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21 Jump Street Finds a Couple Cloudy Directors

As Oscar season quickly approaches the discussion for which films should be nominated continues to top headlines and in relation to the Best Animated Film category, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is definitely at the forefront. With their revolutionary use of combining practical and virtual camera movement during the...

What’s in the Box?

Thanks to my friend Alex over at Firstshowing.net I came across this extremely well made and mysterious youtube video today.  It’s titled What’s in the Box? and it sure as hell had me asking that question throughout the non stop chase sequence.  For a low budget, possibly student made, short...

The Boston Film Phenomenon

Last month I moved back to New York after a 2 year long stint in Massachusetts and while there I was amazed at the number of films based on, and set in the surrounding Boston area to be released in the coming days. It got me thinking of the recent...

The Entourage Effect

The other day I was in a bar and I overheard a group of people discussing upcoming films while circled around a pool table sipping their cocktails. One guy started the conversation by saying, “When’s Aquaman coming out?”, which of course led to his ill-informed counterpart to reply with, “I’m...

The Road to Awe

I approach this article with the utmost respect for each and everyone that was lost this year, and it’s a sad responsibility I feel to touch on each and every one of my heroes that passed away in such a short synopsis.  However, I get so mad each year when...

Why Blu-Ray’s Death Knells Are Premature

With the recession hitting into full swing many have said that Blu-Ray might not survive.  This reminded me of all the doomsayers who heralded the death of all physical formats when Internet movies first became mainstream.  They say that with the ability to stream and download movies* from numerous sources,...

The Top 9 Unknown Sci-fi Films to look out for in 2009

I’ve been noticing a recent trend in this years popular genre and no I’m not talking about comic book films for once; I’m talking about the lost art of SCIENCE FICTION! I think the last truly amazing piece of science fiction I saw was Children of Men and since than...

Matt’s Top 5 Anticipated Movies of 2009

It’s going to be quite hard to top the past year of film with the evolution of the comic book movie along with overcoming the writer’s strike to produce some of the best indie drama we’ve seen in years.  Here’s a list of the 5 studio endorsed films I’ve been...

Trip’s Top 5 Anticipated Movies of 2009

With 2008 over it's time to start looking forward into 2009 and see the movies coming down the pipe to surprise and titalate. Although 2008 had some amazing movies released, Dark Knight and Iron Man to name a few, there were also quite a few "steaming...

2008: The Cinescape

If it’s one person who can remind me of why I have such a passion for film it’s Matt Shapiro. Last year he compiled a video of the best dramas of the year and he’s back again with a beautiful portrayal of each and every film that made 2008 so...