2010
298 articles
Let Me In Trailer
In 2008 Tomas Alfredson’s brilliant adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Swedish adolescent vampire novel, “Let the Right One In” wowed audiences and was a hit on the festival circuit. It was so...
Jul 1, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongMeryl Streep to Play Margaret Thatcher
Although Meryl Streep has never known real obscurity in her lengthy and prestigious career, she is having something of resurgence. THR reports that the 61-year-old actress is currently in talks to...
Jul 1, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPee-wee Herman to Get the Judd Apatow Treatment
Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens), the iconic and later infamous nerd who rose to prominence in the 1980s with his popular children’s television show, “Pee-wee’s Playhouse,” has teamed up with Comedy...
Jul 1, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongJosh Hutcherson is the New Spider-Man
*UPDATE — Sony has revealed their official choice for Spider-Man. It’s not Josh Hutcherson. Click here to find out who it is. Blue Sky Disney is reporting that Sony has settled on Josh Hutcherson to...
Jun 30, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongParanormal Activity 2 Trailer
Last year Paramount scored a monster hit with “Paranormal Activity,” the Oren Peli-directed film shot for only $15,000 that eventually grossed $151 million. Can they do it again?
Jun 30, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongOn the Politics of Invisibility: A Discussion of Nuri Ceylan’s ‘Three Monkeys’ and the Dardenne Brothers’ ‘Le Silence de Lorna’
Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Three Monkeys” and the Dardenne brothers’ “Le Silence de Lorna” are two films that provoked feelings of admiration at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and not without reason....
Jun 29, 2010 / Angelos KoutsourakisThe Karate Kid (2010)
What makes a cliché a cliché? Certainly the repeated use of ideas, concepts or expressions until the original intent or effect is rendered impotent is how clichés are forged. But why are certain...
Jun 26, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongToy Story 3 (2010)
Pixar isn’t blazing any new trails in the realm of critically acclaimed animated cinema. Its parent company, Disney, has been winning Oscars with its hand-drawn masterpieces since 1937. But, the...
Jun 23, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongInterview: Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley, one of the most prolific American independent directors, has recently released a collection of films titled “Possible Films Volume 2.” Hartley’s career dates back to the 1980s, when he...
Jun 21, 2010 / Angelos KoutsourakisWhat I Learned About ‘Splice’ Through Audience Reactions
“Splice,” the new film by Canadian director Vincenzo Natali, is a revitalizing standout in the long-suffering genre of sci-fi/horror. Instead of veering into predictable B-movie, torture-porn...
Jun 21, 2010 / Vanessa GranielloThe A-Team (2010)
The merits of an intellectual elucidation of Joe Carnahan’s 21st century revamp of the mid-1980s absurdist TV show about a team of disgraced Army Rangers-turned outlaw mercenaries are negligible at...
Jun 20, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongLone Wolf in Black America: A Bill Gunn Retrospective
“I’ve liked every script I’ve ever written,” Bill Gunn told an interviewer in 1971, “I’ve hated every movie made from them.” It’s a prickly statement for a screenwriter, especially one with such a...
Jun 16, 2010 / Jesse CataldoOne Night Only – TFF & Hartke Records present FISHBONE live at Frida’s this Friday night at 8 PM!
Put on your boogie shoes and get your funk on at Frida’s this Friday night for Fishbone’s first live appearance in Wichita, with the Key Elements and Rudy Love Jr & The Getdown! Tickets are on sale...
Jun 15, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRodrick Pocowatchit’s ‘The Dead Can’t Dance’ to Have Canadian Premiere
Wichita, KS — Award-winning Wichita filmmaker Rodrick Pocowatchit’s Native American zombie comedy “The Dead Can’t Dance” will have its international and Canadian premiere in Montreal on Saturday,...
Jun 15, 2010 / Staff‘Green Lantern 2′ Gets Writers Already?! Same Trio Tapped for ‘The Flash’
Warner Bros. apparently has a lot of confidence in their latest superhero vehicle, “Green Lantern,” directed by Martin Campbell. Even though the film, currently shooting in New Orleans and starring...
Jun 10, 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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