2009
420 articles
Inception Trailer
Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated followup to his worldwide, critical and commercial success, “The Dark Knight,” “Inception” is “a contemporary science fiction tale set within the architecture...
Aug 24, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongAvatar Trailer!
Avatar takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The...
Aug 22, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongOrphan (2009)
With protesting rapidly emerging as a new national pastime, it’s shocking that middle-aged housewives and adoption advocates aren’t lining the streets opposite Warner Bros. Studios shouting...
Aug 22, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Traces of the Trade’ Third Thursday Feature
WICHITA, KAN.—Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts and Tallgrass Film Festival will screen “Traces of the Trade: a Story of the Deep North,” for the September installment of the Tallgrass...
Aug 21, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Yellow Submarine’ Brought to You by Disney, Zemeckis
The Beatles’ seminal animated film and subsequent album, “Yellow Submarine,” is coming to the big screen once again thanks to Disney and Robert Zemeckis, according to Variety . George Dunning’s...
Aug 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJimi Hendrix Biopic in the Works
Legendary Pictures is hoping to capitalize on the fanfare generated this year by the 40th anniversary of Woodstock with a feature film about guitar-god, Jimi Hendrix. Thomas Tull is attached to...
Aug 19, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongLegendary Actor, Seymour Cassel, to be Awarded Tallgrass’s Ad Astra Award
Wichita, KAN.—Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts today announced that the 2009 Tallgrass Film Festival Ad Astra Award recipient will be legendary independent film actor Seymour Cassel....
Aug 18, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #18 – The Ugly Truth, Cut From Home
This week’s show is a study in contrast as we review and compare Hollywood’s painfully formulaic and offensive offering, “The Ugly Truth,” and the stubbornly independent, shoe-string budgeted, almost...
Aug 18, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Kick-Ass’ Finds Distribution
Lionsgate has snatched up the stateside rights to Matthew Vaughn’s action-comedy, “Kick-Ass,” reports Variety . The movie, which won overwhelming fanboy approval at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con,...
Aug 17, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Oobermind’ Signs Ferrell, Pitt, and Jonah Hill
“Oobermind,” the new animated comedy from DreamWorks Animation, has signed three new voices; Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, and Jonah Hill. Robert Downey Jr. was originally attached to play the title role...
Aug 17, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongFirst Official ‘Avatar’ Photo Released
Sam Worthington in "Avatar" Geeks rejoice. James Cameron’s long-awaited sci-fi epic is coming. Yes, it sounds too good to be true, but it will get released. In fact, Fox just released the first...
Aug 16, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRobert Downey Jr. to Play Lestat in ‘Vampire Chronicles’
Sick of vampires yet? Well get ready for more, this time with Iron Man himself as the lead bloodsucker. Bloody Disgusting has just learned that Universal Pictures is looking to reinvigorate Anne...
Aug 15, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongBryan Singer to Helm ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Movie
Bryan Singer will direct and produce a feature-length film based on the ABC and Sci-Fi television series, “Battlestar Galactica,” for Universal Pictures. The series first aired on ABC in 1978 and ran...
Aug 14, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Wolverine’ Sequel Gets Writer
Despite the intense fan and critical lampooning of 20th Century Fox’s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” the studio has wasted no time in moving forward with a sequel. Variety reports that Christopher...
Aug 14, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongDavid Mamet to Adapt ‘Diary of Anne Frank’
Director, author, playwright, essayist, and producer, David Mamet, will write and direct a new version of “The Diary of Anne Frank” for Disney. Variety reports that Mamet, with Andrew Braunsberg,...
Aug 13, 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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