This week, Dave Chen, Devindra, and Adam discuss The Dark Knight Rises prologue, praise the rarely seen Enlightened, and reflect on shows that have come back from the dead, creatively. Special guest Tasha Robinson from AV Club joins us for this episode. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail…
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This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss their thoughts on the Final Destination series of films, culminating in Adam's thoughts on Final Destination 5, then delve into Ruben Flesicher's latest comedy, 30 Minutes or Less. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Barring any difficulties, we should…
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Final Destination 5 opens this week, and you really don't want to go into this latest sequel in which death is not the end without knowing your Final Destination death history. So here, for the purposes of research only, is a supercut of every death in the franchise. And because character and story are hardly…
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This is a pretty simple equation: led by Miles Fisher, the cast of Final Destination 5 has spent some perfectly good Warner Bros. money on a promo video for the splatter sequel, in which a school full of characters very much like those from Saved by the Bell are killed in horrifying ways. And it's…
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Final Destination isn't the kind of franchise that surprises -- if you've seen any of the four previous installments, you probably already have a pretty good idea of what to expect from Final Destination 5. We were treated to a 3-D clip from the upcoming film, showing that scene familiar from any Final Destination movie:…
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The other day in a post about the trailer for The Myth of the American Sleepover I mused about how memories of first love are one of the batteries that powers cinema. Well, one of the other batteries is the thrill of seeing another human bite it. And so enter the Final Destination series, which…
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What adult woman brings a teddy bear to comfort her during Lasik? Thankfully, the answer is: one of the characters in Final Destination 5. The trailer for the fifth film in the 'kids cheat death' series is out and it shows what happens when you mess with death and then put yourself in the path…
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Most space shuttle launches have a countdown to blast off but Apollo 18 seems to be counting up towards its release. The Timur Bekmambetov-produced, Moon-based, found footage horror film is now the proud owner of four release dates and counting. It was first supposed to be released in March. From there it was moved to…
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Despite The Final Destination being touted as the last film in the series, that didn't stop Warner Bros./New Line from greenlighting Final Destination 5, so why the heck would it stop them from greenlighting several more? The studios are clearly determined to milk this cash cow dry, and their only motivation to stop is if…
Read MoreWarner Bros/New Line has released a press release announcing the start of principal photography on Final Destination 5, which includes the first official plot synopsis: In this fifth installment, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man's premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But…
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We've been getting a lot of casting info about Final Destination 5, which James Cameron protege Steven Quale is soon directing. Emma Bell from Frozen and The Walking Dead is signing on as the female lead. She'll join P.J. Byrne, Tony Todd, David Koechner, Meghan Ory, Nicholas D'Agosto, Ellen Wroe, Arlen Escarpeta and Miles Fisher…
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Over the past week there has been some casting movement on 5nal Destination, aka the fifth Final Destination movie. We haven't reported some of it because, well, the movie was called 5nal Destination. And after the last couple films in the series, mustering up enthusiasm for this one is difficult. (Though there might be some…
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In one of the worst title changes of the last few years, Warner Bros has apparently decided to change the title of the fifth Final Destination movie from Final Destination 5 to 5nal Destination. What do you think? I guess it isn't quite as bas as the Fast and the Furious sequel title 2 Fast…
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So you're looking to hire someone for your 3D movie and you can't afford James Cameron because it's just another horror sequel? What is a studio to do? How about hire a Cameron protege? New Line Cinema/Warner Bros has hired Steven Quale to direct the upcoming horror 3D sequel Final Destination 5. Quale is a…
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Warner Bros, Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Fox have announced new release dates for a sixteen films to be released over the next three years. We have information and dates for all of the films, after the jump. New Line's follow-up to Valentine's Day, New Year's Eve will be released on December 9th 2011.…
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I hope that today we're not writing about sequels no one really wants, but so far we've had Ghost Rider 2 and now Final Destination 5, which Warner Bros. head Alan Horn mentioned at ShoWest. Yet someone wants these movies. Take The Final Destination. No one expected it to be a critical success, but despite…
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Even though the fourth film in the Final Destination series was titled The Final Destination, and touted as the final film in the series, Warner Bros head Alan Horn revealed at ShoWest that they will be making a Final Destination 5, because "we can't resist."
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