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Paranormal 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. ArmstrongThe 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. ArmstrongThe 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. ArmstrongOne 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. Armstrong‘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. ArmstrongVideo: Ralph Macchio, the Original ‘Karate Kid’ Tries to Be Bad
With the approaching release of the new “Karate Kid” movie starring Jaden Smith (Will Smith’s boy) and Jackie Chan, many fans of the original 1984 film find themselves wondering whatever happened to...
Jun 10, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongOfficial US Trailer for ‘Dogtooth’
“Dogtooth,” also known as “Kynodontas,” the much-heralded Greek film from Yorgos Lanthimos (“My Best Friend,” “Kinetta”) has become something of a phenomenon since winning the top prize in its...
Jun 9, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongVideo: New ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Clip
Watch the 2010 MTV Movie Awards at MTV.com! During the MTV Movie Awards pre-show Director Edgar Wright previewed a short clip from his upcoming film, “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” starring Michael...
Jun 7, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongEinstein Biopic Gets a Writer
It was first reported in October that Lionsgate had picked up the rights not only to Walter Isaacson’s biography, “Einstein: His Life and Universe,” (Simon & Schuster, 2007) but also to the entire...
Jun 6, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongHorror King John Carpenter to Direct ‘Fangland’
John Carpenter, the master of horror, will direct the adaptation of John Marks’ 2008 novel “Fangland” for Sriram Das and Blumhouse Productions. ComingSoon reports that the project, which has been in...
Jun 5, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongNorwegian Ninja Trailer
Euforia Film, the same prod company that brought us the farcical Nazi/zombie horror/comedy, “Dead Snow,” has just released the first trailer for Thomas Cappelen Malling’s seemingly equally insane...
Jun 5, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Expendables Trailer #2
Alright action junkies, the second trailer for Sly Stallone’s much-anticipated “The Expendables” has just been released. The film promises to bring together the biggest, baddest action stars of all...
Jun 4, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongScott Pilgrim vs. The World Trailer
Director: Edgar Wright Writer: Edgar Wright Studio: Universal Pictures Cast: Michael Cera, Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead Release: August 13, 2010 Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim...
Jun 1, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘The Hobbit’ Loses Guillermo del Toro as Director
Guillermo del Toro, director of “Pan’s Labyrinth” and the man slated to helm the adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s famous novel, “The Hobbit,” has announced that he is leaving the project. “In light...
Jun 1, 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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