Spike Jonze is a brilliant filmmaker. From Adaptation to Being John Malkovich, Where the Wild Things Are to Jackass, he has a unique view of things, typically informed by the writing of Charlie Kaufman. While Her is not a collaboration with Kaufman, it is an original concept from Jonze that sounds kind of intriguing until...
Godawful poster aside, Kill Your Darlings is a film worth looking into. Actor Daniel Radcliffe seems to be doing everything in his power to expunge his association with the eponymous character from the Harry Potter saga, this time taking the mantle of the beatnik bard, Allen Ginsberg. The film centers around a murder that...
After a host of teaser pictures, a first trailer and a rather dull poster, Thor: The Dark World returns to the internet world to excite the feeble minds of the fanboy drones. While “superhero fatigue” is certainly a thing many bloggers experience, I have pretty much been onboard with the Marvel films up to this...
After the success of the Jason Segel-led The Muppets, Disney seems to have a fresh start for one of their most popular franchises that will be followed up with Muppets Most Wanted. While Segel won’t be returning, the Muppet legacy of having puppets surrounded by a wildly talented cast continues as Muppets Most Wanted will...
A few months back, we had our first look at Naomi Watts as Princess Di in the first trailer for the once-thought to be Oscar contender. However with its lack of festival play and studios lack of interest in sweeping it up (it was eventually picked up by the very unknown Embankment Films), it’s Oscar...
A seeming onslaught of material for Ridley Scott’s (Gladiator, Alien) The Counselor is bursting from the gates with a second, or third if you count the foreign teaser, trailer just released. With a script penned by Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men, The Road), this Fox 2000 stars Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Cameron Diaz,...
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What Cowperthwaite manages to do best with Blackfish is to not demonize her subject Tilikum. While this could have been a field day for euthanizing the undeniably violent creature, it…
In a bit of a news roundup, I’m trying to cover all the press material literally flying out of X-Men: Days of Future Past. After the success of The Wolverine and the post-credits scenes that more than hinted at the next step in the X-Men film franchise, Days of Future Past is gearing up to...