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Up in the Air (2009)
“How much does your life weigh?” George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a hit man. He doesn’t kill people, well, at least not directly. He’s a corporate hatchet man who fires people for a living — people...
Jan 6, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe 10 Best Films of 2009
2009 proved to be a big year for film, both blockbuster and independent. James Cameron made a triumphant return to the cineplex with “Avatar,” and J.J. Abrams made “Star Trek” cool again, all while...
Jan 1, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA’s 25 Best Films of the Decade (2000-2009)
Lists of this nature rarely serve any meaningful purpose. To include a film means that many more will be excluded. And in a decade’s worth of cinema, to make a list of the “best” at the expense of so...
Dec 16, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJackson: ‘Hobbit’ Casting to Begin This Week
Bilbo Baggins will soon have a face. Peter Jackson, director of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, revealed in an interview that casting on the highly anticipated “The Hobbit” would begin this week....
Dec 9, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Experiencing a good Nicolas Cage movie is like witnessing a total solar eclipse; it’s rare, and if you’re lucky enough to catch one, it’s spectacular. Combine the eccentric Cage at his bizarre best...
Dec 3, 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. 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. ArmstrongFirst Official ‘A-Team’ Photo
The first official photo from Joe Carnahan’s “A-Team starring Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as Sgt. “B.A.” Baracus, Sharlto Copley as Capt. “Howling Mad”...
Oct 25, 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. ArmstrongThe Informant! (2009) ★★★½
The Informant! (2009) ★★★½ Oct 18th, 2009 | By Eric M. Armstrong | Category: Comedy , Film Reviews , Thriller Manic depressive disorder, better known as bipolar disorder, is no laughing matter. Those...
Oct 18, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongBad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Trailer
In Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job as he is at scoring drugs — while playing fast and loose with the law....
Oct 11, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongUp In The Air Trailer
George Clooney stars as Ryan Bingham, a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road but is forced to fight for his job when his company downsizes its travel budget. He is required to spend...
Oct 5, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTarantino Plans For ‘Kill Bill: Vol. 3’
Controversial filmmaker, Quentin Tarantino, announced Saturday at the Morelia Intl. Film Festival that he plans on making a “Kill Bill: Vol. 3.” Variety reports that the eccentric director, attending...
Oct 4, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Let Me In’ Adds Jenkins, Smit-McPhee
We reported some time ago that the excellent Swedish vampire flick, 2008’s “Let the Right One In,” was already getting the remake treatment via “Cloverfield” director, Matt Reeves, and would be...
Oct 2, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSpoiler Alert (2009)
The battle between artiste and critic had long been raging by the time English playwright, Robert Green, criticized the work of a promising newcomer named William Shakespeare in the late 16th...
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