Movie Jail: This week’s defendant is…Halle Berry!

Posted 13 years ago

Welcome to Movie Jail, a facility like any other, only its inmates are Hollywood writers, directors, actors and producers. This column will serve as a Movie Jail trial. We will put one defendant on trial; lay out arguments for the...

Red-band featurette for Movie 43 starring Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Gerard Butler and everyone

Posted 13 years ago

MOVIE 43, the new ensemble comedy featuring everyone and their sister, is hard to decipher.  I can’t decide if it looks hilarious or like an absolute mess, but probably both.  I don’t know, it’s just too weird to call.  Having...

Poster for the ensemble comedy Movie 43 exposes itself

Posted 14 years ago

I just don’t know what to make of MOVIE 43, the ensemble comedy starring just about everyone. The red-band trailer(s) we’ve seen certainly have some funny bits, but something feels off about the whole thing.  Let’s face it, you may...

The UnPopular Opinion: Die Another Day

Posted 14 years ago

Alex THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We’re hoping this column...

Review: Cloud Atlas

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Several characters’ fates intertwine throughout five centuries. REVIEW: CLOUD ATLAS is a true journey of a movie; an ambitious, soaring cinematic experience that will delight, confound, frustrate, thrill and enthrall those who are willing to travel along with it....

Review: Cloud Atlas

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: A multi-narrative epic, following the evolution of a group of souls throughout hundreds of years- from the adventures of a 19th century slave trader, to two dueling composers in pre-WW2 Britain, to a journalist fighting a corrupt corporation in...

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

Posted 14 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 14 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 14 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 14 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...

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