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"That's just a tomato." ALSO: "Rush" The Escapist : Escape to the Movies : Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Escape to The Movies: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2

Whenever I think about the state of video-game movies, I have to keep reminding myself that Spawn, Steel, Barb Wire and Howard the Duck all ...

NEED FOR SPEED Trailer

Wow, that didn't even take a day. Effectively right after   "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." had its premiere, Deadline ...

DC's Agents of G.O.T.H.A.M.

You'll find out what I thought of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." tomorrow. Until then, here's a REALLY fortuitous "leak...

"AGE OF ULTRON" SDCC Teaser Leaks

Hiroshi Yamauchi, 1927 - 2013 The Escapist : The Big Picture : Memorium

Big Picture: MEMORIUM

Here's the first U.S. trailer for "Blue Is The Warmest Color,"  the lesbian romance from France that was this year's big w...

"Blue Is The Warmest Color" Trailer

Surprise! The trailers aren't giving the whole movie away, after all! "Intermission"  talks critics and GTA V. The Escapist ...

Escape to The Movies: PRISONERS

Hiroshi Yamauchi, the former president of Nintendo, has passed away at the age of 85. Video-Games have lost their Walt Disney. The importanc...

End of An Epoch

I don't like that this was newsworthy any more than you do... The Escapist : The Big Picture : Boy Blunder

Big Picture: BOY BLUNDER

ZERO CHARISMA came out of SXSW with a lot of hype behind it, and the new trailer reminds us why: This looks really, really  good. Film is d...

ZERO CHARISMA Trailer

This comes from Justin Bieber's official Instagram feed, tweeted along with the hashtag #robin?? It is almost-certainly bullshit (the p...

Is Justin Bieber Playing Robin???

A "Viral Sensation" of Fiona Apple crooning an ironic-sad cover of a "Willy Wonka" song over maudlin  "Captain Pla...

The Scarecrow

Boo! Intermission is kind of a purge. The Escapist : Escape to the Movies : Insidious: Chapter 2

Escape to The Movies: INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2

Below, the trailer for the previously unheard-of "HOMEFRONT,"  which features Jason Statham as a rural blue-collar All American da...

"HOMEFRONT" - Statham vs. Franco

You might remember hearing about "Escape From Tomorrow" during Sundance, usually in the context of the idea that no one outside S...

Escape From Tomorrow

Once more with "Man of Steel." The Escapist : The Big Picture : The Big Letdown

Big Picture: "THE BIG LETDOWN"

I'm not a fan of how watered-down and toothless the internet has rendered the "mobilizing" consumer outrage via letter-writing...

Stop DISNEY From Ruining Movie Theaters

As the European Film Academy just announced in Berlin, there are 46 films in this year’s EFA Selection, the list of films recommended for a ...

26th European Film Awards - Long List

Whatever. Intermission: "Summer School - Part II" The Escapist : Escape to the Movies : Riddick

Escape to The Movies: "RIDDICK"

The post has become final and if you wish to read the top awards at the official site please go here while most of the other awards can be ...

70th Venice International Film Festival Award Winners

A few minutes ago the winner was announced and to my surprise this year Queer Lion winner is a film that I'm really looking forward to w...

7th Queer Lion Lineup and Winner

Fuck. Every. Single. Solitary. Thing. About. This. Seriously. There's not one thing in this that doesn't look terrible or at best p...

ROBOCOP Remake Trailer

Busy week, I'm having one. Here's some stuff about The Ongoing Penny Arcade Thing from the other blog.

Other Blog

It's a Top-Ten list. No, I don't feel particularly worried about having drafted it before  tonight's screening of "Riddick...

Big Picture: "Summer's End"

This year the 26th European Film Awards will go back to Berlin and will take place on December 7th. The most interesting and often must be ...

2013 European Film Awards - People's Choice Award