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The Moving Arts Film Journal

2009

420 articles

Action/Adventure

Next Day Air (2009) ★½

Next Day Air (2009) ★½

What would you say if I told you there was a talented new director that adroitly fuses the best of Guy Ritchie’s frenetic, small-time hoodlum fodder with Quentin Tarantino’s razor sharp wit and...

May 15, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Essays

Scorsese Vows to Broaden Access to Restored Masterpieces

Luminary director Martin Scorsese has long been a champion of film preservation and appreciation. The Oscar-winner founded and chairs The World Cinema Foundation which works to restore and promote...

May 15, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Blogs

Tallgrass/WAMPA Announce Lineup for this Year’s Films Under the Stars

WICHITA, Kan.—The Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts (WAMPA) and Tallgrass Film Festival today announced the film lineup for the 2009 Cinema Alfresco season. The series of films under...

May 15, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Below the Line

The Road Trailer

Yes, you read that right. John Hillcoat’s adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s devastatingly disturbing novel “The Road,” finally has a release date and a trailer! Release: October 16 Starring: Viggo...

May 15, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

Disney Announces New Environmental Initiative

BURBANK, Calif., May 14, 2009 — The Walt Disney Company today announced Disney’s Friends for Change: Project Green (www.Disney.com), a multiplatform environmental initiative that will help kids help...

May 14, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

MGM Wants ‘Terminator’ Back

With “Terminator Salvation” hitting theaters soon, the future of the franchise has become something of a controversy. Variety reports that “With the Memorial Day weekend opening of “Terminator...

May 14, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Features

TMA FilmCast #8 – Star Trek, Hunger

TMA FilmCast #8 – Star Trek, Hunger

JJ Abrams’ “Star Trek” kicks off the summer blockbuster season. Does it soar or fizzle? The task of rebooting an ailing franchise can be daunting. Also, we take a look at British avant-garde video...

May 14, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Drama

Hunger (2008)

Hunger (2008)

It is a fascinating thing to witness brilliant artists evolve as their ambitions swell. Director, Steve McQueen, is an unique artist known for his provocative, minimalist, avant-garde, black and...

May 13, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Features

Ndour Film Lands Distribution

Chai Vasarhelyi’s “I Bring What I Love: Youssou Ndour,” a music-laden documentary depicting the luminary Senegalese musician has been picked up by Shadow Distribution, according to the Hollywood...

May 12, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

Spike Jonze’s ‘Where the Whild Things Are’ Blog

For those of you unable to contain your excitement for the new Spike Jonze adaptation of the children’s book, “Where the Wild Things Are,” there’s a relatively new blog out there that may hold you...

May 12, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Comedy

Drag Me to Hell Trailer

Sam Raimi, director of the “Evil Dead” trilogy returns to his horror roots after helming the “Spider-Man” films with “Drag Me to Hell,” starring Alison Lohman and Justin Long.

May 11, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

First Glimpse of “Prince of Persia”

Films adapted from video games have a relatively long and disgraceful past. It’s widely agreed upon, in fact, that there has never been a successful instance of a video game translated to the silver...

May 11, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
FCS

Prolific Screenwriter, John Furia, Jr Dies at 79

LOS ANGELES — Prolific screen and television writer and past president of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) John Furia, Jr. has died. He was 79. Throughout his career, Furia worked for major...

May 10, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

Year One Trailer

Jack Black and Michael Cera take us back to the dawn of mankind in “Year One.” Directed by Harold Ramis, written by Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, and Lee Eisenberg.

May 10, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Trailers

District 9 Trailer

Neill Blomkamp, the director once attached to make the “Halo” film a reality presents what many believe the proof of his abilities to take on that project. An extra-terrestrial race lands on earth...

May 9, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
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