Movie News Chat

I swore to myself that this year I wasn’t going to write anything about the MTV Movie Awards, the most useless and meaningless “awards” show of the year. It’s empty populist drivel. But when I read the nominee list, it ...

Yes I admit it… I am a grown man and I’m really looking forward to the new Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie. Never cared much for he franchise for the first three films, but they’ve grown on ...

I remember hearing a while ago that McG, who is directing 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas: Captain Nemo (I’ll wait until I see Terminator Salvation to decide if I think that’s good news or bad news) was very intent on ...

I really dig Hugh Jackman and I’ll generally give anything he’s in a shot. Even thought I wasn’t all that impressed with Wolverine this weekend, Jackman, as usual, did his job and delivered the goods. Word now is that he’s ...

I’ve met Megan Fox. I can tell you without any shadow of a doubt that she’s one of those rare Hollywood beauties that is actually MORE attractive in person that she is in pictures or on the screen. She’s flat ...

So imagine that friend of yours who was bashing on the Twilight series, and then weeks later the movie comes out and you bump into that friend standing in line to see the film? Whoops. Now imagine you are a ...

X-Men Origins Wolverine has driven the first tentpole of the summer into the ground kicking off the Summer Blockbuster Season and dominated the boxoffice with an $87million opening weekend. Yahoo Reports: The action adventure, starring Hugh Jackman as the heroic ...

Today is unofficially officially Star Wars Day. May the Fourth be with you! Celebrate Star Wars Day with The Movie Blog by integrating Star Wars quotes into your day Tell your boss you would rather kiss a Wookie When someone ...

This weekend I had the pleasure of attending Canada’s only G.I. Joe convention and despite what looked like a very small venue, I discovered a rare gathering of die hard toy collectors and devoted G.I. Joe fans. I myself was ...

Last year a lot of us were buzzing about the newest Viggo Mortensen flick “The Road“. There was even a bunch of early Oscar talk about the project. But then something funny happened… the film got bumped from 2008 to ...

There has been a growing willingness in recent years for Hollywood to embrace a few Asian works and bring them to, or adapt them for, a North American audience. The most recent example of this is the animated film Ponyo ...

One of my Con Highlights of the year is always FanExpo in Toronto Canada. Its not nearly as big as the San Diego Comic Con, but it is the biggest event of its kind in Canada. Each year I make ...