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Summit Boards ‘The Cold Light of Day’
Summit Entertainment has agreed to co-finance “The Cold Light of Day,” a thriller, with Intrepid Pictures. Variety reports that Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans of Intrepid will produce the flick, which...
Nov 10, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongHasbro’s ‘Battleship’ Movie Invaded by Aliens
We reported in September that Universal Pictures was developing a live-action movie based on Hasbro’s naval combat board game “Battleship,” to be directed by Peter Berg. Berg explained that the film...
Nov 8, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongEminem to Star in 3D Horror Spectacle, ‘Shady Talez’
Rapper Eminem will star in his first feature film in seven years, reports Screen Daily . The 3D horror extravaganza entitled, “Shady Talez,” will be the controversial performer’s first starring role...
Nov 7, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongHopkins, Bening Join Garcia in ‘Hemingway’
Andy Garcia has coaxed Hollywood royalty, Anthony Hopkins and Annette Bening, to co-star with him in “Hemingway and Fuentes,” which Garcia will also direct. Variety reports that Garcia, along with...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSundance Film Fest Coming to a Theater Near You
In 2010, the Sundance Film Festival is adding a feature called Sundance Film Festival USA that will broaden the festivities to eight cities around the country. The Sundance Institute’s official...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Taken’ Director Signs on to ‘Signals’
French director, Pierre Morel, has signed on to direct “Signals,” reports THR . Morel’s most recent film, the overachieving “Taken,” grossed upwards of $220 million worldwide. “Signals,” written by...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #22 – Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino’s controversial revisionist’s WWII saga, “Inglourious Basterds” has had fans cheering and moralizers crying foul. Does it really deny the holocaust? Is it as boring as some have...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTurner Classic Movies to Launch Film Festival
Turner Classic Movies, the popular commercial-free movie channel run by Turner Broadcasting Systems (a Time-Warner company) has announced the launch of its own film festival. The inaugural TCM...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongZach Galifianakis Flirting With ‘Puss in Boots’
Funnyman, Zach Galifianakis, has exploded as a bankable Hollywood star. Todd Phillips’ smash-hit, the $461 million grossing, “The Hangover,” in which Galifianakis starred, has propelled the...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongAvatar Trailer #2
Avatar takes us to a spectacular new world beyond our imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery, as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization. The...
Nov 4, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMichael Jackson’s This Is It (2009)
Death is the great arbiter of a person’s legacy. Michael Jackson’s untimely death this June not only solidified his unequaled stature in the world of pop music but effectively disintegrated the...
Nov 4, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTallgrass Third Thursday Presents ‘Nollywood Babylon’ in Conjunction with International Education Week
WICHITA, KANS—Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts and Tallgrass Film Festival announces the latest film in the Tallgrass Third Thursdays screening series. “Nollywood Babylon,” will be...
Nov 4, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongDisney Commits to Protecting Forests in Amazon, Congo, US
Burbank, Ca., Nov. 3—The Walt Disney Company announced today a $7 million investment in forest projects that will build on its long history of conservation and environmental stewardship. The projects...
Nov 3, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongWhere the Wild Things Are (2009)
The announcement that Maurice Sendak’s beloved landmark children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are” would be adapted into a full-length Hollywood film sparked an epidemic of convulsive rejection...
Nov 3, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Invention of Lying (2009)
Who wants to have fat kids with snub noses? Jennifer Garner sure doesn’t, and if you’re being honest, you probably don’t either. The difference between our world and the one Garner and Ricky Gervais...
Oct 31, 2009 / 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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