David O. Russell and Christian Bale, known to be real-life fighters on film sets, were excellent choices for THE FIGHTER.

A film review by Kyle Patterson True Grit (1969) Notable cast members:  John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper Oscars: Best Actor – John Wayne In the spirit of the upcoming release of the movie by the same name but starring Jeff Bridges as protagonist Rooster Cogburn, I felt it appropriate to make sure [...]

Quentin Tarantino originally offered the role of “The Bear Jew” in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS to Adam Sandler.

Granda Joe just gets up after Charlie comes home with a golden ticket. YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

Emma Watson recently joined a long list of celebrity Brown students/alumni.

A film review by Kyle Patterson To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) Notable cast members:  Gregory Peck Oscars: Best Actor – Gregory Peck Best Picture (nominated) On December 25, 1962, the collective moviegoers of America all received an extra Christmas present under their tree that morning, but not really.  On this morning, the adaptation of Harper Lee’s [...]

Did you know that when casting for the title role in the upcoming superhero film THOR, Paramount and Marvel narrowed it down to two final candidates, ultimately selecting Chris Hemsworth.

At the age of 26, Steven Spielberg became the youngest director ever signed to a long-term, multi-picture deal with Universal Studios after then-VP of Production, Sid Sheinberg, saw his debut short film, AMBLIN’.

I have to warn you ahead of time; I am a big fan of early Robert Redford. I know many people are, but it adds a slight bias. Recently I revisited 1975’s Three Days of the Condor. The film is about a bookworm CIA agent who discovers strange qualities in a no name novel, which [...]

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Did you know that Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden’s new film, It’s Kind of a Funny Story (starring Zach Galifianakis), was originaly set up at Paramount? After producer Kevin Misher’s production deal at Paramount ended in mid-2009, Paramount decided to let the project go, selling it to Focus Features and Wayfare Entertainment, an indie financier. [...]

In honor of Jesse Eisenberg and his widely acclaimed film, The Social Network, this version of Did You Know will be connected to him. Remember that cute Pepsi campaign with the tiny little girl with the giant set of curls.  The girl who sang the Pepsi jingle in a variety of voices.  To refresh your [...]

A film review by Kyle Patterson Some Like It Hot (1959) Notable cast members:  Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, George Raft Oscars: Best Director – Billy Wilder (nominated) Best Actor – Jack Lemmon (nominated) Some Like It Hot is a bit of a departure for Mr. Wilder who has graced us with such works as “The [...]

Here’s something that has been brought to my attention recently, and I thought was pretty cool. So we all know the Inception theme song.  Click here to get a clip of it. Credit to Hans Zimmer, the genuis composer behind the score.  Zimmer also did the score for Gladiator.  Aside from John Williams, Zimmer might [...]

Dear Banterers, As part of  our mission to keep changing the landscape to which we banter about movies, we at themoviebanter.com will be adding a “Did You Know” column. The theme of these articles will focus on interesting facts discovered about our favorite movies.  Basically, if there is something to banter about on a movie, [...]

There are often debates over which movies are considered classics. Maybe within your group of friends you like to talk about the best films of the 70’s, and which of those are classics. Maybe you like generational debates with your parents because, no matter what year it is, parents just don’t understand. Maybe you like [...]

A film review by Kyle Patterson Rear Window (1954) Notable cast members:  Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter Oscars:  Best Director – Alfred Hitchcock (nominated) Confined to his wheelchair in the middle of a hot New York summer, freelance photographer, L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries (Stewart), transforms his courtyard into an amusement park of sorts from his [...]

Since I was in high school, my father kept telling me how great The Graduate is. I finally sat down to see it probably four years ago. I watched the first twenty minutes and then had something else to do, never turning it back on. Until now. Wow, did I make a mistake. I absolutely [...]

Message from TheMovieBanter team – we will be bringing back our column “Old School for the New School.” We feel that it is a great way for young film fans to get a taste of the classics. Some movies are just timeless. Enjoy the newest column of “Old School for the New School” with ‘Rebel [...]

Last week as I was eating my daily enormous breakfast while getting ready for work, I decided to stray from the normal programming of watching the same Saved by the Bell episodes.  You would think networks would realize people like to watch TV while eating breakfast, and frankly ESPN has become one giant soap opera [...]

Airport (1970) Notable cast members: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset Notable Awards: Oscar, Best Supporting Actress, Helen Hayes “Da da da duh dah….da da da DUH DUH!” One of the more memorable scores created for the disaster movie genre, it only takes a split-second for Alfred Newman’s score from Airport to announce to the [...]

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This is from Kyle who writes about the classics hoping to attract a new audience to great movies from the past in our new segment called Old School for New School.  You can contact Kyle on Twitter Small Town Folk movie download Donkey Punch full movie Bringing Up Bobby video Star Wars: The Clone Wars [...]

This is a guest post from Kyle Patterson, a Penn State grad as well.  You can reach Kyle on Twitter. We are trying to introduce a new segment to TheMovieBanter, Old School for the New School.  We love bantering and reviewing the latest movies that come out, but as more movies come out every week, [...]