— by BEV QUESTAD — “What is it about this job that’s worth more than your life?” shouts an exasperated Lindsay Mills’ to her boyfriend, Edward Snowden. Oliver Stone, whose controversial films have won nine Academy Awards, lays out a story about a man willing to give up ev[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Joseph Gordon-Levitt’
The Walk to open Tokyo film festival
— by SEAN GERSKI — “The Walk” — directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt — will be the opening film of this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). And closing the 28th TIFF will be Tetsuo Shinohara’s “Terminal,̶[...]
Review: Don Jon
— by JAMES SHAW — “Don Jon” was written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt – who also stars in the movie – and I must give Gordon-Levitt a standing ovation because he has connected with both men and women on the topic of sex, which is very hard to do. Sex is a topic tha[...]
Review: Lincoln
— by ADAM DALE — It is apparent by the number of films being made about the man that the legend and the lore of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, is as strong and powerful as ever. We have already seen the man fight the undead in the ridiculous but fun “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunt[...]
Review: Looper
— by ADAM DALE — “Looper” is a film full of twists and turns, multiple layers to the story and each character. Writer-director Rian Johnson (“Brick,” “The Brothers Bloom”) has taken a fairly minor budget of $60 million and made an action-packed sci-fi thriller that looks and [...]
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 [...]
Top 5 Picks for the Next M:I Villain
— by CHERRY BELL DAMASCO-FARRINGTON — Most viewers would question the need for another Mission Impossible film, but it seems like Tom Cruise and the other producers of the franchise have it in mind to create an MI5 and now they have asked fans via Twitter who they think should be the nex[...]
Domestic Trailer for Looper
— by CHERRY BELL DAMASCO-FARRINGTON — Sony Pictures has released a domestic trailer for Rian Johnson’s “Looper.” The film opens in theaters on Sept. 28 and stars Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Piper Perabo and Jeff Daniels. Thirty years down[...]
What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?
— by SEAN GERSKI — Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt — the stars of last year’s wonderful “500 Days of Summer” — ask what you are doing New Year’s Eve with this fun little song. Here’s hoping this duo works together sooner rather than late[...]
Trailer: The Dark Knight Rises (Trailer 2)
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — As you may have noticed, the ongoing viral campaign started with “Operation Early Bird” for Christopher Nolan’s final chapter in his Batman franchise, “The Dark Knight Rises,” which led to the screening of a six-minute prologue which was an introduction of [...]
Teaser Trailer: The Dark Knight Rises
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — “The epic conclusion.” These words describe Christopher Nolan’s final story in the Batman franchise and while we are waiting a year for the movie’s release, we will probably see plenty of teasers, posters and scoops for “The Dark Knight[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘50/50’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Can cancer be funny? Normally, I would say no, but Summit Entertainment and director Jonathan Levine are hoping that answer will be changed to a yes. Here is the first trailer for an upcoming dramatic comedy “50/50” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna [...]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be MIA From ‘G.I. Joe 2’
— by JOSUE SANCHEZ — As we reported recently, several stars from the original “G.I.Joe: Rise of the Cobra” have been M.I.A. from all mentions of the sequel (Dennis Quaid and Rachel Nichols, for example). In my opinion, those two were a huge factor in the movie having any beli[...]
Marion Cotillard’s Role in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is a ‘Secret’
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — When it was officially announced that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marion Cotillard would join Christopher Nolan’s final chapter “The Dark Knight Rises” as Miranda Tale and John Blake — I was actually both thrilled … and disappointed. Both of them are a[...]