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Clash of the Titans Trailer
In Clash of the Titans, the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a...
Nov 11, 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. 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. 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. ArmstrongJacques Audiard’s ‘A Prophet': Political Cinema Whether it Wants to Be or Not
Thick with intrigue and corruption, Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet” is well-stocked with the hallmarks of political cinema: miserable living conditions, exploited minorities, a grittily-tinged color...
Nov 3, 2009 / Jesse CataldoWhere 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. Armstrong2009 Tallgrass Film Fest Roundup
As they say, all good things must come to an end. The 2009 Tallgrass Film Festival has come and gone. Another year, another successful event Wichita can count among its artistic and cultural...
Oct 29, 2009 / Brian GraySean Penn Meets Privately With Venezualan Pres Hugo Chavez
Controversial Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, announced that he met privately with Academy Award Winning actor, Sean Penn, on Wednesday. THR reports that Penn may have plans to shoot a film in...
Oct 29, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongZombieland (2009)
Suspicion of intellectualism and academia have been the unfortunate byproducts of the rise of the big dumb Hollywood movie. Film critics, once a respected and authoritative source of reasoned...
Oct 28, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongFincher to Adapt ‘House of Cards’
David Fincher, director of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Zodiac,” and “Fight Club,” has teamed with Media Rights Capital to adapt the popular British miniseries, “House of Cards,” for...
Oct 22, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #21 – District 9
Rookie director, Neill Blomkamp, has received untold accolades for his alien apartheid allegory, “District 9.” Can this $30 million socially conscious film please both the sci-fi fanboys and hardcore...
Oct 11, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJennifer’s Body (2009)
The objectified star of a million adolescent fantasies, Megan Fox has ascended the misogyny-fostering ranks of Hollywood’s considerable plastic actress sector faster than you can say “botox.” Funny...
Oct 10, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Alice in Wonderland’ Star Poised for Stardom
Mia Wasikowska, the untested star of Tim Burton’s much anticipated romp of whimsy, “Alice in Wonderland,” may be headed for Hollywood stardom. Burton’s picture hasn’t yet been released which means...
Oct 9, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSony Moving Forward With Venom Spin-off
After 2007’s less than fan pleasing “Spider-Man 3,” loyalists have been pining for a worthy representation of Spidey’s arch nemesis, the symbiotic alien suit that clings to Eddie Brock know as Venom....
Sep 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
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