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Affleck goes to Town

Posted 18 years ago

Ben Affleck’s letting the mane go crazy for Mike Judge’s new comedy, but he’ll be trimming those locks (one assumes) and settling into the director’s chair again to follow up his GONE BABY GONE mini-triumph. In addition to directing, Affleck...

Rockwell digs teens

Posted 18 years ago

The guy who made the John Cusack Iraq War drama/depressant GRACE IS GONE may not seem like a fun guy based on that, but he’s doing a comedy for his next flick. James Strouse will write and direct a comedy...

Aronofsky’s Ark, etc.

Posted 18 years ago

Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky is in Toronto enjoying the accolades from his latest work THE WRESTLER, and got to chatting about the numerous other projects on his plate. As you probably know, Aronofsky has the boxing biopic THE FIGHTER and, on...

Portman directs

Posted 18 years ago

“But what I really want to do is direct.” We’ve heard those words spill from a thousand actors’ lips, but while some make a seamless transition from standing before to sitting behind the camera (Mel Gibson, Peter Berg, George Clooney),...

Iron I-Max 2? In 3D?

Posted 18 years ago

So, THE DARK KNIGHT. That turned out to be pretty big, huh? Wonder how future superhero movies might try to do things even bigger? Well, if Jon “Favs” Favreau has his way, he’ll get to make IRON MAN 2 filmed...

Feast 2 teaser

Posted 18 years ago

I have a soft spot (also sticky and moist) for FEAST, an old-fashioned “siege story” in the spirit of RIO BRAVO and Romero’s zombie flicks, but with a lot more messy bodily fluids. The movie got kind of a raw...

International trailer

Posted 18 years ago

I can’t remember the last movie about an evil bank, but I’m willing to watch just about anything with Clive Owen shooting lots of people. The presence of Naomi Watts is definitely a delicious cherry on that conspiracy sundae. The...

Caruso wants Thor?

Posted 18 years ago

Director DJ Caruso has been a slow burn — after the underappreciated SALTON SEA, the messy TAKING LIVES and the mediocre TWO FOR THE MONEY, he finally ripped into the big leagues with DISTURBIA (Hitchcock swipe or not) and looks...

Kilmer runs on Steam

Posted 18 years ago

Val Kilmer sure does work a lot — this is his second article this week! But anyone with that kind of turnover rate is bound to crank out misses with the hits. And judging solely by his co-stars, this latest...

Boyle does cartoon?

Posted 18 years ago

Danny Boyle seems like the rare director who can handle just about any type of material. Terrifying viral apocalypse (28 DAYS LATER), small-scale psycho thriller (SHALLOW GRAVE), trippy drug tale (TRAINSPOTTING), whimsical kid adventure (MILLIONS), existential sci-fi (SUNSHINE) and now...

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