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. FOUR LIONS For at least half of its runtime, Four Lions is a relatively good-natured comedy, foremost because its characters seem like…
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For an awards show that purports to honor outstanding achievements in film, the Academy Awards seem oddly drawn to the familiar. The movies with the most nominations at this year's Oscar race, for example, are The King's Speech and True Grit -- two films with a great deal of critical acclaim backing them, but ones…
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Tonight the award ceremony took place in London to honor recipients of the British Academy Film Awards, in a show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). The BAFTA winners won't have any particular effect on the Oscar race, but the lineup for winners looks very much like that which has…
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As the year comes to a close, more Top 10 lists are being published. Last week, British filmmaker Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim, Hott Fuzz) filed his annual listing of the top five movies of 2010. Hit the jump to find out what movies made Wright's list this year. Edgar Wright's 's Top 5 Movies of…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley dwell on the execrable It's Pat, ponder the ethics of "gay" jokes, and evince ambivalent feelings towards artificial scarcity in the home video market. Special guest Laremy Legel joins us from film.com. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at…
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One of the most audacious films to come out of Sundance this year was Chris Morris' Four Lions. A comedic genius who hails from the UK, Morris has previously skewered the nightly newscast and the investigative documentary in the TV series The Day Today and Brass Eye, respectively. In Four Lions, Morris turns his satirical…
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Not too long ago, we learned that the superlative Alamo Drafthouse theaters would be launching a film distribution arm. This evening, Drafthouse founder Tim League was in Boston, along with director Chris Morris, to promote Drafthouse Films' first movie, Four Lions. My extensive interview with Morris will go live on the site on Friday, but…
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See that large blank spot on your wall? This week is a great time to fill it with a limited edition movie themed print. Mondo has a few posters for movies that haven't been interpreted much like Peter Jackson's Dead Alive, Tim Burton's Beetlejuice and Chris Morris' Four Lions (which we exclusively premiered here). Then,…
Read MoreAlamo Drafthouse Films have given us an exclusive look at the movie poster for their first release, Four Lions. The minimalistic poster was created by Jon Contino and /Film favorite Olly Moss. The movie, which premiered at Sundance, is an British indie comedy about a splinter cell of bumbling jihadists. I got to see the…
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For the past decade, film screenings at the Alamo Drafthouses in Austin, Texas have gained legendary status in geek culture. Stars show up to premiere films there, incredible posters are designed for many of the screenings, cult classics are paired around specific foods or themed events, not to mention it's the birthplace of the Rolling…
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There are great things going on down in Austin, TX at the Alamo Drafthouse. Founder Tim League has created one of the country's more popular film festivals in Fantastic Fest, which kicks off soon, and he's planning to expand the Drafthouse to other cities. But first he'll be bringing films to the entire country through…
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After In The Loop, Bruno and Borat, here comes another Brit-spawned comedy set to punch a few red buttons and play hacky sack with your political hot potatoes. Four Lions is the first feature film directed by Chris Morris, creator of the astonishing Brass Eye, Jam and Blue Jam and the significantly less successful Nathan…
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Some of the films at this year's Sundance are obviously ones to pay attention to, but that doesn't make them any less interesting. Four Lions, the 'Jihadist comedy' that is also the directorial debut of Chris Morris (more of a name in the UK than in the States) has been one of the must-sees. It's…
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