— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Halloween is the time for cheap masks and discounted candy, but it’s also the time for another installment to “Saw.” Just like Jason and Krueger, Jigsaw is living the high life, but on the downside, just like Jason and Krueger, each installment gets[...]
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Poster Peek: ‘Invictus’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “Invictus” is also known as “The Human Factor.” In this movie, the human factor would be Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) as this film chronicles his life through the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa when he was the president of South[...]
Look Behind the Scenes of ‘Saw VI’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — The “Saw” series has never been rich on intellect but this hasn’t stopped Lions Gate Films from cranking out installments annually. This year marks the sixth addition to the franchise, which seems to go from bad to worse. The plot is[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Mary and Max’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — Mary and Max is a stopmotion claymation feature film directed and written by Adam Elliot. The voice cast consists of Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Eric Bana. Oddly enough, this film states that it is based on a true story. Mary and Max looks to tell[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Fourth Kind’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — The film “Paranormal Activity” relied on internet viral-advertising for its success. It ultimately worked and now Olatunde Osunsanmi is planning to do the same thing for his film “The Fourth Kind.” This is Osunsanmi’s first independent film, though he[...]
A Clip From ‘Bunny and the Bull’
— by TOM ELCE — For better or worse, the television show “The Mighty Boosh” has been something I haven’t crossed paths with yet. A couple of my friends profess to love the BAFTA-winning series, yet I still know nothing about it. If ever I do watch it, I hope it[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Determinism’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — The trailer for “Determinism” shows how harsh and unapologetic the streets really can be. Sanjit and Ranju Majumdar, 24-year-old identical twin brothers, are the writers and directors of what they call a “no budget crime epic.” The following is a[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘The Missing Person’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Director Noah Buschel’s new film, “The Missing Person,” looks like a dark crime drama. Its plot revolves around a private detective who is hired to follow a man named Harold Fullmer on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Detective John Roscow later[...]
Harrelson Explains 2012 Prophecy in Clip
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Ronald Emmerich new film, “2012,” is another installment in his series of apocalyptic films. In this clip, Woody Harrelson, who also starred in the successful “Zombieland” earlier this year, is a theorist who explains to John Cusack’s character about[...]
Under Review: ‘Black Dynamite’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — The spoof genre is widely considered dead. It’s “death” marked by the emergence of films such as “Disaster Movie,” “Meet the Spartans” and “Scary Movie,” but Scott Sanders (who was originally an American novelist and essayist) digs up the[...]
Under Review: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
— by JASON EAKEN — “Where the Wild Things Are” is like a sneak attack on the idea of a Hollywood blockbuster. From behind enemy lines. It is unconventional, unique, messy and decidedly itself. Its director’s two previous films were strange, independent comedies and he hasn’t made[...]
Under Review: ‘Law Abiding Citizen’
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — Justice is a touchy subject and thus is prone to discussion, but unlike this summers “District 9,” which was a successful social commentary on the topic of discrimination, F. Gary Gray’s new film “Law Abiding Citizen” fails to deliver the same blend of [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Opie Gets Laid’
— by ROBERT DeFEIS — “Opie Gets Laid” is an out-of-the-ordinary sexy comedy about “the world’s biggest loser” (James Ricardo). Surprisingly enough, he winds up dating and having sex with three different women (April Wade, Ute Werner, Jesselynn Desmond) without t[...]