Kathryn Bigelow has become the first woman to win the DGA award for Outstanding Direction of a Feature Film with The Hurt Locker, defeating James Cameron’s Avatar. This award makes her the frontrunner in the 2009 Oscar race. Louie Psihoyos also won Best Documentary for The Cove, his ourstanding film which in using state-of-the-art equipment [...]
January 31, 2010 | Posted in
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Formed in late 1975 by drummer Sandy West and rhythm guitarist Joan Jett, The Runaways introduced themselves to producer Kim Fowley stating their ideas to form an all-girl band. Starting as a power trio with bassist Micki Steele, The Runaways began the party and club circuit around Los Angeles. In 1976, they added 16-year-old lead [...]
It is arguable that women live in a “man’s world”. Women, it might also be argued, possess certain physical attributes of appeal to men that allow them considerable advantage under some circumstances. Such attributes coupled with certain behavioral subtleties often lay bare men’s weaknesses to a point where they seem compelled to act irrationally to [...]
January 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Japanese writer/actor/director Takeshi Kitano returns to the genre that brought him international acclaim. That’s right, Kitano is back in the Gangster genre with his new film titled Outrage. Little is known about the project aside from a power struggle amongst Tokyo’s mobsters. Kitano himself is set to star in the film as a low ranking [...]
Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades will be lighting up the silver screen this year in not one but two big budget Greek God themed films! Greek mythology gets a reboot with Rick Riordan’s best selling series Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief blitzing theaters during the February 12th. It’s the 21st century and the [...]
January 29, 2010 | Posted in
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Loving the muscular feel of the trailer, and the movie’s directed by Oliver Stone so hopefully he’ll deliver another entertaining, testosterone-pumped film. But there’s a few problems: the SHAMELESS theft of the priceless prison scene from the Blues Brothers. You do not attempt to touch greatness, you leave it alone and worship it from afar. For [...]
Un Prophète is a grueling experience that will keep you utterly gripped throughout its epic 155-minute runtime. Un Prophete Directed by Jacques Audiard Director Jacques Audiard is carving quite a career as one of the most searingly talented French auteurs working today. Cresting on the wave of a number of well-received, robust Parisian thrillers including Read [...]
January 28, 2010 | Posted in
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After months of speculation, the cast confirmed in February 2009 that a sequel was in the works. All four stars, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, and Kim Cattrall will return in the sequel; Chris Noth has also officially signed on to reprise the role of Mr. Big. It has been confirmed that Evan [...]
Fans of The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan start your clocks. Yesterday, the teaser trailer for Nolan’s new film, Inception, made its debut on Yahoo!Movies. From information given, the film is described as a sci-fi/action flick taking place within the architecture of the mind. Pretty trippy! The film will star Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Michael [...]
The trailer for the upcoming feature film based on The A-Team television series has been released. The film is planned for release on June 11, 2010 by 20th Century Fox and is directed by Joe Carnahan and produced by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott. The plot will involve a shift from Vietnam to the Middle [...]
The 2010 Sundance Film Festival opened its doors with with a short film winning the most buzz. Spike Jonze’s 35-minute short, I’m Here. is a depressingly honest look at a deteriorating relationship set against a whimsical not-so-distant future where robots and humans co-exist. A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a [...]
A romance laced with psychological poison, “Cyrus” is a well-performed but superficial drama of emotional co-dependency that is unlikely to venture past the select-site/festival circuit. This Fox Searchlight drama, starring John C. Reilly and Marisa Tomei, had its world premiere at Sundance and aroused tepid admiration.
Albert and Allen Hughes, better known simply as the Hughes Brothers, have been kicking around since the early nineties, but you’d be forgiven for a bit of confusion thanks to their schizophrenic filmography. After helming some music videos, the twins made an envious feature debut at Cannes in 1993 at only 21 years of age [...]
As the dregs of January wear on, with our spirits low, sometimes it helps to pretend that there’s a higher power up above who as a place for us lowly movie reviewers in his divine plan. Unfortunately, if this week’s movies have it right. God is a petulant, fickle, bloodthirsty creep with a taste for [...]
Crazy Heart is at its absolute best when watching Bridges run wild with his cantankerous old country legend. Crazy Heart Directed by Scott Cooper If you are of the opinion that Jeff Bridges is one of our most precious natural resources and that contemporary country music is a creative wasteland, Crazy Heart may just be [...]
January 25, 2010 | Posted in
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