FilmCast
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TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
To discuss the British Film Institute’s retrospective on Czech New Wave director Vera Chytilova, Alison Frank is joined by critic Carmen Gray, author Peter Hames, and Michal Bregant director of the...
Mar 14, 2015 / Alison FrankTMA FilmCast #32 — Alison Frank interviews Ana Geislerova
Alison Frank reports from London, where Czech actress Ana Geislerova was in attendance for the screening of ‘Honeymoon’, part of the Made in Prague Festival 2014. LISTEN!
Jan 20, 2015 / 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. ArmstrongParanormal Activity (2009)
Thump… Creeeak….. THUMP! Fear. The invaluable evolutionary tool that has enabled our survival of predation from prehistoric menaces like the saber-toothed tiger and aided our scattered tribes into...
Oct 22, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongPaul Giamatti Signs on to ‘Three Stooges’
After Sean Penn announced he was backing out of the Farrelly brothers’ modern take on “The Three Stooges,” (citing “personal reasons”) the online film community was sent into a tizzy of speculation...
Aug 9, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJohn Hughes Dies at 59
Writer-director John Hughes, the man who gave helped give us 1980s teen classics like “The Breakfast Club,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Pretty in Pink,” and “Sixteen Candles” died Thursday of a...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #16 – The Hurt Locker, Enemy at the Gates
This week Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq War film, “The Hurt Locker,” goes under the TMA microscope. Does it live up to all the hype? Also, Scott talks about the Jude Law, Ed Harris sniper flick, “Enemy at...
Jul 15, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘T.J. Hooker’ Headed to the Big screen
“T.J. Hooker,” the hilarious 1982 police TV show that starred William Shatner is headed to the bigscreen, according to Variety. The both beloved and maligned series will be adapted as a feature film...
Jul 7, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #15 – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Monumental hack, Michael Bay, has managed to explode and destroy his way into the top spot at the box office with his mind-numbing, racist, narcissistic, misogynistic, anti-intellectual,...
Jul 6, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Bruno’ to Remove Michael Jackson Scene to Reverence Pop Star’s Death
Last week we reported that Sacha Baron Cohen had caved to gay activist demands and was re-shooting some scenes to appease their concerns ( see here ). This week, it appears there will be even more...
Jun 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #14 – The Taking of Pelham 123, Home
John Travolta. What a guy. This enigma of an actor has been in some of cinema’s all-time greats (“Pulp Fiction”) and all-time embarrassments (“Battlefield Earth”). And in each endeavor, he seems...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #13 – Land of the Lost, Dr Strangelove
Our Will Ferrell extravaganza! Will Ferrell — Comic genius, or overrated hack? In this episode, lucky number 13, Scott and I explore Ferrell’s five greatest performances, if “Land of the Lost”...
Jun 18, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #12 – Drag Me to Hell
Our most terrifying show yet! And no, I’m not talking about the audio quality. Just donate and we’ll be able to fix that! But seriously, this week Scott and I review Sam Raimi’s supposed return to...
Jun 15, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #11 – Up
What do you get when you mix world-class animation with skilled storytellers, talented voice actors, and a dose of harrowing humanity? If you said “Terminator Salvation” you’d be wrong. That movie...
Jun 7, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTerry Gilliam’s ‘Don Quixote’ Project Back On
Terry Gilliam, the man behind “Twelve Monkeys,” “Brazil,” and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” says that “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” a project he previously abandoned due to a stretch of bad...
May 23, 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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