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The Moving Arts Film Journal

2009

420 articles

Action/Adventure

First Official ‘A-Team’ Photo

First Official ‘A-Team’ Photo

The first official photo from Joe Carnahan’s “A-Team starring Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as Sgt. “B.A.” Baracus, Sharlto Copley as Capt. “Howling Mad”...

Oct 25, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
FCS

Stallone Thinking About ‘Rocky 7’

Stallone Thinking About ‘Rocky 7’

Sylvester Stallone has made a career out of rehashing a single beloved performance and storyline over and over and over and over and over again. And who can blame him? Wouldn’t you if you had the...

Oct 25, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

Charlize Theron the New Mad Max?

Charlize Theron the New Mad Max?

Charlize Theron to replace raving mad Mel Gibson’s iconic Mad Max? Maybe. E! News Online is reporting on information from “multiple sources” that say that the Oscar-winning sexpot is the front runner...

Oct 22, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Blogs

Fincher to Adapt ‘House of Cards’

Fincher to Adapt ‘House of Cards’

David Fincher, director of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Zodiac,” and “Fight Club,” has teamed with Media Rights Capital to adapt the popular British miniseries, “House of Cards,” for...

Oct 22, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
FilmCast

Paranormal Activity (2009)

Paranormal Activity (2009)

Thump… Creeeak….. THUMP! Fear. The invaluable evolutionary tool that has enabled our survival of predation from prehistoric menaces like the saber-toothed tiger and aided our scattered tribes into...

Oct 22, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Trailers

Mary and Max Trailer

Mary and Max Trailer

Mary and Max Trailer Oct 21st, 2009 | By Eric M. Armstrong | Category: Trailers Spanning 20 years and 2 continents, Mary and Max tells of a pen-pal relationship between two very different people:...

Oct 21, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

‘Precious’ Director to Helm ‘Saigon’; Wagner to Produce

‘Precious’ Director to Helm ‘Saigon’; Wagner to Produce

Lee Daniels, the much lauded director of festival darling and his second feature, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” may very well direct a film version of “Miss Saigon” with former...

Oct 21, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Festivals

Tallgrass Film Fest Tickets; Early Bird Special!

Tallgrass Film Fest Tickets; Early Bird Special!

The folks over at the Tallgrass Film Festival have been kind enough to offer those few of you without tickets yet a special opportunity to save some money and still get access to Wichita’s premier...

Oct 21, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
FCS

Ridley Scott, Angelina Jolie Join Forces for ‘Gucci’

Ridley Scott, Angelina Jolie Join Forces for ‘Gucci’

Ridley Scott is after Angelina Jolie to play the role of Patrizia Reggiano, the femme fatale sentenced to 29 years in prison for orchestrating the murder of her ex-husband, Maurizio Gucci in “Gucci,”...

Oct 20, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Comedy

The Informant! (2009) ★★★½

The Informant! (2009) ★★★½

The Informant! (2009) ★★★½ Oct 18th, 2009 | By Eric M. Armstrong | Category: Comedy , Film Reviews , Thriller Manic depressive disorder, better known as bipolar disorder, is no laughing matter. Those...

Oct 18, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
FCS

‘The Wiz’: From Broadway to Bust

‘The Wiz’: From Broadway to Bust

Part of being a filmmaker is accepting the fact that you’re mental masterpiece may turn into a cinematic failure. Many failed films don’t succeed due to a variety of reasons including low budget,...

Oct 17, 2009 / Greg Kita
Festivals

Tallgrass Film Fest News; Movie Trivia, Wes Studi, Attractions

Tallgrass Film Fest News; Movie Trivia, Wes Studi, Attractions

Tallgras Movie Trivia at the Donut Whole! Tallgrass Movie Trivia, with bonafide host Jake Euker and your brainy and beautiful trivia hygienist Heather Williams, returns at tonight at 7 PM only at the...

Oct 15, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
FCS

The New Captain Kirk is the New Jack Ryan

The New Captain Kirk is the New Jack Ryan

Chris Pine, the talented young man who took on the daunting task of replacing William Shatner as the famed Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ reboot of “Star Trek” earlier this year, will likely assume...

Oct 14, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
News

J.J. Abrams Has Clout, Paramount Pays $2M for Untitled Pitch

J.J. Abrams Has Clout, Paramount Pays $2M for Untitled Pitch

Apparently J.J. Abrams knows something the rest of us don’t: Studios love lens flare. After this year’s critically acclaimed and monstrous box-office hit, “Star Trek,” which featured an unhealthy...

Oct 13, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Blogs

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Trailer

In Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs — while playing fast and loose with the law....

Oct 11, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
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