movies
Meet the Guy Who Makes Movie Sounds
Adrian Chen · 02/23/11 09:54PMHere's a cool five-minute documentary about a Hollywood Foley artist. Foley artists use a bunch of random objects to make those crazy sounds you hear in movies. The best part is when he has to simulate the sound of a car flying off the ramp of a cargo plane. Someone give this guy an Oscar for best weird noises! [via Kottke]
Fan-Made Trailer for E.T. Sequel is Awesomely Elaborate
Marie Bardi · 02/23/11 08:00PMThis trailer for ET-X: Extinction features present-day footage of original ET stars Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas, plus impressive CGI, Bruce Willis, and Morgan Freeman to create a thrilling new chapter to the Spielberg classic. Would you see it?
If Star Wars Was Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Matt Cherette · 02/23/11 04:15PMBad Teacher Red Band Trailer: Cameron Diaz Sure Is Filthy!
Richard Lawson · 02/23/11 03:11PMHere's a red-band (meaning: NSFW) trailer for Bad Teacher, a shock-comedy about a Cameron Diaz saying "fuck" a whole fuck of a lot. She's playing a, um, bad teacher who decides she needs a boob job in order to impress Justin Timberlake's character, who she thinks is rich. If he's rich and he marries her, she can quit teaching! But, of course, there's a problem.
A Montage Of Film Clips That Inspired Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill
Blair Baxter · 02/21/11 04:10PMHesher: Beautiful People Looking Ugly
Richard Lawson · 02/21/11 01:40PMHere's a trailer for the indie film Hesher, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a man with a partial shirt allergy, and Natalie Portman as his big-spectacled potential love interest. Gordon-Levitt's character, Hesher, stumbles into the life of a lonely little boy with a depressed father (Rainn Wilson) and a daffy grandma. It's not entirely clear who Portman's character is, but we do know that she wears ugly glasses!
New Teaser for the Jurassic Park Video Game Fails to Impress
Madeleine Davies · 02/21/11 12:50PMWhat's Opening in Theaters Today
Richard Lawson · 02/18/11 05:48PMStephen Frears Doesn't Care About the Oscars
Matthew Shepatin · 02/17/11 01:35PM"It's Stammer Time:" The King's Speech Remix
Leah Beckmann · 02/16/11 09:50AMAlong with a slew of awards, The King's Speech has garnered remakes and spoofs aplenty. Here, Dan Bull brings you the freshest remix yet, with the "King Spits" rap.
Take a Tour Inside Pixar's San Francisco Studios
Blair Baxter · 02/15/11 07:00PMThere are so many reasons Pixar would be an awesome company to work for, but being able to go into their super cool office everyday may be the top.
Natalie Portman's Many Crying Scenes
Lisa Gagliardi · 02/15/11 11:00AMThe Amazing Movie Magic Used on The Social Network's Winklevoss Twins
Kristina Grosspietsch · 02/14/11 04:50PMThe Social Network famously used one actor to play both of the Winklevoss twins. Here, we see not only the crazy face-replacement technology that made this possible, but the poor guy whose face didn't make the cut.
What's Opening in Theaters Today
Richard Lawson · 02/11/11 05:48PMTreat yourself to a movie this chilly February weekend, because of all the things to do to keep warm, sitting in a movie theater is one of the more wholesome. Opening in theaters today we have Jen Aniston pretending she's married, Justin Bieber pretending he cares about his fans, and Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell pretending they haven't noticed what's happening between them.
"Captain America, F*ck Yeah!" Mashup is Almost Too American for its Own Good
Kristina Grosspietsch · 02/11/11 12:00PMX-Men First Class: Portrait of the Mutant as a Young Man
Richard Lawson · 02/10/11 06:52PMHere's a trailer for this summer's X-Men prequel (sort of?), X-Men: First Class, about what went down when Professor X and Magneto first got together and built their mutant school and stuff. It looks surprisingly good?
9-Year-Old Tanzanian Boy Presents Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando
Leah Beckmann · 02/10/11 02:15PMA non-profit called Mama Hope has launched a new campaign that demands that we "Stop the Pity." Watch the campaign's first video, which features Alex, a nine year-old kid, presenting his favorite Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, Commando.
New Documentary Float Features Fascinating Paper Plane Competitions
Madeleine Davies · 02/10/11 12:15PMThe trailer for 'Float,' a documentary about the lives of aeromodelists, is a beautiful short film in itself. Who knew that competitive paper plane construction could be so moving and intense?
Prom: The Most Important Night of Your Life Is Here
Richard Lawson · 02/09/11 03:48PMHere' s a new trailer for Disney's Prom, a movie all about the one night of your life when you can feel special and carefree and perfect. It's all downhill after the prom, for sure. The movie seems a bit like a teen version of ensemble comedies like—shudder—Valentine's Day.