2008
22 articles
Sneak PeaK: The Day the Earth Stood Still
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is 20th Century Fox’s contemporary reinvention of its 1951 classic. Keanu Reeves portrays Klaatu, an alien whose arrival on our planet triggers a global upheaval. As...
Nov 26, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongKolya (1996)
The basic premise of Jan Sverak’s Kolya may conjure notions of banal, feathery frivolty for many film patrons: An aging, lonely, womanizing Czech has his world turned upside down when a young Russian...
Nov 25, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongSneak Peak: The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke teams up with director Darren Aronofsky to tell the story of “The Ram,” a washed out pro-wrestler that yearns for the thrills of the ring. Official Syposis: Release: December 17, 2008...
Nov 2, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongJoaquin Phoenix to Retire at 34
Joaquin Phoenix, who recently turned 34, has revealed plans to retire from acting. The shocking announcement came on the red carpet of an Association of Hole in the Wall Camps benefit, a charity...
Nov 1, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongSneak Peak: Australia
With the summer blockbuster season over, the fall Oscar push is just around the corner. Heading up that push is Twentieth Century Fox’s Australia starring Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. Read the...
Sep 28, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d. Labour and rest, that equal...
Sep 23, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongRegis Philbin, Carrot Top Star in Crime Thriller
Synopsis: Veteran police detective Ray Ferguson (Regis Philbin) is a week away from retirement. He’s put away some of the worst crooks in New York City’s history. He and his wife are about to close...
Sep 20, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongSneak Peak: Slumdog Millionaire
After the ugly incident ( read about it here ) involving prominent critics Roger Ebert and Lou Lumineckat the Toronto Film Festival we’ve had several inquiries, not about the incident itself, but...
Sep 19, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongBurn After Reading (2008)
The Coen Brothers present us with the most nefarious, absurdly idiotic, and intensely repulsive characters, yet somehow manage to make us fall in love with them. This is true of all the Coens’ films,...
Sep 18, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongBangkok Dangerous (2008)
Remakes are dangerous territory. Like adaptations, a tangible, quantified (box-office gross, copies sold, etc.) standard already exists with which the remake is burdened. With the added pressure and...
Sep 12, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongDark Knight to be Re-released January 2009
Warner Bros plans to re-release “The Dark Knight” on IMAX screens throughout the country in January 2009, just in time to refresh the memories of Oscar voters. It’s not yet clear if it’ll hit...
Sep 12, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongEbert Whacked by Post Critic
Beloved Chicago Sun-Times film critic, Roger Ebert, was attacked earlier this month during a screening of the Danny Boyle film, Slumdog Millionaire , at the Toronto Film Festival. The New York Daily...
Sep 12, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongTallgrass Film Festival
The annual Tallgrass Film Festival will be taking place this October 23-26. For those of you who aren’t aware, the Tallgrass Film Fest is a richly diverse, “stubbornly independent” film festival that...
Sep 11, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongTop Ten Movies of 2007
Last year was an excellent year for American cinema. A phrase rarely uttered, but entirely deserved by the year of 2007. There were at least four or five films that each could have taken Best Picture...
Sep 8, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongChoke
Actor-turned-director Clark Gregg shows he is as adept behind the camera as he is in front of it with CHOKE, a wickedly colorful dark comedy about mothers and sons, sexual compulsion, and the sordid...
Sep 6, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
- Review: ‘A War’ explores war’s quiet, forgotten horrors
- TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
- The fantasist: The comic art of Woody Allen
- Tribeca picks up North American rights to ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ at Sundance
- TMA FilmCast #32 — Alison Frank interviews Ana Geislerova
- ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ tops Online Film Critics Awards
- TMA FilmCast #31 — Alison Frank reports from 67th Locarno Film Fest
- 5 ½ hour film dominates awards at Locarno
- Shorts at #Locarno67: meditation vs testing the audience’s patience
- ‘The Fool’: A modern propaganda film
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