— by TOM ELCE — I can’t escape zombies this week. First I revisit George A. Romero’s “Land of the Dead” to discover I now like it more than I originally did. Then I subject myself to four dull clips from his upcoming “Survival of the Dead.” And now?[...]
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Four Clips from ‘George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead’
— by TOM ELCE — Grinding out his third zombie film in the space of five years, director George A. Romero has continued his “Dead” series through his last two movies and into his latest, attempting to do for it what he did with the initial trilogy. The results thus far have[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Please Give’
— by JOSIANE OCHMAN — It’s fortuitous that I was assigned “Please Give” since I’m one one of those people who feels incredibly guilty about the homelessness so prevalent in a city like Vancouver. If I could, I’d like to indulge the readers with a personal[...]
Two Scenes from ‘Stolen’
— by ROB COX — The trailer for Hamm’s current film “Stolen” left me cold. Granted, it is only a two-minute sampling of the film, but, to me, this independent film looks cluttered and filmed on the cheap. In all fairness, most independent productions tend toward a cheaper look[...]
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Features: Music People Making Movies
— by JASON EAKEN — If Spike Jonze was in a teenage rock band, I wouldn’t be surprised. No, I mean if he was in a teenage rock band NOW I wouldn’t be surprised. He’s got that lazy, loping posture, his voice sounds like he’s barely made it out of puberty, and his[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘IMAX: Hubble 3D’
— by ROB COX — Anyone who’s marveled at the breath-taking images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope will likely be fascinated by Warner Bros. upcoming “IMAX: Hubble 3D.” In May 2009, NASA launched Space Shuttle Atlantis on the final mission to service the aging telescope[...]
Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman to Switch Bodies
— by ROB COX — Entertainment Weekly has reported that Ryan Reynolds and Justin Bateman have signed on to star in Universal Pictures’ “The Change-Up.” The film will revolve around two best friends — one a responsible family man (Bateman), the other a single slacker (Reynolds) — [...]
Guy Ritchie Prepping Arthurian Saga
— by BEN FOWLER — It seems like Guy Ritchie is getting a taste for bringing quasi-historical icons to the big screen. Not content with bringing Sherlock Holmes out of retirement, the British director is now turning his attention to a King Arthur story scripted by[...]
Two More Actors Cast in ‘Green Lantern’
— by BEN FOWLER — In brightest day, in blackest night … Things are certainly getting going over in New Orleans at the moment. The highly-anticipated “Green Lantern” movie starts filming this week and director Martin Campbell has reached out to New Zealand for his latest[...]
Under Review: ‘The Cove’
— by TOM ELCE — The title of “The Cove” refers to a cliff-surrounded section of water in the town of Taiji, Japan, where an approximate 23,000 dolphin are purportedly slaughtered annually for their meat by fishermen seeking both to gain profit from the resulting product and t[...]
Under Review: ‘Mother’ (aka ‘Madeo’)
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — When dealing with a thriller whose plot puts a character’s child at stake, there is a certain family dynamic to follow. It’s usually the father who seeks vengeance and the mother is surprisingly either dead or completely absent from the script, and if[...]
Under Review: ‘Green Zone’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — During certain portions of “Green Zone,” it seemed that the project was only green-lighted when the relevancy of Oscar-giant “The Hurt Locker” was established. Riding under the assumption that Kathryn Bigelow’s war epic would win[...]