— by JESSIKA OWENS — Trailers crowned with an R rating are all the rage with movie goers these days. One such trailer, “Machete,” made its appearance in the exploitation double feature “Grindhouse” as a mock trailer for a fake film. It was an instant fan favorite, so much so, that director Robert Rodriguez went […][...]
Four Stars Join The Lego Movie Cast
Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pratt and Morgan Freeman will lend their vocal talents to the LEGO world, starring as characters in the upcoming original 3D animated LEGO feature, currently in production, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. The first-ever full-length[...]
Review: Lawless
— by ADAM DALE — As we go into the final weekend of August, the summer movie season is coming to an end. Big-budget blockbusters are in the rearview mirror as more artful, Oscar-geared flicks begin to pour into theaters. But where does director John Hillcoat’s “Lawless” fit into the picture? While the graphic violence […][...]
End of Watch Red-Band Trailer
— by ADAM POYNTER — As cop movies go, there have been quite a few in recent years and the tendency as of late is to go darker, grittier and almost have a hyper realism to the action and violence. “End of Watch,” the upcoming action drama by writer/director David Ayer (“Street Kings”), is no […][...]
Sony Keeps Company with Robert Redford
Sony Pictures Classics announced it has acquired all U.S. Rights to Robert Redford’s “The Company You Keep.” Redford, who directed and produced the film, also stars alongside a cast including Shia LeBeouf, Julie Christie, Sam Elliott, Brendan Gleeson, Terence Howard, Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick, Brit Marling, Stanley Tucci, Nick Nolte, Chris Cooper, and Susan Sarandon. […][...]
Review: Premium Rush
— by ADAM DALE — When it comes to action and excitement, the summer season isn’t lacking in big budget blockbuster films, but it is very rare to see the kind of intensity shown in “Premium Rush” without massive special effects and explosions. Director David Koepp wants to take you for an ultimate ride through […][...]
Top 5 Big Screen Adventurers (The Men)
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Hollywood has taken us on great adventures, with fearless heroes to lead us into the face of danger and into the unknown. Some of these bold characters already existed in book form, and perhaps had been taking reader on adventures for much longer, but in their minds. But from the […][...]
Review: Hit and Run
— by ADAM DALE — If I was an actor in Hollywood and had a talent for writing, I would definitely write movie scripts with myself in mind. And that is exactly what actor and funny man Dax Shepard has done with his latest project “Hit and Run.” Not only did he write the script […][...]
Cameras Roll on Hidden
Principal photography is underway in Vancouver on Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Hidden,” starring Alexander Skarsgârd (TV’s “True Blood”) and Andrea Riseborough (“Shadow Dancer”). Ray (Skarsgârd), Claire (Riseborough) and their seven-year-old daughter, Zoe, are an average American family in Kingsville, North Carolina — except they have existed in a bomb shelter since escaping a day of devastation […][...]