Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph” took a while, but it’s finally growing on me. I like it even more since I learned that John C. Reilly, as opposed to Seth Rogen, (who happens to sound quite a bit like Reilly) is voicing the character. Though truth be told, I would prefer John C. McGinley even more (mainly because […]
And since Guillermo Del Toro is never far from my thoughts (and I don’t mean in a gay way–not that there’s anything wrong with that) here’s the trailer for his latest production, “Mama,” written and directed by Andy Muschietti, based upon his short film. And speaking of Muschietti’s original short, I found and embedded it […]
“Seven Psychopaths” stars Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Tom Waits, Woody Harrelson, and Christopher Walken. It was directed by Martin McDonagh, who also did “In Bruges,” which I have heard is a very entertaining, though I have yet to see it. Though not billed as such, “Seven Psychopaths” feels to me like a must-see film, bordering on […]
If you’ve caught Seasons One and Two of Channel 4 raunchy teen comedy, “The Inbetweeners” and can’t wait till they get Season Three, look no further. I originally checked out Channel 4’s web site, but for whatever reason it’s not available there due to some technical issues (I don’t know if they’re due to me […]
The small, almost micro-budgeted, film, when successful, can bring new creativity (and profits) to the box office. For instance, the whole found-footage trend came into its own with the three “Paranomal Activity” films, which combined cost just over $8 million to produce and earned almost $600 million worldwide. That being said, there are times when […]
That’s not quite fair, though if Sean Penn isn’t channeling Robert Smith of The Cure, in his upcoming film, “This Must Be The Place” then I don’t know who’s he trying to be. His performance strikes me as one of the boldest from anyone in years because, if the trailer is any indicator, it is […]
First there was “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” then came knock-offs, like “Abraham Lincoln Vs. Zombies” and soon “Pride, Prejudice and Zombies.” High concept ideas, too be sure, but could they be perhaps too high-concept? The performance of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” was weak, taking in over $90 million dollars on $69 million dollar budget, and […]
There are some photos from Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” over at Superherohype, though they don’t show anything of any real interest–by which I mean giant robots–so I am not too interested. So, until something worthwhile from the ‘Rim’ pops up, here’s the trailer for Pascal Laugier‘s (He also did “Martyrs,” which I haven’t seen) […]
Nowherelse.fr has a teaser for Iron Man 3 which looks very, very geniune. You don’t see anything other than the ‘Iron Man 3’ logo, but coupled with the accompanying sounds it implies a darkness that the prior films didn’t have.
Excuse me for a moment. That’s better. Now that I found a little release, I can ask the question I find myself asking way more often that I would like lately, which is: Why in (insert perferred deity here) name are they remaking David Cronenberg’s “Videodrome?” Cronenberg himself attempted, not nearly as successfully, to revisit […]
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