— by ALEXA MILAN — He’s tackled gangster films, samurai action and historical epics and now … spaghetti westerns? It looks like that’s the genre director Quentin Tarantino will tackle next, according to details revealed during the weekend about his next project. Taranti[...]
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Morgan Spurlock Pays City to Temporarily Change Name to Movie Title
— by ALEXA MILAN — First, Morgan Spurlock gained 25 pounds by eating nothing but McDonald’s for a month in “Super Size Me.” Then he exposed subjects to lifestyles different from their own, from living on minimum wage to spending a month in prison, in the FX show “[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Help’
— by ALEXA MILAN — I’m one of the few people that has yet to read “The Help,” the bestselling novel by Kathryn Stockett, but I think I’d better move it to the top of my to-read list. The trailer for the film adaptation recently hit the Web, and it looks like risin[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Midnight in Paris’
— by ALEXA MILAN — “Match Point,” “Scoop,” “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.” In recent years, Woody Allen has been fascinated by Americans finding themselves in all sorts of crazy shenanigans and romantic entanglements abroad. His latest, “Midnight in [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Something Borrowed’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Girl falls for guy. Guy falls for girl’s best friend. Girl just sits on the sidelines and lets it all happen? Not so fast, at least not for the protagonist of “Something Borrowed.” Based on the novel by Emily Griffin, “Something Borrowed” [...]
Kevin Smith Hosting Auction for Movie Props
— by ALEXA MILAN — Kevin Smith is “so, like, sick of movies and s–t,” according to a recent interview with LA Weekly. The comedy director has announced he’ll quit film-making after his next movie, and he’s going out on his own terms. Smith is currently[...]
Highlights from Director Jason Reitman’s Q&A at Wake Forest
— by ALEXA MILAN — I’m as passionate a movie lover as they come, but I’m from Greensboro, N.C. I don’t exactly have a ton of opportunities to go to film festivals and conventions or to meet my favorite actors, writers and directors. So imagine my delight — and by delight I me[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Everything Must Go’
— by ALEXA MILAN — It’s always refreshing to see actors step out of their comfort zone. It doesn’t always work, but it’s nice to see them try something new. I love a good Jim Carrey comedy as much as the next person, but when I saw “Eternal Sunshine of the[...]
Seven Clips from ‘Hanna’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Around this time last year, Chloe Moretz was dropping F-bombs and attacking criminals as pint-sized vigilante Hit Girl in “Kick-Ass.” Now “Atonement” and “The Lovely Bones” star Saoirse Ronan is the underage, gun-toting assassin in &[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Bang Bang Club’
— by ALEXA MILAN — I’m a sucker for a good journalism movie — “State of Play,” “Shattered Glass,” “All the President’s Men.” In an age when the Internet allows for instantaneous information and fact-checking sometimes falls by the way[...]
Five Clips from ‘Sucker Punch’
— by ALEXA MILAN — Zack Snyder has proven he can create visually-driven adaptations of other people’s work. He earned acclaim for “300” and even had the gall to tackle something as ambitious and demanding as “Watchmen.” But now audiences are about to see if [...]
Gallery Hosting ‘Black Swan’ Exhibit
— by ALEXA MILAN — It may have lost the Academy Awards’ top honor to “The King’s Speech,” but Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” undoubtedly made quite the impression among moviegoers last year. What struck me most about the film was its distinct st[...]