The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Jeff Pinkner Directed by Marc Webb USA, 2014 The distinct whiff of chaos pervades The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from its first scene, both narratively and visually. Because its director and writers aren’t likely intending on this sequel to a reboot to feel persistently, unavoidably …
With Iron Man 3 recently hitting the box office in big way, and Man of Steel and The Wolverine quickly on their way, it’s hard for one’s attention not to be firmly set to the pending comic book movies that we’re more than happy to accept with open arms into our wallets. As much as we as viewers, though, love …
The Amazing Spider-Man Directed by Marc Webb Written by James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves USA, 2012 Here’s a fun game: clear your mind of all memories associated with seeing the Spider-Man trilogy directed by Sam Raimi. How quickly can you do it? Having some trouble wrapping your head around the concept? Who …
Over the past few weeks, various photos and unofficial set videos for the upcoming director Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot have popped up online. However there wasn’t any that I felt were worth posting until now. Today a video which features Spiderman web-slinging through city traffic on top of an 18-wheeler was leaked. You can see …
While promoting her upcoming drama All Good Things, Kirsten Dunst, who played Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, commented, to the LA Times, on what it was like when she found out about the reboot. “I mean, everyone was coming back, and they were casting a villain. I knew it wasn’t ready to go, …
Kathryn Bigelow has become the first woman to win the DGA award for Outstanding Direction of a Feature Film with The Hurt Locker, defeating James Cameron’s Avatar. This award makes her the frontrunner in the 2009 Oscar race. Louie Psihoyos also won Best Documentary for The Cove, his ourstanding film which in using state-of-the-art equipment …
(500) Days of Summer Directed by Marc Webb (500) Days of Summer begs you to love it. Its marketing campaign has been so tirelessly micromanaged, its leads are so adorable, its namechecks of generic pseudo-outré touchstones (Belle and Sebastian, The Smiths, The Seventh Seal, turn-of-the-century architecture) so artfully placed, that its many gimmicks actually wind …