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DVD/Blu-Ray Breakdown: March 23rd, 2010

Mike Eisenberg — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:23:00 +0000

A new weekly feature here at Screen Rant will be your go-to guide for movie releases on home video. We’ll let you know which new films are coming out each week and which movies are getting the coveted Blu-ray re-release, along with a special deal of the week and intriguing picks you may not know about.

This week is an especially great time to begin, considering the caliber of films gracing shelves today. So, without further ado, let’s get going.

NEW RELEASES:

The Blind Side- Sandra Bullock’s Oscar-winning performance in this inspiring true story turned the rom-com queen into a respectable and prestigious actress. The special features are limited to only an hour of materials, but “Sideline Conversations” is a half-hour segment featuring discussions between ...

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Avatar Leads 2010 Saturn Awards Nominations

Ross Miller — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:03:09 +0000

Today marks the day when the nominations for the 36th Annual Saturn Awards are given out. In case you’re not familiar with them, they are given out by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (they also include TV shows and stage productions) so as a reader of Screen Rant I believe they’re right up your alley .

The awards will be given out on June 24th, so we have over four months to speculate and choose the nominees we’d give the award to. The categories range from the usual Best Film (separated into Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction etc) to Best DVD release and Best DVD Special Edition.

Keeping in line with all of the rest of the major awards, films like Avatar, The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds have ...

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Fantastic Mr. Fox Review

Kofi Outlaw — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:35:11 +0000

Short Version: Fantastic Mr. Fox is a pleasantly surprising film that is odd, witty, and probably more fun for adults than kids.

Screen Rant Reviews Fantastic Mr. Fox

I am not a Wes Anderson fan. Rushmore didn’t make me swoon; The Royal Tenenbaums made me groan; The Life Aquatic was no “masterpiece” far as I could tell and I didn’t even bother with The Darjeeling Limited. In fact, everything Anderson has done after Bottle Rocket has ultimately fallen on my cinematic bad side. Hearing his name brought up in classrooms and discussed as if he is the Shakespeare of cinema has only compounded that antagonism. If we were to play the word association game and you said “Wes Anderson” my immediate response would likely be “Pretentious and overrated.”

I went to ...

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New Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer Looks Great

Heath McKnight — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:57:29 +0000

A brand new Fantastic Mr. Fox trailer has been released, and it looks great! In case you were complaining about the last one, this feels like a “real” movie trailer. There’s also a new featurette about the film and both are getting me more excited about the upcoming movie!

The new preview features a whole lot more information about the story, which is based on Roald Dahl’s classic tale that co-writer/director Wes Anderson (Rushmore) fell in love with as a kid. It gives us even more funny and touching moments than the first Fantastic Mr. Fox trailer.

Watch and enjoy:

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Poster Friday: Moon, Tooth Fairy, Parnassus & More!

Rob Keyes — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:42:29 +0000

Happy Friday everyone! Today we’ve again gathered the latest posters to come out for this week’s poster round-up.

Screen Rant’s wall this week now includes one-sheets for The Princess and the Frog, Planet 51, Taking Woodstock, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Blood Creek, Moon, Tooth Fairy, Yes Men Fix The World, Pandorum, Dread, Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant.

Let’s get to it.

To start, here’s the new poster for The Princess and the Frog thanks to our friends at Latino Review – Note the classic and beautifully hand-drawn art for Disney’s next addition to its 2D library:

The Princess and the Frog opens December 11, 2009.

Source: Latino Review

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Fantastic Mr. Fox Featurette

Heath McKnight — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:16:24 +0000

A small featurette about the making of Fantastic Mr. Fox has debuted online, giving us some clues as to how director Wes Anderson (Rushmore) and his crew used old-school stop-motion animation to bring the Roald Dahl classic to life.

This is more cool promotion to help make audiences aware of the film, opening in just two months on November 13, 2009. Take a look at the featurette, which was narrated by actor Jason Schwartzman, who plays Ash, the son of Mr. Fox (played by George Clooney).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdIyxrlzDN8

I think it’s pretty cool and really shows Anderson taking his usual hands-on approach to directing. Some of the things that really stood out for me, beside the old-school style of filmmaking, was seeing the actors do all their voices “in ...

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New Posters: The Road, 2012, Where The Wild Things Are & More!

Rob Keyes — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:42:30 +0000

Happy Friday everyone! Today we have gathered the latest biggest and best posters for this week’s poster round-up.

Screen Rant’s wall this week now includes new one-sheets for Where the Wild Things Are, Fantastic Mr.Fox, 2012, The Road, Gamer, Bad Lieutenant and a pair of comedies: The Invention of Lying and Couples Retreat.

For the horror fans out there, we also have some fan-made posters for the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, and as a little bonus, the first official photo for Saw VI.

Let’s get to it…

To start this week’s set, here’s the brand new poster for the heart-filled fantasy, Where the Wild things Are.

Where the Wild ...

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Wes Anderson’s ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ Trailer

Heath McKnight — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:58:40 +0000

They’ve finally released the trailer for Fantastic Mr. Fox, director Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic story, and Anderson’s first full foray into stop-motion animation. Previously, his film The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou featured a bit of stop-motion work.

Anyway, I just watched the trailer and I have to say that I’m not blown away by it. This isn’t that great of a trailer, though I will never hang a movie from the gallows based on a bad trailer. But it does make me wonder: If a viewer goes into this cold, without knowing much of Anderson’s work, what would they think? At any rate, you can see some “Anderson trademarks” displayed in this film. I’ll talk about them after you watch the trailer:

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Fox Searchlight To Distribute Fantastic Mr. Fox

Paul Young — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:53:05 +0000

20th Century Fox hasn’t been very fortunate in the past few years with its theatrical releases (X-men 3, anyone?), which is why they may have decided to release the animated film Fantastic Mr. Fox under their indie division Fox Searchlight.

Searchlight has had a recent string of hits including, Napoleon Dynamite, Juno, The Wrestler and this year’s Oscar powerhouse Slumdog Millionaire, so this could turn out to be a very shrewd move for the studio and the filmmakers. It also gives audiences a chance to see what the directors and producers can do on their own without a lot of meddling by Fox, which takes a more “hands off” approach with Searchlight.

Fantastic Mr. Fox is based on the novel of same name, written by Roald Dahl and directed by Wes Anderson. Dahl also wrote the classic ...

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