Review: Nebraska

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A son takes his old father on a trip to claim what the latter believes will be a million dollar fortune – but the son knows is just a scam. REVIEW: Alexander Payne does this better than anyone. The...

The trailer for Alexander Payne’s Nebraska wants to scam your heart

Posted 13 years ago

Alexander Payne has built quite a nice filmography with CITIZEN RUTH, ELECTION, ABOUT SCHMIDT, SIDEWAYS, and THE DESCENDANTS. His latest film, NEBRASKA, also marks his first directorial effort for which he did not contribute to the screenplay. That being said,...

Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt to be released on DVD this July

Posted 13 years ago

I have heard that Francis Ford Coppola’s TWIXT is awful in an “I can’t believe my eyes” sort of way (read our review from 2011 here, but I’ve always been curious about it, in part because of Coppola’s bizarre San...

New details and image from Alexander Payne’s Nebraska with Bruce Dern and Will Forte

Posted 13 years ago

Writer/Director Alexander Payne is one of the most original filmmakers working today who is rarely recognized for it. He's a bit under the radar, due largely to the fact that his films usually start off as non-commercial fare, like an...

Casting double feature: the English-language cast for Studio Ghibli’s next and Paul Dano joins revenge flick Prisoners

Posted 14 years ago

As is often the way with these sorts of things, the two movies at hand could not be more different from one another.  Which s good, because variety is the spice of filmmaking life.  Or clove and cinnamon, if we’re...