Cinematographer Christopher Doyle trash talks Life of Pi, Lincoln, and the Academy Awards

Posted 13 years ago

I will start this out by saying that I loved LIFE OF PI, but did not agree with it winning an award for cinematography at the Academy Awards. The movie is beautifully shot, but is primarily CGI. Awarding the Oscar...

A sequel is coming for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Posted 13 years ago

It’s been 13 years since CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON released in theaters, now suddenly it seems that The Weinstein Company has readied a sequel set to begin production in May. Ang Lee will not be back to direct, and it...

The nominations for the 70th Annual Golden Globes are here to not surprise you

Posted 13 years ago

Get ready, The 70th Annual Golden Globes have let loose their nominations for outstanding achievements in film and television.  For the most part, everything is “as expected” in terms of who would be nominated for what.  Very few surprises, although...

Cool Videos: THR’s Director Roundtable featuring Affleck, Hooper, Lee, Russell, Tarantino, and Van Sant

Posted 13 years ago

Six directors, one room, one giant roundtable discussion (held yearly – look for past ones on YouTube) that runs the gamut from working with crazy actors to retirement to fan interaction to screenwriting to the dangers of digital projection.  Ben...

Review: Life of Pi

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: The story of Pi (Suraj Sharma)- a sixteen year-old Indian boy, who survives a shipwreck, and finds himself adrift on a lifeboat with a Bengal Tiger- named Richard Parker. Not only does Pi have to try and survive on...

Cool Videos: See The Joker and Donnie Darko in Jokeback Mountain

Posted 14 years ago

Well, this may not be cool per se, but most definitely odd.  I’ll leave it up to you to decide.  This is a shot-for-shot “remake” of the pivotal “I wish I knew how to quit you” scene in Ang Lee’s...

New poster round-up: Life of Pi, Wreck-It Ralph, Les Miserables, and On the Road

Posted 14 years ago

If running these poster round-ups has taught me anything over the last months, its that a good piece of promotional artwork is hard to find. And for, that matter, it is often the most well-intentioned of the lot that are...

New Clip from Ang Lee’s Life of Pi features stunning visuals and a tiger

Posted 14 years ago

Ang Lee’s LIFE OF PI is set to open next month and already it’s generating buzz as “the next AVATAR” in terms of visually stunning special effects.  I guess you could have a worse comparison.  In this new clip from...

Watch Ang Lee introduce a Life of Pi clip and a trailer introduce Russell Crowe in The Man With the Iron Fists

Posted 14 years ago

From the looks of this first full clip alone, Ang Lee has accomplished several things with LIFE OF PI: he has 1) crafted a beautiful world for these characters to inhabit, 2) made use of new, engaging, and unexpected/interesting camera...

The international trailer for Life of Pi gives us the first look at the movie not on the ocean

Posted 14 years ago

The initial trailer and clips for LIFE OF PI showed a sumtpuous movie with a unique story to tell. My biggest problem with it was the glaringly apparent computer-generated set. The complete lack of reality detached me from the movie....

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