In this edition, take a look at some Venom: Let There Be Carnage trailer Easter eggs, see what VFX artists react to Volcano, and more.
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(Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they've been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie: 2012 Where You Can Stream It: Netflix The Pitch: An ancient Mayan prophecy turns out to be true and the world as we know it is coming to an end in the year 2012!…
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In this edition, see a bunch of Joker trailer Easter eggs you maybe missed, listen as scientists review the realism of natural disaster movies, and more.
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CinemaSins has edited a 20-minute video showcasing all the problems with Roland Emmerich's 2012. Watch the 2012 movie problems video essay now!
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One of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood is that major movies use fake titles when they're in production. The purpose of the misdirection is to throw the general public living and working around the shoot locations off the scent of a picture that might have huge fan interest. Thirty years ago, Star Wars fans…
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In a new article in the Toronto Sun, Seth Rogen talks about his meeting with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and how the Star Wars creator/filmmaker lectured him for 25 minutes about how the world is going to end in 2012. Here is the excerpt: “George Lucas sits down and seriously proceeds to talk for…
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Think of all the ridiculous, crazy things you've ever seen in science fiction movies: X-Wing Fighters flying through trenches, aliens bleeding acid blood, giant robots that transform into cars. Take all of those things into consideration and then realize this. NASA has named Roland Emmerich's film 2012 the least plausible science fiction movie ever made.…
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The current controversy over the Motion Picture Association of America slapping Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine with an NC-17 rating, and then repealing it, has once again brought into question the usefulness of the MPAA as a whole. In fact, renowned film critic Roger Ebert goes so far to say that "there are only two meaningful…
Read MoreThis 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. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE With his adaptation of the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, co-writer/director Spike Jonze took…
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Could we be seeing Spider-Man, Ghostbusters, District 9 and 2012 in Digital 3D in 2011? Maybe... Last month it was reported that Sony Pictures Home Entertainment would begin to release 3D movies on Blu-ray for the first time, beginning this summer with the computer animated release Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (with additional 3D…
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Author Stephen King has published his annual listing of the top 10 films of the year. This year King agreed with the mainstream critics in naming The Hurt Locker as the best film of the year, but the rest of his list is the opposite of conventional. His list for 2009 is bound to spawn…
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This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley reflect on the style and career of director Jon Turtletaub, try to unravel the plot of Ridley Scott's new Monopoly movie, remember the greatness of Independence Day, and compare the Kick-Ass teaser trailer with the Comic-Con footage they've already seen. Special guest writer/director Dan Eckman joins…
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Roland Emmerich's next disaster film 2012 won't hit theaters for a couple weeks (November 13th), but a sequel has already been planned... but not the normal kind of sequel. Entertainment Weekly has learned that Emmerich and executive producer Howard Gordon (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice) are also developing a television drama titled 2013, which would be…
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Remember that clip from Roland Emmerich's upcoming epic disaster movie 2012, where John Cusack saves his family and ridiculously outruns an earthquake in a limo while almost all of Los Angeles is turned to dust around him? White Colours Studio has decided to reedit the five minute clip but remove the "distracting" special effects so…
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"California is going down!" Last night between 10:50 and 11:00 p.m., Columbia Pictures apparently executed the largest American media roadblock ever, airing a 2-minute clip from 2012 on the major broadcast networks, local stations in the top 70 markets, and nearly 450 television stations in North America. The projected television audience alone for this project…
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A few new clips slipped by us right as last week ended at the holiday weekend began. Well, two of them slipped by, and I hedged on posting the clip from Survival of the Dead at first because it's fairly lousy, and that makes me sad. See all three (or whichever ones you choose) after…
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Hey guys, I'm in a little coffee shop in Telluride center, and I thought I'd do a quick post before my festival adventure gets started. A bunch of new movie posters have hit the interwebs today, including: Bad Lieutenant, Where The Wild Things Are, 2012 and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Head after the jump to check…
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Sony has released three new posters/banners for Roland Emmerich's new disaster film 2012. Say what you will about Emmerich, or his films, but I'm really digging the intense over-the-top ridiculous destruction pictured in this new art. Take a better look after the jump. Centuries ago, the Mayans left us their calendar, with a clear end…
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It must be trailer week at Sony Pictures International. Yesterday they released an international trailer for Zombieland, and today they've released a new Japanese trailer for Roland Emmerich's new disaster flick 2012. It might start off similar to the previously released domestic trailer, but about half way through we begin to see a lot of…
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I'm still trying to post some of the video clips that, for whatever reason, weren't posted over the weekend. At the Sony panel, Roland Emmerich premiered a 4 minute sequence from the beginning of his new disaster film 2012, which involves the main characters outrunning an earthquake in a limo. The scene is so over…
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Director Roland Emmerich has forgotten more about destruction than you or I will ever know. With films like Godzilla, Independence Day, and The Day After Tomorrow, he's proven he has a knack for spectacular visuals and thrilling destruction sequences. His new film, 2012, might be the logical culmination of his career up until this point,…
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After arriving in San Diego, I've been enjoying the Gaslamp district before it gets over-run with comic, television and movie geeks (oh, and Twilight fanatics too). I've noticed a couple things around the convention center that I thought was worth sharing. Above is a photo of the MNU truck on one side of the Convention…
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Let's face it, Roland Emmerich's 2012 is nothing more than disaster porn. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to see Earth fall apart on the big screen, but I'm not going to see this movie for the story or the characters. Its pure computer generated spectacle. Someone decided to reedit the 2012 trailer using 70's-era…
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Sony Pictures has released the first full trailer for 2012, the next big disaster film from Roland Emmerich, the director of Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and Godzilla. Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. 2012 is an epic adventure about…
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The other day, we posted about how Roland Emmerich was attached to direct Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation trilogy. That article provoked a wave of ill will against Emmerich from many who were dubious of his ability to handle anything approaching subtlety. But despite my feelings towards Emmerich, I was still willing to give his upcoming…
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Warner Bros, Fox, Universal, Disney and Sony have released a bunch of new photos to the Los Angeles Times for their 2009 movie preview. I've included a few of the photos after the jump. Spike Jonze's adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are Behind the scenes of James Cameron's Avatar Street Fighter: The Legend of…
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/Film reader Kevin B came across a viral website from Roland Emmerich's 2012. I checked the domain records, and the website points to a name server at Sony Pictures. So it seems like it might be legit. Here is the e-mail from Kevin: After watching the teaser for Roland Emmerich's 2012, I was curious about…
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