Remember when the “Cloverfield” viral campaign started and we all watched the trailer thinking, “I wonder how they’re going to integrate this first-person view into the story”?  The movie came out and we found out that the first-person view was the story.  That was the angle (so to speak) that made a Godzilla movie into [...]

Michael Hickerson over at Slice of SciFi lets us in on this little teaser:  What if J.J. Abrams’ rebooting of the “Star Trek” universe was enough to convince none other than Harlan Ellison to come back to the fold as a writer?  That’s what Harlan is apparently quoted as saying. In case you’re not a [...]

[The assignment I gave each of the Red Carpet Crash writers this week was a no-brainer: what movie scared you the most, and why? We'll be running the pieces through the week leading up to Halloween. Enjoy - Devin Pike] By far, the scariest movie I have ever seen is “Children of Men”, Alfonso Cuaron’s [...]

The Ministers So… John Leguizamo plays twins, one of whom is scarred, in what appears to be a kind of vigilante, religious-freak murder mystery? The first thing that flashed through my mind was a “Boondock Saints” flavor in Puerto Rican New York, but… no, that couldn’t be what he’s trying to do, could it? I’m [...]

What do psychics, prophecies, and roller skates have in common? The Men Who Start At Goats I admit that at first, I thought this was either going to be an expose on beastiality or else a mind-numbing documentary on Nubian herders. Gratefully, Ewan McGreggor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, and Jeff Bridges come to the rescue. [...]

Watch out, kiddies! This first one is NSFW/K!  After that, it’s Woody Harrelson and Rachel Weisz.  Growrl! Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (Red Band) What is the difference between a good sequel and a bad sequel? In most cases, it’s a matter of carrying through the spirit of the original (if, indeed, the original [...]

Cold, dreamy, and dirty! Whiteout … is it a… horror movie? A thriller? A sci-fi story? A conspiracy theory? I can’t be sure, but the trailer suggests that you should probably bring a sweater. There’s death by murder, there’s death by falling out of an airplane (we think?), but I’m not sure that there’s enough [...]

GerRARd! Gamer The seemingly ubiquitous Gerard Butler is cast in a sympathetic and believable hard-action role, again.  Of course, with the sci-fi twist, you know it’s got my interest piqued a little, but I’m wondering at which point the writer stepped away from “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card and started penning his own interpretation [...]

Comic-to-movie “Priest” finally gets a villain…and it’s Bones?!?  Our favorite sci-fi-fantasy feature Karl Urban has been chosen to play Black Hat, the uber-bad-guy vampire in the feature film adaptation of the TokyoPop manga written by Ming-Woo Hyung.  Before you get all gung-ho (like I did), do not confuse this with the DC Vertigo comic, “Preacher”, [...]

Aliens, monsters, and robots – but it’s not what you think! Avatar I promise, this is not the same thing as the cartoon, not the same story at all.  Really.  It’s a totally different universe, despite the cool floating islands.  You’re thinking of “the Last Airbender” which isn’t due out until next July.  (Hey, it’s [...]