NEW YORK, May 9, 2011 – Focus Features has acquired U.S. distribution rights to “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World”, written and to be directed by Lorene Scafaria. Indian Paintbrush and Mandate Pictures are co-financing the movie. The contemporary comedic romance stars Golden Globe Award winner Steve Carell and Academy Award nominee […]
Apple.com’s trailer section is pushing another exclusive trailer. This week’s feature is another trailer for Disney/Pixar’s “Cars 2“. The website has amassed 23 clips, most of which feature 360˚ views of the various characters that will appear in the movie. There’s also been one short clip released that features Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) fighting his […]
At first glance “Birdy the Mighty: Decode” seems like an average fan service anime complete with scantily clad female lead, but there’s a bit more to this story of an intergalactic police officer’s mission to Earth. The trailer claims that the titular character is stranded on Earth until she repairs the damage she’s done to Tsutomu Senkawa’s life, […]
From fried eggs to stuffed quail; from John Travolta’s to Coleridge’s Xanadu; from pop culture to high art, “The Trip” takes us in a journey that includes first class food, wine, conversation and a meditation on the nature of the artist as a middle age man. The film directed by Michael Winterbottom is an edited […]
The kitchen, that physical space which also represented the imaginary boundary where women were relegated in the past, is the center of the latest film by director Nora Ephron. Julie and Julia: A kitchen of their own. The film “Julie and Julia” contrasts the life of cook Julia Child in Paris in the 1950’s with […]
The Hughes Brothers, once again on the A-list after the success of The Book Of Eli–which pulled in around $150 million dollars worldwide–were offered Akira, based upon the anime by Katsuhiro Otomo.
For those of us looking for answers in cinema, “A Serious Man” may seem like a cruel joke. On the other hand, the Coen Brother’s film might offer the only real comfort one can get from great art: the certainty that we are not alone, that others share our existential malaise A SERIOUS MAN: An […]
(Minimal spoilers because I hate reviews that tell you exactly what happens in a film. If I wanted to know that I would, I don’t know, go see it myself. I read reviews for an opinion, a perspective, not a blow-by-blow, scene-by-scene examination) I went to see “Thor” at the Loews Uptown today, a theater that–if not […]
To commemorate the opening of “Thor” nationwide tomorrow, Marvel has created a little 8-bit gaming action called Thor: Bring The Thunder. It’s an attractive game, with lots of bright colors and sharply-defined backgrounds. The characters are small and somewhat squat, visually resembling Kubrick or Lego figures. I am surprised that it hasn’t been offered as […]
“Desert Punk” takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future. Mankind destroyed the modern world in a cataclysm that turned Japan into the Great Kanto Desert. Life in the desert is rough and mercenaries roam wild, taking on and completing any job as long as it pays enough. The show focuses on the adventures of the Kanta […]
