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‘Waterfront’ Writer, Budd Schulberg, Dies at 95
Elia Kazan’s breathtaking “On the Waterfront” is a transcendent work of cinema that cuts to the core of the human condition — it also features perhaps Marlon Brando’s greatest performance. But it...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongMoon (2009)
Considering David Bowie’s longstanding and highly lucrative infatuation with all things celestial, e.g. Space Oddity (1969), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972),...
Jul 20, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Vacancy’ Director, Nimrod Antal, to Helm ‘Predators’
The long wait is finally over. Fox has selected Nimrod Antal, the director of horror film “Vacancy,” to helm “Predators,” the Robert Rodriguez-produced third solo and combined fifth installment in...
Jul 3, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongFrank Darabont Talks ‘Fahrenheit 451′
Director Frank Darabont (“The Mist,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Green Mile”) tells STYD at the 35th Annual Saturn Awards that his film adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s seminal piece of social and...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongWill Ferrell’s 5 Best Performances
Comic genius, Will Ferrell, has become something of a lightning rod over the past few years. His several gems have been slightly overshadowed by a string of recent sub-par films. But regardless of...
Jun 20, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTyson (2009)
Two-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world, Mike Tyson, is one of the most controversial, ferocious, reprehensible, strangely compelling, unknowable, simultaneously brilliant and laughably...
Jun 1, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongOscar Snubs 2009
Oscar Snubs 2009 Jan 23rd, 2009 | By Eric M. Armstrong | Category: FCS , Lists Choosing the best of the best from thousands of films, performances, scripts, directors, etc., can be a dizzying task....
Jan 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d. Labour and rest, that equal...
Sep 23, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongTop Ten Movies of 2007
Last year was an excellent year for American cinema. A phrase rarely uttered, but entirely deserved by the year of 2007. There were at least four or five films that each could have taken Best Picture...
Sep 8, 2008 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
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