Experiencing a good Nicolas Cage movie is like witnessing a total solar eclipse; it’s rare, and if you’re lucky enough to catch one, it’s spectacular. Combine the eccentric Cage at his bizarre best with the notoriously weird genius of luminary director, Werner Herzog, and you’ve got pseudo-noir masterpiece of epic, hallucinogenic proportions. “The Bad Lieutenant: Port [...]
“Avatar” is expected to make upwards of $250 million in the U.S. and Canada, and win over new audiences to 3D technology, says Regal Entertainment Group’s chief executive. THR reports that Amy Miles, head of the world’s largest theater operator, said “Avatar” would appeal to older viewers who have not seen 3D films because so [...]
In the last two years, Peter Greenaway has made two films about Rembrandt. More accurately, he’s made two versions of the same film about Rembrandt – a tableau-vivant period piece (“Nightwatching”) and an academic video essay (“Rembrandt’s J’Accuse”) – both of which come stocked with all the director’s signature tics. They also intensely plumb the [...]
Martin Scorsese has been selected by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 17. DeMille, one of the fathers of film and a preeminent Hollywood director, is most famous for co-founding the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, [...]
We reported in September that Universal Pictures was developing a live-action movie based on Hasbro’s naval combat board game “Battleship,” to be directed by Peter Berg. Berg explained that the film will be a contemporary story about an international five-ship fleet engaged in intense warfare, but since then, much of the details have been sketchy [...]
Thick with intrigue and corruption, Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet” is well-stocked with the hallmarks of political cinema: miserable living conditions, exploited minorities, a grittily-tinged color palette. Viewed through this lens it plays as starkly effective polemic: a thriller that also makes a point; crime, betrayal and gunplay with a distinct social conscience. But if Audiard [...]
As they say, all good things must come to an end. The 2009 Tallgrass Film Festival has come and gone. Another year, another successful event Wichita can count among its artistic and cultural highlights. If you were lucky enough to be there, you were no doubt treated to some of the finest films, independent or [...]
The first official photo from Joe Carnahan’s “A-Team starring Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as Sgt. “B.A.” Baracus, Sharlto Copley as Capt. “Howling Mad” Murdock, Liam Neeson as John “Hannibal” Smith, and Jessica Biel. Scheduled for wide release June 11, 2010.
Ridley Scott is after Angelina Jolie to play the role of Patrizia Reggiano, the femme fatale sentenced to 29 years in prison for orchestrating the murder of her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci in “Gucci,” a drama about the gluttonous luxury of the Gucci fashion empire, reports Variety. The flick is a Fox 2000 production headed by [...]
Part of being a filmmaker is accepting the fact that you’re mental masterpiece may turn into a cinematic failure. Many failed films don’t succeed due to a variety of reasons including low budget, poor acting, lazy or misdirected advertising or ‘fill in the blank’. However, there are a handful of films that audiences and critics [...]
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