Awesome Movies

Al Pacino as Wolverine. Sammy Davis Jr. as Mr. Pink. Pam Grier as Ellen Ripley. Illustrator Peter Stults likes to make posters of today’s movies as if they were released decades ago. More on Peter’s Behance page.

Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Firth star in this adaptation of Mark Millar, Matthew Vaughn and Dave Gibbons’ comic book, which is basically a bastardized take on James Bond. Yep, that’s Millar all right.

Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo star in a thriller based on the tragic events involving American amateur wrestlers Dave and Mark Schultz and their sponsor John du Pont. Directed by Bennett Miller (Moneyball, Capote).

The second trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy has more action-packed scenes in outer space. It also offers the briefest of glimpses at the Nova Corps, as well as villains Ronan the Accuser and Nebula. Original video here.

(NSFW: Language) Tony Zhou sheds light on Steven Spielberg’s long takes – scenes shot continuously with one camera. Instead of calling attention to the technique, Spielberg uses it to flow seamlessly between actors’ movements.

“We must confront the reality that nothing in our solar system can help us.” Matthew McConaughey plays a pilot forced to leave Earth and his family in order to help save mankind. Also starring Michael Caine and Anne Hathaway.

A full scale invasion threatens Earth, and not even Optimus Prime and Marky Mark can stop it. They need a dragon – er, a dinosaur. Michael Bay creates another whirlwind of fire and shrapnel in Transformers 4: Age of Extinction.

(Gore) Set in a new Ice Age, Snowpiercer sees an elite few ruling over the mass of surviving humans aboard a massive train. Even in our last hours, humanity will find a way to be a bunch of a-holes. U.S. premiere on 6/27.

Despite attempts to reach a peaceful end to the conflict with Caesar and his brethren, balance between man and primate is not to be, and two species are brought to the brink of war. And the apes have been working on their vocabulary.

More hair-raising footage from the upcoming installment of the bestselling manga series’ live-action adaptation. It appears that the movie will be split into two parts. We wholeheartedly approve of that decision.

Amy Poehler and Paul Rudd star in a romantic comedy about a couple whose love story sounds like a bunch of romantic comedies smashed into one. This will either be really funny or a sad parody of itself. Original video on BuzzFeed.

Screen Junkies takes on Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, which was worse than The Hobbit in that it told the same story three times, and of course featured one of the worst scenes to come out of Hollywood: emo Peter Parker dancing.

(NSFW: Language, Gore) Cracked’s After Hours talks about some of the stereotypes and cliches that persist in Hollywood movies and some American TV shows. Some of them are offensive while some are weird and barely noticeable.

“A monster? No, a god.” The latest trailer for the Godzilla reboot acknowledges what many geeks have suspected: the king of the monsters isn’t the only kaiju on the block. Speaking of which, Pacific Rim x Godzilla needs to happen.

Calm the Ham follows up its Filmography of Cars poster with one that lists a hundred years of aviation in film. You can also pledge to get a Collector’s Book that has large versions of the 66 aircraft illustrations and more.

A film 12 years in the making. Writer and director Richard Linklater filmed Boyhood intermittently, waiting for his actors – and the world – to age in real life so that they’ll match the progression of their characters in the movie.

PBS Idea Channel ponders if you can intentionally make a film like Troll 2 – a movie so awful it’s become beloved. They ponder upon it six minutes more than necessary, but at least you’ll get a laugh and a new word out of it.

The new trailer for Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame to Kill For sees gravel-throated men grumbling about their broken hearts – and faces – juxtaposed with the alluring beauty of Jessica Alba and Eva Green.

A parody title sequence by Louis Paquet. If Wes Anderson directed Forrest Gump, it wouldn’t be like a box of chocolates – we’ll know exactly what we’re going to get. Also that box would not have moved an millimeter.

A young girl disappears without a trace. Eight years later an online broadcast shows her alive but still held captive, while her parents find out that they’re being watched. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Rosario Dawson and Scott Speedman.

In Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno, a group of student activists travel to the Amazon to save a tribe from extinction. When their plane crashes in the jungle, they become food for the very same tribe. So… mission accomplished?

(NSFW: Language, Gore) …aka 12 movies to look up on Netflix. CineFix lists the best scenes shot in a single take, masterminded by the likes of Scorsese, De Palma, Cuaron and Welles. True Detective should win honorable mention.

(NSFW: Language) “This may be our last chance at doing something that doesn’t matter.” As a final stand against adulthood, a  flag football team reunites for one more tourney in Intramural, a sports movie parody.