Anton Yelchin

Blu-ray Review: 'Fright Night' – A Rare Remake That Does It Right

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Fans of Joss Whedon’s TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel should do themselves a favor and watch the Fright Night Blu-Ray/DVD. One of the former writers and producers of those shows, Marti Noxon wrote the screenplay for the modern remake and has everything you could want in a 100-minute vampire flick. It's bloody, [...]

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DVD Review: Fright Night, Catch .44, Carjacker and Maniac Cop

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A pumped-up remake of the same-named 1984 vampire horror-comedy, "Fright Night" represents a well oiled machine of goosed senses that unfortunately has no clearly defined motivating purposes, even within genre confines of its own story. Fun and engaging performances carry the movie a great distance, but it eventually bogs down courtesy of loosely defined stakes [...]

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Fright Night 2011 (Blu-ray / DVD)

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Reviewed by Uncle Creepy December 8th, 2011 Starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Toni Collette, Christopher Mintz-Plasse Directed by Craig Gillespie Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Okay, so let's pretend that we live in a world in which the original Tom Holland classic Fright Night does not exist. For the purpose of this [...]

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Movies opening in North Texas this weekend (November 4)

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I can almost smell the turkey. These movies open Friday, November 4 in North Texas in regular theatrical release: Tower Heist — Eddie Murphy gets a role that plays to his strengths (as an wisecracking street-wise thug), while Ben Stiller leads a gang of reluctant thieves in this comical caper film set against the background [...]

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Fright Night 3D

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While we patiently await our annual love bite from The Twilight Saga, which has re-invigorated the sex appeal of vampires on the big screen, director Craig Gillespie remakes a cult blood-sucking horror in the de rigueur 3D format. The 1985 version of Fright Night starring William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall was a surprise [...]

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Free Times: Movie Reviews – Fright Night Opens

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Opening This Week David Tennant plays vampire-hunter Peter Vincent in Fright Night. Fright Night ★★★1/2 Hey theaters: If you want us to pay extra for 3D movies — even fun, well-used 3D like Fright Night — stop making us experience them as though we were watching through pantyhose. That’s one of the few reasons to [...]

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Movies this week 08/18/2011

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Starting This Week "CONAN THE BARBARIAN" (Premiere 10) A warrior seeks vengeance for the destruction of his home. Fantasy adventure with Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman and Rose McGowan. R. 112 minutes. Not reviewed. "FRIGHT NIGHT" (PC-6) A teenager blames his neighbor for a string of unexplained deaths. Comedy horror with Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell and [...]

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San Diego Comic-Con 2011: Movie Guide

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Warning! This article is obscenely long due to my excessive raving of The Adventures of Tin-Tin and The Amazing Spider-man. I can’t help it, there was so much good material. The Adventures of Tin-Tin was definitely one of the best panels I ever attended. Read on to see what’s coming soon to a theater near [...]

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'Tintin,' 'The Raven,' and 'Amazing Spider-Man' fill Friday movie line-up at Comic-Con

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A comic-strip reporter and his dog, Edgar Allan Poe, and Spider-man walk into Hall H … Sounds like the makings of a Comic-Con joke, but it’s actually the film line-up for Day 2 – Friday, July 24 – at San Diego’s upcoming geekageddon: Comic-Con. Here’s the movie rundown: – 11:00-12:00 Director Steven Spielberg and producer [...]

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Emma Roberts Escapes To Carrera

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Emma Roberts keeps close to costar Freddie Highmore as they pose for a few pics during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival at The Samsung Galaxy Tab Lift on Monday (January 24) in Park City, Utah. After the Homework after party, the 19-year-old actress headed to the Carrera Escape Lounge. "I'm so happy," she dished after [...]

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Mel Gibson: New Mel Gibson Movie to Open in Theaters on March 23 Next Year

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MEL Gibson's next movie, The Beaver, finally has a release date. Summit Entertainment announced Wednesday that the flick — which is directed by Jodie Foster and stars Gibson as a troubled family man trying to cope with help from an unusual friend, a beaver puppet he wears on his hand — will open in limited [...]