Punch Drunk Critics

Win passes to an advance screening of the ultimate party movie, Project X!

2012-02-25T20:00:00.002-05:00

From producer Todd Phillips, the guy who brought you the insanity of The Hangover and Old School, comes the party movie some are saying is like Superbad on crack! Project X follows three friends who hope to make names for themselves by throwing the ultimate bash, but the night quickly spirals out of control as more and more people show up. Midgets in the oven? Yeah, it gets pretty crazy! Due

Trailer Time: 'Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope', directed by Morgan Spurlock

2012-02-23T09:04:00.002-05:00

Nerd alert! Nerd alert! Your women are safe, but please keep all copies of Uncanny X-men #266 under locked glass! San Diego Comic-Con is like the holy mecca for nerds of all stripes. As someone who has been reading comic books for nearly three decades now, I remember when the annual event started. Back then it was basically a few hundred hardcore geeks, gushing about how cool Jim Lee's version

New poster and trailer for Pixar's 'Brave'!

2012-02-23T08:14:00.000-05:00

Pixar's upcoming fairy tale, Brave, has gone through a lot of changes along the way. Originally titled The Bow and the Bear, Brenda Chapman came up with the idea for the Scottish set story, and was set to direct. It made sense, having one of animation's female vets tackling Pixar's first feature with a female lead. Then the glass ceiling came crashing down around her, and she was fired about

Warner Brothers plots live-action manga 'Bleach'; Peter Segal to produce and may direct

2012-02-22T23:36:00.001-05:00

Warner Brothers is persistent. You have to give them that. After the year long debacle that was their live-action Akira, now cooling on ice for the foreseeable future, the studio is dead set on getting a manga into theaters somehow. They've decided to take a different route this time, but with no less popular a property, as Variety reports Warner Brothers has scooped up the film rights to Tite

Trailer Time: 'American Reunion', starring Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannnigan

2012-02-22T21:32:00.000-05:00

It's funny how things change. Back in 1999 when American Pie reinvigorated the teen sex comedy, it did so with a raunch and spirit that reminded us of the Porky's style movies of the 70s and 80s. While the franchise diluted itself over the years with bad DVD spinoffs, the gang is getting back together again for American Reunion. Looking much older and less vigorous, the franchise now looks like

Scrat parodies 'The Artist' in the latest 'Ice Age: Continental Drift' featurette

2012-02-22T20:52:00.000-05:00

Nothing against Michael Hazanavicius or Jean Dujardin, but I'd much rather watch Scrat and his eternal quest for the elusive acorn than sit through The Artist again. But hey, that's just me. The latest featurette for Ice Age: Continental Drift is a total riff on the hit silent movie homage, poking a little fun at the film which is sure to dominate the Academy Awards this weekend. The clip

William Fichtner takes the villain role in 'The Lone Ranger'

2012-02-22T20:33:00.000-05:00

William Fichtner? Kick ass actor. Period. There's never a time where his presence doesn't make a film better in some way, whether he's playing a cavalier demon accountant in Drive Angry, or desperate TV producer Phil Yagoda on Entourage, Fichtner is always good for a laugh. Now he'll put that talent to good use for Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp's big screen take on The Lone Ranger. Just a

Edgar Wright to direct Johnny Depp in big screen version of 'The Night Stalker'

2012-02-22T19:50:00.000-05:00

Fans of Edgar Wright have probably grown a little frustrated with him at this point, as the fan favorite director has become really good at keeping the progress of his upcoming films well hidden. It's been awhile since his Scott Pilgrim vs. the World bombed in theaters, and ever since then it's basically been three projects people have been keeping a close eye on. One was The Adventures of

Former 'Spartacus' star Jai Courtney is John McClane's son in 'A Good Day to Die Hard'

2012-02-22T18:17:00.000-05:00

There were a ton of names angling hard for the role of John McClane's son in the fifth Die Hard film, A Good Day to Die Hard. For good reason, as it's a high profile franchise gig with the opportunity to share screen time with Bruce Willis. But more than that, there's always the potential of a spinoff, as Willis isn't getting any younger. Last October we learned that Fox was looking at a number

Anchor Bay taking 'Battle Royale' around the country!

2012-02-22T10:24:00.000-05:00

Oh glorious day! There are few movies, in particularly foreign imports, that have attained the level of controversy and cult following as Battle Royale. Originally released back in 2000 and based on the acclaimed novel by Koushin Takami, the story takes place in an alternate totalitarian version of Japan, in which the worst classes from the worst schools are forced to fight and kill each other

Sure Shots: Shannon Woodward; Guillermo Del Toro; 'The Night Circus'

2012-02-22T09:37:00.001-05:00

* Shannon Woodward(Raising Hope, Man of the House) has joined the cast of Adult World, a comedy starring Emma Roberts as an Ivy League grad who takes a job at an adult bookstore to make ends meet. Woodward will play her best friend, a punk/goth anarchist who bonds with Roberts' character over their mutual rebellion. John Cusack and Evan Peters co-star, with Scott Coffey(Ellie Parker) directing.

