Originally Posted in Creative Loafing. 2009 is already halfway over, and the fall movie season (with all the originality and Oscar-bait it has to offer) is just around the corner. What follows is my list of the 25 films I’m most interested in seeing in the second half of 2009. Read all the way to [...]
George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s production company Smokehouse Entertainment have left their longtime friends at Warner Brothers and have signed a two year contract with Sony. It kind of feels like strange timing after Sony just screwed over longtime collaborator Steven Soderbergh and his baseball docu-drama Moneyball. It kind of feels like the end of [...]
The New French trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds is quite an improvement for the American. Mostly (in my opinion) because there is less Brad Pitt. But the editing is sharper, it’s funnier and we get a better idea of the large scope of the story. American audiences seem to be getting sold the action [...]
A new trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds makes it on to the web. The film received a lukewarm reception at Cannes (some even considering it Tarantino’s worst film by far). It currently getting a huge reedit with the Harvey Weinstein pressuring him to scrap at least 40 minutes from the original 2 hour 40 [...]
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008, USA Directed by David Fincher Written by Eric Roth (screenplay and screen story), Robin Swicord (screen story), F. Scott Fitzgerald (short story) Produced by Cean Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall Starring: Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Julia Ormond, Taraji P. Henson In the Oxford English dictionary, the definition of [...]
Listen now Download show Episode 81 will focus on the magical, heart-warming film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. With its life-spanning story, moving back and forth, it has brought up some comparisons to the sentimental Oscar favorite Forrest Gump. Is the usually edgy director pandering to the Academy and a mainstream audience? We will [...]
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