movies

Fright Night: Colin Farrell Wants to Suck On You

Richard Lawson · 05/16/11 02:45PM

Here's a trailer for Fright Night, a remake of the 1985 movie about a teenage boy realizing that the new man next door is a murderous vampire. So it's a vampire movie, but for boys this time!

Women Be Moviegoin'

Richard Lawson · 05/16/11 10:54AM

Holy ladies! While their movie wasn't number one, because they're still not men, of course, women surged into a big second-position at the box office this weekend. What's next? Women voters? Women motorists? The sky might be the limit.

What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend

Richard Lawson · 05/13/11 05:40PM

Another weekend, another set of spring movies. This weekend sees the debut of a highly anticipated lady comedy, a less anticipated sad man indie, Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a wig, and Dax Shepard being Dax Shepard.

Horrible Bosses: Horrible Is Right

Richard Lawson · 05/12/11 01:16PM

Here's a trailer for Horrible Bosses, the new star-studded comedy about a trio of unhappy dudes who decide to kill their, well, horrible bosses. The cast is great (Charlie Day! Colin Farrell! Aniston!) and the concept is fun, so why does it look so... dull?

Real Steel: Can We Care About Robots?

Richard Lawson · 05/10/11 02:08PM

Here's a new trailer for Real Steel, the Hugh Jackman family action-adventurer about robot fights. Yes, robot fights! Nothing silly about that at all. Just some robots fighting for fun and profit (our profit), like robots are wont to do.

A Brilliant Diagram of the Lord of the Rings Movies

Brian Moylan · 05/10/11 11:15AM

Want to relive the Peter Jackson's classic Lord of the Rings movies but don't have the nine hours to spare to watch them all? Check out this chart by University of Florida student JT Fridsma that plots the story of the trilogy both geographically and on a time line.

Superheroes Are the New Shakespeare

Richard Lawson · 05/09/11 10:28AM

Screw Hamlet and Henry and regular Hero. Who Kenneth Branagh should have been focusing on all this time are superheroes. Superheroes like Thor, who has brought him by far the biggest of his directing career.

The Formula for the Perfect Superhero Movie

Brian Moylan · 05/07/11 02:15PM

Gird your loins, everyone, because with Thor opening this weekend, the long summer slog of superhero movies is upon us. Some of them are so good, but some of them are so damn crappy. That's why I've devised a simple formula to figure out which is which.

What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend

Richard Lawson · 05/06/11 06:20PM

Another spring weekend is here, a perfect time to enjoy the flowers and sunshine and... Wait, forget that. Stay indoors. See a movie! Debuting this week are two giant blond nuisances: one of them a hammer-wielding superhero, the other Kate Hudson.

The Bold Return of Wes Bentley

Richard Lawson · 05/05/11 04:39PM

A great male hope from the late '90s/early '00s just landed a pivotal role in a sure-to-be-big movie. Also today: your real estate dreams could come true, Simon Cowell has a new coworker, and let's look at the boys of the new X-Men.

Martha Marcy May Marlene: That's One Crazy Olsen

Richard Lawson · 05/05/11 01:18PM

Here's a trailer for the Sundance hit Martha Marcy May Marlene, a drama about a young woman who escapes from a cult, physically but not necessarily emotionally, and... Oh who cares about all that. Look, it's an Olsen!

Page One: Can This New York Times Be Saved?

Richard Lawson · 05/04/11 09:46AM

Here's a trailer for Page One, a documentary by Andrew Rossi, who spent a year following the New York Times media desk and, in a bigger sense, chronicling the struggles of a newspaper in an internet age.

Harry Potter Is the Ultimate Terrorist Slayer

Richard Lawson · 05/02/11 04:15PM

The next, and final, Harry Potter film just might profit off the death of a terrible old terrorist. Weird world we live in. Also today: some TV pilot news, more Hunger Games casting, and a Chris Hemsworth makeout fantasy.

Fast Five Is Officially the Nation's Favorite Movie

Richard Lawson · 05/02/11 10:00AM

On what turned out to be the year's most patriotic weekend, Americans flocked in droves to go see a bunch of American meat-bodies zoom it up in another country. Some others went to go look at a fake bird in that same country, but mostly people watched the cars.

What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend

Richard Lawson · 04/29/11 05:40PM

We have to slog through one more weekend of April showers before enjoying the May flowers, so you might as well go see a movie! Coming to theaters this week are thirteen assassins, two car-driving badasses, and a bunch of squiggly prom-goers.