George Clooney‘s Monuments Men screams Oscar. From the all-star cast, to the historical premise, to Clooney’s gilded track record behind the camera, I’d be surprised if it didn’t pull off at least five nominations and mostly a lot more – Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Score, you name it, this has...
The entertainment community suffered a staggering loss with the passing of James Gandolfini but luckily one final performance from the man most known for his gangster persona on The Sopranos remains to be seen in the indie film, Enough Said. As a major change of pace for Gandolfini, he plays a vulnerable and sensitive man...
Jason Reitman, director of Juno, Up in the Air, Thank You For Smoking and Young Adult, returns to the mainstream with Labor Day, a film starring Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet as a pair of strangers forced together by chance. Depressed single mom Adele (Winslet) and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man (Brolin),...
With metaphors as explosive as the beautifully realized action, Elysium is a breathless experience with outbreaks of genius. Prone to coercive measures, Blomkamp pokes the rubble of the future and…
But, let's not get too down on it. It's a fun movie right? That's the point, right? Surely, but it's also the reason why I won't be prancing through town…
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...