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Unusal fantasy project from WATCHMAN director Zack Synder.

Semi-official Henry Cavill “Superman” pic, plus quotes from the actor and Zack Synder.

Superman to fly north to WATCHMEN’s studio?

WATCHMEN, CLOVERFIELD, THE HUNGER directors considered.

Zoe Saldana is the Wonder Awards choice for Best Actress, in the Best Pic winner, AVATAR.
It’s Sunday, March 7, and everyone is wondering what the winners will be. Well, wonder no more, because here are the official winners of this year’s Cinefantastique Wonder Awards. Oh sure, other people are tuning into the Oscar telecast to [...]

Who watches the WATCHMEN? Not nearly enough, if you ask Warner Bros or production partner Paramount. With just over $100 million in domestic grosses (a number that stopped being impressive ever since THE GOLDEN CHILD), the studio bean counters had to pour over the less than impressive foreign grosses and home video before they could [...]

Tuesday July 21st’s DVD and Blu-ray releases offer something for cinefantastique fans of every stribe, whether your personal tastes run toward science fiction, fantasy, or horror. The top title of the week, at least in terms of sales figures, is WATCHMEN. The sprawling plotlines of Alan Moore’s well-regarded graphic novel did not translate well to [...]

WATCHMEN was definitely the film to watch this weekend. Making its debut on 3,611 North American screens, the Warner Brothers superhero tale earned an estimated $55.65-million – more than the rest of the weekend Top Ten combined. Strong advance sales, a big opening night on Friday, and sold-out IMAX screenings had led some to expect that [...]

Ponderous and dull, this filmic adaptation of the famous graphic novel proves that  great source material, a healthy budget, and technical competence are not enough to make a good movie. Some kind of cinematic vision is necessary; unfortunately, what passes for vision in the WATCHMEN film is a superficial sheen  of special effects, production design, and photography [...]

So, what’s cooking with this week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases?
The Silence of the Lambs (MGM/UA Blu-Ray)
In 1992, Silence of the Lambs was became one of the few films with heavy horror elements to not just win an Oscar, but to sweep the top 5 categories (Picture, Actor, Actress, Director, and Sceenplay) for only the 3rd [...]

Tyler Bates’ Music for Doctor Manhattan & Friends
With his pulsating and edgy score for Scott Derrickson’s revisualization of the science fiction classic THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL behind him, composer Tyler Bates now reunites with Zach Snyder, his director on both the 2004 DAWN OF THE DEAD remake and the graphically-intense 300 to compose [...]

[ March 6, 2009; ] Working from a screenplay by David Hayter and Alex Tse, Zack Snyder directed this adaptation of the famous graphic novel by Alan Moore (who decicedly did not give his blessing to the project). Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan fill out the cast. Now that the [...]

Hollywood Reporter informs us that Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox are in negotiations to settle their dispute over WATCHMEN. Warners has produced a film that they plan to distribute in March; Fox claims to  own distribution rights to the property – a claim confirmed by the judge overseeing the case. The goal of the [...]