Nash Edgerton and Jennifer Ehle join Kathryn Bigelow's Osama Bin Laden film

2012-02-22T08:50:00.000-05:00

At this point, Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal are basically rounding up the best character talent of the last few years for their still untitled Osama Bin Laden film. The internationally flavored ensemble already features Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler and Edgar Ramirez, but it's about to get even better if you can believe it. EW reports

Jeffrey Nachmanoff replaces Ed Zwick as director of 'American Assassin'

2012-02-22T08:15:00.001-05:00

This is how Hollywood works. Big name director becomes attached to a for-hire gig, then the opportunity to complete a passion project arises and suddenly there's a job opening. Such is the case with Ed Zwick(Love & Other Drugs), who was hired last June to helm an adaptation of American Assassin, based on Vince Flynn's best selling novels centered on unorthodox CIA agent Mitch Rapp. With Zwick's

'The Seventh Son' adds 'Man of Steel' villainess Antje Traue to the cast

2012-02-21T23:57:00.000-05:00

German actress Antje Traue has been acting for the better part of twelve years, but she didn't really start to make her mark over here until a couple of years ago in the bone dry sci-fi flick, Pandorum. Her big break won't really come until next year when she plays the evil Kryptonian, Faora, in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. With that franchise hopeful finally wrapping up principle production,

Jump back in time with the new 'Men in Black III' poster!

2012-02-21T23:18:00.000-05:00

What the hell is going on with Will Smith's face in this new Men in Black III poster? He looks weird, and he's got the jowls of an old James Earl Jones. Actually, he looks eerily similar to Josh Brolin, pictured behind him on the left. Maybe it's bad photoshopping, but whatever the case I hope the movie is better than the piss poor job done by the art team on some of these one-sheets. Despite

Michael Fassbender confirmed for Ridley Scott's 'The Counselor'; May start date eyed

2012-02-21T16:09:00.000-05:00

Good news on two fronts, as we have a more solid idea about the next projects for both Michael Fassbender and Ridley Scott. Just last week it was rumored that Fassbender was circling the lead role in The Counselor, based on an original screenplay from Cormac McCarthy. Ridley Scott was on board to direct, but he has so many films on the burner it was hard to tell exactly where this one would turn

Trailer Time: 'The Cold Light of Day', starring Henry Cavill and Bruce Willis

2012-02-21T15:28:00.001-05:00

What happens when Superman(Henry Cavill), John McClane(Bruce Willis) team up to take on Ripley(Sigourney Weaver) gone rogue? If it's in The Cold Light of Day, you get a film that looks like a blander version of Taken. Directed by Mabrouk El Mechri(JCVD), the film features Cavill as an American whose family is kidnapped by armed goons while on vacation. The only way to get them back is to join

'Parks and Recreation' star Nick Offerman joins Diablo Cody's directorial debut, 'Lamb of God'

2012-02-21T15:10:00.001-05:00

Admittedly, I've only seen a handful of Parks and Recreation episodes, usually on long airplane flights. Even then, Nick Offerman's overly masculine, libertarian Ron Swanson character proved to be show's true stand out....other than Aubrey Plaza's legs, that is. Offerman has used the show's success to bolster his Hollywood career, with two movies coming out next month alone. One is the Will

A dark and stormy new poster for Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie' has been revealed!

2012-02-21T14:39:00.000-05:00

After the last few years spent having his creativity restrained by adaptations of others' work, Tim Burton is finally back to putting his considerable imagination to work again with the release of Frankenweenie, the heartwarming tale of a boy and his loyal dog. Ok, heartwarming may not be the right word for it, but it's charming in a demented Tim Burton sorta way. Disney has released the first

For Your Consideration: Predicting the 2012 Oscar winners

2012-02-21T14:02:00.001-05:00

While John and I will be filming our own Academy Awards preview for this Friday, I thought it would be best to run through my personal choices on the site as well. To me, this year's Oscars has about as little drama as we've seen in a very long time. With 10 nominations, Michael Hazanacicius' silent film homage, The Artist, is just shy of Hugo for the lead, but for months the film has dominated

New photos from 'The Avengers' show the team doing nothing basically

2012-02-21T10:45:00.000-05:00

Last night I did a fair amount of complaining about the still photos Marvel keeps releasing for The Avengers. The reason is that they tend to be images of such cool superheroes as Iron Man(Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America(Chris Evans), and Thor(Chris Hemsworth) standing around their HQ staring at computer monitors. What's the point of showing us that? All it really accomplishes is giving us

Mark Millar says 'Kick-Ass 2' will shoot this summer. Yeah right.

2012-02-21T09:08:00.000-05:00

Why does anybody believe anything Mark Millar has to say about...well, anything? The comic book scribe behind such film adaptations as Wanted and Kick-Ass is basically a fountain of misinformation when it comes to the progression of future projects. Like last March when he told us Kick-Ass 2 was greenlit, then two weeks later it was revealed to be a lie? The film still isn't officially a go as

Blu-Ray Deal of the Day: The Godfather Collection(The Coppola Restoration) for $25

2012-02-21T07:43:00.001-05:00

For today only you can get what is generally considered to be the greatest trilogy ever in The Godfather, restored and remastered by Francis Ford Coppola and presented in a beautiful new Blu-Ray transfer. Order yours today and get all three movies for only $25, 60% off the regular price! Get yours now just by clicking here. And hurry, this deal is only good while supplies last!

Russell Crowe, Alex Proyas, Liev Schreiber, Toni Collette and more to direct anthology 'Sydney Unplugged'

2012-02-20T23:09:00.000-05:00

Have a thing for anthology movies expressing deep love for a specific major city in the world? Then you must've been pretty happy with the first two movies in the Cities of Love project: Paris, je t'aime and New York, I Love You. Both have their charms, and like most anthologies some segments work better than others, but they're cool because we get to see dozens of famous names and directors

Terrible new poster for Eddie Murphy's 'A Thousand Words'

2012-02-20T19:35:00.000-05:00

Muhahahahaha! And you thought Tower Heist was going to be Eddie Murphy's big comeback, didn't you? While he may have been the best thing about that Ben Stiller ensemble comedy, it was a pretty low bar, and Murphy doesn't look to be following it up with anything worth a squirt. His next dreadful looking comedy is A Thousand Words, and all you really need to know is that it was directed by the guy