Underworld: Awakening: CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:3

Deal Me Some Death, Baby: Kate Beckinsale does even more of what she does in UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING. The UNDERWORLD franchise’s...

Underworld: Awakening: CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:3

Beauty and the Beast (Capsules: The Divide; Tangled Ever After): CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:2

The Romance Will Poke Yer Eyes Out!: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST is now enhanced with 3D. Does...

Beauty and the Beast (Capsules: The Divide; Tangled Ever After): CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:2

Jennifer Yuh Nelson on Kung Fu Panda 2: Fantasy Film Podcast

Embrace the Po: Hong Kong action is celebrated in KUNG FU PANDA 2. So, there, that’s one New Years resolution out...

Jennifer Yuh Nelson on Kung Fu Panda 2: Fantasy Film Podcast
Underworld: Awakening: CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:3

Underworld: Awakening: CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:3

Deal Me Some Death, Baby: Kate Beckinsale does even more of what she does in UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING.
The UNDERWORLD franchise’s relentless, death-dealing vampire, Selene (Kate Beckinsale), goes under ice at the beginning of UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING, and so does most of the series’ political intrigue, swapping out the power struggles from the previous entries in favor of [...]

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Jennifer Yuh Nelson on Kung Fu Panda 2: Fantasy Film Podcast

Jennifer Yuh Nelson on Kung Fu Panda 2: Fantasy Film Podcast

Embrace the Po: Hong Kong action is celebrated in KUNG FU PANDA 2.
So, there, that’s one New Years resolution out of the way for me. A few months after the theatrical release of KUNG FU PANDA 2, I was able to score an interview with its director, Jennifer Yuh Nelson. With the [...]

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A CFQ Retrospective: Celebrating Pixar’s 25th Anniversary

This year marks Pixar Animation Studios 25th Anniversary, although the core group that went on to form Pixar actually dates back before 1986.  Cinefantastique was on the scene to celebrate Pixar’s  first major success, TOY STORY  in 1995, along with their early triumphs in computer graphics for effects work.  As CARS 2 is about to [...]

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Academy gives honorary Oscars to Dick Smith and James Earl Jones; J. J. Abrahms sites “Cinefantastique Magazine” in his tribute to “The Godfather of Make-up Artists”

This weeks CFQ Ultra-Lounge podcast features a talk on Dick Smith getting his honorary Oscar for the groundbreaking work he did as one of the greatest  make-up artists in the history of the cinema.  Cinefantastique Magazine helped paved the way for this award, by devoting a retrospective cover story to Mr. Smith and his (then) [...]

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Sense of Wonder: The Exorcist Today

Sense of Wonder: The Exorcist Today

Last night I attended one of the nationwide Fathom screenings of THE EXORCIST (1973), featuring the new documentary TO HELL AND BACK, which charts the making of the classic horror film. Never having attended a Fathom event before (it’s a bit like watching television in a theatre, with digital image projected in select theatres around [...]

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Underworld: Awakening: CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:3

Underworld: Awakening: CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:3

Deal Me Some Death, Baby: Kate Beckinsale does even more of what she does in UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING.
The UNDERWORLD franchise’s relentless, death-dealing vampire, Selene (Kate Beckinsale), goes under ice at the beginning of UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING, and so does most of the series’ political intrigue, swapping out the power struggles from the previous entries in favor of [...]

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Beauty and the Beast (Capsules: The Divide; Tangled Ever After): CFQ Spotlight Podcast 3:2

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