Movie News
Weekend Releases: January 23
1. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Sony/ Screen Gems, 2,942 Theaters, 93 Minutes, Rated R): It’s not often that you have an actor with two films hitting wide release in the same day. It’s even [click for more]
Month: January 2009
Movie News
Oscar Nominations Post-Mortem: How Did We Do?
Earlier this week, we here at FilmBuffOnline handicapped the Oscar race as we saw it. As we all know, the nominations have just been released. How did we do? Well, let’s find out. And the [click for more]
Comics And Film
PREACHER Gets A Writer
Screenwriter John August has confirmed that he jas been hired by Sony Pictures to script Preacher, an adaptation of the Vertigo comic book for director Sam Mendes. August mentioned it on his blog, though he [click for more]
Comics And Film
THE DARK KNIGHT IMAX Rerelease Locations
Perhaps in anticipation of a Best Picture Academy Award nomination that never materialized, Warner Brothers has scheduled a short rerelease of their hit comic book adaptation The Dark Knight for IMAX screens starting tomorrow. Even [click for more]
Movie News
BENJAMIN BUTTON, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE and MILK Lead 81st Annual Academy Awards Nominations
The romantic fantasy The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, the India-set drama Slumdog Millionaire and the biopic Milk lead the crop of this year’s nominations for the Academy Awards. With nominations for Best Directing for [click for more]
Comics And Film
New WATCHMEN Viral Video Looks Back At Dr. Manhattan
Remember back in the 70s, when it was the 10th anniversary of the creation of the sup-powered Dr. Manhattan and how he changed our world? Well this little video of vintage NBS Nightly News coverage [click for more]
Features
Required Viewing: TCM Pays Tribute To Montalban
Turner Classic Movies is preempting its schedule tomorrow, Friday January 23rd, in order to pay tribute to one of Hollywood’s classiest men, Ricardo Montalban. The following films are scheduled to air: 7:30 AM Fiesta (1947) [click for more]
Film Reviews
Review: PAUL BLART: MALL COP
The ads for Paul Blart: Mall Cop make it appear like many other comedies prevalent in the film world today. You know, the kind of movie where a man-child whose emotional development stunted while in [click for more]
Comics And Film
WATCHMEN Marketing Heats Up
Now that their legal slap fight with Twentieth Century Fox over the rights to Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the graphic novel classic Watchmen is over, Warner Brothers can get back to the business of getting [click for more]
Movie News
Oscar Nominations: Who Will Make The Cut?
It’s that time of year again. This Thursday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for the 81st Annual Academy Awards. Every year there are snubs and surprises, thrills and [click for more]