Jeremy Renner in Kathryn Bigelow’s Iraq themed The Hurt Locker
That’s what it’s been like recently for movies that have anything to do with Iraq. The question is: are audiences truly leery of movies about Iraq or are they just waiting for a good one?
According to THR’s Steven Zeitchik, the next crop of war films seems [...]
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The most interesting item in reports of Guillermo del Toro’s new four-picture deal with Universal is news that he’s going to make another version of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five. I don’t think George Roy Hill’s 1972 adaptation gets enough respect, but I’m interested to see del Toro’s take on the material. According to the Variety report, [...]
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All eyes are on the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, which officially kicks off today, but LA’s own AFI Fest announced the first 15 films of its own lineup yesterday. Several familiar faces from Toronto and Cannes will screen between October 30 and November 9. The list includes Paul Schrader’s Adam Resurrected, Arnaud Desplechin’s A [...]
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Of Time and the City, Terence Davies’ ode to his hometown of Liverpool, caused critics to go weak in the knees when it premiered at Cannes last May and now Variety reports that it has been picked up by Strand Releasing for a January release in the United States.
North American audiences will get their first [...]
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Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
I’m not sure if the Slumdog Millionaire clip at the film’s official website is new or not, but it’s the first one I’ve seen of the recently buzzed Danny Boyle film. Based on the synopsis, I wasn’t expecting the action element, but then maybe I should have considering the [...]
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Wow. I thought last weekend was a bad weekend for movies. This weekend is worse. Here’s the one new wide release:
Bangkok Dangerous. Hong Kong’s Pang Brothers (the original The Eye) direct Nic Cage in this English language action thriller about a badass hitman (Cage) who travels to Bangkok…where things are…dangerous. Unceremoniously dumped from the summer [...]
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