Despite what your aesthetician might say while giving you a Brazilian wax, there really is such a thing as too smooth.
Especially where film is concerned. Thus, the small kerfuffle over director Peter Jackson's pioneering use of so-called High Frame Rate filming techniques for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first widely released movie to be shot and (in some theatres) projected at 48 frames per second, double the nearly century-old film standard of 24 frames.
I love everything new and shiny when it comes to entertainment technology. Heck, I've seen half a dozen movies in those insane D-Box motion control seats that shimmy and shake along with the action on screen. It does not get more gimmicktacular than that.
Marvel Phase Three: Hulk, Iron Man 4, Doctor Strange could be on the way With Iron Man 3 officially kicking off Marvel’s Phase Two, studio boss Kevin Feige has given Entertainment Weekly an early glimpse of where the company plans to go with its Phase Three slate of films, which kicks off with Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man ... Read more
The 10 worst superhero movies of all time Okay, Iron Man 3 is solidly a hit with both critics and fans. So before Man of Steel, R.I.P.D., Kick Ass 2 and Thor: The Dark World land in theatres, we thought now was a good time to take a look back at some comic book film adaptations that have missed ... Read more
5 Cannes films you can expect at TIFF With the Cannes film festival getting underway, movie buffs can start to look forward to the Toronto International Film Festival with an eye on some high-profile films debuting in the South of France that may have their North American premiere here in ... Read more
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