Archive for September, 2009

Freddy's back!

The trailer for New Line’s remake of Wes Craven’s 1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street is now available.

Director: Samuel Bayer – Starring: Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children, The Watchmen)

Bloody-Disgusting.com, we find, offers the best quality of both the normal and HD versions of the trailer. Check them out!

Freddy returns to theaters 4/30/2010.

Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, and Kristen Wiig in "Whip It"

Comingsoon.net has posted a short interview with director of Whip It Drew Barrymore and the film’s stars Ellen Page and Juliette Lewis. Although the article is only a few questions long, they’re interesting because they seem to accurately reveal the tone of the roller derby film. The sport is full of some pretty tough women, and these stars express their admiration for that toughness, along with some other notable characteristics of the “world” of roller derby.

Being that not much is being written about the independent Whip It even though it releases this Friday, this short interview is worth a look if you’re considering seeing the film.

Fun Fact: Whip It is Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut.

In an article posted by Variety.com it appears that now more than ever – and even more so for the future – movie audiences in the United States rely more on the internet for getting movie reviews, info, and social opinion than anywhere else.

Many of you might consider this conclusion to be confirmation of a suspicion you already had, but for marketing executives it will no doubt prove to be quite useful. The article breaks down the survey, which was conducted by surveying 1,547 moderate-to-heavy moviegoers over eight days in July, with an additional 2,305 questioned by phone or online during the entire month of July. Nielsen NRG managed the research fieldwork, with AOL, Facebook, Fandango, Google, Microsoft, MovieTickets.com and Yahoo agreeing to be enlisted to supply data for the study. Read the rest of this entry »