Bettlejuice
Beetlejuice tells the story of Adam and Barbara (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis), who die in a car crash shortly after they marry and buy an isolated Connecticut mansion. As members of the recently deceased, they re-appear at the house,…
Men In Black 3
Men in Black 3, like 1997’s Men in Black and 2002’s Men in Black II, is based on the 1990s comic book The Men in Black created by Lowell Cunningham, about a covert agency that monitors non-human beings that walk…
Zoe Saldana In Machete 2
“The sequel to Machete, Machete Kills is going to be a lot more over-the-top than Machete,” Trejo told Moviehole. “We’ve got Sofia Vergara, who is a star in her own right, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, and Zoe Saldana – and…
Behind The Scenes With Alien
The success of “Star Wars” changed everything. While “2001” had been a giant hit a decade ago, most put it down to a fluke, but George Lucas’ film suddenly proved that science fiction wasn’t just for B-movies, but could be…
After 35 Years Star War’s Fans Endures
Arthur Powers is 19 with a face to match, a flattop he cut himself and jeans he hemmed with scissors. He wears his grandfather’s large wedding band with tape wrapped around the back. He has no money or car. He…
Star War’s In 3_D
Lucas was the story writer of all the main Star Wars films. He also served as the director of all films except for The Empire strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. For those who haven’t seen the original version…
George’s Own Star War
George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars, is in a bitter row over plans to sell land near his Skywalker Ranch for low-income housing. The director infuriated some of his neighbours in the rural enclave of Marin County, north of…
The Science of Blasters
You have no idea how long I have been planning to look at the blasters in Star Wars. No idea. Finally, the 35th Anniversary of Star Wars has motivated me to complete my study (which I haven’t actually started). Here…
Phil Tippett Starts A Masterwork 35 Years After Star Wars
In a warehouse space in a picturesque neighborhood here, Phil Tippett, the Oscar-winning visual effects genius who has worked on everything from Star Wars to the wolf pack in the Twilight films, is toiling away on a passion project that…
That Other Alien Invasion Movie
Over the past couple of decades, this four-day holiday weekend has been one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year and after three weeks at #1 and having grossed over $450 million, it seems like a good time for…
Superheroes Too Big For TV
Despite what seemed like overwhelmingly good news for Marvel Enterprises lately — including the record-breaking success of The Avengers as it remained the best-selling movie three weekends in a row and Avengers vs. X-Men topping the comic book charts —…
Samuel L. Jackson Presents
This year the BET AWARDS 12 (#BETAWARDS) will be ‘Too Big To Miss.’ Earlier today at a press conference held in BET’s New York studios, it was announced that actor Samuel L. Jackson, declared the highest grossing movie actor of…
Movies That Suck
I was into vampires before it was cool to say you were into vampires. I’m a vampire hipster’s hipster. I loved the original Dracula classics and always found something both terrifying about that type of character. Maybe it’s the fact…
Nazis return from the moon in bonkers B-movie
Iron Sky’s audacious ‘Nazis on the moon’ concept and fan-funded nature has secured plenty of advanced publicity for the project, but apart from a few barkingly brilliant moments there is little to enjoy in this poorly executed and tonally inconsistent…
Resurrection Rises
Two years on and it looks like Resurrection — a sci-fi/horror film from Jeff Burr that the Backbrain first introduced in May 2010 — is on the verge of release. We still don’t know what exactly is being resurrected, but…
Skyfall Trailer Released
Will M die? Will Adele be doing the title song? And what part exactly is Ralph Fiennes playing in the 23rd James Bond movie? The first teaser trailer for Skyfall, due in theaters Nov. 19, answered none of these hotly-rumored…
‘Battleship’ isn’t quite sunk
I’ve always hated the game Battleship. It requires no skill whatsoever and does little to pass the time. In that sense, I guess you can consider Battleship a marked improvement over the source material. Not that it’s any good—of course…
Metal Tornado
The phrase “metal tornado” does not refer to, quite sadly, the signature kill move of Matalder, the hero of the cult Japanese fight program Choujinki Metalder (1987 – ’88). It is also not a reference to the Serbian metal band…
A Theatre Called Wanda
A Chinese conglomerate announced Monday it will buy a major U.S. cinema chain, AMC Entertainment Holdings, for $2.6 billion in China’s biggest takeover of an American company to date. Dalian Wanda Group Co.’s purchase reflects the global ambitions of a…
Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London. Will Barker bought the White Lodge on Ealing Green in 1902 as a base for film making, and films have been made…