Today’s film-making has been revolutionized by the advent of digital technology; cinema has been transformed with the introducion of 3D movies, and to lesser extent stereoscopic conversions. For some directors such as Peter Jackson and renowned auteur Ridley Scott, the realm of digital 3D has changed the way they shoot films, enhancing their creative vision and the movie-going experience for audiences. However director Christopher Nolan, who revitalized […]
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Johnny Depp On The Set of THE LONE RANGER
The first look last month of Johnny Depp as Tonto in The Lone Ranger was less than well received partly due to Depp sporting a dead bird on his head. Now a new image of Depp has gone online which offers a bit of hope for this flick that’s being helmed by his Pirates of the Caribbean and Rango director, Gore Verbinski. Armie Hammer co-stars as the The […]
Woody Allen’s TO ROME WITH LOVE First Trailer
The first trailer for Woody Allen’s To Rome with Love has been released. In traditional Woody Allen style, we’re offered a glimpse at this vignette style comedy, juxtaposing the lives of a number of people in Italy—some American, some Italian, some residents, some visitors—and the romances and predicaments they get into. Woody Allen has a prominent role doing his usual neurotic character, with the similar […]
BEL AMI Trailer Starring Robert Pattinson
A new trailer has been released for the adaptation of Guy de Maupassant’s 1886 novel Bel Ami. The film stars Twilight sensation Robert Pattinson as an ambitious young journalist who climbs the social ladder by having a series of affairs with influential women, which leads to plenty of complications. Here’s the synopsis: BEL AMI is the story of Georges Duroy, who travels through 1890s Paris, from […]
TOTAL RECALL – First Trailer
The first trailer is here for Len Wiseman’s remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger action fest, Total Recall. This new take on the Philip K. Dick short story dispenses with the Mars theme and sets the story in a future world that’s reminiscent of the visuals of the Fifth Element. Boasting some impressive digitally rendered set pieces, it looks both slick and engaging, […]
Seth MacFarlane’s TED Red Band Trailer
The first trailer is here for Seth MacFarlane‘s feature directorial debut Ted. It’s a red-band version so you can expect a profanity laden glimpse at what looks to be a very entertaining flick from the weird and inventive mind of the illustrious creator of Family Guy. The story’s unlikely premise has John Bennett’s (Mark Wahlberg) childhood wish bringing his teddy bear […]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt As Bruce Willis in LOOPER
Director Rian Johnson’s Looper is shaping up to be one this years most-anticipated films. The flick sees present-day hitmen known as Loopers, working for a future mob who use time-travel as a way of getting rid of their problems. In the upcoming sci-fi, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Joe, a Looper enjoying the rewards of the profession – until the day everything […]
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN 5-Minute Preview
Making the Snow White story into another movie at first sounded somewhat tiresome, more-so after learning that competing Studios would be releasing similarly themed flicks. However it’s the version directed by Rupert Sanders which seems the most impressive, brimming with action and heaps of emotion. Snow White and the Huntsman comes across like a very clever retelling of the fairy-tale in Grimm fashion, and all the […]
New Trailers for Ridley Scott’s PROMETHEUS
New trailers have been released for Ridley Scott‘s Prometheus, and are pretty awesome to say the least. While the new international trailer does an impressive job showing off the film’s intense action, it’s the trailer for the U.K that really sets the scene. When initial reports of the film’s story began to circulate, rumors had the premise starting with […]
PROMETHEUS IMAX Trailer
Director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Damon Lindelof are at WonderCon this weekend and will debut a new full length trailer for their sci-fi flick, Prometheus (followed by a Q&A) at Downtown Disney. If you’re keen on knowing just a little bit more about the alien themed flick, then be sure to check out the new IMAX trailer – but if you’re […]
Tim Burton’s DARK SHADOWS First Trailer
The eagerly awaited trailer for Tim Burton’s new film that puts a modern spin on the cult TV series Dark Shadows, has finally arrived. What starts off like a classic vampire tale, quickly turns into a riotous comedy where a displaced vampire must learn to adjust to the new time in which he has awoken. Johnny Depp plays the vampire Barnabas […]
GAME OF THRONES ‘The More You Love’ Promo
HBO’s exceptional series Game of Thrones, is poised to return and a new promo ‘The More You Love’ has been released. While the previous trailers conveyed mood and atmosphere, this new promo focuses on the perils of falling in love in the Game of Thrones universe – which often leads to misery or death. As always the amazing aspect of this show […]
Javier Bardem as Bond Villain in SKYFALL
The first images of Javier Bardem shooting scenes for the new installment of the James Bond franchise, Skyfall are now online. Bardem’s character has been identified as Silva, and in these images he’s got his cool and calculating bad-ass persona on as he’s about to wreak havoc – presumably on MI6 headquarters where the scenes are being filmed in Whitehall. Perhaps to […]
LOST Alum Joins PSYCHO Prequel Series
Former Lost Alum Carlton Cuse is joining the A&E series The Bates Motel as an executive producer and writer. While this sounds more like an effort to infuse the concept with some cryptic intrigue, the show will tell the story of the times only hinted at in Alfred Hitchcock’s horror classic, Psycho. Perhaps somewhat inspired by the hugely successful American Horror Story, this new […]