Review Rewind

The question of the day - "Who is The Thing?" Join us as we try to unravel the mystery. 

Directed by John Carpenter
Screenplay byBill Lancaster
Based on Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
Produced by David Foster, Lawrence Turman
Starring Kurt Russell
Cinematography by Dean Cundey
Edited by Todd Ramsay
Music by Ennio Morricone
Production companies Universal Pictures, The Turman-Foster Company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date June 25, 1982
Running time109 minutes
Budget $15,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada $20,063,820
Opening weekend US & Canada$3,107,897Jun 27, 1982
Gross worldwide $20,847,529

Is this real life? Or is this just an elaborate make believe, stuck on an island, no escape from Ben Kingsley.

Join us as we talk about 2010's Shutter Island

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis
Based on Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Produced by Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Bradley J. Fischer, Martin Scorsese
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson, Max von Sydow
Cinematography Robert Richardson
Edited by Thelma Schoonmaker
Production companies Paramount Pictures[1], Phoenix Pictures, Sikelia Productions, Appian Way Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release datesFebruary 13, 2010 (Berlinale)
February 19, 2010 (United States)
Running time 139 minutes
Budget $80,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada $128,012,934
Opening weekend US & Canada $41,062,440Feb 21, 2010
Gross worldwide $294,978,537

The Dark Universe had an epicenter... it also happen to be where it basically ended too. We start spooky season with Dracula Untold

Directed by Gary Shore
Screenplay byMatt Sazama, Burk Sharpless
Based on Dracula: Year One by Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Produced by Michael De Luca
Starring: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Charles Dance
Cinematography John Schwartzman
Edited by Richard Pearson
Music by Ramin Djawadi
Production companies Universal Pictures, Legendary Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date October 10, 2014
Running time 92 minutes
Budget $70,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada $56,280,355
Opening weekend US & Canada
$23,514,615Oct 12, 2014
Gross worldwide $217,124,280

Grab a beer, some Carl's Jr, and turn your brain off as we jump into the future with Mike Judge's 2006, Idiocracy

Directed byMike Judge
Screenplay byEtan Cohen, Mike Judge
Story by Mike Judge
Produced by Elysa Koplovitz, Mike Judge
Starring: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard
Terry Crews
Cinematography by Tim Suhrstedt
Edited by David Rennie
Music by Theodore Shapiro
Production company: Judgmental Films
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date: September 1, 2006
Running time 84 minutes
Budget: $2,400,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada: $444,093
Opening weekend US & Canada: 
$124,367Sep 3, 2006
Gross worldwide: $495,652

Are you the rocketman? Regardless, watch The Rock with us - it'll blow you away

Directed by Michael Bay
Screenplay byDavid Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook, Mark Rosner
Story by David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook
Produced by Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer
Starring - Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe
Cinematography John Schwartzman
Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce
Music by Nick Glennie-Smith, Hans Zimmer
Production companies - Hollywood Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date June 7, 1996
Running time 136 minutes
Budget
$75,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$134,069,511
Opening weekend US & Canada
$25,069,525Jun 9, 1996
Gross worldwide
$335,062,621

Study your books and get WICKED SMARRT with us and watch Good Will Hunting

Directed by Gus Van Sant
Written by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
Produced by Lawrence Bender
Starring: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck Stellan Skarsgård, Minnie Driver
Cinematography Jean-Yves Escoffier
Edited by Pietro Scalia
Music by Danny Elfman
Production companies: Miramax Films, Be Gentlemen, A Band Apart, Lawrence Bender Productions
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release datesDecember 2, 1997 (Bruin Theater)
January 9, 1998 (United States)
Budget
$10,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$138,433,435
Opening weekend US & Canada
$272,912Dec 7, 1997
Gross worldwide
$225,933,435

Strutting on the runway, Mike and Tristan watch Zoolander!

Directed by Ben Stiller
Screenplay byDrake Sather, Ben Stiller, John Hamburg
Story by Drake Sather, Ben Stiller
Based on Characters by Drake Sather, Ben Stiller
Produced by Scott Rudin, Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld
Starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Milla Jovovich, Jerry Stiller, Jon Voight
Cinematography by Barry Peterson
Edited by Greg Hayden
Music by David Arnold
Production companies: Village Roadshow Pictures
VH1 Films, NPV Entertainment, Red Hour Productions, Scott Rudin Productions
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date September 28, 2001
Budget
$28,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$45,172,250
Opening weekend US & Canada
$15,525,043Sep 30, 2001
Gross worldwide
$60,780,981

Oh no, here we go again - but are we really repeating the past? We watch Shanghai Noon to see if it's as bad as Rush Hour

Directed by Tom Dey
Written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar
Produced by Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman
Starring - Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy Liu, Walton Goggins
Cinematography Dan Mindel
Edited by Richard Chew
Music by Randy Edelman
Production companies: Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Birnbaum/Barber Productions, Jackie Chan Films
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release dates: May 26, 2000 (United States)
June 1, 2000 (Hong Kong)
Running time110 minutes
Budget
$55,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$56,937,502
Opening weekend US & Canada
$15,607,034May 28, 2000
Gross worldwide
$99,274,467

Is it a dream? Is it real? It's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Directed by Ben Stiller
Screenplay bySteve Conrad
Based on "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
by James Thurber
Produced by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., John Goldwyn, Stuart Cornfeld, Ben Stiller
Starring: Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Shirley MacLaine, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Sean Penn
Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh
Edited by: Greg Hayden
Music by Theodore Shapiro, Jose Gonzalez,Rogue Wave
Production Companies: Samuel Goldwyn Films
Red Hour Productions, New Line Cinema, Big Screen Productions, Down Productions, Ingenious Media
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Premiered: October 5, 2013 - 2013 New York Film Festival
Release dates: December 25, 2013
Budget
$90,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$58,236,838
Opening weekend US & Canada
$12,765,508Dec 29, 2013
Gross worldwide
$188,133,322

In this installment, the guys watch Mike's comfort movie, the 2000, forgotten Keanu Reeves sport comedy, The Replacements

Directed by Howard Deutch
Written by Vince McKewin
Produced by Dylan Sellers
Starring
Keanu Reeves
Gene Hackman
Orlando Jones
Jon Favreau
Brooke Langton
Rhys Ifans
Cinematography by Tak Fujimoto
Edited by Seth Flaum, Bud S. Smith
Music by John Debney
Production company: Bel Air Entertainment
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date, August 11, 2000
Running time: 118 minutes
Budget
$50,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$44,737,059
Opening weekend US & Canada
$11,039,214Aug 13, 2000
Gross worldwide
$50,054,511