Matt Damon, Jake Gyllenhaal Turned Down Avatar

Director James Cameron says Sam Worthington was always his first choice for the lead role, anywayGet[...]

Sam Worthington Signs on for Avatar Sequel

Director James Cameron already has "a story line in mind" for the follow up to the $1.3 billion bloc[...]

Sam Rubin not a fan of Perez Hilton at all

Perez Hilton seems to irritate someone every other week, and the latest person is KTLA's Sam Rubin. He was supposed to interview Hilton on the set the other day about his new book, but when Hilton showed up and was told what time he'd be interviewed,

Jane After Dark: Legend of the Seeker, season one

I've been hearing about this little show called Legend of the Seeker since it debuted last year. Season one was just released on DVD, so I checked it out for Jane After Dark this week. It's a great show. In my neck of the woods, it airs Saturday afte

Saving Private Ryan Screenwriter Hired to Pen World of Warcraft Film for Sam Raimi

A few days ago there was a rumor floating around that the World of Warcraft film, to be directed by Sam Raimi, would be called Rise of the Lich King and be based off one of the WoW spin-off novels. That was based on the fact that the IMDB listing had

This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: Drag Me to Hell, Land of the Lost, The Proposal, and More

This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. DRAG ME TO HELL The only thing missing from this bit of

Leonardo DiCaprio to Star in The Deep Blue Goodbye

In what could be the first film in a noirish franchise for 20th Century Fox, Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star as Travis McGee, a fictional Floridian gumshoe who lives on a houseboat, in The Deep Blue Goodbye. The film is an adaptation of the pop

Fantastic Fest interview: Jared Hess of 'Gentlemen Broncos'

Jared Hess with wife Jerusha and Sam Rockwell Jared Hess is still best known to the world as the guy who directed Napoleon Dynamite, which still stands as the most enjoyable of his three feature films. Nacho Libre and Gentlemen Broncos just haven't

Live from Fantastic Fest: Opening Night Red Carpet

Last night, Fantastic Fest got underway in Austin with the world premiere screening of Gentlemen Broncos, the latest comedy from director Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite). Although most of the movies at this genre film festival screen at the Alamo Draf

Review: Paranormal Activity

By Eugene Novikov, reprinted from the Telluride Film Festival, 9/11/09 Once the novelty of the first-person, subjective-camera horror flicks (Blair Witch, Cloverfield, Quarantine, Diary of the Dead, etc,) wore off for me, I started having logistical

Fantastic Fest Review: Gentlemen Broncos

Quirkiness only carries so far. Napoleon Dynamite, the film that ushered in the career of Gentlemen Broncos director Jared Hess, is enjoyable because it cherishes the nervous twitches of puberty, identity crisis, and the weird kind of people who wors

Sam Raimi to Produce Supernatural Horror Film Refuge

Sam Raimi (Evil Dead series, Drag Me To Hell) has signed on to produce a supernatural horror film titled Refuge. British screenwriter Tom De Ville will write the script based on a pitch from up-and-coming British director Corin Hardy. At the very le

Cool Stuff: Unused Moon Concept Posters

I was never really a fan of the official poster for Duncan Jones' sci-fi indie Moon. I actually think Sony missed a big opportunity to sell the movie based on cool retro sci-fi imagery or the marketable face and name of Sam Rockwell, instead deciding

Everyone’s Fine Movie Trailer

Miramax has released a trailer for Everybody's Fine, a remake of Cinema Paradiso filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1990 film Stanno Tutti Bene. The film stars Robert De Niro as "a widower who embarks on an impromptu road trip to reconnect with each of

Unexciting New Photo of Sam Rockwell in Iron Man 2

Another new photo from Jon Favreau's Iron Man 2 has been discovered online via FilmShaft. The new photo isn't that exciting. No Iron Man or War Machine, but instead Sam Rockwell as the fast-talking weapons manufacturer Justin Hammer "who fancies hims