August 2009
49 articles
Paul Giamatti Signs on to ‘Three Stooges’
After Sean Penn announced he was backing out of the Farrelly brothers’ modern take on “The Three Stooges,” (citing “personal reasons”) the online film community was sent into a tizzy of speculation...
Aug 9, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Barbarella’ Remake in the Works
“Barbarella,” the futuristic female mercenary/seductress immortalized by Jane Fonda in 1968 may be coming back to the big screen, reports THR . The character first appeared in 1962 in a French...
Aug 8, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMcG Talks ‘Terminator 5,’ Admits Mistakes in ‘Salvation’
It’s no secret that we here at The Moving Arts weren’t big fans of McG’s take on the “Terminator” franchise with this year’s “Terminator Salvation.” In fact, in our review we called it “as desolate,...
Aug 8, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Mission: Impossible 4′ Hires Writers
Producers Tom Cruise and J.J. Abrams, along with Paramount, are serious about “Mission: Impossible IV.” So much so that they have already hired Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec to pen the screenplay,...
Aug 7, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Fraggle Rock’ and New ‘Dark Crystal’ Are Coming Soon
The MTV Movies Blog recently sat down with Brian Henson, son of legendary “The Muppets” creator, Jim Henson, and learned some very interesting news. When asked about a “Fraggle Rock” movie Henson...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJohn Hughes Dies at 59
Writer-director John Hughes, the man who gave helped give us 1980s teen classics like “The Breakfast Club,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Pretty in Pink,” and “Sixteen Candles” died Thursday of a...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongLiam Neeson to Star in ‘Unknown White Male’
Liam Neeson is in talks to star in Dark Castle’s thriller, “Unknown White Male,” according to Variety . Jaume Collet-Serra is directing the script penned by scribes Oliver Butcher and Stephen...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRidley Scott, Leo DiCaprio Enter a ‘Brave New World’
Ridley Scott, the famed director behind futuristic dramas like “Blade Runner” and “Alien,” will take on the critically acclaimed and beloved dystopian work, Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Waterfront’ Writer, Budd Schulberg, Dies at 95
Elia Kazan’s breathtaking “On the Waterfront” is a transcendent work of cinema that cuts to the core of the human condition — it also features perhaps Marlon Brando’s greatest performance. But it...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongWhere The Wild Things Are Trailer #2
Maurice Sendak’s classic book comes to the big screen in an adventure tale for every generation. Where the Wild Things Are follows the adventure of Max (Max Records), a mischievous young boy who is...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #17 – Public Enemies, Moon
Michael Mann’s highly anticipated depression-era gangster flick, “Public Enemies” gets the TMA FilmCast treatment this week. Does Mann’s foray into the controversies of digital video pay off, or...
Aug 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongHugh Jackman Becomes P.T. Barnum in ‘Showman’
Hugh Jackman has just signed on to play famous American showman, P.T. Barnum, in “The Greatest Showman on Earth” for 20th Century Fox, reports Variety . Jenny Bicks (“Sex and the City”) penned the...
Aug 4, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer
The stop-motion film, marking Anderson’s first foray into animation, is an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s story, centering on a clever fox who must outwit three mean, dimwitted farmers...
Aug 4, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongCarla Gugino Joins Zack Snyder’s ‘Sucker Punch’
Carla Gugino, who starred as Silk Spectre in Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen,” has joined the cast of the director’s upcoming project, “Sucker Punch,” reports THR . “Punch” is Warner Bros’ and Legendary...
Aug 3, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Ugly Truth (2009)
“The Ugly Truth” is a remake. No, not officially, but does it really matter any more? Despite our best efforts in the critical and otherwise sane community to fortify our collective intellect against...
Aug 3, 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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