A plea from a Schmoe: seeing Cloud Atlas is the most important thing you can do for the future of cinema

Posted 13 years ago

The future of cinema needs you, and CLOUD ATLAS could very possibly be the key. Now that’s a bold statement to make, I know.  But I have reason to say it, reason I hope to share with you now. Every...

Poster round-up: Tattoed Susan Sarandon, horror baseball, Django, evil Santa Claus, and more!

Posted 13 years ago

Got a smattering of movie posters for you today, most of them variations of some form, which can be pretty cool.  Oftentimes the variants are better than the original, because they can “stretch their wings” in the creativity department as...

Still need to be sold on Cloud Atlas? Then check out this extensive thirteen minute featurette!

Posted 13 years ago

You should see CLOUD ATLAS this weekend for the following reasons: 1) Simply supporting this sort of bold large-budget bravery from Hollywood is important.  That way we can see more of the sorts of movies we’re always saying that we...

Tom Hanks has high praise for Cloud Atlas, plus a new featurette

Posted 13 years ago

The Wachowski/Tykwer film CLOUD ATLAS is looking like a very unique movie experience. While it is not odd for the star of a film to praise his own project, Tom Hanks recently did so while dissing some older projects. At...

Spoiler-filled sneak peek from Cloud Atlas with Tom Hanks and Halle Berry

Posted 14 years ago

CLOUD ATLAS, the upcoming film from the Waschowski’s and Tom Tykwer, has had some rather out-of-the-box marketing from the get go and this new sneak peek fits that bill just the same.  Since I haven’t seen the film yet, I...

These seven banners for Cloud Atlas showcase several of its actors in some of their more drastic transformations

Posted 14 years ago

If you’ve ever wanted to see Hugo Weaving as a woman, or Jim Sturgess and Hugh Grant as though they were Korean, then this is your lucky day.  There’s not much to say about CLOUD ATLAS at this point that...

Tom Hanks to narrate Tony and Ridley Scott produced Killing Lincoln for National Geographic

Posted 14 years ago

Actor Tom Hanks has been tapped to narrate the upcoming adaptation of KILLING LINCOLN for the National Geographic Channel.  Executive produced by Tony and Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions and based on the best-selling book “Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination...

New trailer for the Wachowski’s/Tykwer’s Cloud Atlas with Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, and Hugo Weaving

Posted 14 years ago

A new trailer for the Wachowski’s/Tom Tykwer’s CLOUD ATLAS has arrived, featuring a slimmed down running time, but with plenty of new footage to make it worthwhile.  The original, epic trailer was almost a short film (and a pretty amazing...

The Wachowskis discuss how Cloud Atlas will redefine the idea of movies for the 21st century

Posted 14 years ago

Love it or hate it, THE MATRIX changed movies when it was released. The idea of bullet time became so overused in movies that it devolved into a parody of itself. The Wachowskis have not made a film since the...