Out in Theaters: PACIFIC RIM
While Pacific Rim is very clearly derivative of the big money-raking blockbusters of the past, its wandering eye plagiarism has been noticed and reported. The tepid action and blinding cinematography…
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Bloody Red-Band Trailer for OLDBOY
On the heels of the first official poster, Spike Lee‘s remake of Chan Wook-Park‘s Korean cult classic Oldboy gets a entrail-smattered red band trailer. Hoping to win over newcomers to the film and hopefully capture the attention of purists, Lee’s film is already divisive in nature. Personally, I hold no grudge against remakes of foreign...
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Bret Easton Ellis Penned THE CAYNONS With Lindsay Lohan and a Real Life Pornstar and You Can Watch the Trailer
Bret Easton Ellis (American Psycho, Less Than Zero) is famous for digging up dirt and tossing it in his audience’s face. He may not be the most commercial or popular write, in fact he’s openly trounced by legions of authorial purists, but he definitely has a staunchly original voice. His name alone generates my...
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Cap's Shield Needs a Paint Job in Teaser Poster for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
Apparently the little kerfuffle back in The Avengers where Thor leaped through the air and brought his Godly-powered magical hammer down on Captain America’s shield was horseplay compared to the carnage going down in this sequel, Captain America: The Winter Solider, as the All-Americano custom job on Cap’s shield is chipping away like bargain-bin...
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Out in Theaters: DESPICABLE ME 2
When all is said and done, I asked, "Is that it? Is that really all that they had up their sleeves?" The end result just feels like amateur hour. However…
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Spike Lee's OLDBOY Remake Gets an Artsy Poster
Ten years after Chan-wook Park’s Korean film Oldboy made waves internationally, American filmmaker Spike Lee‘s remake is closing in on its October release date. Starring Josh Brolin as a man who is kidnapped, held for twenty years and then suddenly released, Oldboy is a bloody story of vengeance. The film co-stars Samuel L. Jackson, Elizabeth...
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SIFF Review: UNFINISHED SONG
“Unfinished Song”Directed by Paul Andrew WilliamsStarring Terrence Stamp, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Arteton, Christopher Eccleston, Orla HillComedy, Drama, Music93 Mins PG-13 Piggybacking on the recent success of films skewing towards retirees, Unfinished Song is an unabashed play towards the tissue box. The tear-jerking gimmicks are all there; a bout of cancer, strained familial relationships, death...
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SIFF Review: THE WAY WAY BACK
“The Way, Way Back” Directed by Nat Faxon, Jim Rash Starring Liam James, Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Robb Corddry, Amanda Peet, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney, River Alexander and AnnaSophia RobbComedy, Drama 103 Mins PG-13 While The Way, Way Back has a firm handle on its supporting cast, it leaves the plot to the...
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Another Trailer for INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Early word on the Coen Bro‘s Inside Llewyn Davis has been overwhelming positive so I feel confident saying that not only will it be one of the more enjoyable films of the year but will definitely get some Oscar play next March. Joel and Ethan Cohen have a tendency to waffle between the cinematic fare...
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Vince Vaughn is a Sperm Donation Maestro in the Trailer for DELIVERY MAN
In this Dreamworks-financed, Vince Vaughn-led comedy, Vaughn plays an average delivery man with relationship problems who discovers that a mix-up with his sperm bank donations 20 years ago have led to him amassing 533 biological children. On a quest to be a guardian angel of sorts to this small town worth of children, Vaughn’s David...