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Review: Side Effects

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: A man comes home after four years of prison to find his wife suffering from an extreme bout of depression. When she goes on a new prescription drug to alleviate the symptoms, she quickly goes from bad to worse....

Joe Carnahan pulls no punches as he discusses Hollywood, Mission Impossible III, 47 Ronin, and more in the web series Hollywood Trenches

Posted 14 years ago

Joe Carnahan does not give a f*ck. That is for sure. But, I respect him even more now that I have watched the first segments of the new web series Hollywood Trenches. The first 20 minutes have been released online...

Johnny Depp set to star as Boston mobster Whitey Bulger in Black Mass

Posted 14 years ago

We received news this weekend that Johnny Depp will be taking on the role of Whitey Bulger, a notorious mobster from Boston who was finally captured in 2011 after being at large for 16 years and on the FBI Top...

Watch the David Fincher directed premiere of House of Cards for free right now

Posted 14 years ago

David Fincher‘s first foray into television has premiered today. The Netflix original series HOUSE OF CARDS debuted all 13 first season episodes, but even non-subscribers can enjoy the first episode for free online. Head on over the the Netflix site...

Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes and Bradley Cooper have their heads in the clouds on this poster for The Place Beyond the Pines

Posted 14 years ago

After watching Derek Cianfrance‘s BLUE VALENTINE, I knew that this guy would go on to direct films with interesting character relationships that feel genuine. While THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES is a bit more of a stretch than the relationship...

Gore Verbinski’s next project will be a dark comedy set in North Korea

Posted 14 years ago

Gore Verbinski has never pigeon-holed himself into a particular genre. The director has gone from MOUSE HUNT to THE RING to the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN to RANGO. With THE LONE RANGER coming this Summer, Verbinski is likely going to...

Gaumont’s Barbarella TV series coming to life with Skyfall writers; Nicolas Winding Refn will direct

Posted 14 years ago

True confession: I’ve never seen the 1968 BARBARELLA starring Jane Fonda.  It’s sitting in my Netflix queue like homework and perhaps I’ll get to it one day, but it’s just not high enough on my list of movie-watching priorities.  I’m...

Sean Penn to chase his own action franchise with Taken director Pierre Morel’s Prone Gunman

Posted 14 years ago

It seems that Sean Penn is starting to explore his more commercial side.  Starting with this month’s GANGSTER SQUAD, a 1940’s-set action pic, the prolific actor is set to tackle the action franchise department with PRONE GUNMAN, based on the...

Review: Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (Sundance 2013)

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Ruth (Rooney Mara) and Bill (Casey Affleck) are outlaws- who scrape by pulling small-time jobs in the hills of Texas. When they’re ambushed by the cops, and Ruth shoots a local deputy- Patrick (Ben Foster), Bill takes the wrap...

Steven Soderbergh clarifies what his stance on that whole retirement thing

Posted 14 years ago

Back in 2009 when asked by Esquire if he was going to make movies until his death, Steven Soderbergh gave this response: “I’m 45 now. When I turn 51, that’ll be 25 years. And that’s a lot of time to...

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