Tag: Nicolas Cage
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‘How I Ended the Summer’: Inexplicably
Like Werner Herzog’s half-satirical, half awestruck documentary Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Aleksei Popogrebsky’s Kak ya provyol etim letom ( How I Ended the Summer ) offers a...
Oct 26, 2010 / Alison FrankThe 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. 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. ArmstrongNicolas Cage Wants ‘To Do a Reconceive’ for ‘Ghost Rider 2′
A sequel to Nic Cage’s awful “Ghost Rider?” No, no, no, that would be too conventional. It may already be getting a full franchise reboot. Yes, that’s right. A reboot, or a reconception, if you like,...
Jul 17, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongClassic Atari Video Game, ‘Asteroids,’ Will be a Feature Film
In Hollywood’s latest endeavor to avoid originality at all costs, Universal has come out on top in a four-studio bidding war for the film rights to the classic 1979 Atari game, “Asteroids,” according...
Jul 3, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongObserve and Report (2009)
Observe and Report is an often hilarious satire of the traditional underdog story that simultaneously works and fails on a variety of levels. Jody Hill, writer and director of the low-budget Sundance...
Apr 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongTMA FilmCast #4 – Knowing, Dragonball Evolution
This week we review Nic Cage’s “Knowing,” and Chow Yun-fat in “Dragonball Evolution.” Pardon the technical difficulties. Towards the end, there’s about 6 minutes of show missing thanks to some faulty...
Apr 8, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong5 Actors Ruined by Winning an Oscar
The Academy Award is the most prestigious and coveted recognition an actor can receive, and signifies a supreme achievement in the medium of the motion picture–at least that’s the idea. But, there...
Apr 1, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongDragonball Evolution (2009) ★
“Dragonball Evolution” sports the kind of transparency the President is always talking about. Based on the wildly popular Japanese manga series “Dragonball Z”, this film makes little effort to...
Mar 30, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongKnowing (2009) ★★★
Nicolas Cage is an anomaly. After displaying nothing short of brilliance in gems like The Coens’ “Raising Arizona” and the Charlie Kauffman/Spike Jonze masterwork, “Adaptation,” this oddity of an...
Mar 27, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJohn Lennon’s Childhood Told by the Weinsteins
John Lennon, who once said he wasn’t one for autobiography, will be the subject of a new film. The rights to “Nowhere Boy,” a feature-length biopic of sorts based on the childhood of the seminal...
Mar 17, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongBangkok Dangerous (2008)
Remakes are dangerous territory. Like adaptations, a tangible, quantified (box-office gross, copies sold, etc.) standard already exists with which the remake is burdened. With the added pressure and...
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