These are the best movies streaming right now, including Godzilla vs. Kong, Devil In a Blue Dress, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Last Cruise and more.
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This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss the death of a cinema icon, the amount of dancing present in Black Swan, and the dangerous intersections of art and commerce. Special guest Stephen Tobolowsky joins us. Check out Stephen's new short story in ebook form! You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave…
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What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…
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. WAITING FOR "SUPERMAN" The impassioned, well-meaning Waiting for "Superman" prods at an important and disconcerting issue: the failure of the American school…
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the final 15 contenders for the 2010 Oscar for Best Visual Effects. This is only the first cut, though. Next, members of the Academy's visual effects branch executive committee will select seven of the final 15. At that point, all the members of the visual…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley try to get excited about Darren Aronofsky's Wolverine, discuss the place of Battle Royale in a "post-Saw" world, and wonder whether or not Tony Scott is stoppable. Special guest Tasha Robinson joins us from AV Club. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and…
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It's difficult for me to remember the last Tony Scott film I unabashedly enjoyed. I'd probably have to go with his 1998 film, Enemy of the State, which had a great, frazzled performance by Will Smith and a kinetic style that actually dovetailed nicely with the film's message about our surveillance society. Pretty much everything…
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Look quick at this poster for the Tony Scott thriller Unstoppable and you might think you're staring at half an ad for the Lost movie we thought would never happen. Chris Pine has really been photographed and Photoshopped to put his best Josh Holloway forward. And Denzel Washington is probably thinking, "so...is this the Taking…
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This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley express little hope for Tony Scott's Unstoppable, chat about the special features on the Kick-Ass Blu-Ray, and discuss the end of the superhero movie. Special guest Eric D. Snider joins us from film.com and Cinematical. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave…
Read More/Film reader Eddie R has sent us a link to the previously unreleased movie trailer for Tony Scott's upcoming action drama Unstoppable. I've been wondering with 20th Century Fox would start promoting this film as it is scheduled to hit theaters in just three months, and no publicity materials had yet been released (not a…
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Rosario Dawson has signed on to star alongside Denzel Washington and Chris Pine in Tony Scott's action drama Unstoppable. No mention of what character Dawson would play, but one would assume that she's the romantic interest or wife of either Washington or Pine. Washington briefly withdrew from the project in early July after Fox asked…
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You wait all week for a Denzel Washington story and then two come along at once... so don't say I'm not offering you value for money. Look: there's even a double-Denzel picture at the top of the post. The first piece is this: Variety are reporting that Denzel Washington, having just formally declined a role…
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A couple of weeks ago, when we covered the possibility that Fox would kill Tony Scott's upcoming Unstoppable, starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine, Brendon speculated that we might see a final version of the film go into production that had stars attached but a slashed budget. Now it's looking like we'll see it, if…
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Could a new collaboration between Tony Scott and Denzel Washington be about to get Moneyballed? According to The Hollywood Reporter, there's every chance that Unstoppable will be in fact stopped, and dead in its tracks. The issue, of course, is financial. Let's not pretend for one second that a Tony Scott/Denzel Washington picture would run…
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Denzel Washington is in talks to star in Tony Scott's action drama Unstoppable. Washington would play an experienced engineer who finds himself in a race against time, with a runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals. The role of the conductor who helps Washington's character, has not yet been cast. The duo chase the…
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