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Biting social commentary, breathtaking imagery, an innovative take on centuries-old mythology and a respectable entry into the painfully saturated vampire genre. Well, 1½ out of 4 ain’t bad....
Jan 25, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Michael Cera in "Youth in Revolt" Criticized ad nauseam for his perceived lack of versatility, 21-year-old comedy star Michael Cera gets a chance to stretch a little in Miguel Arteta’s adaptation of...
Jan 16, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong
Count on Roland Emmerich, the Master of Disaster, to base an entire film on the (false) pretense that the ancient Mayan calender predicts Earth’s demise in three years, and then scarcely mention the...
Nov 19, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
French director, Pierre Morel, has signed on to direct “Signals,” reports THR . Morel’s most recent film, the overachieving “Taken,” grossed upwards of $220 million worldwide. “Signals,” written by...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Funnyman, Zach Galifianakis, has exploded as a bankable Hollywood star. Todd Phillips’ smash-hit, the $461 million grossing, “The Hangover,” in which Galifianakis starred, has propelled the...
Nov 5, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Mary and Max Trailer Oct 21st, 2009 | By Eric M. Armstrong | Category: Trailers Spanning 20 years and 2 continents, Mary and Max tells of a pen-pal relationship between two very different people:...
Oct 21, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
This week Scott and I take a crack at deciphering that unruly, elusive devil called love. Marc Webb’s debut feature, the hipster-tinged “(500) Days of Summer” is an indie hit that’s been hailed as a...
Sep 23, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongWhen night falls and danger emerges from the shadows of Hammer Town’s alleyways, Defendor is the only man who stands between us and the drug-ravaged streets. He is the last bastion of decency, the...
Sep 9, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Wichita, KAN.—Wichita Association for the Motion Picture Arts today announced that the 2009 Tallgrass Film Festival Ad Astra Award recipient will be legendary independent film actor Seymour Cassel....
Aug 18, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongSet in 1937 New York, the story centers on a high school student (Efron) who happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its mercurial founder, Orson Welles. The man lands a part...
Aug 13, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong
Liam Neeson is in talks to star in Dark Castle’s thriller, “Unknown White Male,” according to Variety . Jaume Collet-Serra is directing the script penned by scribes Oliver Butcher and Stephen...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Coen Brothers’ newest film is the haunting black comedy, “A Serious Man,” about a physics professor in a midwestern Jewish community in 1967. The trailer is an intense, and frankly frightening,...
Jul 30, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongDespite the Stateside success of DreamWorks’ animated “Monsters vs. Aliens,” its sub-par performance overseas has left the future of a would-be sequel uncertain, says The Hollywood Reporter . “This...
Jul 28, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe trailer that was shown at Comic Con 2009 for the now named Tron Legacy which is basically the same footage that was shown last year as a concept but in HD quality. A virtual-world worker looks to...
Jul 28, 2009 / Eric M. ArmstrongIn a startling performance certain to be talked about, comedian Patton Oswalt makes his dramatic-lead debut as Paul Aufiero, an obsessive New York Giants fan whose chance encounter with his hero...
Jul 10, 2009 / Eric M. Armstrong


