Bad Movies We Love, Zombie-Blasting Vidgame Edition: Doom (2005)
This week sees the release of Resident Evil: Retribution, the next installment in what has been dubbed the "most successful" of…
Bad Movies We Love, Bike Messenger Edition: Kevin Bacon in Quicksilver (1986)
Don't shoot the messenger! This week's wide release of the Joseph Gordon-Levitt bike courier film Premium Rush inspired…
Bad Movies We Love: Hapless, Incoherent Gymkata Earns Gold for Unintentional Laughs
With the world in the thrall of another Olympiad, it's time to dig up an appropriately athletic title from the vaults. And given…
In Honor of the Batpod, 9 Other Memorable Movie Motorcycles
The Dark Knight Rises finally arrives this weekend, and curiously, amid the hype attending Christopher Nolan and his top-flight…
The Odd Marketing of The Amazing Spider-Man — Spinning a Web of Receipts
Summertime is blockbuster season, and with it comes the usual onslaught of promotional tie-ins. Naturally, The Amazing…
Mirror Images: 9 More Occasions When Hollywood Made Similar Movies at the Same Time
This weekend welcomes Snow White and the Huntsman to theaters, mere months after Relativity's Mirror, Mirror preceded Universal's…
9 Prolific Actor/Director Combos Not Quite as Cool as Johnny Depp and Tim Burton
This weekend sees the release of Dark Shadows, marking the eighth time director Tim Burton has teamed with Johnny Depp, his…
What are the Weirdest Avengers Merchandise Tie-Ins?
It has been years in the making. It is epic in scope. It contains elements beloved by millions. "It" is the marketing campaign…
The IMAX Old Wave: How Audiences and Filmmakers Are Embracing the 2-D Mega-Screen
After years of foisting dashed-off 3-D — and its inflated ticket prices — on movie audiences, studios may have found their most…
Guess the Most In-Demand Actor in Hollywood
Everyone is familiar with that special breed of screen performer whose names are associated with not only longevity, but also…
Stan Lee Vs. Stan Lee: The Epic Legal Follies of a Comics Mastermind
In February, a federal court threw out a suit filed by Stan Lee Media Inc. against Paradox Entertainment — a failed attempt for…
20 Years of Crap That Opened on Oscar Weekend
As the Academy and its guests gather Sunday to enthusiastically slap congratulatory-calloused backs at the Oscars, an altogether…
How The Hunger Games Brought a Web Windfall to the World's Tiniest Island Community
Next month brings the launch of The Hunger Games, one of the most-anticipated releases of the 2012 calendar and the first…
How Your DVD Rentals Are Changing Hollywood
Quick quiz: If you were made to wait two months in order to rent say, Final Destination 5, are you going to be more likely to…
Was Ricky Gervais Set Up?
Over the last week or so, film-culture observers witnessed an odd phenomenon sweep the country: A palpable, recognizable feel of…