Holy crap. I knew I liked the sound of the upcoming Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Isabel Lucas film “Daybreakers”. The sysnopsis for the film looks like this: “In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant … [Read More]

It appears that The King of Pop, Michael Jackson has died today as the result of a cardiac arrest. He was 50. MSNBC is reporting: The Los Angeles Times reports that Michael Jackson has died at age 50 after being rushed to UCLA Medical Center. Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. … [Read More]

Just a little FYI post. As most of you know I’ve been pretty up in arms about the fact that the last 2 years in a row, the #1 critically rated films of the year (Ratatouille and Wall-E) never got nominated for best picture at the Oscars. This brought up … [Read More]

When it was announced yesterday that the Academy Awards were going to extend their Best Picture nominees list from 5 to 10 films, In Contention Senior Editor Kris Tapley and I got into a debate (you’ve got to understand, Kris and I were roommates once, have a really great friendship… … [Read More]

Cameron Diaz and James Marsden are starring in the psychological thriller called The Box. Trailer Addict describes it as: Norma and Arthur Lewis are a suburban couple with a young child who receive an anonymous gift bearing fatal and irrevocable consequences. A simple wooden box, it promises to deliver its … [Read More]

Zack Snyder has been attached to a proposed 300 sequel, and while speculation was all the news we had, he has finally broken the silence and chatted about it. FirstShowing quotes Snyder: “I think we would use the same technology… I don’t want it to look too Star Wars-ian… Just … [Read More]

Watchmen may not have been the success that comic fans hoped for, but it seems to be a hot or cold result. Either people loved it to death for its accuracy to the comic that redefined the type of stories told in comics or they hated it. Sadly it didn’t … [Read More]

Farrah Fawcett who will always be known as one of Charlies Angels has passed away at the age of 62 after a three year battle with cancer. CNN reports: Fawcett, who checked into a hospital in early April, had been battling anal cancer on and off for three years. Bloch … [Read More]

In the category of “Because No One Asked for it” it seems Fox is moving ahead on the sequel to Hitman and they have found their writer Kyle Ward. Collider shares: Fox is trying again and have brought screenwriter Kyle Ward (who also wrote the script based on “Kane & … [Read More]

The San Diego Comic Con has slowly become less about comics, and frankly no one cares. Its the COMIC CON!!! Well Fox has a press release announcing their schedule for the event to let us know what they are pimping this year. MovieWeb delivers: FRIDAY, JULY 24: 2:15-3:00 P.M. Coming … [Read More]

Gran Torino was a real treat of a movie last year with a few big holes that sadly prevented it from being seriously considered one of the top films of the year. Still, it certainly found its audience and it CONTINUES to find an audience on DVD as it stayed … [Read More]