March 2010
20 articles
The Expendables Trailer
A group of mercenaries is hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren’t quite as they appear, finding...
Mar 31, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPhillip Morris and the Art of the Scam
You may have seen the trailer for the latest Jim Carrey comedy, I Love You Phillip Morris . If so, I’d advise you to quit while you’re ahead. Like most comedy trailers, it cannily includes most of...
Mar 30, 2010 / Alison FrankTallgrass Third Thursdays brings Green Porno to the Fisch Haus
WICHITA – Tallgrass Third Thursdays and the Ulrich Museum of Art are bringing Green Pornoproduction and costume designer Andy Byers to Wichita for ten days of public, museum and classroom events. To...
Mar 30, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #29 – Alice in Wonderland, Nicolas Cage
Dear Mr. Burton: What happened to you? You used to be so creative, have such imagination. You were strange, unknowable but always managed to imbue your films with such heart and feeling. From “Ed...
Mar 30, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongGreen Zone (2010)
Tentatively perpetuating his volatile relationship with Universal Pictures after disagreements over a possible fourth installment in the Matt Damon-as-super-spy “Bourne” franchise, director Paul...
Mar 28, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongKip Williams to Direct ‘Paranormal Activity 2’
Tod “Kip” Williams has signed on to direct the sequel to last year’s viral found footage-style hit, “Paranormal Activity.” The decision was announced by director Oren Peli on the film’s website . He...
Mar 28, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongOrson Welles’ Impressive Career Not Over Yet
Even death can’t stop Orson Welles, arguably the greatest filmmaker of all time, from finding his way onto the big screen. Since Welles died in 1985 you may be wondering just how he’ll be...
Mar 28, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPoem: The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker -For Burt Lancaster He comes to drought-stricken towns; a saviour dressed in rattlesnake shoes, riding on a pale Pegasus. “There’s something in the air,” he says. “Something in the...
Mar 25, 2010 / Damian BalassoneChris Evans Named Captain America
After much speculation, THR’s Heat Vision Blog finally broke the news that Chris Evans will play Steve Rogers, who you know as the iconic and ultra patriotic comic book hero, Captain America. Sources...
Mar 23, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongVideo: How to Watch a Martin Scorsese Film
Martin Scorsese is not only our greatest living director, but is perhaps our greatest living film historian. His movies are not only brilliant probes into the depths of the human condition, but are...
Mar 23, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongEric Rohmer: It’s Good to Talk
If you read the newspaper articles that appeared following the death of Eric Rohmer early this year, you will have come across the cliché that his work is ‘talky’: the implicit criticism is that...
Mar 20, 2010 / Alison FrankOscar-winner Christoph Waltz to Direct First Feature
24 Frames reports that Christoph Waltz, who recently joined Hollywood’s A-list after winning the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the repugnant, ruthless Col. Hans Landa in “Inglourious...
Mar 20, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #28 – Shutter Island, The Crazies
What happens when Martin Scorsese, the master of personal, gritty, nuanced filmmaking decides to make a schlocky, B-movie-style, psychological thriller? You get a delicately constructed,...
Mar 19, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongShutter Island (2010)
Martin Scorsese, often cited as our greatest living director, is having something of a late-career crisis. He stormed onto the New Hollywood scene in the late 60s equipped with a singular vision, an...
Mar 16, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongAlice in Wonderland (2010)
This is a tipping point movie. Through some pretty good work on some pretty good films, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp were able to build a deep reservoir of goodwill that saw them through some...
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