Principal photography is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ feature film adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s acclaimed novel “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.” The film stars Sandra Bullock and Tom Hanks, and is being directed by Stephen Daldry (“The[...]
Are Viggo Mortensen and Kevin Costner Joining Superman?
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — There hasn’t been any concrete casting news since Henry Cavill was named Superman, but it looks like the actors for two additional roles may have been revealed. THR is reporting that Viggo Mortensen (“The Lord of the Rings” movies) is the[...]
The 2011 Oscars in Review
— by ALEXA MILAN — If I could sum up this year’s Oscar ceremony in one word, it would be “Meh.” It wasn’t 100 percent dreadful, but there was definitely something missing. There were very few surprises in this year’s telecast, and overall the jokes fell flat.[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Hesher’
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — Suspension of disbelief plays a big part in enjoying a film. Horror movies are infinitely less scary once you remember the creatures in the night don’t actually exists. Rom-coms would fall flat if the witty dialogue was the way people actually talked. Sci-fi movies wouldn’t even exist at all. However, […][...]
Short Film Theater: ‘The Lost Thing’
— by KYLA DREWETTE — Based on a children’s book written by Shaun Tan, “The Lost Thing” is a charming animated short about a boy who discovers a mechanical crab-like creature while out collecting bottle tops at the beach. Despite everyone else’s lack of interest in the creature, the boy empathizes with his new friend, […][...]
Four Clips from ‘Rango’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — It is no secret that I am a fan of the recent slew of computer-animated movies that have been pixelated our way since the success of the first “Toy Story.” Some have been better than others, but most have simply been great to watch. The writing, the art, the imagination […][...]
Time Lapse Video of The Red Carpet Being Set Up
— by SEAN GERSKI — It takes a lot of time and effort to set up the Red Carpet on the day of the Oscars. But, luckily, thanks to time-lapse video, you can watch the whole thing unfold in just over a minute.[...]
Under Review: ‘Honey’ (aka ‘Bal’)
— by BEV QUESTAD — You enter through the dark, with the night noises of the forest, the stream rushing over rocks, the bustle of insects thriving in anonymity, and a gentle air brushing through trees. Then it’s daylight and a kindly man with his white horse is scouting the filigreed woods, listening. Something plops […][...]
HISHE’s Best Picture Summary 2011
— by ADAM POYNTER — The Academy Awards are approximately 24 hours away — they take place at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles — and all of the industry’s biggest and brightest stars will descend in one location to see who the academy has selected for the year’s top honors. They say it’s going […][...]
A Clip from ‘Source Code’
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Jake Gyllanhaal is giving the action genre another go with his latest film “Source Code,” a sci-fi thriller about a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he’s part of a mission to find a bomber of a Chicago commuter train. Unfortunately, audiences didn’t […][...]