The internet of late has been positively lousy with news regarding James Gunn's 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' The big screen…

Bring on the popcorn, the giant soda, and the rampant 80s nostalgia, it's almost 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' season! I'm so pumped for Jon Chu's sequel to 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' that I can barely stand it.…

I watch the Oscars every year. Something you always have to consider is who you want to win, and who should win. There's a big difference between those two. Watching last night, these three winners surprised me. 

Quentin Tarantino wins for Best Original Screenplay

This win surprised me because from the past, the academy really doesn't seem to care for…

That’s right we’ve passed the hump, so sit back, relax and enjoy episode 51 of Straight Outta Austin! 2013 has us anticipating several landmark comic book movies. We debate whether or not Warner Bros will ever get their act together to even make a Justice League movie and what a Justice League movie would even look like? But DC aren’t the only players in the game,…

Just because much of the news surrounding comic book movies at present involves sequelizing and furthering established properties, doesn't mean there aren't original heroes being developed for film as well. In December of 2011, …

Bruce Lee wasn't simply a martial arts movie star, he was a pop culture icon whose influence is still felt today. Countless documentaries have been made of his life, and …

In an effort to send you happily off into your weekend, we present to you with the Mondo poster for Kinji Fukasaku's 'Battle Royale.' The Austin-based movie art masters have teamed artist Kevin Tong with the creator of the 'Scott Pilgrim' comics, Bryan Lee O'Malley to create a truly unique poster for the cult classic. Mondo has also partnered…

Prepare to take flight again, as The Weinstein Company has announced they are putting into production a sequel to the 2000 martial arts epic 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.' The followup film, also…

The Christmas festivities are (almost) at an end, the cupboards are looking much emptier of the excessive food and booze than before, and I'm at what will probably be the last theatrical release I will see in 2012. And oh man... did Hollywood save something really special for it tonight with Aang Lee's newest visual epic feature. Not having read the book I…

The biggest part of the magic of movies is its ability to transport us wherever it wants us to go as we willingly give up a couple of hours of our life to see worlds that none have experienced or seen before. 3-D is commonly used nowadays as a way to grab the audience and say that they can be that much closer to the…

Even though The Avengers and their return to solo movie projects dominates the landscape of Marvel news at the moment, we mustn't forget about James Gunn's …

Movies about movies always interest me, and even more so when those biopics center on the making of truly classic films. That's why I'm looking forward to John Lee Hancock's 'Saving Mr. Banks.' It's being sold as a behind-the-scenes look at how Disney's …

Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' is preparing to head to theaters. Though universally known are many of the benchmarks and accomplishments of the life and presidency of Abraham Lincoln, Spielberg's film focuses on the story of the political maneuvering in which Lincoln was forced to engage in order to pass the 13th…

Even with the abundance of superhero movies Marvel is putting out, there have been more than a few characters who seem to have been overlooked. While whispers and rumors of movie versions of, say, Black Panther and Dr. Strange have surfaced, we're still waiting to see if these films…

Soon there will be at least one biopic for every famous person who ever lived, but one person whose life is long overdue for the cinematic treatment is rock legend Janis Joplin. For a while now, there has been talk of a biopic starring …

One of the distinguishing features of any Tolkien story is the complexity and variety of its characters. For 'The Hobbit,' which as you know will now be three films, several new characters will be introduced. One such character is King Thranduil of the elves. Thranduil is actually…

As you sail off into your weekend, we leave you with this delightful compilation of some of the greatest threats issued by some of the biggest badasses in cinema. The video, put together by Harry Hanrahan, covers a wide range of films from many different eras. So many well-written ominous promises of violence, so little time. I love this video. For me it's Ryan Phillippe,…

Columbia's epic 'Cleopatra' is proving to be as treacherous as its legendary subject. While Angelina Jolie was long-ago attached to star in the film,…