By: Jeff Olson Source: You Tube Last night after the Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel Live aired this video titled, The Curious Case of Benjamin Batman. This hilarious video tells the story of Benjamin, who ages backwards, but has a secret identity. He is Batman. This video has been edited with Jimmy Kimmel placed into scenes [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Academy Awards Video Highlights
By: Jeff Olson Source: You Tube If you happened to miss last night’s show we have you covered. The 81st Academy Awards was a classy show, hosted by Wolverine himself, Hugh Jackman. Jackman’s opening musical number was one, of many highlights, that we enjoyed during the show. For our list of the best and worst [...]
Academy Awards Recap: The Best and Worst of the Night
By: Jeff Olson The 81st Academy Awards are over and now it’s time to discuss all the details from the show. Host Hugh Jackman kicked the show off with a musical number about all the Best Picture nominees. The theme being the current recession, so the set pieces were according to Jackman, “made in my [...]
Slumdog Millionaire Wins Best Picture!
By: Jeff Olson Congratulations to Slumdog Millionaire for winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. Director Danny Boyle (who won the Oscar for Best Director tonight) and the rest of the cast accepted the award during the telecast of the 81st Academy Awards. Slumdog Millionaire cleaned up tonight winning 8 Academy Awards including the Oscars [...]
Fanboyz.net Live Coverage of the 81st Academy Awards
By: Jeff Olson The Oscars are about to begin and Fanboyz.net will be bringing you live updates of the winners all night long. We have made our predictions and now we can sit back and watch the winner’s names announced. We look forward to seeing host Hugh Jackman open the show and hopefully fill the [...]
Fanboyz Oscar Picks
Everyone has an opinion on who will win an Oscar tonight, so just like everyone else, we too are voicing our opinion. Our staff has put together our picks on who will be receiving an Academy Award tonight. It wouldn’t be Oscar night if there weren’t any upsets, surprises, and rivalries. The Curious Case of [...]
Oh the Horror: We May Have a Scream 4!
By: Jeff Olson Source: BloodyDisgusting.com This was inevitable. The stars of the original Scream films are in negotiations to reprise their roles in another sequel to the popular horror franchise. Kevin Williamson, the scribe from the original film, is supposedly on board for a fourth film. The one person who’s name has yet to be [...]
The Dark Knight Crosses One Billion Dollars Worldwide
By: Jeff Olson Here is something for the Joker to smile about: His latest film has grossed over one billion dollars worldwide. This is an accomplishment that only three other films in history have achieved. Those being Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and Titanic. This [...]
Trailer for Judd Apatow’s Funny People
By Roman Chavez Source: aol.com Here is Judd Apatow’s trailer for his upcoming third film Funny People. Most of us know Apatow’s work from his comedies The 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up. Now comes a comedy with a little more heart.
Release Date Announced for Third Twilight Film
By: Jeff Olson Source: IESB.net The third film in the successful Twilight series has announced a release date. The film, which is titled ‘Eclipse,’ will hit theaters June 30, 2010. Summit Entertainment is pushing these releases with little time in between each other. The second film, ‘New Moon,’ is scheduled to hit theaters this year [...]
Oscar Week: The Host
By: Jeff Olson Being asked to host the Academy Awards is an honor. However, it is a challenge being in this role, because come Monday morning your role as host is under scrutiny. Was the host funny enough? Were they offensive? Did they maintain the pace? There is much more to being a host then [...]
Movie Review: Fired Up!
By: Jordan Tunney Fanboyz Grade: B- Life in high school is rarely filled with enough one-liners to fully script a Paul Rudd movie. For the guys of “Fired Up”, they make wit look easy. It used to be that PG-13 movies had the best comedy in film. Now, in the age of “Superbad” and “Knocked [...]
Three Inglourious Basterds Posters Released
By: Jeff Olson Source: Empire The buzz for this film is growing by the day. Last week we brought you the first teaser trailer for the new Quentin Tarantino film due in theaters in August. This week we have the pleasure to bring you three posters which are some of the coolest teaser posters I [...]
Weekend Box Office: Madea Will Rule
By: Jeff Olson This weekend’s new releases are not going to be any record breakers. This is Oscar weekend and the choices at the theater are few and far. The only two wide releases this weekend are Tyler Perry’s Medea Goes to Jail and the teen comedy Fired Up! Tyler Perry is typically box office [...]
Trailer for The Boat That Rocked
By Roman Chavez Source: msn.com Here is the new trailer for The Boat That Rocked from director Richard Curtis. The film about a radio show that was so controversial that it could only be broadcast from international waters . Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy.
Lost – Episode Recap: ’316′
By: Jordan Tunney Spolier Alert: If you have not watched last night’s episode do not read. Fanboyz Grade: B+ Lost started as a show about survivors of a plane crash struggling to survive on an island filled with danger and mystery. Jack Shepard, the heroic doctor, who from the start took charge of the remaining [...]
Oscar Week: The Race for Best Picture
By: Ben Schiffelbein When it comes to the Academy Awards, typically the most hyped and talked about award is Best Picture. And, true to the title, the award should be reserved for the BEST film of the year. I was, however, sadly disappointed by the nominations this year, as I felt The Reader and The [...]
Get Ready for ‘Little Fockers’
By: Jeff Olson Source: Risky Biz Blog via Comingsoon.net Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro are in negotiations to reprise their roles in another sequel to Meet the Parents. This news is unconfirmed but the talk around Hollywood is that the studio is bringing screenwriters on board to put out a script for the film. [...]
Christian Bale Attacks Peter Griffin
By: Jeff Olson Source: YouTube This is becoming old news, but when I heard this, I laughed pretty hard and wanted to share it. We all know by now that Christian Bale had a meltdown on the set of Terminator: Salvation. His colorful language painted a bad portrait of The Dark Knight actor. His attack [...]
Best Supporting Character
By Roman Chavez With this year’s list of Academy Award nominees, there are many great Actors and Actresses up for this great level of prestige. Often, we look at the person playing the part and how well they have executed a role, but how often do we look at the actual source material? In this [...]
