— by SEAN GERSKI — These are clips that don’t need much of an introduction. Either you like this kind of comedy or you don’t. Personally, I find the satire genre to be all but dead. Actually, on second thought, it’s been dead for a while, but they keep beating the dead [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Trailer Talk: ‘The Missing Person’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Director Noah Buschel’s new film, “The Missing Person,” looks like a dark crime drama. Its plot revolves around a private detective who is hired to follow a man named Harold Fullmer on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Detective John Roscow later[...]
Harrelson Explains 2012 Prophecy in Clip
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Ronald Emmerich new film, “2012,” is another installment in his series of apocalyptic films. In this clip, Woody Harrelson, who also starred in the successful “Zombieland” earlier this year, is a theorist who explains to John Cusack’s character about[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Old Dogs’
— by SEAN GERSKI — With its $168 million box office take, “Wild Hogs” was a surprise hit in 2007. Its popularity with audiences made talk of a sequel all but inevitable. And now we have director Walt Becker and actor John Travolta back for “Old Dogs” … which[...]
Under Review: ‘Black Dynamite’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — The spoof genre is widely considered dead. It’s “death” marked by the emergence of films such as “Disaster Movie,” “Meet the Spartans” and “Scary Movie,” but Scott Sanders (who was originally an American novelist and essayist) digs up the[...]
Under Review: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
— by JASON EAKEN — “Where the Wild Things Are” is like a sneak attack on the idea of a Hollywood blockbuster. From behind enemy lines. It is unconventional, unique, messy and decidedly itself. Its director’s two previous films were strange, independent comedies and he hasn’t made[...]
Under Review: ‘Law Abiding Citizen’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Justice is a touchy subject and thus is prone to discussion, but unlike this summers “District 9,” which was a successful social commentary on the topic of discrimination, F. Gary Gray’s new film “Law Abiding Citizen” fails to deliver the same blend of [...]
New ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Featurette
— by SEAN GERSKI — As “Where the Wild Things Are” attacks the U.S. box office (Variety is reporting the movie pulled in $11.9 million in its first day), we have this new featurette for you to watch. We had one featurette for you previously (see it here), and now this new one [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Opie Gets Laid’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “Opie Gets Laid” is an out-of-the-ordinary sexy comedy about “the world’s biggest loser” (James Ricardo). Surprisingly enough, he winds up dating and having sex with three different women (April Wade, Ute Werner, Jesselynn Desmond) without t[...]
They Are ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’
— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — “The Men Who Stare at Goats” is very high on my list of movies that I want to see this fall. The film has a great cast and from everything I have seen, it looks like a good time at the movies. Starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and[...]
An Exclusive Interview with Actor Doug Jones
— by SEAN GERSKI — While Doug Jones may not be a household name, he is very much in demand as an actor. Admittedly, Jones has a very peculiar background for an actor (he was a mime at one point and a contortionist at another). However, these skills have come in handy for the actor, [&hel[...]
A Featurette and Three Clips From ‘Antichrist’
— by JON MARTINCIC — Independent features can be great in terms of storytelling, presentation and originality. Lars von Trier’s “Antichrist” seems to be no exception. The story of a couple who retreat to a refuge in the woods after their son died could prove to be a strong[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Serious Moonlight’
— by SEAN GERSKI — There is a strange tone about this trailer, but I don’t know how it could be otherwise. The plot involves a high-powered attorney duct-taping her adulterous husband to the toilet … right before their home is invaded by burglars. Mixing a kidnapping with a r[...]
Poster Peek: ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — The couple in the poster is Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant). The comedy “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” follows the exceedingly successful couple whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure — their dissolvi[...]