April 2009
24 articles
Bruce Willis’ Action Currency Still Valuable
Aging can be a difficult thing, particularly for a movie star. And for an action movie star, it generally means career death. But Bruce Willis, the now 54-year old star of the “Die Hard” films has...
Apr 30, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRicky Gervais’ “Flanimals” to be Adapted for the Big Screen
“Flanimals,” a series of children’s book by British actor and comedian Ricky Gervais will get the silver screen treatment. Varitey reports that Illumination Entertainment, the animation and family...
Apr 30, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe 5 Most Obvious Movie Titles in History
“Fighting,” the hilariously obvious title of the recently released Channing Tatum film got us thinking about other films with a remarkable lack of creativity when it comes to the most important...
Apr 30, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongCrank: High Voltage (2009) ★★
Written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, “Crank: High Voltage” is an unabashed success. In the realm of absolutely pointless, mind-numbing, action-packed exploitation it gets a...
Apr 29, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Jazz Baroness (2009)
Jazz. This uniquely American music, conceived in the travails of West African immigrants living in a world completely at odds with their roots, and evolved gradually through the influences of...
Apr 28, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongChina and Japan Still at Odds Over the Nanjing Massacre, the Subject of a New Film
The “Nanking Massacre,” the 1937 Japanese ravaging of the eastern Chinese city known as Nanjing has been a point of dispute between the Japanese and Chinese governments for decades. It is generally...
Apr 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMay Tallgrass Third Thursday Film Celebrates Mothers
WICHITA, Kan.—Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts (WAMPA) and Tallgrass Film Festival will present a screening of the Finnish film “Mother of Mine” as part of Tallgrass Third Thursdays....
Apr 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongObserve and Report (2009)
Observe and Report is an often hilarious satire of the traditional underdog story that simultaneously works and fails on a variety of levels. Jody Hill, writer and director of the low-budget Sundance...
Apr 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #6 – Fast & Furious, Five Mintues of Heaven, King of California
This week Eric and Scott review Justin Lin’s “Fast & Furious,” along with a couple of indie films you may have missed. This week’s filmcast also features our top five list of ideas for the inevitable...
Apr 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongIdeas for Future ‘Fast & Furious’ Films
Since the “Fast & Furious” folks have tortured us with four impossibly bad incarnations of their despicable macho adrenaline fest, and more sequels are undoubtedly on the horizon, we decided to throw...
Apr 22, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongWAMPA Filmmakers Academy Presents ‘The Guts and Bolts of DIY Filmmaking’
WICHITA, KAN.—Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts and Tallgrass Film Festival are pleased to announce the next class offering from the WAMPA Filmmakers Academy: “The Guts and Bolts of DIY...
Apr 21, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongNew X-Men Origins: Wolverine Photos!
Assuming you haven’t already illegally downloaded the unfinished film, Fox just recently released new X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie stills for your viewing pleasure. Take a look:
Apr 18, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongFive Minutes of Heaven (2009)
The Facts: In 1975, at the height of the conflict that raged between Republican and Loyalist paramilitary groups–the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary–17-year old pro-England protestant,...
Apr 16, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongShowing of ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ to Benefit Tallgrass
Arlo Guthrie’s iconic anti-war film, “Alice’s Restaurant,” will be screened at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 14 at The Orpheum, 200 N. Broadway. The event, a fundraiser for Tallgrass Film Festival, is...
Apr 14, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMoon Trailer
Moon follows Sam Bell, an astronaut assigned by Lunar Industries to a three-year mission mining Helium 3 on the moon, the earth’s new energy source. As his contract comes to an end and Sam’s health...
Apr 11, 2009 / 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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