movies

Captain America: The Terrifying Case of Chris Evans

Richard Lawson · 03/24/11 01:31PM

Here's a full-length trailer for Captain America, Marvel's square-jawed "first Avenger" who fights Nazis, particularly those led by the terrifying Red Skull, a guy with a red skull. But ol' Red Skull is not the most terrifying thing in this movie!

10 Romantic Comedies That Ruined Love In New York

Lindsay Kaplan · 03/23/11 10:15AM

The ratio, any single woman in New York will tell you, is off. There are just too many women vying for too few men. The competition is stiff. But where did all of these beautiful, driven single women come from? And why are they taking over New York?

Spurlock Sells Out: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Tony Kaye · 03/22/11 09:30AM

Morgan Spurlock is at it again. This time he set out to create a documentary based purely on advertising and product placement in The Greatest Movie Ever Sold. A film where everything is branded, beginning to end- with ads.

The Movie Stardom of Bradley Cooper

Richard Lawson · 03/21/11 11:00AM

One of Hollywood's perennial second fiddles has been moved up to first chair, and it'll be interesting to see if he can stay there. Elsewhere in movies, Johnny Depp soldiers on and Matthew McConaughey gets serious.

What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend

Richard Lawson · 03/18/11 06:15PM

If you live in the Northeast, we say enjoy the nice weather today and then, when it gets a bit chillier on Saturday and Sunday, go see one of these movies opening this weekend. You can pick from Matthew McConaughey in a Lincoln, and alien named Paul in an RV, or a non-alien named Paul Giamatti in some kinda crappy car, probably.

Stop Motion Doodling Film Will Bring You Back to High School

Leah Beckmann · 03/17/11 09:00PM

Remember those grueling days of high school when classes like Biology stretched on for eternity? For many, doodling was the only way to survive. (Notes on) Biology, by Ornana Films, is an awesome and creative throwback to those days.

Larry Crowne: America's Sweethearts, In Love at Last

Richard Lawson · 03/16/11 01:15PM

Here's a trailer for Larry Crowne, the romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks, who also directed and co-wrote. While these two-biggest-American-movie-stars have been on screen together, in Charlie Wilson's War, this is their first time smooching and falling in love. America is healed?

See a Five-Minute Film About New York City in the 1980s

Whitney Jefferson · 03/15/11 06:00PM

Sure, the music and editing will make you feel like you're on a bad trip, but this footage of a very 1980s New York City—or as the author put it, "No York City—is interesting never-the-less.

Watch a Clip From Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Whitney Jefferson · 03/15/11 05:00PM

Here's a clip from Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, the documentary that followed around Conan in the days just after leaving NBC to the his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television comedy tour.

Does the Mars Needs Moms Catastrophe Mean Anything?

Richard Lawson · 03/15/11 01:24PM

Disney's latest animated movie (well, distributed by Disney, produced by Robert Zemeckis's now-defunct ImageMovers Digital) Mars Needs Moms opened this past weekend with receipts of around $6 million. Considering the movie cost between $150 and $175 million to make and release, this is a bomb on the scale of Cutthroat Island. Which is to say, it's a big, big bomb. So is this just some random fluke, or does it say something about a bigger trend? Some folks are saying it does.

Disney Princesses Get Tough in Disney Punch

Madeleine Davies · 03/14/11 06:00PM

Ever wish that the ladies of Disney had a little more blood lust? This mash-up of Disney movies and the trailer for Sucker Punch gives them exactly that.

Werewolves Not As Sexy As Everyone Thought

Richard Lawson · 03/14/11 10:00AM

If we're judging sexiness by box office receipts (which we are, right?), then werewolves are certainly not the hotties that vampires are. Aliens are doing OK, though! As long as they're evil and we're shooting them, anyway.

Watch a Lost Scene From Abandoned Monster's Inc. Sequel

Preksha Kumar · 03/12/11 11:20AM

While Pixar is producing its own version of the Monsters Inc. sequel, this amazing video compiles the artwork and storyline from the authors' (Bob Hilgenberg and Rob Muir) original idea.

What's Opening in Theaters This Weekend

Richard Lawson · 03/11/11 07:15PM

A warm-ish March Friday can mean only one thing: It's time to kick off the big-ticket spring/summer movie season. This year we begin with aliens attacking Los Angeles. For the ladies, there's a sweet young girl beset upon by wolves and wolfish men.

The Smurfs: An Early Peek at 2011's Worst Movie?

Richard Lawson · 03/11/11 04:27PM

Here's a trailer for the live action/animation hybrid The Smurfs, which has swapped Jason Lee for Neil Patrick Harris and the Chipmunks for shiny blue Smurf creatures. "I just Smurfed in my mouth" is an actual line from the trailer. Is there more to be said about this picture? Probably not, no. I think we all just Smurfed in our mouths.

Super 8: The Monster Movie Movie

Richard Lawson · 03/11/11 01:18PM

Here's a trailer for Super 8, this summer's J.J. Abrams-directed, Steven Spielberg-produced monster movie about a bunch of kids in the '70s who, while making a monster movie, end up in the middle of an actual monster crisis. Or at least we assume it's a monster. Who knows!