— by LYNN TACKITT — I have been a long-time devoted fan of good thriller movies. Even as a child, I would sneak in the hallway late at night and watch the movies that my mother deemed too scary or deep for a child to follow. Being extremely lucky, I was blessed with a mother […][...]
‘The Hunger Games’ Teaser Trailer Debuts
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — The highly-anticipated teaser for “The Hunger Games” premiered during the MTV Video Music Awards. Having just finished the first book written by Suzanne Collins last month, I am proud to admit I have Katniss fever. Unfortunately, I wasn’t a fan at the very beginning. To tell the truth, before Hollywood […][...]
Short Film Theater: ‘Small Gods’
— by JESSICA MORALES — A dark, gritty crime drama with a sci-fi twist is how I’d best describe “Small Gods,” a new short film by Marcus Perry based on the Image Comics series. The film shows a world where people with extrasensory perception live in secret. They must register their powers to the authorities, […][...]
Four Clips from ‘Our Idiot Brother’
— by CHERRY BELL DAMASCO-FARRINGTON — In “Our Idiot Brother,” Paul Rudd plays Ned Rochlin, an idealistic man who intrudes and wreaks havoc on the lives of his three sisters: Liz (Emily Mortimer), Miranda (Elizabeth Banks) and Natalie (Zooey Deschanel). The film includes such a great cast and I can only imagine the dynamics that […][...]
An Update on Casting for ‘The Expendables 2’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Before 2011 fades away, production on the highly anticipated “The Expendables 2” will begin. So, with such a tight deadline to begin shooting — no pun intended — it is no surprise the rumor mill is going berserk throwing out possible names of new action stars to will join the […][...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Blackthorn’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Not many names in Western lore have as much impact as Butch Cassidy. Cassidy was supposedly killed in Bolivia in 1908 when he and the Sundance kid got into a fatal shootout with the Bolivian Police. In the upcoming film “Blackthorn,” we see that Cassidy survived the fatal shooting and […][...]
Under Review: ‘The Interrupters’
— by BEV QUESTAD — In the first six months of 2010, Chicago had 217 murders, mostly of youth by youth. At a town hall, the mayor announced the National Guard was available to intervene. The audience members passionately spoke about wanting to solve their own neighbor problems with gang violence from the inside. Violence […][...]
DC Comics’ ‘Deadman’ To Get Adapted For TV
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — Throughout this year, Marvel has been very busy with its successful slate of movies and upcoming adaptions of several TV shows (such as “Hulk” and “Jessica Jones” for example), but rival DC Comics done much on the small screen since “Smallville” ended (aside from the failed “Wonder Woman” pilot) — […][...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Father of Invention’
— by LYNN TACKITT — One minute you can be on top of the world and the next you can be hitting rock bottom — as millionaire infomercial guru Robert Axle (Kevin Spacey) soon finds out. When one of Axle’s inventions has a design flaw that accidentally chops off the fingers of thousands of customers, […][...]
Four Clips from ‘A Good Old Fashioned Orgy’
— by ALEXA MILAN — What’s a guy to do when it’s nearly Labor Day and all the great end-of-the-summer party themes have been done before? Throw a good old-fashioned orgy, of course. The ensemble comedy “A Good Old Fashioned Orgy” centers on Eric (Jason Sudeikis) a 30-something guy stuck in an adolescent mindset, who […][...]