Sam Raimi Reviews, Interviews & More
For whatever reason Warner Brothers delayed the release of Cloud Atlas until now, which is surprising as it came out in October, and most films have a four to five month window before the hit home video. Well, we're glad it's here. It's a very strong week for catalog titles as well, so check out what's hitting this week.
With the news that Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead remake would be getting its very own Evil Dead 2, and that Sam Raimi’s own original franchise would be getting an Army of Darkness 2 (following his original Evil Dead 1, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness, a.k.a.,...
Disney didn't waste any time last week, and quickly announced that there would be a sequel to the sort-of-prequel Oz the Great and Powerful. The Sam Raimi-directed fantasy is the first big money-maker of the 2013, so Disney would be foolish to skip out on this cash cow. Obviously. While we don't know where the story will go next, Mr. Raimi has already announced his retirement...
Sam Raimi steps outside his comfort zone for Oz: The Great and Powerful. The director alongside James Franco leads this colorful prequel to 1939's The Wizard of Oz. Based on L. Frank Baum's novels, the film is a funny, heartwarming and worthy entry into the Oz series.
So after receiving moderate to solid reviews, and tracking projecting a possible $100 million weekend, Disney has already begun prepping a sequel to Sam Raimi’s Wizard of Oz prequel, Oz the Great and Powerful, meaning that we likely have to spend another two to three years not seeing films from Raimi like Evil Dead or...
It's surprising that a film that - on the surface - seemed like a "don't touch" remake of a horror classic has become one of our most anticipated films of the year, but such is Evil Dead, Fede Alvarez‘s take on the classic low-budget Sam Raimi film. We're still a couple weeks away from the film's release, but now there's new images and a new poster to get us...
Sam Raimi's Oz: The Great and Powerful looks to be following in the tradition of a number of recent films that have tried to update classic fairy tales (or fairy tale movies) for a new generation. And moreso than the previous directors of these films, Raimi has become an old master at this point. Now there's a clip that shows how he brings new effects to a very...
Haven’t seen the new red band trailer for Fede Alvarez’s remake of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead yet? Well, we can save you some time: imagine a three-minute geyser exploding with blood, and just behind that explosion of bloody goo, you can kind of see a movie playing on a screen. That’s the trailer. Not enough for you? Ok, well check it out after the jump. ...
If someone told you that Sam Raimi was directing a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, one of the most beloved films of all time, and said prequel would star James freaking Franco of all people as the Wizard, you’d balk, right? After all, Raimi is an incredible director, but Franco as the Wizard? Well, it looks like Raimi’s gambit may have paid off as—despite my...
The big title for new films this week is the Friday launch of The Amazing Spider-Man, which was the least successful of the three big comic book movies of the summer – though that still means the film made piles of cash. Classics-wise, Universal is unleashing their big box set noting their hundred years making movies, on top of some classics and a film about kicking...
It's strange to think about how not-so-secretly excited we are to see Sam Raimi's Oz: The Great and Powerful. Here we were, sitting at our computers pondering about other things when suddenly BAM, the first trailer hits. Since then we've been anxious to see what else the House of Mouse will churn out in promotions for the upcoming fantasy...
WARNING: This is definitely, definitely not safe for work.
Well, this certainly is… arresting. The Evil Dead remake has elicited some internet groaning from fans—the original is perfect, so why remake it?—but after getting the thumbs up from original star Bruce Campbell, and from the looks...
UPDATE: Poltergeist remake writer David Lindsay-Abaire has taken to Twitter to announce that Sam Raimi will produce, but will not direct, the film. Well, that was fun while it lasted.
Well, if Poltergeist is going to get a remake—which it shouldn’t—this is probably the best possible way to go about it: after...
Another day, another bit of news about another unnecessary remake of a classic film. Today’s remake? Poltergeist. Yes, that Poltergeist. And the news? The remake now officially has a writer—the Pulitzer Price winning playwright behind Rabbit Hole (both the play and the film), as well as Dreamworks Animation’s Rise...
It’s still a bit of a touchy subject for some, but do you remember how you felt about Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace? How about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? The Godfather Part III? Well, you may not be surprised to know these and many more have been ranked in the Top 50 most disappointing movies...
Bruce Campbell is known for being a bit of a “straight shooter," and addressing his audience with a frankness that can be quite refreshing. So it was a good sign when we heard that he’s recently been raving about next year’s Evil Dead remake in an interview with Digital Spy.
Disney pulled out all the stops at their Comic-Con panel earlier today, showing off some of the best that they have to offer in the next year. One of those films happens to be Sam Raimi's upcoming fantasy film Oz, The Great and Powerful.
This week brings us the end of one of HBO’s most successful comedies this side of Arliss, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law doing their second Sherlock, and Nicolas Cage having another go at Ghost Rider, while Criterion has three different classics, and Sony hopes to get everyone ready for the new Spider-Man with some...
Apparently, Sony agrees with our earlier news post today in which I stated that mainstream cinema only has, essentially, six primary types-- films that Adam Sandler or Katherine Heigl would star in, films in 3-D, comic book adaptations, sequels, TV show adaptations, and genre vs. genre mashups—because they’ve let slip that they are working on a film that is both a comic book adaptation, a...
Though The Odd Life of Timothy Green and the nature film Chimpanzee had trailers shown (and Jennifer Garner talked briefly about Green), the majority of attention for Disney's live Actions films at D23 went to The Muppets and John Carter....
