In this week's episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, Adam Quigley and Russ Fischer discuss their thoughts on this year's Oscar nominations, reflect on the novelty of 3D upconversion, assess Taylor Lautner's career, show some love for Drew Barrymore's Whip It, and share theories about the final season of Lost. You can always…
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. SURROGATES It's bad, no question. But bad doesn't necessarily mean unwatchable. At a scant 88 minutes, Surrogates doesn't linger on a single…
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In this week's /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley discuss the pitfalls and opportunities of corporate sponsorship, speculate on some plot possibilities for Kill Bill 3, and Devindra and Jeff try and fail to Curb Their Enthusiasm for Friday Night Lights. Jeff Cannata is our special guest this evening, joining us from the…
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I'm sure I'll get mocked for admitting this but... one of the films I was most looking forward to seeing at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, was Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It. Yeah, a rather unusual choice, but I'm a sucker for coming of age films, Ellen Page, and for that matter, most…
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Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival later this month. In anticipation of the big screen debut, Fox Searchlight has released a new behind the scenes featurette. I actually want to see this film, for a variety of reasons which I've listed previously on the site , but listening…
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It's a slow news day and Fox Searchlight has sent us the poster for Whip It, the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore. Based on the book Derby Girl by Shauna Cross, the film stars Ellen Page as Bliss Cavendar, "an indie-rock loving misfit" who finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she…
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Last week Paramount surprised quite a few people by moving Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island from early October of this year to mid-February of 2010. In the wake of that change, a few other studios have shuttled release dates as well; everyone loves a slightly more empty weekend in October. First up, Sony has moved Zombieland…
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Last week we posted the first photos from Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It. Today Fox Searchlight has released a movie trailer for the dramedy. Based on the book Derby Girl by Shauna Cross, the film stars Ellen Page as Bliss Cavendar, "an indie-rock loving misfit" who finds a way of dealing with her small-town…
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Fox Searchlight has released the first photos from Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It in today's issue of USA Today. Based on the book Derby Girl by Shauna Cross, the film stars Ellen Page as Bliss Cavendar, "an indie-rock loving misfit" who finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a…
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Ropes Of Silicon has received word that Fox Searchlight has picked up Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It!, and will release it on October 9th 2009. Searchlight is the best possible distributor for a film like this. And while October isn't the best month to be released, the mid-October slot has done well for the…
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I haven't seen this officially reported anywhere, so I thought I'd pass along word that Jimmy Fallon has been cast in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut Whip It! Fallon has been spotted by /Film sources on set of the roller derby dramedy playing "Hot Tub Johnny", a cheesy hungover announcer who makes nasty comments to all…
Read MoreThe horror genre's nasty feud with Oscar nominees continues, as Juno star Ellen Page has pulled out out of the dark place that is director Sam Raimi's upcoming horror-thriller Drag Me to Hell. Bloody Disgusting reports that the sweet tart wasn't happy over the latest draft of the script, which was written by Raimi and…
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"Yeah, like, why do so many of Slash Film's readers wanna collect my bones and stuff?" Comparable to blurting out a hat trick of her favorite indie bands outside a Cat Power concert, Ellen Page (Juno :) just booked her third film in a month's time, following Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell and Drew…
Read MoreAfter she's done filming the lesbian werewolf movie Jack and Diane, might Juno starlet Ellen Page slip into a pair of roller skates for Drew Barrymore's directorial debut? Unless another famous gal's name rhymes with "Shmellen Shmage," that's what Shauna Cross, author of the novel Derby Girl and its adapted screenplay Whip It, tells Film…
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