If there was ever a film that was suited to the twisted vision of Tim Burton, this is it. I'm not the biggest Burton fan and some of what I've seen in the trailer doesn't quite work for me (the Red Queen's head is so huge it looks cartoonish), but overall this is bound to be a feast for the senses and probably the closest a screen version will get to the source mater

The reason this is "all the way down" at #9 is because it is only available on Blu-ray and I have been informed by top secret sources that not everybody has a Blu-ray player (it's worth it). Having said that, Zack Snyder's "In-Movie Experience" commentary is one of the most unique and in-depth looks at a movie ever made. I'll let the director speak for it by quoting his introduction over the film's opening credits just moments after walking into fr

Starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and several other stars featured in other big films next year, this 1930s-style crime and dime movie should be awesome. Little has been shown so far, but we have high expectations from the cast and story al

While most people buy a DVD or Blu-ray and first watch the movie, some go straight for the commentaries. This may sound strange to you, but once you start listening to the directors, actors, and producers speak about their film, you get a chance to not only learn about the filmmaking process, but have a few laughs as w

The crux of the matter hinges on something in the movie industry known as "putting a film in turnaround." Turnaround is basically a way for a studio that owns the rights to a property (in this case, Fox ownership of Watchmen ) to "release" a project and allow another studio to make a film based on that prope

Of course the studio which owns Read the Full Guide rights does not give this away for free, but depending on the specific arrangement either sells or "leases" the right to the other studio - in essence keeping a string attached which will allow them to recoup the cost of acquiring the property and possibly any development costs they've put into it, plus inter

In 2001 Universal took a shot at making the film with Darren Aronofsky ( Requiem for a Dream ) as director with Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levin producing a script written by David Hayter ( X-Men, X-Men 2 ). What killed THAT deal was the fact the Universal Studios did not want to entrust such a huge production to Hayter, who wanted to direct the film with Gordon's bless

The format of the film is such that you don't get to know some of the characters until you're pretty deep into the film. We don't get to see the pre-Dr. Manhattan Jon Osterman until we're probably over an hour into the film. The movie jumps around quite a bit, and I don't know how that will go over with people who aren't familiar with the original story. It seems to me that perhaps some license should have been taken with the structure of the film considering the fact that the original story took place in 12 separate comic book issues spread over the course of an entire year. But if you know the story, this won't bother you at

"I don't want to tempt fate. But Mark (Millar) and I over a couple of beers came up with one of the funniest, coolest idea for a sequel that we would only be able to get away with if the film does well. We'd sort of dial it up to eleven, shall we s

Considering many of you may be in the dark about this wonderful gem hidden in the depths (just change the audio track) of your DVD or Blu-ray, I'm here to enlighten you as you continue on your path of movie-watching greatness. So, let's take a look at my ten favorite commentary tracks that I think you have to h

The problem is - I can't "unremember" the book in order to give you the point of view of someone coming to the film with little knowledge of the story, and I'm not so into it that I can compare it detail by detail to the book - so take this review for what it's worth. Some of you will end up agreeing with me and others will probably call me an idiot... such is the life of a guy who runs a movie webs

Green Hornet made it onto the list just on morbid curiosity. I'm a big fan of the 60s TV series and was hoping to see a serious take on it on the big screen. However the production has not been smooth to say the least with apparent differences of opinion between Seth Rogen, director Michael Gondry and Stephen Chow (who eventually left the production altogether), production delays, script changes, etc. We'll see what the final product looks like at the end of 2

It seems that Lawrence Gordon gave Warner Bros. the go-ahead to shoot the film. WB figures he owns the turnaround rights, so they're golden (of course this doesn't explain why they didn't do some due diligence on the situation with a crack team of lawye

Now Fox is taking Warner Bros to court, and it looks like the date may be as late as June 2009 (three months after the target release date for the film) and the trial is set to begin on January 6th, 2009 (two months before the release da