The Short Cut is a new column on Under The Gun that showcases the careers of short film directors. Shorts are often overlooked when it comes to the entire spectrum of film, and by including interviews with the directors themselves and information about their creative efforts, this column will highlight the work of some of […]
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Luke Skywalker Talks New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy
November 1st, 2012 
Tyler Osborne According to Entertainment Weekly, actor Mark Hamill who famously played Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars trilogy, recently sat down with Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and George Lucas for lunch and discussed the future of the Star Wars series. For those who don’t know, LucasFilm recently sold their company to Disney. Disney will now […]
THE SHORT CUT: An Interview with Director Colin Levy
September 17th, 2012 Brian Leak The Short Cut is a new column on Under The Gun that showcases the careers of short film directors. Shorts are often overlooked when it comes to the entire spectrum of film, and by including interviews with the directors themselves and information about their creative efforts, this column will highlight the work of some of […]
BOX OFFICE RESULTS: September 14-16
September 17th, 2012 Justin Proper Zombies > Cartoon Fish The box office numbers are finally getting back to where they should be and a leather adorned woman killing zombies led the way. Resident Evil: Retribution took the top spot at the box office this weekend, making even more than Finding Nemo 3D. The Disney/Pixar movie did well and came in second place. […]
THE SHORT CUT: An Interview with Director Chris Jones
September 10th, 2012 Brian Leak Australia’s own Chris Jones got his start as a freelance children’s book illustrator while working on his Industrial Design degree at Swinburne University of Technology, later to get involved with computer games at Beam Software. He eventually left Beam (by then known as Infogrames) in 2000 to begin working on The Passenger; an impressive, animated […]
EDITORIAL: “The Oogieloves: A Box Office Disaster for the Ages”
September 4th, 2012 Boris Paskhaver Labor Day weekend is usually one of the sleepiest box office periods of the year and 2012 was no exception. The weekend’s top performer, low-budget Lionsgate horror-pic The Possession, grossed an acceptable $17.7 million with Shia LaBeouf’s gangster adaptation Lawless coming in second with $9.6 million. The low-key nature of the last unofficial weekend of […]
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE RESULTS: JUNE 22-24
June 25th, 2012 Justin Proper I really do not think it would be a stretch to say that this weekend would have been easy to predict for the top box office slot. Pixar’s new movie Brave claimed the title raking in more green than the lush Scottish countryside most of the film was set in. Honest Abe failed to be a […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Brave
June 22nd, 2012 Tyler Osborne Film: Brave Directed by: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell There are a few things certain in my life. I’ll always love pop punk music, I’ll always wish I was Indiana Jones, and I will always, almost to an obsessive point, love Pixar films. It’s a well-known fact that Pixar can put out almost any […]
BOX OFFICE PREVIEW: June 22nd
June 22nd, 2012 Justin Proper Movie lovers rejoice! This weekend’s new releases are not all terrible! For the kids and Pixar lovers (which, let’s be honest, is everyone) make sure to go check out Brave. The indie film lovers get a wide release this weekend with Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World which looks to have a pretty […]
Aaron Sorkin Confirmed as Screenwriter for Sony’s Steve Jobs Movie
May 16th, 2012 Tyler Osborne Aaron Sorkin (writer of The West Wing, Moneyball, The Social Network) has been confirmed as the screenwriter who will bring visionary Apple CEO Steve Jobs to the silver screen for Sony. This movie will be based around Walter Isaacson’s official biography of Steve Jobs, which came out in October. As a reminder, this movie has […]
MOVIE TRAILER: Brave
April 24th, 2012 James Shotwell Pixar has released the latest trailer for their upcoming Summer epic, Brave. Coming to 3D and 2D theaters on June 22, Brave is Pixar’s first film where the main character is female. The official synopsis is as follows: Since ancient times, stories of epic battles and mystical legends have been passed through the generations across […]
