It’s finally here. After the release of trailer in December 2011, and speculation from Tolkien-loving-nerds for the last 10 years, you can finally see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey for yourself and form your own hateful conclusions about how much Peter Jackson is effing up your favorite book series in way too many frames per […]
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Slow Zombies vs. Fast Zombies
It’s here. The trailer for WWZ, the 125 million dollar blockbuster staring Brad Pitt was released this week to massive controversy amongst zombie purists over the content of the film. Based on Max Brook’s (son of Mel Brooks) zombie apocalypse novel WWZ, the film introduces Pitt as a U.N. employee who must protect his family […]
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Nostrafilmus: Catching Fire is Starving for a Director.
Catching Fire needs a tribute.
It was bound to happen. Gary Ross, the director of The Hunger Games, has decided that his shaky-cam infused directorial skills are worth more than Lionsgate is willing to pay.
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Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows
Tim Burton is back in his wheelhouse.
It looks like the upcoming re-boot of Dark Shadows is going for a much lighter tone than the original series. I guess if you preferred your Barnabus Collins as brooding Jonathan Frid (1960’s version) or an even more brooding Ben Cross (1990’s version), then the campy route Johnny Depp is taking, then this new film might might be a splash of holy water to your face.
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Tower Theater Turns 72 with the Marx Brothers
See tonight’s show, it only costs a quarter. Seriously.
Celebrate the Tower Theater’s 72nd birthday tonight with a showing of the Marx Brothers classic, A Night at the Opera.
The Tower will be honoring 1940’s pricing so you can see the flick for only 25 cents! A freaking quarter! Why not get down there!?
Get a dose of good old fashioned slapstick from the men who pioneered it: Chico, Harpo and Groucho.