The notorious NC-17 is both alluring and repelling, the rating alone stands as a statement and a double-dog-dare. While some of our jaded generation may see a film just to see what exactly made it so explicit, most won’t even be able to see it because the bottom line is many theaters...
Set under the banner of Fox Searchlight, Danny Boyle‘s Trance offers an hypnotic view of gangs consorting within the art thievery realm. Boyle has a great eye for color and camera composition and, in my opinion, is one of the greatest working directors out there, making anything he does something worth anticipating. Some of...
You may or may not of heard stirring of what is really going on over at Fox with X-Men: Days of Future Past. Following this year’s The Wolverine, this series entry will attempt to draw together the entirety of the franchise by playing with time travel and expanding the cast to essentially include...
“Once love was stronger than gravity” says Jim Sturgess in the closing moments of this physics defying trailer for Upside Down. A sappy sentiment, yes but I’ll admit that the trailer played on both the heart strings and the ‘how’d they do that?’ sensibilities. What seems to play out in this two and a half...
Set in the mountains of Utah, the Sundance Film Festival has solidified a top spot for must-go indie film festivals. With over 4,000 submissions and 119 selected this year alone, there’s no shortage of talent going on here. The Sundance Film Festival 2013 began last Thursday, January 17, and wraps up this Sunday, January 27....
Back at the beginning of the month when I was drafting my 40 most anticipated films of 2013, I plopped the Coen Bro‘s Inside Llewyn Davis at a lofty tenth place. This had nothing to do with the synopsis or the talent in front of the camera. No, all my expectations arose from the...
The days of speculation and doubt can end, as J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek) has officially been confirmed as the director for the seventh entry to the Star Wars saga. TheWrap has reported that although Abrams initially turned down the offer from producer Kathleen Kennedy, he has had a change of heart. As...
The opening half of season 3 of AMC‘s The Walking Dead is arguably the best material from the series thus far. It upped the body count (both human and zombie), offered some of the most memorable zombie kills to date and offed some über-obnoxious characters that have been a stain on the show since...
My interest in Spring Breakers just went from 0 to 60 after watching this winning first trailer. The central narrative flips the common men-with-guns premise on it’s head and looks to be painted upon a hallucinogenic visual pallet. Guns, drugs, violence and sexy ladies– what’s there not to like? Add a meat-headed rapper/drug-dealer James...
Ladies and gentlemen the 2013 Award’s race just got that much more interesting. While some awards helped confirm who our Oscar locks really are, some threw a surprising wrench in the proverbial spokes. As some films like ‘Argo’ and ‘Les Miserables’ pick up steam, others like ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ seem to be...