Articles by Eric M. Armstrong
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Orson 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. ArmstrongChris 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. ArmstrongOscar-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. ArmstrongThis is What Movies Have Become. Sigh
With the recession strangling the creativity and imagination out of the mainstream film world, more and more movies seem to be retreading familiar ground. Major studios desperately want to give their...
Mar 15, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Crazies (2010)
“Remake” has become a dirty word thanks to Hollywood’s ever-increasing disregard for creativity and originality. Reactionary studio big-wigs no longer even sniff at projects that aren’t in some way...
Mar 10, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTallgrass Third Thursdays: ‘The Horse Boy’
WICHITA, KAN — The Wichita Association for Motion Picture Arts and the Tallgrass Film Festival announces the Tallgrass Third Thursday screening for March: The Horse Boy, directed by Michel Orion...
Mar 9, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongIndependent Spirit Awards? Not Really
This is indie? Really? What are the Indie Spirit Awards? No, really, what are they? What purpose do they serve? Logic would suggest that they celebrate films that exemplify the spirit of independent...
Mar 7, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongIndie Film Pioneer, Richard Glasser, Dies
Independent film pioneer, Richard Glasser, died Tuesday, Feb. 23 in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke days earlier. He was 50. The son of famed film producer Bernard Glasser, Richard began his...
Feb 27, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRevered and Reviled: D.W. Griffith’s ‘The Birth of a Nation’
“We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the...
Feb 26, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongEven Legends Flub Their Lines; Bogart, Cagney, Robinson Blooper Reel
Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Cagney were the epitome of the man’s man in Hollywood’s golden age. They never missed a step, always knew the right (or wrong in Cagney’s case) thing to say. But this annual...
Feb 24, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongHollywood Films Follow Mathematical Formulas to Match Attention Spans of Viewers
[Click Photo to Enlarge] Do you ever get the feeling that big Hollywood blockbusters are just heartless products following an established formula to maximize profits? Well, that assessment may be...
Feb 24, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPercy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
Everything you’ve heard about “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” is true. It is a poorly acted poorly written kids’ fantasy that borrows in equal parts from Harry Potter and the...
Feb 20, 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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