Law breaking, music playing, and the corruption of an entire generation — it sounds like a solid foundation upon which to build a film. The 2009 film The Boat That Rocked or, in its edited and much leaner form, Pirate Radio, tries to weave together a coming of age story and a musical education. From …
5. Sara Polley – Away From Her (2006)– The first word that comes to my mind in regards to this film is serene. Polley is so successful in her capitalization of that feeling in fueling her narrative. The void, rural landscape of Northern Ontario mimic the inner turmoil of the protagonists in this film, fusing the …
#10- Werewolves On Wheels (1971) Directed by Michael Levesque Werewolves on Wheels was produced by Paul Lewis, a frequent collaborator with Dennis Hopper who had only two years before directed the quintessential biker road movie Easy Rider. Werewolves is the directorial debut of Michel Levesque, who would go on to work as Art Director on …
The Transformers franchise will continue on with a third installment, according to Tyrese Gibson who plays Sergeant Epps. On his twitter page, @Tyrese4Real, he informed the world, ” Transformers 3: Is full throttle full steam ahead…Michael Bay gave me the start date…and I can’t share.” The untitled Transformers movie is due to be released July …
When comparing these critical scenes to their counterparts in such classics as An American Werewolf in London or The Howling, they are simply not in the same league. The Wolfman Directed by Joe Johnston Joe Johnston walks into a bar and says: “Bartender, I’ve directed Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Jurassic Park III and Hidalgo. …
As expected given its torturous production history the movie is a mess but thankfully not a dud of Van Helsing proportions, it’s a handsome looking film but the interference and mangling of the material, as with The Road, is plain to see. The Wolfman Directed by Joe Johnston Woof, woof. A mere fifteen months late, …
It was only four years ago that Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone vowed that Tom Cruise would “never work” with Paramount Pictures again. Well, never say never. Paramount announced its plans this week to release a fourth in the Mission Impossible saga. While I think they are highly overestimating the interest of fans, Paramount has seen …
According to The Playlist, various sources from the European media are reporting that Lars Von Trier told Danish television that Penelope Cruz will take the lead in his psychological disaster film, Melancholia. Shooting will reportedly take place in Sweden and Germany on a $5 million dollar budget with the ultimate goal to premiere the film …
Warner Bros. has turned to Christopher Nolan to help develop a new Superman movie. According to Deadline Hollywood, Nolan who rebooted the very successful Batman franchise has been asked to play a “godfather” role and ensure The Man Of Steel gets off the ground after a 3 1/2-year hiatus. Warner Bros. has a lot of …
IFC Films has announced that it has acquired the U.S. rights to Todd Solondz’s Life During Wartime, his part sequel/part variation on his 1998 Indie hit Happiness. The film features many characters from Happiness only played by different actors this time around. The cast includes Ally Sheedy, Allison Janney, Shirley Henderson, Ciaran Hinds, Paul Reubens, …
/film is always a great place to find interesting and cool new videos featured on YouTube. Here is three clips of Quentin Tarantino telling stories from the Directors on Directing panel in Santa Barbara this weekend. The clips were originally posted by Jeff Wells.
Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption) has been cast in Green Lantern, the Martin Campbell-directed comic book adaptation of the ongoing popular DC Comics series. According to Heat Vision, Robbins will play Senator Hammond, a former astronaut who becomes infused with psychic powers and telekinetic abilities. The character who does not appear in the comic book …
I recently sat through the clumsily titled “Version You’ve Never Seen” cut of The Exorcist, only to conclude that it should have remained unseen. Another 10 minutes of footage, including the laughable spider-walk scene and a feeble new ending have done nothing to improve William Friedkin’s horror classic. But, as the DVD market is flooded …
The 37th Annual Annie Awards which recognizes the year’s best animated features, television productions, commercials, short subjects and outstanding individual achievements in the field of animation saw Pixar’s Up win Best Animated Film and Best Directing in a Feature. The Oscar contender beat out some heavy competition including Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Secret …
The Fox-affiliated production company New Regency, which produced the initial Daredevil has plans to reboot the franchise. What’s worse is the company has hired screenplay writer David Scarpa best known for the awful 2008 sci-fi remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still. The first Daredevil film, which was only released seven years ago performed …
Repulsion (1965) Dir. Roman Polanski United Kingdom – 105 minutes, B&W Criterion Spine # 483 Warning: Here be spoilers. Like flies to the gooping carcass of a skinned rabbit, Repulsion invites a lot of intellectual psychobabbling that usually amounts to the same things being said by different people. We can all pretty much agree what …
“A film that’s fun but ultimately looks like more fun to make than to watch” Meat Weed America Directed by Aiden Dillard I’m all for tits & ass in fact it was my nickname throughout kindergarten until I found out what it was and took further protection to not get the cooties. Blood and guts, …
Andy Baio of waxy.org has been tracking the online distribution of Oscar screeners since 2003, only to discover that every year, the piracy scene manages to release nearly every film by nomination day. Last year, all but three films were leaked in DVD quality by nomination day. According to Andy, fewer Oscar screeners leaked online …
“the violence makes the film seem like a throwback to action movies of the 1990’s, the decade in which Mel Gibson’s star was at its brightest.” Edge of Darkness Directed by Martin Campbell Martin Campbell is best known for rebooting the dated James Bond franchise with the excellent Casino Royale. In that film the director …
The good folks over at /film put up a link to this great video. Some of you may remember some of the rumours floating around stating that director Wes Anderson of all people would direct the next Spiderman film. Well I think it’s a safe bet that we will never see that happen but in …
Daryl Hannah spoke to UK TV channel Film 24 about her role in Raoul Ruiz’ A Closed Book. During the interview they brought up her role in Tarantino’s Kill Bill series where she played Elle Driver. She told the channel: “He always meant it as a trilogy…Think about it. There’s always been a tradition of …
Two exciting new music promos were released this week. The first from former music video director turned filmmaker Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine and The Spotless Mind) and the second by Indie fave David Lynch. Here is Michel Gondry’s promo clip for Mia Doi Todd and David Lynch’s introduction clip for Ariana Delawari’s album Lion of …
Great news for customers of Netflix, who announced this week that they will add hundreds of award-winning and critically acclaimed Indie Films that can be seen instantly through a string of new streaming deals. The selection of films includes works from The Criterion Collection, Gravitas Ventures, Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Oscilloscope Laboratories and Regent …