In my review of Iron Man during its theatrical run, after noting that the film worked mainly because of its honouring the source material from the Marvel comics, I wrapped up with: “While the action scenes aren’t as accomplished as something by Michael Bay, they come off better because director Jon Favreau understands that it’s […]
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MOVIE NEWS: The Secret Life of Bees
Last week our own Tiffany did a series of great interviews with the amazing cast of The Secret Life of Bees. Those interviews will be posted over the next few days. But coincidently the folks at Oprah sent over this trailer. Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Sophie Okonedo will sit down […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Miracle at St. Anna: Great Moments Do Not a Movie Make!
Spike Lee’s latest joint, Miracle at St. Anna, has a number of incredibly good moments. Unfortunately, the movie as a whole sucks big. The film, which is intended to show how black soldiers figured in World War II [and every war the U.S. has fought], has several plot threads and character arcs – enough to […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Eagle Eye Combines Hi-Tech and SF to Create Effective Thriller!
Eagle Eye marks the fourth time Shia LeBeouf has worked on a Steven Spielberg production, and the second time that he’s worked with both Spielberg and director D.J. Caruso – and the triple team may well be turning into one of modern cinema’s most potent. Eagle Eye is a techno-thriller that comes across as a […]
MOVIE NEWS: New Projects from Affleck, Kidman & Spade
Lots of interesting projects are in the works for some of Hollywood’s big names and we’ve got the lowdown on several of them. Funny man David Spade is set to star in a new comedy feature titled Divorced Guys. The movie from Wind Dancer Films and executive produced by Matt Williams and Judd Payne and […]
MOVIE REVIEW: IGOR: Inspired Idea – Utterly Inadequate Film!
In the land of Malaria, things have changed since it was a sunny, happy place. Constant cloud cover and rain have ruined it for agriculture, so the king has decreed that the best way to survive is to develop an economy based on the creation of evil science. The country’s best mad scientists compete in […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Ghost Town: Gervais Displays Surprising Range!
Bertram Pincus [Ricky Gervais] is a solitary man, rude and generally misanthropic, he lives alone and has a job [he’s a dentist] where he can make sure his patients don’t to him. He even has his office literally a few yards from he works so he can avoid as many people as possible – until […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Burn After Reading: The Coen Brothers Rip Spy Thrillers!
When alcoholic CIA analyst Osborne Cox [John Malkovich] refuses to accept a demotion because of his drinking problem and quits, he sets in motion a series of events that enmesh a number of not terribly bright characters in what could safely be called an anti-thriller thriller. When the notes on his memoir are accidentally left […]
MOVIE NEWS: Pacino and DeNiro on the same Couch, or Two Separate Chairs if you want to be technical.
Check out this interesting video, it’s an interview with Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro from NBC’s today show this morning.
MOVIE TRAILER: W
I love Oliver Stone, he’s gone off the deep end in the last few years, but I’m really curious about his George Bush bio, W. Here’s a new clip from the movie.
MOVIE NEWS: Are you ready for – Guitar Hero – The Movie?
Everyone’s favorite Director – Bret Ratner is shopping around a movie based on the video game Guitar Hero. The premise is a kid who is great at the game, somehow wins a competition and becomes a real life Rockstar. How low and desperate is Hollywood to even consider this idea? Not only consider it, but […]