— by BEV QUESTAD — “Sri Lanka seems to be cursed. For 30 years it has endured a brutal and seemingly endless ethnic civil war.” These are the words of a beautiful Norwegian journalist, Beate Arnestad, as she rides undercover through checkpoints skirting a fenced-in area of Tamils – exiles in their own country. The […][...]
Criterion’s The Gold Rush Restoration Demo
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — I am so glad so many classic movies are being remastered and restored back to health. Movies like Ben-Hur,” “Casablanca” and numerous Alfred Hitchcock classics have all been cleaned up and, perhaps, now they look even better than they did when they were originally released. This is mostly due to […][...]
Review: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
— by ADAM DALE — What would you do if you knew the exact time of your death? Go wild, drink, party, get depressed, and make up for lost time? Well, what if it also happened to be every other living being on planet Earth’s last moments as well? That is the core question at […][...]
Hans Zimmer to Score Man of Steel
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — I am extremely exited with the fact that at this very moment there is a new Superman movie out there, being enhanced with special effects, polished with edits and CGI (computer graphics), and now finally scored with what I expect to be an orchestral masterpiece. I am referring to that […][...]
Documentary Channel Taking a ‘Trip’
This July, Documentary Channel (DOC) hits the road for its second annual “American Road Trip,” featuring a series of documentary films exploring unique stories from across the United States. The special line-up starts with the U.S. television premiere of “Wild Horses & Renegades” on July 1 (8p ET/PT). An eye-opening film confronting the debacle of […][...]
Monsters University: Teaser Trailer
— by CHERRY BELL DAMASCO-FARRINGTON — “Monsters, Inc.” — a 2001 animated feature film produced by Pixar — was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and starred the voices of John Goodman as Sully and Billy Crystal as Mike, two monsters who work at a power plant that powers their […][...]
Trailer: Dredd
— by ADAM POYNTER — The road for the character Judge Dredd has been a lengthy and turbulent one. Created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra in 1977 for 2000 AD Comics magazine, it has been one of the longest-running British Comic Book characters and was voted the seventh-best comic hero by British magazine Empire. […][...]
Review: The New Year
— by SEAN GERSKI — Without too much effort, Sunny can bowl a 300 game … or she can roll a series of gutter balls. She has the talent to bowl as well as she wants, but she has to be motivated. And for Sunny, life is much the same way. She has the tools […][...]
Cloud Atlas Set for Oct. 26 Release
Warner Bros. Pictures has officially slated the epic “Cloud Atlas,” from acclaimed filmmakers Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Andy Wachowski, for domestic release on Oct. 26, 2012. In addition, the studio has acquired rights for the film in the major markets of the UK, France, Spain, Australia, and Japan, with plans to release it in […][...]
Sony to Distribute I’m So Excited
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they have acquired all North American rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s new comedy, currently titled “I’m So Excited,” from El Deseo. The film, an ensemble comedy written and directed by Almodóvar, is set to begin production in July and will be released next summer. The cast includes Javier Cámara, Cecilia […][...]