— by KYLA DREWETTE — A new trailer has been released for Garth Edwards’ “Monsters.” The low-budget monster film was reportedly made for under $100,000 and is being released in the U.S. by Magnet Releasing. The movie stars Scoot McNairy as an American journalist who agrees to escort[...]
Archive for August, 2010
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Friday Preview
— by H.G. WATSON — Tonight is the finale of Toronto After Dark, and after a week of films — good, bad and ridiculous — the film fest ends on an outrageous note with two rather out-there films. At 7 p.m., is the French film “Rubber.” Robert, the main character, is sick of [...]
Under Review: ‘The Switch’
— by ADAM POYNTER — I will start off by saying the concept for “The Switch” seemed a bit formulaic at first. With recent romantic comedies failing at the box office and also in the movie-goers’ eyes to impress on any level of originality or authenticity, the directing team of J[...]
Trailer: Superman / Batman: Apocalypse
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — If you have loved the latest installments of the DC animated movies — such as “Superman: Doomsday,” “Superman/Batman: Public Enemies” and “Wonder Woman” — then prepare yourself to leap, rant and rejoice. DC is launching[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Daydream Nation’
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — In the trailer for “Daydream Nation,” Caroline (Kat Dennings from “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”) lets the viewer know that “the year this story takes place is the year everything happened.” She confesses to sleeping w[...]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: ‘The Last Exorcism’
— by H.G. WATSON — In Peter Biskind’s excellent book “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls,” Biskind documents the rise of the great directors of the ’70s, including: Spielberg, Lucas, Scorsese, Coppola, De Palma and William Friedkin. In a chapter dedicated to Friedkin’s seminal horro[...]
A Scene from ‘Blue Valentine’
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — As far as getting you interested in a film, the clip for “Blue Valentine” had me on the edge of my seat. It didn’t have any explosions or face punching, but in those 70 seconds, I was concerned for the characters and wanted to continue with the story[...]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Japanxploitation
— by H.G. WATSON — Exploitation films are, for me, in many ways often the most difficult films to review. They are, obviously, exploitative of whatever subject matter the filmmaker has chosen. Keeping that in mind, it’s pretty hard to come down on a film for being sexist, racist, or ju[...]
Short Film Theater: ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the Animation’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — After trending consistently on Twitter for more than two weeks and being praised by fans and commended by the critics, “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” has already become a cult favorite. Several of the fans who have watched it expressed their excitement wit[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Avatar: Special Edition’
— by KYLA DREWETTE — A new trailer for “Avatar: Special Edition” has been released by 20th Century Fox. The movie, set to come out Aug. 27, is being released in 3D and will include nine additional minutes of footage — justification for the “Special Edition” title. Although [...]