• VOTD: 50 Movie Spoilers Of 2009 In 4 Minutes

    The Fine Brothers love to spoil everything, In past years, we've featured their popular videos 100 Movie Spoilers in 4 minutes and Spoiling Every Best Picture Winner in Oscar History. After seeing all of the big movies of 2009, the brothers are back once again.  Their latest video spoils 50 movies released last year (including…

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  • The Top 10 Trailers Of 2009

    I usually loathe Top lists. As the adage says, if you've seen one you've seen them all. I have been starting to get highway hypnosis with the sameness of a lot of these Best Of lists for films in 2009, so I was emboldened when asked to come up with a Top 10 Trailers list…

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  • AFI's Top 10 Movies And TV Series Of 2009

    The American Film Institute have announced the official selections for the 2009 AFI Awards, nominations which include the "10 Most Outstanding Motion Pictures and TV Programs of the Year". You can find out the top tv in both tv and movies after the jump, included in the official press release. AFI AWARDS 2009 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS…

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  • This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Watchmen, Coraline, Pushing Daisies, 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. Please don't take the commentary on the movies and TV shows too seriously, as they're meant not to be reviews but rather…

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  • The Ten Most Influential Films Of The Last Ten Years

    Editor's Note: After Turner Classic Movies released their list of the 15 Most Influential Classic Movies, some people were complaining that no films were included from the last 32 years. I joked on Twitter that I would like to see a list of the ten most influential films of the last ten years, and Brendon…

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  • /Filmcast Ep. 37 - Coraline (GUEST: Steve/Frosty From Collider)

    In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley share reflections from New York Comic-Con, evaluate the merits of Andrew Niccol's directorial/writing career, and contemplate a future full of board-game-to-movie adaptations. Special guest Steve Weintraub (AKA Frosty) from Collider joins us this evening. Tune in next Monday night to Slashfilm's live…

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  • Laika Animation In Limbo While Coraline Box Office Is Awaited

    Today's the day that the lucky people of America get Henry Selick's Coraline in their cinemas, in both 2D and 3D flavours. Tomorrow is the day we all get to know how well it is doing. And that's a big question, even bigger than usual, because not only is Coraline the very first feature film…

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  • GeekBomb: A Brief History Of Stop-Motion Animation

    Editor's Note: This is the debut post by Kevin Kelly, who will be offering his expertise in geekdom in a new /Film daily blog feature called GeekBomb. Welcome Kevin to /Film! Neil Gaiman's Coraline opens this weekend, and it's directed by Henry Selick, one of the few modern masters of stop-motion animation. Although he was…

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  • Koumpounophobes Beware: New Coraline Trailer Is Simply Brilliant

    I think the consensus is that movie trailers and movie title sequences used to be better - just look at the back catalogue of Alfred Hitchcock for numerous sterling examples of each, all from the oeuvre of just one director. Lately, it might be argued that title sequences have had something of a renaissance, with…

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  • A Magic Box From The Makers Of Coraline

    Over the weekend I received a mysterious package from Portland Oregon. Turns out it was from the animators and puppeteers behind the upcoming film Coraline, the first stop-animated film shot in 3D. Based on Gaiman's short children's novel of the same name, Coraline is a young bored girl who discovers that bricked-up wall behind a…

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  • Coraline Miniatures From SIGGRAPH 2008

    /Film reader Jerry K sent us photos from SIGGRAPH of miniatures on display from Henry Selick's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Coraline. As always, click to enlarge.

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