“MCCRAKEN VS. JESUS” TRAILER
The ultimate battle wages between bowling heavyweights “Big” Ern McCraken and Jesus as this trailer mashes up “Kingpin” and “The Big Lebowski”…
Posted on January 31, 2008 by Film Threat Staff
GROUNDHOG DAY: 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 101 minutes |
In the end, the question of double-dipping comes down to whether or not you can live without the new bonus features…
Posted on January 31, 2008 by Brad Cook
“STOP KICKING PEOPLE INTO THE PIT OF DEATH! HONESTLY!”
I ranted and raved in my review of “Meet the Spartans” about the sheer unfunny and truly horrid legacy that Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg are leaving in their wake with a slew of horrible “spoof” movies that watch like Mel Brooks if he had a mental disorder, and was medically brain dead, but in [...]
Posted on January 30, 2008 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
THE NEGOTIATING TABLE
Seth McFarlane delivers a brand-new short about the latest in WGA and AMPTP negotiations, direct from the boardroom…
Posted on January 30, 2008 by Film Threat Staff
FLORIDA FILM FESTIVAL YOUTUBE CHALLENGE!
Who doesn’t love a good challenge? Are you someone who is passionate about film and loves the Florida Film Festival?
Posted on January 30, 2008 by Film Threat Staff
MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
2008 SUNDANCE DRAMATIC COMPETITION FEATURE FILM! “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh” boasts only one core mystery: how one can take such promising material and render it completely unmemorable?
Posted on January 30, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
SEAN YOUNG SHOWS THE KIDS HOW TO DO IT.
From the iMDB news for 2008-01-29: Actress Sean Young was escorted from the Directors Guild Of America Awards show on Saturday for heckling filmmaker Julian Schnabel, nominated for his film The Diving Bell And The Butterfly. Schnabel was the last of the five Best Director nominees to take the stage to make a speech at [...]
Posted on January 29, 2008 by Jeremy Knox
2008 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SECOND WEEKEND WRAP-UP
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival is officially over, but the Film Threat coverage continues. If you’ve lost track, or you need a refresher prior to the remaining coverage, we’ve compiled all the reviews, interviews, videos and blogs we’ve completed thus far for your reading pleasure…
Posted on January 29, 2008 by Mark Bell
NEW DIRECTOR, NEW VENUE FOR 2008 NEW HAVEN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
New England’s leading underground film festival gets a makeover for its September happening…
Posted on January 29, 2008 by Phil Hall
THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 90 minutes |
You might think that a movie about a Donkey Kong rivalry would be the equivalent of watching paint dry, but, like all great documentaries, it’s the characters who make this one work…
Posted on January 29, 2008 by Brad Cook
MEET THE SPARTANS
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 84 minutes |
TO BE REVIEWED! It’s rare that a movie makes me ill these days, and it’s rare that I can see a movie and hate the people behind it with such abhorrence…
Posted on January 29, 2008 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
WIN “THE KING OF KONG: A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS” ON DVD!
Go out and find yourself a Donkey Kong arcade machine, play a round or three and send in a snapshot of your high score to win a free copy of “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters”…
Posted on January 28, 2008 by Film Threat Staff
RAMBO
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 93 minutes |
1980s Rambo might have been able to run a half-marathon without breaking a sweat, but this one looks like he could crush your skull in his bare hands…
Posted on January 28, 2008 by Pete Vonder Haar
SPIDER
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 9 minutes |
2008 SUNDANCE ONLINE SHORT FILM! It would rude to spoil the surprise of what happens next…
Posted on January 28, 2008 by Phil Hall
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 99 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! The film is most remarkable when it exposes the ease with which the press and a self-obsessed judge can pervert the country’s justice system…
Posted on January 28, 2008 by Jeremy Mathews