March 2009
32 articles
Dragonball Evolution (2009) ★
“Dragonball Evolution” sports the kind of transparency the President is always talking about. Based on the wildly popular Japanese manga series “Dragonball Z”, this film makes little effort to...
Mar 30, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong…Around (2008)
Independent film, much like its musical counterpart, is undergoing something of a renaissance. Industry-grade equipment is getting cheaper, technology has closed the gap between video and film, and...
Mar 29, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongHarold Ramis Confirms “Ghostbusters” Reboot
Reboot is the new remake. It seems Hollywood is finally owning up to its sins and making contrition for all the refuse they’ve created over the years by redoing entire franchises, sometimes...
Mar 29, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongKnowing (2009) ★★★
Nicolas Cage is an anomaly. After displaying nothing short of brilliance in gems like The Coens’ “Raising Arizona” and the Charlie Kauffman/Spike Jonze masterwork, “Adaptation,” this oddity of an...
Mar 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #3 – Watchmen, Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Who watches the Watchmen? We do–well at least I did. I also was able to see a screening of the new Street Fighter flick. Click below to listen to Scott and I talk about the merits of gratuitous...
Mar 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongWAMPA Presents New Jazz Documentary in Honor of Jazz Appreciation Month: ‘The Jazz Baroness’
WICHITA, KAN.—The Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts (WAMPA) and Tallgrass Film Festival will present a special preview screening of the just completed film, “The Jazz Baroness,” in...
Mar 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongScript Updates: “Battle: Los Angeles,” “Nonstop,” “You’re Not You”
Columbia Pictures has opted to rewrite the alien invasion screenplay, “Battle: Los Angeles.” The original script, written by Chris Bertolini, chronicles an other-worldly invasion of downtown Los...
Mar 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongEthan Coen Returns to Off-Broadway Theater
Ethan Coen is planning a return to the Atlantic Theater Company with a new off-Broadway series of one-act plays entitled “Offices.” Ethan and his brother Joel are together know as the “two-headed...
Mar 25, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongEmir Kusturica Plans Pancho Villa Film
Palme d’Or winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica will tackle legendary Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa in his next film. He plans to shoot entirely in Spanish and on location in...
Mar 24, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongBruce Willis Weds Emma Heming
It has been confirmed: Bruce Willis has tied the knot for the second time marrying 30-year-old model/actress Emma Heming. Rogers & Cowan, the agency that supplies Willis his publicist, announced...
Mar 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMartin Short in Favor of “Three Amigos!” Sequel
“Are gringos falling from the sky?” Not exactly, but it sure seems like movies sequels are, and 1980s comedy classic “Three Amigos!” might meet a similar fate if star Martin Short has anything to say...
Mar 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongStreet Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) ★
“Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li,” directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak is not in the realm of movies so bad as to provoke anger. It has advanced far beyond that. It resides in a dimension of cosmic...
Mar 21, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTribune Sues Warren Beatty Over Rights to Dick Tracy
Bankrupt media company Tribune Media Services (a division of newspaper publisher Tribune Co) filed a lawsuit Thursday against Academy-award winning actor and director Warren Beatty in an attempt to...
Mar 21, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSAG Pickets Obama’s Leno Appearance
Close to 100 SAG (Screen Actors Guild) actors picketed outside Thursday during the taping of “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. President Barack Obama was the marquee guest. The protest was designed...
Mar 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTaken (2009) ★½
Above all else, “Taken” painfully hammers home the fact that nothing can make up for a bad script. Especially when the script is not just bad, but painfully bad. Astronomically bad. Attempting to...
Mar 20, 2009 / Scott 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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