“This “Contagion” may be hard on the system, but it’s well worth catching.” “Contagion” is a scary film, though it didn’t get that way by accident. Part of why it is so effective is because the scenario it presents is a very realistic one, as anyone who has even remotely paid attention to the scourge […]
Here’s the trailer for David Fincher’s English-language remake of “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.” I am posting this because I saw the trailer during “Contagion” (review forthcoming) and was almost deafened by the sound, which seemed intent upon pummeling me into submission. The teaser poster above is probably a bit too “breasty” for some, […]
Roland Emmerich, seemingly the inheritor of the “Master of Disaster” title from Irwin Allen, tells Collider that he isn’t going to make a film version of the video game Asteroids. This is a wise decision because, if you thought that the game Battleship was devoid of plot, Asteroids makes it seem like The Battleship Potemkin. That […]
Here’s the trailer for “Drive,” the latest film from Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Ryan Gosling (though for my money, seeing Albert Brooks play whom I assume is a villain is what I really want to see). I saw the trailer during “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark,” and though that it looked interesting, whichever accent […]
Does the premise of Shawn Levy‘s “Real Steel,” promoter has junky robot that has to overcome the odds against more advanced, more dangerous opponents, strike anyone else as silly (which is saying something based upon some of the films out there)? And if that were not enough of a hurdle to overcome, it also sounds […]
Here’s the trailer for Jonathan Levine’s “50/50,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen. I should mention that I am not a huge fan of Seth Rogen, though he gets props in my book for giving Joseph Gordon-Levitt top billing in a movie that he happens to not only appear in, but produced. The film revolves […]
Here’s the trailer for Bennett Miller’s “Moneyball,” starring Brad Pitt. This doesn’t look like anything that we haven’t seen before, but I have to admit that when these types of films–the “come from behind, winning against incredible odds-type of film–are done well, they’re a joy to behold. I saw the trailer to this film during […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about a motorcycle modeled on the lightcycles from Tron: Legacy. And while that’s a cool vehicle, it doesn’t quite have the cache as the Batmobile. Now, I am not talking about “the Tumbler” from Christopher Nolan’s run on the Batman saga because it’s too big, too brawny […]
The Wachowskis,’ Lana and Larry, not been represented on the big screen since 2003’s Matrix Revolutions, will be back with a film based upon David Mitchell’s novel, Cloud Atlas. The film is so ambitious that besides the Wachowski’s, Tom Twyker (if you haven’t seen “The International” catch it because it not only successfully depicts a bank […]
Edited 8/25 2239 David Goyer is preparing a version of H.G Wells’ “The Invisible Man” for Universal. The problem with this is that he isn’t a very good director (I still haven’t recovered from the mess that was “Blade: Trinity“), and he tends to be an even worse one when he’s directing from his own writing, when […]
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