Paul Greengrass’ GREEN ZONE fails both politically and as action entertainment. It wastes Chandrasekaran’s book as window dressing for a trite Hollywood thriller.
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Production rumors and announcements are the bread and butter of many movie websites, but after awhile you start to realize that none of it really means anything until cameras are rolling. Still, there are a handful of filmmakers I like to keep tabs on and Martin Scorsese and Steven Soderbergh are two of them.
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Joel and Ethan Coen’s adaptation of TRUE GRIT starring Jeff Bridges has been announced for Christmas 2010
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Though Invictus is not always subtle and it lacks a personal hook that would’ve made it truly memorable, it’s a terrific story elevated by one of Morgan Freeman’s finest performances and it ultimately delivers the pleasingly inspirational kick you hope for.
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I’ll eat a bug if they don’t end up making another movie with Jason Bourne
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Ok then. With production scheduled to begin on True Grit in Texas and New Mexico on March 20 (it’s not a remake goddamnit, it’s Joel and Ethan Coen’s re-adaptation of Charles Portis’ original novel) and with several of the major roles filled by the likes of Jeff Bridges (Rooster Cogburn), Matt Damon (La Boeuf) and [...]
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Hot on the heels of the assorted trailer action for Paul Greengrass’ Green Zone, here’s the poster. Matt Damon barely has time to pause and scowl at the camera in this black and white image in a key of gritty and intense. The tag line is kind of buried in the column of [...]
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Collider was tipped to this UK trailer for Green Zone. I’m curious to hear from people who’ve read the book if they like it better, the same or less than the US trailer that went up yesterday.
Stream it after the jump from MSN UK.
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Apple has the first official trailer for Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, the rugby/Apartheid drama starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as the captain of South Africa’s national rugby team.
I’m still not buying it. It looks earnest, socially conscious and borderline unbearable right down to the Ladysmith Black Mambazo music. Ok, I’m being a [...]
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Josh Brolin and Matt Damon are in talks to join Jeff Bridges in Joel and Ethan Coen’s redo of TRUE GRIT. Outstanding
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