The biggest title of note in today’s batch of MPAA ratings is Zack Snyder‘s Superman film, Man of Steel, which like producer Christopher Nolan‘s Batman franchise is rated PG-13. No surprise there, but I’m sure some will be interested in the reason for the rating, which is “for intense sequences of sci-fi violence, action and destruction, and for some language.” Whatever that could mean, I’m not too sure, but there you have it.

Obviously it means the film has a darker and more intense side than the trailers have so far led us to believe. The man is invincible ¹ after all, that means that…

When veteran 911 operator, Jordan (Halle Berry), takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl (Abigail Breslin) who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl’s life.

It’s funny that despite my watching the film universe like a hawk I can still miss stuff like this. It’s an indication of bad marketing, frankly. Still, this film has a couple more months so maybe they can get it some publicity. The original trailer has been out for a bit, the trailer I found today is a TV spot. They are both below. It looks like an…

Broken City’s thinly sketched, formulaic script offers meager rewards for all but the least demanding noir aficionados.—RT

Have you ever wanted to watch a modern detective story set in New York starring some great actors? So have I, but Broken City isn’t that film we dream of. I went into the movie theater hopeful, and came away yawning, and asking myself, “Why? What were they thinking?”

Broken City is based on a spec script and is the directorial debut for Allen Hughes by an untested production company.¹ With that in mind, it’s no wonder that Broken City doesn’t meet the mark.

Why…

J.J. Abrams, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, and Benedict Cumberbatch are talking up Star Trek Into Darkness in this video from MTV. One tidbit:

The goal of this movie is to make you cry. If the movie does its job, then by the end of the movie, you will have had a reaction involving the eyes. If the movie works, then there’s definitely an emotional component.

And Zachary Quinto thinks some fans might have reason to worry about their favorite characters:

There’s reason to worry, let’s say that much. The enemy that we face in this movie played by Benedict Cumberbatch is entirely…

The year of Benny Batch continues! DreamWorks announced today that principal photography has commenced on its heretofore untitled feature film about the creation of the controversial website WikiLeaks and its co-founder and international fugitive Julian Assange. Now titled The Fifth Estate, the film traces the meteoric rise of the site through the eyes of Assange colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg. He’s played by Inglourious Basterds‘ Daniel Brühl, who’s pictured above with Benedict Cumberbatch as Assange in the first official image from the film.

So that’s happening…

IMAX Corporation and Marvel Entertainment, a division of The Walt Disney Company today announced that “Marvel’s Iron Man 3,” the latest installment of the film franchise that has grossed more than $1.2 billion at the global box office, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX® 3D format and released to IMAX® theatres internationally, including the Philippines starting April 25 and in the U.S. on May 3.

“Marvel’s Iron Man 3” marks the fourth Marvel Entertainment film to be presented in IMAX theatres, following the releases of “Iron Man 2” in 2010, “Thor” in 2011 and “Marvel’s…

If there was ever a film that deserved the Honest Trailer treatment, it’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Ugh. 5 years later and I still want a refund.

Boy you said it trailer dude. My only complaint is that it’s just not quite the same with this new voice over guy. I miss the old one. Still, I got more than a few giggles out of this one.

Comic Book Movie noticed that IMDb lists Buller as playing a character named “Jenny Olsen,” with no listing for Jimmy Olsen in sight. IMDb isn’t always 100% accurate, but they get things right more often than not. Supporting this theory is a scene from the latest trailer, which shows Buller running away from an explosion with Laurence Fishburne, who plays Perry White. If this woman isn’t Man of Steel‘s Jimmy Olsen replacement, she seems at least to be a Daily Planet staffer of some sort.

Well, that’s sort of an interesting development. I’m not sure how I feel about that. But then, while…

“I’m not an educated man, but I have wits in history. Every kingdom comes of blood, every castle’s built on a pile of bones. When I came out here, L.A. was nothin’. Back east I was a gangster… out here, I’m god.”

Gangster Squad is the best film I’ve seen this year. Of course, the year is young so that’s not saying a lot. Still, it’s a fine film in my book.

There are those who would disagree with me. In fact, as of right now on Rotten Tomatoes, the Tomatometer is at a measly 33%. And only 66% from the audience. That’s not exactly killing it.

Roger Ebert was not overly fond of the…