17 articles

The search for a new star to carry Paramount’s latest installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise is over. Oscar-nominated star Jeremy Renner, who anchored Kathryn Bigelow’s acclaimed Iraq War...
Aug 26, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
A teaser trailer was released last week for a Japanese film called “Norwegian Wood,” based on the worldwide best-selling novel of the same name. Written in 1987 by Haruki Murakami, the novel recounts...
Jul 26, 2010 / Bryan Lufkin
Hollywood’s escalating war on originality is far-reaching. Independent films are finding it more difficult than ever to find distribution, tent-pole summer releases have a set a new precedent for...
Apr 16, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Dear Mr. Burton: What happened to you? You used to be so creative, have such imagination. You were strange, unknowable but always managed to imbue your films with such heart and feeling. From “Ed...
Mar 30, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Humphrey Bogart and Jimmy Cagney were the epitome of the man’s man in Hollywood’s golden age. They never missed a step, always knew the right (or wrong in Cagney’s case) thing to say. But this annual...
Feb 24, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Charlize Theron to replace raving mad Mel Gibson’s iconic Mad Max? Maybe. E! News Online is reporting on information from “multiple sources” that say that the Oscar-winning sexpot is the front runner...
Oct 22, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Ever since the announcement that a new film adaption of the classic television show, “The A-Team,” would be made, speculation and rumors have soared about who would fill those iconic roles. Already...
Sep 10, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Ridley Scott, the famed director behind futuristic dramas like “Blade Runner” and “Alien,” will take on the critically acclaimed and beloved dystopian work, Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.” The...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongJeremy Renner, star of Kathryn Bigelow’s recent critical success, “The Hurt Locker,” is in negotiations to join Jon Hamm and Rebecca Hall in Ben Affleck’s “The Town,” says THR . “Town” is a romantic...
Jul 30, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongAfter the staggering critical and commercial success of Warner Bros’ Christopher Nolan-directed Batman films, “Batman Begins,” and “The Dark Knight,” rumors have been relentlessly circulating about...
Jul 30, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”) and Rebecca Hall (“Please Give”) have been named as the latest additions to Ben Affleck’s “The Town,” a Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ romantic crime thriller, reports THR...
Jul 28, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe upcoming Jodie Foster-directed flick, “The Beaver,” has just added heavy-hitter Mel Gibson to the cast, according to Variety . Foster will direct and star with Gibson in the Kyle Killen script...
Jul 10, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Randall Wallace, the writer of “Braveheart” and “Atlas Shrugged,” has been hired to rewrite the Jules Verne classic, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” for Disney’s new feature to be entitled, “Captain...
Jul 8, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Since 1975, Michael Peterson, later dubbed Charles Bronson after the “Death Wish” star, has been England’s most explosively unstable and notorious inmate. Initially incarcerated for seven years after...
Jun 26, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
JJ Abrams’ “Star Trek” kicks off the summer blockbuster season. Does it soar or fizzle? The task of rebooting an ailing franchise can be daunting. Also, we take a look at British avant-garde video...
May 14, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong


