Weekend Weigh-in: Free For All

In lieu of a specific topic this week, we're opening the WWi to all of you to ask, discuss or vent about anything you want. Probably movie-related, of course.

Watchin' Trailerz with Doug (August 30)

By now, we've all heard that Benjamin Geza Affleck has been cast as the new Batman (in a crazy 13-movie deal?). Here's a fan-made trailer for the upcoming (2015!) Batman vs. Superman film, which the whole internet is going [wait for it] batshit crazy over. I am less impressed. What do you think?

Netflix This Movie! Vol. 40

 Can you guys believe we've done 40 of these things?

I'll Watch Anything: Patrick Watches Super Mario Bros.

by Patrick Bromley

The poster says it: This ain't no game! Yes, but it's also not quite a movie.

10 Teen Movies That Are Better Than You Think

by Patrick Bromley

Sure, we all love Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Breakfast Club. But where is the love for these teen movies?

On Edgar Wright, Cornetto and The World's End

Patrick and Erich Asperschlager have more to say about Edgar Wright's latest movie.

Riske Business: Going Back to the Video Store for 30 Days

Like most of my friends and colleagues in the F This Movie! community, I’m prone to bouts of nostalgia when it comes to the way I used to watch movies. It’s hard not to romanticize experiences from the past because you came to them with a lot less baggage as a young person. I would also venture to guess that people like me, who are nostalgic, don’t like change very much. With nostalgia very much in mind, I tried an experiment over the last 30 days: I only rented movies from Family Video (AMERICA!), a local video store chain that acts as the last man standing in the brick and mortar home video market around where I live. No Redbox, YouTube, Netflix or Video On Demand. Was going back a video store a magical trip down memory lane?

F This Movie! Episode 4

Patrick and Doug answer viewer mail in the first-ever installment of "Ask F This Movie!"

Heath Holland On...3-D!

This week’s column was made possible by: a conversation I had with my wife on the couch, a generous contribution from Dramamine, and readers like you! Heath Holland On…was written before a live studio audience.

F This Movie! - The World's End

Patrick, JB and Adam Riske are the Five Musketeers.

Weekend Weigh-in: What is Your Favorite Actor/Director Pairing?

The only thing better than a movie with people you like is a movie with people you like working together.

Watchin' Trailerz with Doug (Aug. 23)

This week, Bad Robot Productions released a mysterious trailer for something called Stranger. Take a look, won't you? Is it a movie? A video game? An Albert Camus "Choose Your Own Adventure"? All of the above? I DON'T KNOW STOP HOUNDING ME! Listen, J.J. Abrams is a master at viral marketing (see Cloverfield), and a decent technical director (although I'm still waiting for him to direct a truly well-written project, because fuck you Damon Lindelof). But my patience is wearing thin for these slick, yet ultimately hollow, teasers. The "Isn't this cool?" vibe that his camp perfected in the mid-2000s as we anticipated new episodes of Lost now only serves to infuriate me. But I'm a bitter old man, and Lost is almost a decade old. Now isn't THAT something.

Netflix This Movie! Vol. 39

You should be at the movie theater this weekend. There's finally good stuff out. While you're waiting for your movie to start, stream one of these.

Riske Business: The Summer Movie Stock Market

Who had a good summer at the movies? Who hit the skids? What trends are on the rise? Which are sucking wind? I sat down with Jaden Smith and, using multidimensional mathematics, we found the special equation to get our summer movie answers. It was tough. We had to develop a whole new set of mathematics to get to these equations because our mathematics hasn’t evolved enough yet. Anyways, it was a really fun sleepover party. Brody Jenner was there. Bai Ling. Cash bar! Patterns, boom.

Review: You're Next

by Patrick Bromley

Stop looking for the next great horror movie. Here it is.

Heath Holland On...Finding John Wayne Through The Searchers

One Blu-ray player: $75. One copy of The Searchers on lu-ray: $7.99. Finding out you were wrong about John Wayne: priceless.

Review: The Spectacular Now

by Adam Riske

The Spectacular Now is a challenging movie and one you should seek out. I’ve been trying to reconcile my feelings about it for a while. It’s centered on one of the most frustrating lead characters I can remember seeing in a movie. The movie wisely presents him as is and lets you decide. I’ve seen the movie twice and I still can’t.

Director Essentials: Albert Pyun

by Patrick Bromley

Albert Pyun has made his last movie.

F This Movie! Episode 3

Patrick and Doug celebrate the 15th anniversary of one of the all-time great movies.

