Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner heading to the big screen
Matthew Weiner arguably has created one of the best current television shows with AMC’s Mad Men. Winning many awards, the show draws consistently high viewership. Now, Weiner will attempt to bring some of that success to the big screen with his feature debut. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Weiner is beginning work on his film [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Amy Poehler, Matthew Weiner, Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis
Lincoln’s Movie Night: The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games Directed by Gary Ross Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson and more Walking in, I tried to view The Hunger Games as a film critic, not as a fan of the book. I’ve come to accept that no matter how popular a series is, be it Harry Potter, Lord [...]
In: Movies, Reviews · Tagged with: Elizabeth Banks, Gary Ross, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Lenny Kravitz, Liam Hemsworth, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, Woody Harrelson
1984 in the works to bring dystopia back to its roots
Dystopia is big lately, with The Hunger Games coming on Friday and countless teen dystopian novels flooding the shelves of bookstores. But what about the originators? Where would we be without them? According to The Hollywood Reporter, we don’t have to worry about that for much longer. Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment is working with LBI [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: 1984, Ron Howard, Shepard Fairey
Trailer Watch: Dark Shadows and Frankenweenie
Tim Burton has come full circle. He’s re-teamed (again) with Edward Scissorhands star Johnny Depp and appears to be delivering a gothic romantic comedy that shares more than a little of that film’s DNA with the upcoming Dark Shadows. Starring Depp as vampire-out-of-time Barnabas, the film has an excellent cast and while it borrows the [...]
In: Movies, Trailers · Tagged with: Dark Shadows, Frankenweenie, Johnny Depp, Tim Burton
Noir Muppet film, The Happytime Murders finally getting off the ground
The Muppets appears to have rekindled the Henson collective, and there is at least one really interesting project on the horizon. Over at The Hollywood Reporter, film financing company IM Global has posted both concept art and a synopsis to upcoming puppet crime film, The Happytime Murders. While the puppets won’t be Muppets, since Disney [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Brian Henson, The Happytime Murders, The Muppets
Nicolas Cage not playing Nicolas Cage in Action No. 1
As long as they have a set of properly zany wigs showcased, I’ll be ok. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has purchased Action No. 1, a heist movie about nerds who decide to steal Nicolas Cage’s copy of Action Comics No. 1. While fiction, the film is based on actual events, as Cage had [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Action No. 1, Nicolas Cage, Reno 911, Superman
Quick Cuts: Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol gets screenwriter, Kathryn Bigelow’s Bin Laden film hit by protests, and other stories
The third novel in Dan Brown’s series about symbologist Robert Langdon is getting the big screen treatment. The Lost Symbol is 2009′s followup to Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code. The book is being adapted for the screen by Danny Strong (Game Change) and will be directed by Ron Howard. (Souce: Deadline) It’s not [...]
In: Movies, News, Trailers · Tagged with: Day of the Triffids, Kathryn Bigelow, ParaNorman, Piranha 3DD, The Lost Symbol, Zero Dark Thirty
Sacha Baron Cohen tries to have fun, ends up banned from Oscars (UPDATED)
Despite being a member of the Academy as well as a cast member of Best Picture nominated film Hugo, it appears that Sacha Baron Cohen won’t be attending this year’s Oscars ceremony. Deadline reports that Cohen wanted to attend the awards ceremony in character as The Dictator but when the Academy heard, they pulled his [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Academy Awards, Hugo, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Dictator, The Oscars
Hugh Grant to play against type in Cloud Atlas
Whether you like or hate the Wachowskis, you can’t accuse them of not having some serious guts. Their next film, Cloud Atlas, is a huge undertaking and has the potential to be amazing or dreadful. And while they’ve cast some big name actors, they’re taking risks there too, with people playing against type. Empire interviewed [...]
In: Movies, News · Tagged with: Cloud Atlas, Hugh Grant, The Wachowskis
Trailer Watch: Alternate History
I’m going to start you off with something that is so high concept it’s literally in outer space. Bask in the glory of what you just watched. Space. Nazis. Ridiculous, yes, but Iron Sky knows that it’s ridiculous and might actually pull it off. Tongues appear to be firmly in cheek here. When American astronaut [...]
In: Movies, News, Trailers, Uncategorized · Tagged with: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Iron Sky, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov