Avatar was #1 again in its seventh weekend in my box office report.

My review of Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon”.

Source: Flickr Gone With the Wind, Titanic, Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings are some of the biggest money making movies of all time.  In a very short time span, one movie proved that it belongs at the top of that list, and no shocker…..it’s Avatar.  The 10 year James Cameron sci-fi epic is [...]

Sundance is currently going on in Utah, and we at themoviebanter are sadly not there. However, that does not mean we are not aware of what’s going on there. On Monday, the independent picture “The Kids Are All Right” was screened for the first time. The film is about a lesbian couple (Annette Bening & [...]

Though we had “Avatar” this year, the month of January is the unofficial graveyard for movies.

This past Saturday night, while I was stuck on Martha’s Vineyard (“MV”) with no ferry going back to Cape Cod, I caught the end of the SAG’s at the steamship authority. I crowded around the only TV there along with all the authority attendants, and we all watched Inglorious Basterds take home the top prize [...]

Technology is increasing every day and the majority of video in the future will not be viewed on the computer, but rather the mobile phone.  Video on the mobile phone is increasing in records numbers and shows no sign of slowing down anytime soon.  The revolutionary iphone is always looking for ways to improve video [...]

“Avatar” remained at #1 after six weeks on the charts in my box office report.

Source: Flickr Google owned Youtube is beginning to make moves in the streaming online video industry.  Currently, leading online movie rental service Netflix is ahead with streaming movie rentals, but the space is going to get much more crowded. Youtube, which may be the greatest invention of all time especially for procrastination at work is [...]

“(500) Days of Summer” director Marc Webb has been assigned three reboots of Sam Raimi’s famed superhero franchise.

The award show season is among us as the recent 2010 Golden Globes has come and gone.  There is so much attention given to these award shows, even when it is a down year in Hollywood like this past year has been.  A lot of it can be attributed to the 2007 writers strike for [...]

For most viewers of any awards show, the red carpet is really the only thing a lot of people care about.  It’s a way for people to see their favorite stars strut their stuff along the red carpet being interviewed about what they are wearing, and the bling they are representing for the night.  Even [...]

Hello Banterers, I just wanted to inform everybody of the update to the Sidebar.  We split our Snap Review section into 2.  We now have a section entitled ‘Snap Video Reviews’ and ‘Snap Written Reviews.’   Click the links on each title of the ‘Snap Written Review’ section to be taken directly to that review.  The [...]

Last night was quite a night to the kick off the official award season. There were some suprises, some snubs, a great Mel Gibson knock by Ricky Gervais, and a speech from Martin Scorcese that will be remembered for some time. Lets get to it. Best Picture (Drama)/Director – Who would of thought? Avatar retains the [...]

Neither “The Book of Eli” nor “The Lovely Bones” could knock James Cameron’s Avatar off its five-weekend high horse.

Denzel’s new movie, The Book of Eli, is one of his better movies in some time. While he may be the most overrated actor in Hollywood, he nails the character of Eli in his new movie.  Eli is an emotionless loner who is driven by his pursuit of heading west.  He eliminates anyone who tries [...]

Matthew Vaughn’s “Kick-Ass” is my most-anticipated movie of 2010, and it could also be the best as well.

FINALLY! All the rumors about the Arrested Development movie can finally be put to rest. Finally, we have some truth to support the hollywood banter about this movie. Will Arnett, Gob Bluth, confirmed that the movie will start shooting in 2010. According to comingsoon.net the actor revealed this during a promotional tour for his movie [...]

Netflix right now is the stud intern who is making moves and getting his name around the office, except in reality, they are getting around the country.  Netflix has been all over the place lately and has been making moves left and right with Warner Brothers, Microsoft, and Sony.  They really are making themselves not [...]

My review of the Coen brothers’ latest, A Serious Man.

Netflix, the leading mail-in movie rental service that delivers millions of movies right to fans mailboxes every day, has recently formed a contract with Warner Brothers regarding its newest releases.  Awhile back we announced how there was a deal in the works between Netflix and Warner Brothers regarding the newest movies.  Well that deal has [...]

If you sandwiched Children of Men with 28 Days Later, you would get Daybreakers. The film stars Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, and has a small role for Isabel Lucas, the new girl from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It is written and directed by the Spierig brothers. In the not too distant future [...]

“Avatar” stayed on top this weekend and continued to smash records worldwide in my box office report.

My review of Miguel Arteta’s “Youth in Revolt”.

The Lovely Bones is the new Peter Jackson film based off the very popular novel written by Alice Sebold.  The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon and Stanley Tucci.  Ok, so I didn’t read this book. Yes, I know that half the population above the age of 12 has been through [...]

In a country where crap tends to be huge hits and substance is left in the dust wondering what happened, Jersey Shore has quickly become a sensation across America and is slowly becoming one of MTV’s most popular shows of all time.  Nothing like watching some steroid greaseballs and some unattractive fake tanned girls starting [...]

Despite the recent news of production being halted on the next James Bond movie, THR is saying that ‘American Beauty’ helmer Sam Mendes is going to direct.

I remember when I was 10 years old and spending winter break in a joint time share with my family and family friends in Vermont.  One night we decided to go to the movies to see this brand new Pixar creation called Toy Story.  Not knowing much about this brand new company, movie really, and [...]

According to Screenrant.com and Rotten Tomatoes itself, the website Rotten Tomatoes is merging with Flixster. According to Rotten Tomatoes “the combination of Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes aims to be the most comprehensive movie information source, both for users on our sites and on other platforms such as Facebook. To do that, we’ll be using a [...]

With the closing of 2009 finally complete, we can look ahead to another year at the movies.  In order to start the year off right, we wanted to go through some of the movies we are excited to see in 2010.  This is not in any order.  In fact, we are pretty list-posted out after [...]