We’re Just As Surprised By Our Pick of the Week As You Are

By Rob Hunter Plus 14 More New Releases to Watch This Week on Blu-ray/DVD! Welcome to this week in home video! Click the title to buy a Blu-ray/DVD from Amazon and help support FSR in the process! Pick of the Week Kidnap What is it? A woman’s son is kidnapped,...

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‘House of Cards’ Suspends Production On Its Final Season

By Victor Stiff Netflix halts production after the Kevin Spacey scandal. Netflix’s flagship series, House of Cards, is making headlines for the third time in 24 hours. After Anthony Rapp’s allegations against House of Cards actor, Kevin Spacey, came to light,...

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That Time Orson Welles Hijacked Halloween and The American Consciousness

By Cooper Peltz How the mind behind Citizen Kane went a little too hard for Halloween. Orson Welles yelled “fire!” in a crowded theater, and he parlayed the publicity from the panic into one of the most successful careers in entertainment ever. The Mercury...

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All Gassed Up: Celebrating The Chase in ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’

By Geoff Todd An in-depth analysis of one of the most terrifying chase scenes ever committed to film. He nearly lost an eye while filming one of the greatest chase scenes in cinema history. Daniel Pearl was laying on a dolly track, filming an icon in the making...

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Austin Film Festival: Change is Tragedy in ‘Roman J. Israel Esquire’

By Natalie Mokry The newest thriller from the Academy Award-nominated writer does not disappoint. When thinking of a suspenseful film, it’s easy to jump to thoughts of mysteries and murders, and while this film has all of that, it also shows that sometimes...

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Hayao Miyazaki’s New Last Film Now Has a Title

By Sheryl Oh Of all the people who can’t stay retired, he’s one of our favorites. Earlier this year, it was announced that Hayao Miyazaki was officially out of retirement with a new full-length movie project. Over the weekend, the title of that film was finally...

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The Mind of a Master: Learning To Plan Through Tarkovsky’s Shot Lists

By Jacob Oller Finding patterns in logistics and aesthetics. Andrei Tarkovsky has created some of the most beautiful shots in cinema, even if they serve workmanlike purposes that might not hold the same striking quality as a stark Roger Deakins wide shot. Achieving...

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[The Daily] Hitch, Hooper, Romero, and More

In the latest entry in Reverse Shot’s symposium on time, Julien Allen proposes that “perhaps the most compelling display of Hitchcock’s bravura in Psycho [1960] occurs during one of its least discussed sequences, in which Norman Bates (Anthony . . . Read More ...

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Paramount’s ‘Pet Sematary’ Adaptation Has Found Its Directors

By Sheryl Oh Another big Stephen King movie is being brought to life. Variety has the scoop that Paramount is moving forward with their long-gestating adaptation of Pet Sematary with directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer. Tapping into promising indie...

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AFF Review: James Franco IS Tommy Wiseau in 'The Disaster Artist'

There's nothing like The Room, right? A film so bad it's so good. The Disaster Artist is an attempt to tell the story about the making of Tommy Wiseau's The Room, and the friendship behind it, and their dream to become famous, and make a movie that everyone would...

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Give ‘Em The Evil Eye: Horror Films and Eye Contact

By Jacob Oller Jeepers Creepers, where’d you get those peepers? There’ve been some truly terrifying figures created through film and one of the most important aspects in creature creation is in the eyes. They’re the window to the soul, so they should represent...

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Several New ‘House Of Cards’ Series Are In Development

By Victor Stiff Are you ready for the House of Cards shared universe? Yesterday Netflix announced they will wrap up their flagship show, House of Cards, after its upcoming sixth season. House of Cards fans shouldn’t fret over the announcement. For a moment it...

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11 ‘Homemade’ Costumes: Or, Sew Like The Wind Because Halloween Is Here

By William Dass If I’ve learned one thing from this, it’s that you should always be yourself. And yourself should always be a World War I Flying Ace. Happy Halloween! Do you do an apostrophe in there? That’s cool. Happy Hallowe’en! That’s a contraction for All...

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The Duffer Brothers Talk Post-‘Stranger Things 2’ Plans

By Sheryl Oh The duo behind the Netflix smash hit explains how the ending of ‘Stranger Things 2’ sets up the show’s third season. The second season of Stranger Things, or Stranger Things 2, has been out for less than a week. But whether we’ve already binged the...

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Full International Trailer for Nimród Antal's 'The Whiskey Robber' Film

"Viszkis was one of the most famous bank robbers in Hungary. He drank whiskey before every robbing. This is his story." An official trailer has debuted for a film titled The Whiskey Robber, also known as The Whiskey Bandit or A Viszkis in Hungarian. This is the...

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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Brings Much-Needed Zaniness (and Closure) to the MCU

By Matthew Monagle Just when you thought the MCU was out of surprises, director Taika Waititi and company deliver one of the best superhero movies of the decade. These days a brand new Marvel can feel somewhat like an obligation. Just like a long-running television...

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