August 2010
25 articles
‘Peepli Live’: Important, Not Excellent
”Peepli Live” has been the toast and tea of town for the better part of this past year. A Sundance selection and Berlinale screening, it has been picking up favor and five star reviews across the...
Aug 29, 2010 / Kamayani Sharma‘Toy Story 3’ to Cross $1 Billion Mark; Makes Disney Only Studio With Two $1 Billion Movies in the Same Year
BURBANK, Calif. – August 27, 2010 – Two weeks after becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time, Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 3” will cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office...
Aug 27, 2010 / StaffJeremy Renner Cast in ‘Mission Impossible 4’
The search for a new star to carry Paramount’s latest installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise is over. Oscar-nominated star Jeremy Renner, who anchored Kathryn Bigelow’s acclaimed Iraq War...
Aug 26, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongDavid Lynch Tapped as Guest Art Director for AFI Fest
Iconoclastic director, David Lynch, the quintessential purveyor of the weird and wonderful, has been hired as the first ever guest artistic director for the upcoming AFI Fest in Hollywood, Ca. Some...
Aug 25, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTrailer: Charles Ferguson’s Financial Disaster Doc, ‘Inside Job’
Charles Ferguson, the the Oscar-nominated director of 2007’s gripping Iraq War doc, “No End in Sight,” has lined up his new film, “Inside Job,” for screenings at the TIFF and the New York Film Fest....
Aug 25, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongSam Worthington to Anchor Australian Surf Drama, ‘Drift’
Aussie actor, Sam Worthington, otherwise known as the man with the golden agent, has inexplicably managed to land every major lead role in Hollywood over the past two years, all without any...
Aug 24, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTrailer: Danny Boyle’s ‘127 Hours’
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in...
Aug 24, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPaul Verhoeven Tackles Radical Islam and Psychic Powers
The once sci-fi hero director, Paul Verhoeven (“RoboCop,” “Total Recall”), has been laying low for the past several years after the cold response to his 2000 film, “Hollow Man,” which starred Kevin...
Aug 23, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTrailer: ‘I’m Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix’
I’m Still Here is a striking portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of internationally acclaimed actor Joaquin Phoenix. The film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a...
Aug 23, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongFrench Zombie Flick ‘The Horde’ Trailer
IFC Films has just posted a trailer for their French zombie film “The Horde” directed by Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher to YouTube. A brief summary: “In order to avenge the murder of one of their...
Aug 21, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Twilight’ Director Slade Likely to Helm ‘Wolverine 2’
According to insiders close to Vulture , Fox has whittled the pack down to two in their quest to find a director to helm the sequel to “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” The finalists are “Twilight:...
Aug 21, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Choker Bali': The One That Got Away
As the Toronto International Film Festival approaches, it seems like a good time to reflect on the film that got away. Everyone who has been to a film festival has at least one of these, and probably...
Aug 20, 2010 / Alison FrankThe Other Guys (2010)
Paperwork? You must be kidding. No badass buddy cop duo has ever been troubled by the monotony of filling out countless forms for every firearm discharged, domestic dispute, auto accident, petty...
Aug 18, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Krull’ Weddings: The Awkward Teenage Years of Movie Marketing
Like the plot of a dystopian fairy tale, the marketing campaign for last summer’s blockbuster “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” was a well-oiled machine selling a film about machines. We saw...
Aug 16, 2010 / Tim KirkDinner for Schmucks (2010)
Safety first. “Dinner for Schmucks” clings to that mantra like a corporate lawyer with executive overlords deathly afraid of dishing out workers comp checks to injured employees. The production...
Aug 11, 2010 / 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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