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Paramount defends CinemaScore’s F-rating for mother!

Posted 9 years ago

So you might not have heard, but over the weekend Darren Aronofsky‘s experimental thriller MOTHER! has gained a rare F-rating on CinemaScore, only the 12th to ever receive one. Which…ouch. However, here’s what Paramount’s worldwide president of marketing and distribution...

Review: Hostiles

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: An army captain (Christian Bale) on the verge of retirement is ordered to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief (Wes Studi) back to his native lands through hostile territory. REVIEW: HOSTILES marks star Christian Bale’s first re-teaming with director...

Review: Breathe (TIFF)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A handsome, adventurous, world-traveling English tea broker, Jonathan Cavendish (Andrew Garfield) is felled by polio, leaving him unable to move anything below his neck or even breathe unaided by a respirator. Initially resigned to his fate, the love of...

Review: mother!

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) restoring her older husband’s (Javier Bardem) decaying home, finds their idyll interrupted by two abrasive house guests (Ed Harris & Michelle Pfeiffer). REVIEW: As far as big studio movies go this year, few are...

We interview Vince Vaughn & Don Johnson for Brawl in Cell Block 99

Posted 9 years ago

At TIFF, one of the movies I was most keen to see was BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99 (review HERE), for many reasons, one of which was that I loved director S. Craig Zahler’s last film, BONE TOMAHAWK, but also...

Review: Downsizing (TIFF)

Posted 9 years ago

PLOT: A suburban man (Matt Damon) voluntarily undergoes miniaturization in order to join a small-person’s community where his middle class savings will make him wealthy. REVIEW: Alexander Payne’s DOWNSIZING is nothing if not ambitious – perhaps too much so. It’s...

Ruderman Family Foundation criticizes Gyllenhaal casting for Stronger film

Posted 9 years ago

Casting the right actor for a film is always a sensitive matter. There are so many angles to consider, and pitfalls to be avoided, as the search for an individual who best represents a character or real-life figure takes place. While it's...

Kevin Spacey’s Gore Vidal biopic adds Michael Stuhlbarg and more to the cast

Posted 9 years ago

Not going to lie, but I'm a bit disappointed that GORE refers to an upcoming Netflix biopic about prolific writer Gore Vidal played by Kevin Spacey, and not an awesome/trashy horror film about a serial killer Vice President. However, Vidal...

New Riverdale season 2 trailer shows off more blood and Molly Ringwald!

Posted 9 years ago

I remember when RIVERDALE was first announced, I was right alongside everyone else shitting on it, making fun of turning the light-hearted Archie comics into a dark, lurid teen murder mystery. Basically, it was like a not-even-particularly clever ROBOT CHICKEN sketch...

New Flatliners TV spot offers glimpse at Kiefer Sutherland’s return

Posted 9 years ago

Fans of the original FLATLINERS don’t seem too pumped for the upcoming sequel, a big reason being the new film uses the same name and premise, coming off as more of a remake than a continuation. You may not be...

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