I feel like Gnomeo and Juliet was only made because someone came up with that title and didn't want it to go to waste.

My son recently watched this movie and it made me wonder if someone came up with that title, thought it was catchy, and the entire movie production stemmed just from that. It also makes me wonder how often that happens in the film industry since there are a lot of movies that aren't very good but have very catchy titles...
Gore Verbinski's Rango (2011) is ingenious.

Not exactly sure what this film is supposed to be but it's fucking fantastic nonetheless.Some sort of spaghetti-western/adventure/comedy hybrid; it blends all these genres and hits a really wholesome tone. Cannot believe it's been 9 years since its release, and only just coming onto my radar now. It's so different from...
What's the best double feature of two completely separate films that take place during the same time period?

For Example off the top of my head, the first half an hour or so of The Aviator takes place around 1930 (release of Hell's Angels) on the US West coast, while the events of The Untouchables are happening in Chicago.There are probably better ones but I just watched those in the last week so they're fresh in my mind. Bonus...
Does anyone know the first movie to ever feature a scene of someone crawling through a ventilation shaft?

Surely there must be a definitive origin for this trope? AFAIK it's not something anyone has done in real life, it's just one of those things that only ever happens in movies. Or is it one of those strange things that doesn't really have an origin, everyone just claims to have copied it from something else? via /r/movies...
A closer look at the meaning of La La Land's epilogue

Spoilers of course. Skip this paragraph if you've seen the movie, but for some context for those who haven't seen it and for some reason don't intend to: Mia (Stone) and Sebastian (Gosling) meet in Los Angeles, where they are struggling to achieve their lofty dreams. Mia wants to be an actress, and Seb wants to open his...
I loved every motherf***ing minute of Dolemite Is My Name.

Just a bummer to watch it on Netflix because it turns out to be a celebration of the movie theater experience. Popcorn, the big flashy marquee, a packed house with hundreds of people screaming and laughing.Before we even see Eddie Murphy's face, we hear him say four 'motherfucker's, and we know the old Eddie Murphy is...
Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise is One of my Favorite Performances of the Decade

These movies have gotten under a lot of scrutiny lately, especially with the harsh critical and fan reaction to Chapter 2. I do have to say that IT Chapter 1 I've rewatched countless times and consider it one of my personal favorite movies. It blends horror and comedy so well while also staying genuinely intriguing and...
A few years ago we had the dumb idea to ride mopeds across America and accidentally became first-time filmmakers. Our movie, Slow Ride Home, was published to Amazon Prime yesterday and we'd love to share our story with r/movies

The backstory:Through a crazy series of events (including the ride itself) we ended up making a feature-length documentary and the final result was not terrible - we even won a few awards for it.The ride was an 11-day journey from Florida to Washington state. Eight of us made the journey on 125cc scooters that topped...
It’s Butt Boy AKA Chip Gutchel AKA Tyler Cornack, director/writer/co-star of BUTT BOY, which was recently released on VOD by Epic Pictures and premiered last year at Fantastic Fest. AMA!

Sup Reddit, It’s Butt Boy AKA Chip Gutchel AKA Tyler Cornack, director/writer/co-star of BUTT BOY, which was recently released on VOD by Epic Pictures and premiered last year at Fantastic Fest. He is joined by detective Russel Fox AKA Tyler Rice.This movie was conceived from a short sketch on my comedic Instagram page...
Shaky cam doesn't make you feel like, "you are part of the action". It makes you feel like the director is incompetent.

I think when it comes to action cinematography, I associate shaky cam with trying to hide imperfections in your movie in the worst possible way. I get that some actors are not very athletic, but have you ever seen Into the Badlands? They made Nick Frost into a believable Kung Fu master. Hire some Chinese action choreographers...
Elijah Wood, Daniel Radcliffe and Robert Pattinson need to team up for the most bizarre indie film of all time

The three of them each got their big break as the star of a big budget film franchise but since then have revealed their true talents playing in some of the most interesting (and frankly bizarre) indie films of the last decade.Not only have they starred in some of the strangest films to date but their involvement has...