— by ROBERT DeFEIS — This time around, Tyler Perry and the gang are gathered together in the Bahamas for their annual one-week reunion. Four close couples aim to rekindle the romance while sharing news about their lives and relationships. Their week is rudely disrupted by the unexpected [...]
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Investigate ‘Sherlock Holmes’ From Behind the Scenes
— by TOM ELCE — Neither Guy Ritchie or Robert Downey Jr. have appeared to show a tendency for restraint in their previous work, so it’s no surprise their collaboration for the upcoming “Sherlock Holmes” adaptation finds them jazzing up theold story template most people [...]
‘Yogi Bear’ Movie Gathering Speed
— by BEN FOWLER — Currently filed under the “Why do we need this film?” section is the live-action/CG hybrid adaptation of the “Yogi Bear” cartoon. Currently casting and set for a release date of Dec. 17, 2010, the Jellystone National Park resident is touted to be voiced [...]
Under Review: ‘The Men Who Stare at Goats’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — There have been many films about the Iraq War era, most of them about the hardships of war, but earlier this year, the limited-release film “In The Loop” decided to do something different. Combining drama and comedy elements, director Armando Iannucci[...]
German Silence Experiment
— by JASON EAKEN — Even as an avid movie-watcher, there are blind spots in my viewing history. Among them: German Expressionism. Most of the big ones are silent films, and recently, I was an extra in a friend’s attempt at recreating the style via Greenscreen. So, it got me thinking, an[...]
Under Review: ‘Disney’s A Christmas Carol’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — The holidays are a time of family, merriment and long lines at department stores, but they also mark a good time to sit next to the burning yule-log and read the Charles Dickens tale “A Christmas Carol.” Since it was published on Dec. 19, 1843, the[...]
Under Review: ‘The Fourth Kind’
— by JOEL CRARY — “The Fourth Kind” is a curious bit of filmmaking from Olatunde Osunsanmi, who takes the recent found footage approach to horror and combines it into a rigamarole of a plot about alien abduction. The film stars Milla Jovovich, who plays herself as well as a woman[...]
‘Resident Evil 4: Afterlife’ News and Previews
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — For all the hardcore (and not so hardcore) “Resident Evil” fans, this article has everything you need to know, including quotes straight from Milla Jovovich’s twitter and a couple of pictures showing us the new look for the main characters and the new character[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Shake Hands With the Devil’
— by TOM ELCE — Though it’s based on a true story, it is difficult to take “Shake Hands with the Devil” as anything above and beyond another of those useless films bent on giving a white perspective to fundamentally black problems. We’ve been there[...]
Exclusive Interview: Writer-Director Justin D. Hilliard
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — Justin D. Hilliard is the brains behind “The Other Side of Paradise” and has his own company, Striped Socks Productions. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and has been into film since the early age of 10. Hilliard attended the University of Texas at[...]
Five Scenes From ‘Looking for Palladin’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “Looking for Palladin” follows Josh Ross (David Moscow), an arrogant Hollywood talent agent who is sent to Guatemala to lure Jack Palladin (Ben Gazzara), an old Hollywood star, out of retirement. Even though Josh and Jack have never met, Josh has quite a [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘D4’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “D4” follows a team of ex-military spec-op mercenaries who have been hired by a wealthy doctor. His child has been kidnapped and is being held inside of a government facility. From the looks of the trailer, the rescue doesn’t go as planned and turns int[...]
A Clip From ‘The House of the Devil’
— by TOM ELCE — Touted by several critics as something of an effective throwback to the haunted house themed horrors of the ’80s and ’70s, Ti West’s “The House of the Devil” looks to be one of the more promising horror efforts of the year, seemingly a world [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Fix’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “Fix,” to me, looks like a long overdue, innovative film — one that looks like a gritty, yet entertaining ride. This movie has garnered an amazing amount of awards, such as the top prize for best feature film at the 2008 Vail Film Festival and the[...]