Here’s the trailer for Chris Kentis and Laura Lau‘s “Silent House.” It’s a film of the ‘Paranormal Activity’ variety, based upon a film from Uraguay, “The Silent House.” The original film was shot in one take, while the remake looks like it was, it wasn’t.
James Wan‘s “Insidious” earned almost $100 million worldwide, while Oren Peli‘s Paranormal Activity films combined earned almost $600 million dollars. Big deal, you might say–and it is–till you realize that “Insidious” cost only $1.5 million to make, while the Paranormal Activity films COMBINED cost just over $8 million. That’s a lot of return for minimal […]
Here’s the new Barry Sonnenfeld‘s “Men In Black 3” trailer, which I hope is better than MIIB (“Men In Black 2”). That being said, for some strange reason what I want to see most from this film is Josh Brolin channeling Tommy Lee Jones, who also stars in the film.
Congratulations to Martin Scorsese, and the crew that put together “Hugo,” which has won ‘Best Art Direction,’ ‘Best Sound Editing,’ ‘Best Sound Mixing,’ and Best Visual Effects.’
“If you value your very soul (or at least your hard-earned cash) see “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” only from the relative safety of cable, Netflix or Redbox (when it’s available).” I wanted to like Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor’s “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” because I thought that Mark Steven Johnson’s original film wasn’t […]
While Sacha Baron Cohen is an acquired taste–I found “Bruno” a bit much, though “Borat” was fun–the man is definitely bold and seemingly fearless, which is why I think that “The Dictator” will at the very least be interesting. Then there’s the presence of Larry Charles–who I just learned isn’t the same person as Larry […]
Yesterday’s return of “The Walking Dead” to AMC made cable ratings history, earning more than 7 million viewers. That being said, I am a bit torn. While I am glad to hear of it’s success–Heck, any show with zombies on a consistent basis I am glad to know is successful–though I still can’t quite get […]
“Frost is a man on fire, and God help anyone who gets in his way.” Denzel Washington has to be one of the most versatile leading men in Hollywood. In fact, I can recall no other actor in recent memory who’s so effortlessly able to move from corrupt–as Det. Alonzo Harris in “Training Day,” […]
With Matt Damon not returning to the Bourne movies, there was no way that Universal was going to give up on a franchise that has pulled in almost $950 million dollars. Enter Jeremy Renner, last seen in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and (soon) in “The Avengers.” I hope that Paul Greengrass (“The Bourne Supremacy,” “The […]
“The Amazing Spider-Man” trailer is up, and watching it makes me ask: Why? As far as I can tell Marc Webb’s reboot doesn’t appear to be bringing anything new to the party. Now keep in mind that it’s just a trailer, but how is it significantly different that Sam Raimi’s version? It will probably be […]
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