— by BEN FOWLER — Actors Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis are obviously quite comfortable around the dark and grisly, with Pegg starring in “Shaun of the Dead” and Serkis most famously as Gollum in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. They seem to have gravitated towards[...]
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Making ‘SWALLOW’ — Entry #3
“TWO DOLLARS or HOW I LEARNED TO EXPAND OUR FUNDING EFFORTS & MAKE ‘SWALLOW’ WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS”[...]
Under Review: ‘The Crazies’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Forty-two years ago, George A. Romero popularized the zombie apocalypse sub-genre with his ground-breaking “Night of the Living Dead,” a film that combined the searing social commentary of political dramas and the scares of bloody horrors[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Middle Men’ (Red Band Version)
— by ROB COX — This clip for the upcoming “Middle Men,” is one of the longer film trailers you’re likely to see. At five minutes in length, it’s roughly double the average size of most modern trailers. Strangely enough, though, it works (and no, I’m not just saying that[...]
Under Review: Un Prophète
— by JOEL CRARY — There’s a certain sense of justice that accompanies seeing the impotence of macho bravado behind bars that the gangster picture doesn’t offer. The character of César Luciani (Niels Arestrup), a figurehead of the Corsican National Front[...]
Under Review: ‘La Donation’
— by JOEL CRARY — In her review of “La Donation,” Liz Braun over at canoe.ca claims that the film is “very much about geography, so it leaves you feeling super-Canadian.” I get a kick out of the term “super-Canadian.” I picture groups of people flocking to theatres, taking in[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
— by TOM ELCE — The Hollywood horror remake has shown its ugly mug again — only this time with added facial burns — with “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” a present-day update of the 1984 Wes Craven flick of the same name, whose lousy trailer has just been inflicted up[...]
Is the Man of Bronze Heading to the Silver Screen?
— by BEN FOWLER — When the phrase “pulp magazines” is mentioned, the name of Doc Savage is never far behind. You can’t get much more “pulp” than the Man of Bronze. It appears that Colombia Pictures believe there is an opening in the comic book movie market for another hero to[...]
Three Interviews from ‘Shutter Island’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Is there a name more synonymous with brilliant film-making than that of Martin Scorsese? Throughout his expansive career, he’s directed several classics such as “Goodfellas” and “Raging Bull.” Most of these films contain common[...]
Review: The Ghost Writer
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — There was a “clash of the titans” this weekend. No, Sam Worthington or Louis Leterrier are not implicated in any way. Instead cinema giants Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski simultaneously released their latest films. Both[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Free Willy: Escape from Pirate’s Cove’
— by BEN FOWLER — Are there no original ideas in Hollywood anymore? Without wanting to sound like an old man, it bugs me that the studios keeping churning out mindless drivel. Next to seemingly fall into this category is (brace yourself) “Free Willy: Escape from[...]
Mark Strong Confirmed as Sinestro in ‘Green Lantern’
— by BEN FOWLER — Comic-book uber genius and all round good guy Geoff Johns has posted a tantalising report from the New Orleans based set of Green Lantern. On Johns’ own Twitter feed today, the writer posted “Back from an amazing trip to Green Lantern town a.k.a. New Orleans[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Faces in the Crowd’ (Teaser Version)
— by TOM ELCE — Another thriller that attempts to translate real-life phenomena into the stuff of intense cinema, Julien Magnat’s forthcoming “Faces in the Crowd” focuses in on the subject of prosopagnosia, a real-life neurological condition also to be[...]