In his final role, James Gandolfini returned to the dark world of organized crime as the former owner of a bar that is used as a drop zone for ill-gotten money. The Drop also stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace. Check out the first trailer following the jump. The Drop will be in theaters on […]
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Dead Man Down Twists and Turns But It’s No Girl With The Dragon Tattoo!
Niels Arden Oplev received near unanimous raves for his original take on The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo so it makes sense that his first film in English would be a complicated tale of vengeance. Dead Man Down, written by Fringe’s J.H. Wyman focuses on Viktor, right-hand man of crime boss Alphonse and Beatrice, the […]
International Trailer For Prometheus Includes New Footage!
This movie just looks more and more intriguing!
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Ritchie’s Second Victorian Romp Darker But Still Fun!
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is almost as much fun as it predecessor but it may have been a mistake using Holmes’ greatest foe – Professor James Moriarty [The Napoleon of Crime] – so soon.
Ridley Scott’s Prometheus Has Its Android!
Michael Fassbender has signed on to play an android character in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus – the film that has arisen from the ashes of Scott’s aborted Alien prequel – for which Fassbender was being considered. The 20th Century Fox project also stars Noomi Rapace – who gave Lizbeth Salander life in the trilogy based on […]
Stieg Larsson’s Dragon Tattoo Trilogy Gets Home Video Release Date!
Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers says Noomi Rapace should receive an Oscar® nomination for her work in the trilogy of films based on Stieg Larsson’s novels. Roger Ebert says, ‘Lisbeth is as compelling as any heroine in recent memory.’ The Wall Street Journal’s Joe Morganstern adds, ‘Noomi Rapace has a singular combination of eerie beauty and […]
The Girl Who Played With Fire Burns Brightly in a Mediocre Summer!
In The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, we first met researcher/hacker Lisbeth Salander [Noomi Rapace] and crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist [Mikael Nyqvist] as they investigated the niece of a Swedish business giant. Now they’re back and trying to prove that Salander hasn’t committed three execution-style murders.
MOVIE REVIEW: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Multi-Layered Thriller Sneaks Up on You!
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a two-and-a-half-hour movie that feels much shorter. The multi-layered thriller is based on the Stieg Larsson best seller Män som hatar kvinnor [Men Who Hate Women], itself a richly complex work that runs over eight hundred pages [none of it unnecessary]. The plot revolves around a disgraced financial […]