Ben Barna

800 Articles Published

Favorite Movies: Se7en, Fargo, Unbreakable, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Forrest Gump, Batman, Terminator read more 2, Requiem for a Dream, Kickboxer, Vertigo, The Departed, Demolition Man, The Matrix, The Maltese Falcon, Saving Private Ryan, There's Something About Mary, Groundhog Day, La Dolce Vita

Likes: Spying on crushes online, melted cheese, gravy, removing plaque, smelling wet read more skin, giving tickles, the cosmos, trying to be a hipster, the ending of Lost Season 3, costanza, blizzarts monday, tokyo wednesday, green room saturday, chess in the park, pre-drinking, wall blasting, thongs, the scene, secret shows, buffets and just generally vibing

The first Nines minutes

Posted 19 years ago

I’ve never heard of John August until his directorial debut THE NINES started making waves at Sundance. It turns out that August is the man behind some pretty important screenplays like GO, BIG FISH, and CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY....

My trailer could paint that!

Posted 19 years ago

My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted to do was to be an artist, but it just wasn’t in me. I didn’t have the talent, I didn’t have the drive. Now I’m too old to be anything except for a...

10 unmade masterpieces

Posted 19 years ago

Remember the magazine Cracked? It was the one you always used to think was Mad Magazine, but wasn’t. Although it’s not on newsstands anymore (at least I think it isn’t) they still have a website. And amidst my endless surfing...

Michael Clayton poster

Posted 19 years ago

Whenever in doubt about your movie’s title, the solution is simple: name it after your main character! I’m certain that’s the reasoning behind the MICHAEL CLAYTON, the new George Clooney movie that really wants you to know who this story...

Dan in Real trailer

Posted 19 years ago

The DAN IN REAL LIFE trailer has been up on our site for a short while now, but in case some of you missed it, I implore you to watch it, and take note of Steve Carrell’s performance in it....

Right At Your trailer

Posted 19 years ago

Hey guys. Here’s a trailer for one of those movies that killed at Sundance, one of those movies that prove you don’t need a lot of money to tell a story of disaster and chaos. RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR takes...

Grace is Gone poster

Posted 19 years ago

Cinematical has an exclusive look at the new poster for the John Cusack weepie GRACE IS GONE, about a father who can’t figure out how to tell his daughters that their mother was killed in the Iraq war. This movie...

Ramis imagines Hill?

Posted 19 years ago

UPDATE: Well, it seems as though we were close but no cigar on this one, folks. An EXTREMELY CLOSE source to the production said: “Ramis is not attached to direct Jonah’s script, Pure Imagination. We are in the early stage...

Dark Knight footage

Posted 19 years ago

As expected, DARK KNIGHT footage was shown over the weekend during the film’s panel over at Wizard World Chicago. On hand were some of the film’s stars including Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, and Aaron Eckhart, along with director Chris Nolan,...

Dan’s real poster

Posted 19 years ago

DAN IN REAL LIFE seems like the kind of movie Steve Carrell should be making, not EVAN ALMIGHTY. DAN sounds like a truthful comedy, about a widower (Carrell) who has three daughters, writes a parenting column, and falls in love...

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