2009
420 articles
TMA FilmCast #21 – District 9
Rookie director, Neill Blomkamp, has received untold accolades for his alien apartheid allegory, “District 9.” Can this $30 million socially conscious film please both the sci-fi fanboys and hardcore...
Oct 11, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJennifer’s Body (2009)
The objectified star of a million adolescent fantasies, Megan Fox has ascended the misogyny-fostering ranks of Hollywood’s considerable plastic actress sector faster than you can say “botox.” Funny...
Oct 10, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Alice in Wonderland’ Star Poised for Stardom
Mia Wasikowska, the untested star of Tim Burton’s much anticipated romp of whimsy, “Alice in Wonderland,” may be headed for Hollywood stardom. Burton’s picture hasn’t yet been released which means...
Oct 9, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongWesley Snipes to Play Ferrara’s ‘Game of Death’
The indomitable team that brought us the 1990 cult classic, “King of New York,” is teaming up again for the action thriller, “Game of Death,” reports Variety . Wesley Snipes and director Abel Ferrara...
Oct 8, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong2009 Tallgrass Film Festival: 10 Reasons Why You Should Go
Founded in 2003 by the late Timothy Gruver, Wichita’s premiere artistic event, the Tallgrass Film Festival has grown rapidly into a diverse, exciting, and essential part of the state’s fall...
Oct 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRich Ross Named Chairman of Walt Disney Studios
BURBANK, Calif., October 5, 2009 — Rich Ross, President of Disney Channels Worldwide, has been named Chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, it was announced today by Disney President and CEO Robert A....
Oct 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongUp In The Air Trailer
George Clooney stars as Ryan Bingham, a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road but is forced to fight for his job when his company downsizes its travel budget. He is required to spend...
Oct 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTarantino Plans For ‘Kill Bill: Vol. 3’
Controversial filmmaker, Quentin Tarantino, announced Saturday at the Morelia Intl. Film Festival that he plans on making a “Kill Bill: Vol. 3.” Variety reports that the eccentric director, attending...
Oct 4, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongCloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
When I learned that my favorite childhood book, Judi Barrett’s “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” would be made into a film I was overcome by a very strange and unexpected defense instinct, as if a...
Oct 2, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Let Me In’ Adds Jenkins, Smit-McPhee
We reported some time ago that the excellent Swedish vampire flick, 2008’s “Let the Right One In,” was already getting the remake treatment via “Cloverfield” director, Matt Reeves, and would be...
Oct 2, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong2009 Tallgrass Film Fest Announces Lineup, More!
For the second year in a row, Tallgrass’ Closing Night Gala will be presented by WSU’s Ulrich Museum of Art. The Gala will feature the Canadian film MOMMY IS AT THE HAIRDRESSER’S, a vibrant family...
Oct 1, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRoman Polanski Arrested On 30-Year-Old Warrant
Famed and acclaimed director, Roman Polanski, was nabbed by Swiss police as he arrived in the country to receive an award at the Zurich Film Festival and will likely face extradition to the United...
Sep 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongDavid Mamet’s ‘Anne Frank’ Put in Turnaround, Deemed ‘Too Dark’
Lots of eye brows were raised when it was first announced that controversial playwright and filmmaker, David Mamet, would be teaming up with the family friendly Walt Disney Co. to adapt “The Diary of...
Sep 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSony Moving Forward With Venom Spin-off
After 2007’s less than fan pleasing “Spider-Man 3,” loyalists have been pining for a worthy representation of Spidey’s arch nemesis, the symbiotic alien suit that clings to Eddie Brock know as Venom....
Sep 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMickey Rourke to Play ‘Ice Man’
Phil Carlo, author of “The Ice Man,” is pleased to have Mickey Rourke starring in the title role of the film adaptation of his book about a notorious mafia hit man who killed more than 200 people,...
Sep 24, 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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