Mark Ahn Knows Kung-fu: The Legend of Fong Sai-yuk

The onslaught of stubbornly grim doom from this summer’s movies aside, most of us are still open to enjoying the pleasures of a tall tale, well told.

F This Movie! - Kick-Ass 2

Patrick and Doug kick the ass of Kick-Ass 2.

Weekend Weigh-in: What Movie Do You Want Released on DVD and Blu-ray?

It's ok. You can tell us.

Watchin' Trailerz with Doug (Aug. 16)

Kind of a down week for trailerz. I know -- I'm just as surprised as you! Because trailerz are the best! Who has two thumbs and loves trailerz? Hint: THIS GUY (my thumbs are pointing to my chest).
Trailerz: it's what's for dinner!

Netflix This Movie! Vol. 38

Sure, we love owning movies. But we're ok with streaming them sometimes, too. Here are the ones you should stream this weekend.

Heavy Action: The Taking of Beverly Hills

by Patrick Bromley

Holy shit, have you guys seen The Taking of Beverly Hills? Just kidding! No one has seen it.

Heath Holland On...Touchin' It

It’s important to wrap your fingers around it as often as possible.

10 Movies That Should Have Launched a Franchise

Hollywood makes a lot of sequels. Just not the right sequels.

F This Movie! - Kuffs Commentary

Patrick puts his money where his mouth is and finally talks his way through his feelings about the Christian Slater cop comedy Kuffs.

F This Movie! Episode 2

Patrick and Doug take to the skies in the second installment of our new web series.

Review: Elysium (Alex's Take)

I’m glad movies like Elysium exist. In a lot of ways, writer-director Neill Blomkamp’s second feature crystallizes a concept that is at once plainly obvious and yet always in need of more analytical thought: Making a good movie is god damn hard, man.

Riske Business: The Hall of Kick-Ass Vol. 3

Aw, yeah! Part III. The one where we start jumping the shark, just like The Godfather, Scream and 
Spider-Man.

Weekend Weigh-in: Are Some Movies Better Suited for the Small Screen?

Blasphemy, right?

Watchin' Trailerz wtih Doug (Aug. 9)

Is anyone going to see Planes today? Anyone? Charlie?

Netflix This Movie! Vol. 37

Things are (mostly) dark this week. Watch them all, but maybe also pet a dog or something.

Riske Business: Music & the Movies with Special Guest Mark Ahn

In the best collaboration since Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan in Proof of Life, Mark and I sat down to discuss our thoughts on music and movies. You could say Mark is even Taken by the topic. I’m Taken, 2.

Review: Passion

by Patrick Bromley

Passion is a movie only a Brian De Palma apologist could love. I am a Brian De Palma apologist. So why don't I love it?

I'll Watch Anything!: JB Watches Song of the South

Funny story: Adam Riske and I attended the recent G-Fest in Rosemont, Illinois. Stepping up to one of the ubiquitous bootleg DVD dealer tables, Adam picked up a copy of Disney’s Song of the South, savored its questionable legality, and whispered, “I am going to buy this for you because I want to read what you have to say about it.”

Here you go, Adam.

Heath Holland On...Director's Cuts, Extended Editions, Retailer Exclusives, Oh My!

Every movie needs five different versions on DVD.

F This Movie! Episode 1

Introducing our new video series!

Like You Were There: Adam Riske at the Edgar Wright Double Feature

On Friday, August 2nd, Mike Pomaro and I went to see a double feature of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz at the glorious Music Box Theatre in Chicago. Edgar Wright was in attendance to introduce the movies and he brought Simon Pegg and Nick Frost along for an extremely funny Q&A. Care to relive the evening with us? 

F This Movie! - The State of Horror

Patrick welcomes Dread Central's Heather Wixson (aka The Horror Chick) for a discussion of horror movies, the future of the genre and the merits of The Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf.

Watchin' Trailerz with Doug (Aug. 2)

It's Friday! Yay! Let's celebrate by watching this fan-made Pacific Rim trailer recut in the style of a Toho Godzilla movie.

Netflix This Movie! Vol. 36

Heavy dramas, cartoons and Christian Slater. We always give you variety.

It Came from the '80s: Conan the Destroyer

by Patrick Bromley

Conan the Destroyer is the Conan movie for kids. Somehow it still has fountains of blood, graphic beheadings, inappropriate sexuality and Arnold Schwarzenegger's hammiest acting this side of Mr. Freeze. Ah, the '80s.

Riske Business: Songs From Movies That I Love but Probably Shouldn't (Vol. 1)

This is going to get ugly.