The Cinematic Motion Picture News Thread

[bada]

New Fantastic Four cast has been announced. Fan boys are losing their minds.

[Jorge]

With... jubilation?

[bada]

Ha no. They cast a black actor as Johnny Storm and it's set off a nerd race war.

[Alex]

my irises split when i came upon that news

[VinylGuy]

I like Kate Mara as Sue.

[Harry Lime]

David Fincher to direct Aaron Sorkin penned Steve Jobs biopic.



I guess I'll have to wait longer for my Fincher/Flatliners remake dream.

[Harry Lime]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar gives his shrewd take on this years Oscars. And I pretty much agree with all of it. I just haven't seen Philomena yet.

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/kareem-2014-oscars

[Jorge]

He's a brilliant writer, and a great pop culture commentator, but he seriously misses the point of several of these movies.

[Harry Lime]

One example?

[McParadigm]

I liked this succinct comment that could easily be applied to soooo many historical dramas or (ostensibly character-driven) biop pics: "But it will be shown in history classrooms and not English classrooms because, in the end, it is a depiction of history, not an exploration."

I also thought he nailed part of why Gravity was a fun and engaging immersion event, but not a particularly great movie.

[BurtReynolds]

I sort of agree. And sort of disagree. The Oscars are stale though, for sure.

[Jorge]

I agree with his general premise regarding Best Picture as a category, but feel that he's confused as to what several of those pictures set out to accomplish (particularly Hustle, Wolf and Gravity). Also, the sheer daftness of the question:

The entertainment value is high, but what is the educational value?

[bada]

[McParadigm]

[Jorge]

I liked the original post, but the edit totally elevated it.

[bada]

I realized pretty quick the picture spoke for itself.

[BurtReynolds]

Have you ever wondered, "hey whats Rufio up to now?" wonder no more.

http://www.avclub.com/article/looky-loo ... :1:Default

[Whitey McTeeth]

Have you ever wondered, "hey whats Rufio up to now?" wonder no more.

http://www.avclub.com/article/looky-loo ... :1:Default

This is the Rufio news this thread was aching for.

[Rangi Guy]

I'm not sure if I should be excited by this or not. I thought that Annabelle was one of the scariest parts of the film, but something tells me that they're just going to butcher this
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/en ... z2uSKZXNiU

[Dev]

gotta say I found Matthew McConaughey's acceptance speech super inspiring