— by SEAN GERSKI — If you have watched a movie in the past year, there is a great chance Clifton Collins Jr. was in it. In 2009 alone, he appeared in “Sunshine Cleaning,” “The Perfect Game,” “Crank: High Voltage,” “Star Trek,”[...]
Archive for December, 2009
Two Clips From ‘Deadline’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — Brittany Murphy plays the role of Alice in this film, a women traveling to a Victorian type of house with her best friend, Lucy (Thora Birch), to finish her screenplay before her fast-approaching deadline. Shortly after her arrival, mysterious[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Alice’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Fans of “Alice in Wonderland” won’t have to wait until Tim Burton’s adaptation is released in March for a new version of the classic story thanks to a new mini-series on the Syfy Channel. In “Alice,” the modern reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It’
— by SEAN GERSKI — I’m sure someone could make a really funny parody movie about the Judd Apatow movies. As entertaining as the movies are, there is a lot of territory to explore in a satire. Unfortunately, this is not that movie.[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Nativity!’
— by RACHEL COYNE — My first thought after watching the trailer for “Nativity!” was, “It’s sort of like a British ‘Waiting for Guffman.’” And that is not a bad thing. Proof that absolutely anything can be turned into a competition, “Nativity!” tells the story of[...]
Frosty, The Inappropriate Snowman
— by KATHLEEN COLLINS — This clip is so awesome that you will not believe that it was actually created by CBS, but it was. It takes a blend of “Frosty The Snowman” and Neil Patrick Harris’ Barney Stinson from “How I Met Your Mother” to create something[...]
Beckinsale. Deschanel. Absolut-ly.
— by SEAN GERSKI — Actresses Kate Beckinsale and Zooey Deschanel are featured in a new series of ads for Absolut Vodka. The pictures are very well done and the actresses look amazing — even though they are nearly unrecognizable in a few (especially in the photos where they are[...]
Florence Indian Film Festival Starts Dec. 4
From the Arno to the Ganges: in December, Florence will host the 9th River to River — Florence Indian Film Festival. This year, the festival includes a retrospective on the wistful genius of Guru Dutt. From Dec. 4 to 10, Florence will host the film festival, which was established and[...]
Sundance Film Festival Announces 2010 Competition Slate
Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition Categories, the Festival presents films in five out-of-competition sections[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Young Victoria’
— by RACHEL COYNE — I kind of dig “boring” movies. If you ever saw a trailer for a movie that featured nothing but long conversations and tortured relationships between the characters, and wondered to yourself, “Who would watch this?,” chances are I would. Add some high-concept[...]
Disney Pulling Franchise From Out of ‘The Black Hole’
— by CAM SMITH — One of my many steadfast theories in reviewing movies is that, among the many hurdles any critic faces when presenting their argument to a reader, there are two particular matters of taste that are impossible to debate or overcome: sense of humor and nostalgia. Just as[...]
Poster Peek: ‘The Book of Eli’
— by ALEXA MILAN — January is usually a pretty unexciting time for new movies, but hopefully the latest film from Albert and Allen Hughes will be an exception. “The Book of Eli” is set in a post-apocalyptic America, a bleak and violent society where the world as people once knew it[...]
Two Scenes From ‘The Slammin’ Salmon’
— by SEAN GERSKI — As a Cobie Smulders fan, I’m glad to see her make the leap to the big screen, especially in a comedy. However, as a Cobie Smulders fan, I’m not all that excited to see her in this movie, which calls itself a comedy. I have now seen two trailers and[...]