http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:24:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/jean-dujardin-funny-or-die-villain/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/jean-dujardin-funny-or-die-villain/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:32:45 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54213 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/jean-dujardin-funny-or-die-villain/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dragon-tattoo-takes-1-6-million-midnight-news-fast-furious-7-star-trek-2-talk/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dragon-tattoo-takes-1-6-million-midnight-news-fast-furious-7-star-trek-2-talk/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:24:23 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51939 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's midnight opening, word of a seventh Fast and the Furious movie and talk of Star Trek 2 including some IMAX sequences.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dragon-tattoo-takes-1-6-million-midnight-news-fast-furious-7-star-trek-2-talk/feed/ 2 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-muppets-declare-class-warfare-oil-industry-fox-news/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-muppets-declare-class-warfare-oil-industry-fox-news/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:54:46 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=51076 The Muppets wasn't just a family film, in fact it's an attempt by "liberal Hollywood" to "manipulate your kids to give the anti-corporate message." Yeah, and wait, it gets better...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-muppets-declare-class-warfare-oil-industry-fox-news/feed/ 15 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-dark-knight-rises-picks-years-the-dark-knight/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-dark-knight-rises-picks-years-the-dark-knight/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:43:12 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=50442 The Dark Knight Rises telling Empire magazine the film will pick up eight years after the events of The Dark Knight.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-dark-knight-rises-picks-years-the-dark-knight/feed/ 18 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gods-eye-view-movie-montage/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gods-eye-view-movie-montage/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:23:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49541 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gods-eye-view-movie-montage/feed/ 23 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/kim-kardashian-kris-humphries-divorce-movies/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/kim-kardashian-kris-humphries-divorce-movies/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:33:30 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49233 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/kim-kardashian-kris-humphries-divorce-movies/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/johnny-depp-ricky-gervais-golden-globes-jabs/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/johnny-depp-ricky-gervais-golden-globes-jabs/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:53:38 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48963 The Tourist took it on the chin from Ricky Gervais at last year's Golden Globes, but Depp sticks it to Gervais in this new video, that is after earlier this month they stuff Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis in a toilet...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/johnny-depp-ricky-gervais-golden-globes-jabs/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/steven-spielberg-macguffin-indiana-jones-kingdom-crystal-skull/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/steven-spielberg-macguffin-indiana-jones-kingdom-crystal-skull/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:02:49 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48911 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, director Steven Spielberg admits in a new interview... "I never liked the MacGuffin."]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/steven-spielberg-macguffin-indiana-jones-kingdom-crystal-skull/feed/ 17 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/avengers-not-shot-iphone-canon-5d/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/avengers-not-shot-iphone-canon-5d/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 21:25:05 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48787 The Avengers cinematographer Seamus McGarvey was quoted saying he shot some parts of the film on an iPhone. Not true.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/avengers-not-shot-iphone-canon-5d/feed/ 1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/scarlett-johansson-dolce-gaban/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/scarlett-johansson-dolce-gaban/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2011 21:25:11 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48726 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/scarlett-johansson-dolce-gaban/feed/ 19 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-avengers-dp-iphone-4-shots-film/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-avengers-dp-iphone-4-shots-film/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:17:40 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48633 The Avengers director of photography, Seamus McGarvey, has revealed he used Apple's iPhone 4 to film some of the shots in the film and some of those shots even made it into the first trailer, but which ones?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-avengers-dp-iphone-4-shots-film/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/recreate-martin-scorsese-scenes-harpers-bazaar/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/recreate-martin-scorsese-scenes-harpers-bazaar/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:12:05 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48210 Bazaar has put together a fascinating retrospective looking back at the work of Martin Scorsese by recasting some of his iconic films with today's actors...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/recreate-martin-scorsese-scenes-harpers-bazaar/feed/ 2 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/drive-inspired-man-throw-hot-dog-tiger-woods/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/drive-inspired-man-throw-hot-dog-tiger-woods/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:24:53 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47992 Drive! Duh!]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/drive-inspired-man-throw-hot-dog-tiger-woods/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/woman-sues-drive-trailer-sold-movie-fast-furious/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/woman-sues-drive-trailer-sold-movie-fast-furious/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:14:24 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47897 Drive because it "bore very little similarity to a chase or race action film" such as Fast and the Furious. Click through to see what else she had to say...