Archive for 'Views & Reviews'
Indie Film “Blue Collar Boys”: a thought-provoking look at the working class – (film review)
Posted on17. Dec, 2011 by Harrison Cheung.
BLUE COLLAR BOYS – It’s class warfare from the losers’ point of view in this grim and surly first time feature by Mark Nistico whose film is a relentless, thought-provoking drama about the Redkins, a working class family in New Jersey struggling to survive in the house building industry during this recession. CLICK HERE [...]
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“She’s a man, baby!” Glenn Close’s pet project hits the big screen – film review
Posted on13. Dec, 2011 by Harrison Cheung.
A personal pet project for Glenn Close for 15 years, ALBERT NOBBS hits the big screen in limited release – but just in time for its star, Close, to be eligible for an Oscar nom. With the poignant ponderous pain of a Jane Campion film, ALBERT NOBBS is a slow paced drama set in late [...]
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Critics Sharpen Knives for New Madonna Film ‘W.E.’
Posted on12. Dec, 2011 by Ben Scuglia.
Can’t Madonna catch a break? All right, it might be asking a bit too much to appeal for sympathy for the iconic, mega-rich singer. But the media does gleefully go after Madonna with knives sharpened whenever she works in Hollywood in any capacity. Her latest project, the historical romance “W.E.,” is no exception. Did it [...]
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PHOTOS: Avengers Assemble! Superhero Epic Set to Dominate Summer
Posted on08. Dec, 2011 by Ben Scuglia.
Superhero fans, mark your calendars for May 4, 2012. That’s when Marvel Studios will bring together many of its most popular crusaders as “The Avengers“ swoops onto the silver screen. The film only recently wrapped principal photography and will spend the next few months having its special effects tweaked for maximum impact. CLICK HERE for [...]
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Cruise Takes ‘One Shot’ as Iconic Jack Reacher
Posted on30. Nov, 2011 by Ben Scuglia.
Tom Cruise and Paramount Pictures are feeling the wrath of book fans as production continues on “One Shot,” a film adaptation of the popular novel by Lee Child. Cruise plays the title role of Jack Reacher and he is very, very different from how the character is portrayed on the page. Fans have complained [...]
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Hero to Killer: Chris Evans Replaces James Franco In Dark New Role
Posted on28. Nov, 2011 by Ben Scuglia.
Matinee idol and onscreen superhero Chris Evans will replace the perpetually overscheduled James Franco in the dark drama “The Iceman.” Evans is stepping quickly into the role with little prep time as the picture is scheduled to begin filming in December, reports Deadline. (See Chris Evans as a high school student HERE). He will play Robert [...]
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‘Expendables 2′ poster is here
Posted on20. Nov, 2011 by Henry-K.
Check out Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Arnold Schwarzenegger all on one poster. Yep, the poster for the action-hero heavy ‘The Expendables 2′ is revealed. See Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, on the new poster. Up until now the start studded cast of the film have been raising hell on their Eastern European sets [...]
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Selling it: Ron Howard attends AFM with his Formula One film “RUSH”
Posted on03. Nov, 2011 by Henry-K.
This week, Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard attended the opening day of the American Film Market to meet with buyers for his new film RUSH which began shooting in September in Europe. The filmmaker talked about his vision for the film penned by Peter Morgan (FROST/NIXON). It stars Chris Hemsworth (THOR) and Daniel Brühl (INGLORIOUS BASTERDS) [...]
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Brazil’s biggest movie ‘ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN’ opens in U.S.
Posted on30. Oct, 2011 by Henry-K.
Brazil‘s most successful film is making it to the screens in America and thensome. ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN (TROPA DE ELITE 2) Directed by José Padilha (BUS 174, ELITE SQUAD) is set to open in New York on November 11 at the AMC Empire 25 and in Los Angeles on November 18 at the [...]
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