Rob Hunter

Rob Hunter has been writing for Film School Rejects since before you were born, which is weird seeing as he's so damn young. He's our Chief Film Critic and Associate Editor and lists 'Broadcast News' as his favorite film of all time. Feel free to say hi if you see him on Twitter @FakeRobHunter.

McG Goes Down On Nemo, To Direct 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

By Rob Hunter 

Disney has signed McG to direct a remake of their very first live-action film, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. The new film adds the subtitle, Captain Nemo, as it will apparently be an origin story that follows Nemo’s creation of the Nautilus.

Foreign Objects: Skins, Series One (UK)

By Rob Hunter 

Foreign Objects travels the world of international cinema each week to look for films worth visiting. So renew your passport, get your shots, and brush up on the local age of legal consent, this week we’re heading to… the UK!

Mickey Rourke Wrestles His Way Into Stallone’s Expendables

By Rob Hunter 

And Gandhi may be joining the fun too!

Jonah Hex Hears A Hayward!

By Rob Hunter 

What do you do when Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the outrageous duo behind Crank and Pathology,walk away from directing your big screen adaption of a gritty, bloody, violent, adult comic book? You pull a complete 180 degree turn and hire the guy who made Horton Hears a Who!

Review: ‘The Alphabet Killer’ Is A Dyslexic Thriller

By Rob Hunter 

Ten year-old Carla Castillo is found raped and murdered in Churchville, NY, a suburb outside of Rochester, and Det. Megan Paige (Eliza Dushku) thinks it’s the work of a serial killer.

Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Finds A Release Date

By Rob Hunter 

Quentin Tarantino made a bold prediction last May at the Cannes Film Festival, saying that his new movie would be premiering there in 2009. As it turns out, he may have been telling the truth for once.

Foreign Objects: Taken (France)

By Rob Hunter 

This week’s entry may not look look like a French film, but the movie bible (IMDB) says it is, so it is. It’s produced by a French man, directed by a French man, and released by a French production company. It’s also filmed in English and is being released in the US one year after it’s worldwide release.

Review: ‘Surfer, Dude’ Is A Stoner Comedy Minus The Comedy

By Rob Hunter 

How do you make a stoner comedy and forget the comedy? Having watched both Surfer, Dude and the DVD’s special features, my guess would have something to do with the cast and crew sampling the ganja used as set dressing a bit too often and succumbing to short term memory loss.

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The Ten Best Foreign Films of 2008

By Rob Hunter 

I’ve been tasked with presenting the Top Ten Foreign Films (and while you may think that some of my choices are mistaken as well, you would in fact be mistaken). You may also notice that it differs substantially from other foreign film ‘best of’ lists…