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Originally Published: February 25, 2005 The DVD has become in some ways more important to film studios than a film’s theatrical run. Even if a film fails at the box office, it can have a second life on disc. Here is our list for the tops of last year, and some gems you may have ….

Originally Published: March 6, 2005 Sony has sent us links to the trailer for the upcoming film Lords of Dogtown. The movie is the true story of a group of teenage surfers from a tough neighborhood known as Dogtown in Venice, California pioneered a revolutionary new style of skateboarding. Riding the waves at the Pacific ….

Originally Published: March 6, 2005 The critically acclaimed documentary Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster has won the award for Best Documentary at the Independent Spirit Awards, which took place last weekend in Los Angeles. The film, directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky (Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost), offers a revealing behind-the-scenes look at Metallica as ….

Originally Published: February 11, 2005 After months of reviewing submissions, the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival is proud to announce the lineup of feature films for this year’s event. The lineup includes over 40 world and U.S. premieres, set to be unveiled March 11-19, 2005 in venues throughout Austin, Texas. Recent additions to the ….

Originally Published: March 3, 2005 20th Century Fox will release Robots: The IMAX Experience in select IMAX theatres around the world beginning Friday, March 11th. From the makers of Ice Age, Robots has been digitally re-mastered (IMAX DMR(R)) into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience(R). Audiences will watch Robots presented on ….

Originally Published: July 26, 2005 We’re mere months away from the time when you can feast your eyes on all six Star Wars films in your own home. On October 31, Revenge of the Sith is coming to DVD, completing the saga that started thirty years ago. The DVD, as you’d expect, is headed our ….

Originally Published: March 14, 2005 Here is the new poster from the upcoming blockbuster gauranteed Fantastic 4 movie. The storyline of the film revolves around the origins of the quartet, and their nemisis, Doctor Doom. When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), inventor and ….

Originally Published: March 21, 2005 Variety reports that Eddie Murphy will star in the film Johnny Blaze, an action comedy that DreamWorks and Imagine have contracted with Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle screenwriters Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg to pen. Brian Grazer will produce the movie. In the movie, Murphy would play an ….

Originally Published: March 21, 2005 I don’t know how exciting this news is. I saw The Ring Two over the weekend, and was not impressed. In fact, generally speaking, sequels tend to lose the very elements that made the original a film good enough to have sequels made from its storyline. But I am a ….

Originally Published: March 21, 2005 I don’t know how exciting this news is. I saw The Ring Two over the weekend, and was not impressed. In fact, generally speaking, sequels tend to lose the very elements that made the original a film good enough to have sequels made from its storyline. But I am a ….

Originally Published: March 19, 2005 USA TODAY and Coca-Cola presented the award for Consumers Choice for Favorite Movie of 2004 to The Passion of the Christ at ShoWest in Las Vegas. Mel Gibson, director, producer, and co-writer of the film, accepted the award at ShoWest’s final night banquet and awards ceremony Wednesday night. The award ….

Originally Published: March 9, 2005 Bruce Willis in in talks to star in the action comedy 16 BLOCKS for director Richard Donner. The story follows a troubled NYPD police officer who has to escort a happy, but down-on-her-luck witness 16 blocks from the police station to 100 Centre Street. What makes matters even worse is ….

Originally Published: March 14, 2005 Here are some recent (in some cases, announced today) director appointments. Ain’t It Cool News has confirmed that 20th Century Fox has chosen Matthew Vaughn, the director of Layer Cake, to direct X-Men 3. Brian DePalma is set to direct The Black Dahlia, which will star Aaron Eckhart. Jon Avnet ….

Originally Published: March 9, 2005 There was serious discontent from some fans when the teaser poster for Revenge of the Sith was unveiled late last year. They complained that a cloak just wouldn’t naturally billow into the shape of Darth Vader’s face. I think the final Sith poster is a worthy addition to the classics ….

Originally Published: March 21, 2005 Paramount Picutres and MTV Films has released a teaser one sheet for the upcoming sci-fi epic Aeon Flux. The film is directed by Karyn Kusama (who wrote and directed GirlFight) and stars Oscar winner Charlize Theron as Aeon Flux, Marton Csokas as Chairman Trevor Goodchild, Jonny Lee Miller as Oren ….