In less than two weeks, midnight streets will crawl with young people (and, er, not-as-young people) in pointy hats and capes, out celebrating the release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series. Offering some consolation to those sad about hoisting the butterbeer for the last time is the fact that the [...]

 
MoviesOnline sat down with British director Danny Boyle to talk about his new film, “Sunshine,” a high tension sci fi-action-horror space thriller filled with eye-popping visual effects and edge-of-your-seat action. The idea for the film was born in the agile imagination of writer Alex Garland, the leading British novelist who made waves with his debut [...]

The Onion AV Club has a list of 10 directors you might not know by name but you know the films they’ve directed. Mostly half-decent efforts that hardly stay in your mind for more than a minute but yet these directors continue to work because of the commericial appeal of their films. See if you recognize [...]

Christian Bale is an actor who may be as well known for what he does to his body as he is for his body of work. He’s done extreme things to that body in the name of art. Turning it as hard and sharp as an ice pick for American Psycho. Hollowing it out enough [...]

In a vague, but tantalizing piece of news today, Amazon.com recently added a listing for the long-awaited, re-edited, single-film version of Quentin Tarantino’s violent masterstroke Kill Bill. The retail site lists the DVD release date for Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair as November 6, 2007, leading one to wonder if The Bride might not [...]

USA Today reports on the 25 most important films over the last 25 years that have brought enormous impact to filmmaking and the movie industry, specifically Hollywood. Actually, just all Hollywood. Check it out here and see if you agree with their choices and reasoning. 
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Writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman have a lot of experience writing for franchises that have fanatic fanbases, having gotten their start on the popular cult TV shows “Hercules” and “Xena” before moving over to J.J. Abrams’ popular spy show “Alias.” In the last few years, they’ve written a number of prominent summer movies including [...]

Trends come and go, but Hollywood ’s always been good at blowing stuff up. With ”Die Hard 4” just striking the US box-office, Entertainment Weekly ranks the movies that delivered the biggest bang for the buck, from No. 25 to No. 1.

 
Graphic novelist and screenwriter Steve Niles called into Cinematical headquarters this weekend from the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors Convention in New Jersey . Speaking about 30 Days of Nights, from the marketing push that will include a series of short films based on the comics, to the ComicCon plans for the film, to the rating — [...]

The Naked DVD is a new, regular column that spotlights DVDs that have been stripped of any or all special features. Most often this is the first issued DVD of a given movie that usually contain the bare bones supplements such as a trailer and nothing else. Hence the term naked. Our goal here at Behind The Scenes [...]