the bawdy new period sex (historical period, grossies) comedy Hysteria, about the invention of the vibrator. Mr. Claire Danes himself Hugh Dancy plays a young man tasked with calming the nerves of hysterical women by, well, giving them the big one.

Gourmet Movie Theaters Will Save the Industry

Richard Lawson · 08/16/11 11:51AM

There's a new(ish) trend happening, guys! At movie theaters. Soon gone will be the days of stale popcorn with chemical butter sauce and watery Diet Coke. Instead we'll be feasting upon croquettes and deviled eggs. Movie theaters are getting fancy.

What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend

Richard Lawson · 08/12/11 06:15PM

We've only a few precious weeks of summer left—it just zoomed by didn't it?—and unfortunately those weeks are the movie doldrums of August. But cheer up, Help is on the way! It should be there in 30 Minutes or Less. Groan.

Aspiring Screenwriter's Screenplay Literally Blows Up

Adrian Chen · 08/12/11 04:54PM

An aspiring screenwriter put his script and laptop in a briefcase and dropped it off at an agent's office in Los Angeles. But the police thought it was a bomb and blew it up. If his script were half as good as this news story, he might have had a chance.

Coriolanus: Ralph Fiennes Can Do It All

Richard Lawson · 08/11/11 02:02PM

Here's a trailer Coriolanus, an adaptation of the Billy Shake-a-speare play that marks Ralph Fiennes' debut as a director. It looks good! Lots of yelling and fighting and whatnot.

Harold and Kumar 3: The Christmas One

Max Read · 08/10/11 08:19PM

Here's the trailer for A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas, which is, yes, the third Harold and Kumar movie to grace our multiplexes. It is, as you may have guessed, a Christmas movie shot in 3D.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green: Jennifer Garner's Creepy Dirt Baby

Richard Lawson · 08/09/11 03:10PM

Here's an unsettling trailer for the Disney drama The Odd Life of Timothy Green, which stars Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton (doing a Gerard Butler-esque growly American accent) as an infertile couple that gets drunk one night and wills a son into existence.

The Sitter: Jonah Hill Is Watching Your Kids

Richard Lawson · 08/09/11 12:18PM

Here's a redband (meaning: NSFW) trailer for the upcoming comedy The Sitter, a David Gordon Green-directed, Jonah Hill-starring swear- and sexapalooza that's sure to have everyone giddy with titillation.

The Hunger Games Waiting Game

Richard Lawson · 08/08/11 05:10PM

The release date for the second movie has been announced and it is a long time from now. Also today: the end of Desperate Housewives, two Southerners finally get together, and it's goodbye to the gay on Gossip Girl.

Apes Come Out of Nowhere to Conquer the World

Richard Lawson · 08/08/11 10:15AM

The nostalgic prequel-type movie did surprisingly well this weekend, while the fate of an unexpected summer bomb came clearer into focus and Ryan Reynolds took his second stumble of the season.

What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend

Richard Lawson · 08/05/11 05:41PM

It's a pretty quiet weekend at the multiplex, with only a few films opening an—Oh god! Apes! Everywhere, apes! Talking, tool-using apes! Run! To your local movie theater!

Anne Hathaway's Catwoman Is an Awkward Old Lady

Richard Lawson · 08/05/11 12:52PM

Because so many people are snapping their own photos of the Pittsburgh production and putting them on the internet, Warner Bros. has gone ahead and released an official photo of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises. And it's bad?

The Darkest Hour: Invisible Aliens

Richard Lawson · 08/04/11 10:33AM

Here's a trailer for The Darkest Hour, a Russia-set thriller about an alien invasion. Ho hum, more aliens, right? Wrong! These are a different kind of alien, in that we can't see them.

Riotous Ravers Blamed for Rave Movie Cancellations

Jeff Neumann · 08/04/11 04:25AM

What's worse than going to a rave? Watching a rave in a movie theater, that's what. But even if you felt like spending your Thursday evening in a theater watching people on drugs dance around, it's no longer an option for many. The repercussions from last week's riot in Los Angeles that shut down the premiere of the Electric Daisy Carnival Experience are being felt across the country now, after theaters cancelled more than 500 one-night-only screenings of the film.