Not so long ago, we were wondering why the actors who've starred in the recent BBC revival of "Doctor Who" haven't had more success transferring to the big screen. The first of the three to date, Christopher Eccleston, who only played the part for a season, has probably been the most high profile, t...
Read More »Ryan Gosling's directorial debut, "How to Catch a Monster," has Ben Mendelsohn ("Animal Kingdom") on board to star with Christina Hendricks. The film, which Gosling and Hendricks describe as a fantasy noir...
Read More »Check out several new stills from Derek Cianfrance's follow-up to "Blue Valentine," "The Place Beyond the Pines." The film inspired critics' raves from its Toronto debut (including Indiewire and ThePlaylist, who called it a "grand opus"). The first trailer is also below.
Read More »We may be stuck in the midst of the early winter slopfest that the studios are serving up, but help is on the way. One movie that is already on this writer's Best Of 2013 list is Derek Cianfrance's "The Place Beyond The Pines," and as the spring release approaches, a batch of new i...
Read More »This weekend "Gangster Squad" is hitting theaters, and we strong suggest that you catch up with some of these classic gangster movies instead, instead of sitting through the star-studded disappointment. But at least the promo cycle for the movie has allowed a bit of late night comedy to ge...
Read More »For his third directorial effort following the genre mélange of action comedies “Zombieland” and “30 Minutes or Less,” Ruben Fleischer has taken a leap forward in scope and ambition, while taking the narrative back to 1940s Los Angeles. Inspired by the seven-part LA Times articles by Paul Lieberman,...
Read More »Ruben Fleischer, director of "Zombieland," "30 Minutes or Less" and now "Gangster Squad," is facing some less-than-stellar early reviews for his would-be-noir thriller about the LAPD vs. gangster Mickey Cohen in 1940s Los Angeles, based on Paul Lieberman's book of the same name..
Read More »Following their acclaimed work together on "Drive," Ryan Gosling and Cannes award-winning director Nicolas Winding Refn have re-teamed for "Only God Forgives," a film that's rumored to be even more violent than their first collaboration. A teaser clip now online hints that th...
Read More »Manifest Destiny lies beside its essential hubris in the period actioner “Gangster Squad,” but beyond the swaggering idealism seen through eponymous hoodlum Mickey Cohen (played by Sean Penn), the film's saturated grab bag of glossy homage proves its final shortcoming. With his third feature, “Zombi...
Read More »Before We Saw the Trailer, We Thought: "The Place Beyond the Pines," Derek Cianfrance's anticipated follow-up to his 2010 indie breakout smash "Blue Valentine," was the hottest buy out of last September's Toronto International Film Festival. And Now? The trailer suggests a high-stakes crime drama...
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