Posted on Monday, October 24th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
There’s only so much that we can get out of seeing a 3D trailer in 2D, especially when the film in question is something as well-known as The Phantom Menace. But on the off chance you didn’t see the trailer for Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace 3D on screens this weekend in front of The Three Musketeers, you can now check it out below. Read More »
Posted on Friday, October 21st, 2011 by Russ Fischer
Is Muppet-land plagued by some discontent? The Muppets were last on the big screen in Muppets in Space in 1999, and since Disney bought the character stable in 2004 the company has been trying to come up with a way to re-launch the Muppets as a vital brand.
The company eventually settled on The Muppets, written by big-time Muppet fan Jason Segel and his creative partner Nicholas Stoller. But while a series of film-parodying teasers and a couple of great full-on trailers have done a lot to build an audience, some of the old-school Muppet crew isn’t convinced that the film is treating the characters well. Read More »
Posted on Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 by Russ Fischer
We’re so far beyond the point where complaining about George Lucas making changes to Star Wars is actually an expression of surprise or outrage. It’s just a ritual. We expect him to change things around every time the films hit a new format, so much so that I think there would be more genuine surprise expressed if the saga hit Blu-ray and didn’t feature any new alterations.
Not to worry however, as the films are hitting Blu-ray soon and changes have indeed been made. Perhaps not as many as we thought might have been the case yesterday, but there is at least one big one: the version of Yoda puppeted by Frank Oz in The Phantom Menace has been replaced with a fully CGI character. You can see side by side clips of the old and new versions below. Read More »
Posted on Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
The U.S. Comedy Arts Festival and HBO announced their 2007 Film Program line-up which includes Sundance 2007 favorites Eagle vs. Shark, Rocket Science and Waitress in addition to 27 other features. Check out the full list and press release after the jump.
