René Carson

The Transformers Timeline

I have posted a Transformers Timeline in the multimedia section of the website. The timeline traces the roots of the Transformers brand, from the original Hasbro line, all the way to the current film. Find out about every incarnation of the Transformers RIGHT HERE

Stan Winston to appear at Fangoria Expo at end of June

Stan Winston will be joining the stellar line-up of celebrities at Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors coming to Secaucus, New Jersey on the weekend of June 29 to July 1, 2007. Stan is The King of creature FX and this is his first-ever East Coast convention appearance. Creator of Aliens, Predator, Pumpkinhead, Ed Scissorhands, Terminator, Jurassic ….

A new Vantage Point trailer

The new and extanded trailer for the political thriller Vantage Point is online. In Vantage Point, which is due in theaters early 2008, the attempted assassination of the president of the U.S. is told from five different perspectives. In those perspectives, the truth about the crime is revealed; peeled back in a Rashomon narrative style. ….

Exclusive new clip from the John Cusack/Samuel L. Jackson film 1408

Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin (John Cusack) only believes what he can see with his own two eyes. After a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, he scoffs at the concept of an afterlife. Enslin’s phantom-free run of long and lonely nights is about ….

Sexiest Women of the Summer Screen

Anyone out there enjoy Summer films for the sexy women in them? Raise your uh…hands. There’s a great feature over at AOL called The Sexiest Women of the Summer Screen, that includes photos, the films these talented beauties are appearing in and some other written material about, uh (well, actually didn’t get that far, but ….

A noble effort for Macbeth director

Geoffrey Wright, (director of Romper Stomper and Cherry Falls) must have had a great time bringing his newest effort to the screen. Macbeth is a sexy and stylish, contemporary retelling of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays. While I felt it somewhat confined to it’s inspiration’s dialogue and even storyline, it was a visually stunning ….

A bunch of exclusives from Fantastic Four 2, Invasion, Die Hard 4 & Eagle vs. Shark

Hey folks. Just wanted to get the word out on some great video clips available for some upcoming films. Check out these two exclusive clips from Bruce Willis’ Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die hard RIGHT HERE Check out the trailer premiere for the very creepy Nicole Kidman horror film The Invasion RIGHT HERE ….

Jet Li’s War trailer online

The film once called Rogue, now called War, finally has a trailer. Looks like lots of action, as one should expect from a film starring Jet Li and Jason “Transporter” Statham. This film was supposed to be “highly anticipated” though. I am not sure if the trailer says classic to me. Here’s a synopsis: After ….

3:10 To Yuma film synopsis

3:10 To Yuma stars Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Gretchen Mol and Peter Fonda in a modern take on the classic western by Elmore Leonard from producing/writing/ directing team Cathy Konrad and James Mangold (Walk the Line). In Arizona in the late 1800’s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves ….

Persepolis and Loose Change: two politically charged films due in theaters

Two controversial films have recently gotten distribution agreements in France and the U.K. One is Persepolis, which recently won the jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Marjane Satrapi’s animated film is based on her autobiographical, best-selling graphic novel about her experiences growing up in Iran during the 1979 revolution. According to a New York ….