— by RON WILKINSON — Ben Affleck gave this one a good shot. He directed the movie, wrote the screenplay (based on the novel by Dennis Lehane) and played the lead role. Two out of three is not bad, but as gangster Joe Coughlin, he is not James Caan’s Sonny Corleone. Nor is he trying [&h[...]
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Review: American Sniper
— by RON WILKINSON — “American Sniper” — Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial effort — is an entertaining combination of war movie and biopic. The book by the subject, Chris Kyle (co-written with Scott McEwen and James Defelice), contains a much better descriptio[...]
Review: The Girl
— by FIANNA MacGREGOR — They say you should never meet your heroes. After having been a teaching assistant in a couple of Hitchcock classes, I feel like he was a hero of sorts. The Birds was one of the scariest films I had seen as a child but I admit that I was more […][...]
Trailer: The Girl
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Yesterday, I wrote about Fox Searchlight’s trailer for “Hitchcock,” starring Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren and Scarlett Johansson. Coincidentally, another production about the famous suspense director, titled “The Girl,” will premiere on HBO Oct. 20. I[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘New Year’s Eve’
— by ALEXA MILAN — A laundry list of big-name actors added up to a sub-par film in “Valentine’s Day,” but that isn’t stopping director Garry Marshall from having another go at a holiday-themed ensemble rom-com. “New Year’s Eve” takes the same for[...]
‘G.I. Joe’ Sequel Gets Tentative Title, Shooting Location
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — Paramount Pictures is ramping up production on a sequel to the “G.I. Joe” movie released in 2009. Tentatively titled “G.I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes” and directed by John Chu (“Step Up 3D,” “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never”),[...]