Has ‘Hesher’ Been Retitled ‘Rebel’? Update:A few sources (but not yet Newmarket) are saying this is just a name change for international distribution. Peter saw the poster above at Cannes, where it may have been used only for sales purposes. So don’t take that image as final. Original article follows. One of the more anticipated movies going into Sundance this year wasSpencer Susser’sHesher, which castsJoseph Gordon-Levittas “a long haired tattooed head-banging badass, who inserts himself " into the life of a young man who has recently lost his mother....

John August Scripting Both Preacher And Frankenweenie John August is that rare thing in the arts. He’s an established professional with a back catalogue of accomplished works who we can still single out as one to watch. For my money, August’s work just keeps getting better and better, and his directorial debutThe Nineswas like a second debutantes ball for him (I was going to say “second coming out”, but in that case it would have been at least his third)....

The Tracey Fragments Movie Trailer And Poster Are you an early adopter? I bought my first DVD player for like $400. I’m that guy. But I’m not just an early adopter when it comes to technology. I also take the same philosophy with writers, directors and actors/actresses. And one of the actresses we’ve been watching for a couple years now (ever since seeing her in the midnight showing ofHard Candyat the 2005 Sundance Film Festival)....

VOTD: Pure, A Rockin' High-Testosterone Action Movie Montage Over the past few years we’ve seen a lot of montages, re-edits and remixes based on footage from popular movies, and popular action movies in particular. But none is quite likePure, which is almost brutal in the way it slices every bit of extraneous material away from the skeleton of the action movie. I might’ve watched this a dozen times over the weekend, and it is too good not to share....