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/woman-sues-drive-trailer-sold-movie-fast-furious/feed/ 19 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/james-cameron-discusses-bring-sigourney-weaver-avatar-2/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/james-cameron-discusses-bring-sigourney-weaver-avatar-2/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:56:33 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47862 Avatar sequels.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/james-cameron-discusses-bring-sigourney-weaver-avatar-2/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/edgar-controversy-hoover-sexuality/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/edgar-controversy-hoover-sexuality/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:55:00 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47771 J. Edgar, which could definitely serve as cause for controversy.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/edgar-controversy-hoover-sexuality/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hugh-jackman-really-good-reason-r-rated-wolverine-sequel/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hugh-jackman-really-good-reason-r-rated-wolverine-sequel/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:25:32 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47755 X-Men: Origins: Wolverine due to the legions of younger audience members. Click through to learn more...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hugh-jackman-really-good-reason-r-rated-wolverine-sequel/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/muppets-detail-bad-movie-behavior/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/muppets-detail-bad-movie-behavior/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:11:15 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47700 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/muppets-detail-bad-movie-behavior/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-cinematic/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-cinematic/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:00:42 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47597 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie-cinematic/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nick-swardson-film-0-rottentomatoes-critics-wanted-hate/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nick-swardson-film-0-rottentomatoes-critics-wanted-hate/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:29:59 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47425 Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star received and it simply sounds like a big ball of excuses...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nick-swardson-film-0-rottentomatoes-critics-wanted-hate/feed/ 13 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/listen-lexi-alexander-talk-punisher-war-zone-paul-scheer-patton-oswalt/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/listen-lexi-alexander-talk-punisher-war-zone-paul-scheer-patton-oswalt/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:04:46 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47314 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/listen-lexi-alexander-talk-punisher-war-zone-paul-scheer-patton-oswalt/feed/ 0 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/prometheus-synopsis-suggests-alien-explanation-life-earth/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/prometheus-synopsis-suggests-alien-explanation-life-earth/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:07:29 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=46885 Prometheus with a new synopsis in which a change in one particular aspect of the story opens up the doors to a whole new group of theories on what the film will be about.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/prometheus-synopsis-suggests-alien-explanation-life-earth/feed/ 3 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brad-pitt-the-head-stays-box/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brad-pitt-the-head-stays-box/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:45:53 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46354 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brad-pitt-the-head-stays-box/feed/ 14 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/spoiler-duncan-jones-reveals-source-code-secrets-production-doodle/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/spoiler-duncan-jones-reveals-source-code-secrets-production-doodle/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:38:48 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=46101 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/spoiler-duncan-jones-reveals-source-code-secrets-production-doodle/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/manson-video/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/manson-video/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:43:24 +0000 Kevin Blumeyer http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45839 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/manson-video/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/star-wars-blu-ray-audio-changes-care/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/star-wars-blu-ray-audio-changes-care/#comments Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:37:15 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45719 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/star-wars-blu-ray-audio-changes-care/feed/ 15 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/beyonce-pregnant-clint-eastwoods-a-star-born/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/beyonce-pregnant-clint-eastwoods-a-star-born/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 02:41:58 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45613 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/beyonce-pregnant-clint-eastwoods-a-star-born/feed/ 13 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/viddy-well-brother/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/viddy-well-brother/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:41:45 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45286 If we don't, remember me." where the owner (whomever that may be) has been compiling Cinemagraphs from many, many different films (though love for Stanley Kubrick is quite apparent). Click on through to check out a couple...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/viddy-well-brother/feed/ 4 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/25-great-unscripted-movie-scenes/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/25-great-unscripted-movie-scenes/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:31:40 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44939 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/25-great-unscripted-movie-scenes/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/depp-werewolves-lone-ranger-what/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/depp-werewolves-lone-ranger-what/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:03:39 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44891 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/depp-werewolves-lone-ranger-what/feed/ 13