Many people think that a movie needs to avoid an R-rating in order to become a blockbuster. Most recent top earners have followed that dictum, with only four R-rated movies among last year's top 25 at the box office. Zack Snyder's 300 was a defiant exception in 2007, earning more than $456 million w...

Ever know one of those guys who's always working? Well, if you were able to list their output the same way you could film directors, they would look something like the resumes of these guys. Once the number of movies gets up in the hundreds, it's hard to count because the IMDB starts to list things ...

Damn. I like these two. It's a shame they got swindled by Bernie Madoff's $50 billion Ponzi scheme. Bacon's rep, Allen Eichorn, confirmed to New York Magazine, "Unfortunately, your report is true," he wrote. He wouldn't elaborate on whether, as we'd heard, they'd lost everything except for their che...

Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fandom, Steven Spielberg, Obits, Cinematical Seven Make-up, animatronics and effects legend Stan Winston passed away on Sunday at the too-young age of 62. In memoriam, Cinematical humbly presents this list of the man's most enduring achievements. Some of my most tr...

Filed under: Action, Paramount, Theatrical Reviews, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels Everyone's favorite whip-cracking archaeologist is back, and I found myself trying to keep a very even keel as the lights went down for Indiana Jones' latest series of exploits: On one hand I didn't want to...

Filed under: Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals, Tech Stuff, Exhibition, Dreamworks, Steven Spielberg There's been a flurry of buzz around theatrical 3-D lately, perhaps because James Cameron has come out of hiding to talk a bit about Avatar . (If you haven't yet read this interview with the Kin...

Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Paramount, Fandom, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Remakes and Sequels Matt from Premiere.com has landed a whopper of an interview, talking to John Hurt at length about his role in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . Hurt is, of co...