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Jeunet’s ‘Micmacs’: Racial Stereotypes Overshadow Innovation
At his most successful, Jean-Pierre Jeunet has managed to create films which combine a mainstream approach to storytelling with an artist’s attention to image. Some would argue that “Delicatessen” is...
Apr 23, 2010 / Alison FrankLars Von Trier’s ‘Dogville’ and the Dogme Legacy
I must confess to a prejudice: I hate films that don’t change spaces. At the theatre, it doesn’t matter to me if there are no set alterations and every scene takes place in the same location; when it...
Apr 13, 2010 / Alison FrankFritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’ Coming to a Big Screen Near You
Kino International announced Monday that Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece, “Metropolis,” will be released theatrically in “all major markets throughout the US and Canada” in May. The version to be...
Apr 8, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRepo Men (2010)
President Obama and the Democrats finally managed to squeak through a health care reform bill that promises to insure millions of Americans and eliminate many of the more deplorable practices of the...
Apr 3, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPoem: The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker -For Burt Lancaster He comes to drought-stricken towns; a saviour dressed in rattlesnake shoes, riding on a pale Pegasus. “There’s something in the air,” he says. “Something in the...
Mar 25, 2010 / Damian BalassoneChris 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. 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. 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. 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. Armstrong‘Terminator’ May Rise Again
Try as they might, the directors of the third and fourth “Terminator” films can’t seem to kill the fan-favorite sci-fi/horror franchise. Variety reports that Pacificor LLC, which acquired the...
Feb 18, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #27 – Up in the Air, It’s Complicated
What do Peter Sellers’ character in Hal Ashby’s 1979 flick, “Being There” and Jason Reitman’s Oscar-bait movie, “Up in the Air” have in common? More than you might think. Also, can a middle-aged,...
Feb 6, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongCowboy Killer (2008)
“There’s nothing wrong with mustaches, except in the summertime when they get in the way of eatin’ ice cream cones.” Imagine that phrase uttered by a middle-aged, mustached, cowboy serial killer...
Jan 28, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Money Trail (2009)
Lenny isn’t your average incarcerated crook. He’s a young, good-looking guy with some serious connections on the outside. His father, Armando, is an extremely wealthy drug kingpin who wants nothing...
Jan 20, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongIt’s Complicated (2009)
Rich, middle-aged, white women sitting around a posh Santa Barbara pad drinking expensive wine and talking about their vaginas. If that doesn’t sound appealing then “It’s Complicated” probably isn’t...
Jan 9, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongCop Out Trailer
Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy (Bruce Willis) is the veteran...
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