It's been a long time coming, but Mark and Jay Duplass' long shelved comedy "The Do-Deca-Pentathlon" will finally see the light of day starting June 6 in select theaters nationwide. Shot after their last low-budget effort, "Baghead," and put to rest while the duo worked on "Cyrus" and "Jeff, Who Liv...
Read More »The perfect crime, the wrong man, the speeding train, and the surprising MacGuffin. "High and Low" has all the best elements of a great Alfred Hitchcock film. But it isn’t Hitchcock—it’s Akira Kurosawa, the Japanese director better known for his samurai flicks and complex moral tales.
Read More »In case you weren't aware, Hollywood's man of the hour is Marvel President and "The Avengers" producer Kevin Feige, who speaks to Bloomberg about what is now the summer's first $1 billion blockbuster and what's next. "I have a good job, I can't complain."
Read More »Jay Roach's political comedy "The Campaign" seeks your vote at the box office August 10. With a cast that includes Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis and Jason Sudeikis, the trailer should be funnier. So far it looks like the writers rely on familiar star power rather than pushing the envelope.
Read More »Starting Monday, toh! is proud to broaden your horizons by offering three Trailers from Hell a week for your viewing pleasure. Filmmaker Joe Dante and his partner Elizabeth Stanley have been nurturing this site for a few years now and have built up a sizable collection of trailers complete with...
Read More »According to John Landis, "The Blues Brothers" was the last movie made under the old studio factory system. "The Blues Brothers" feels, indeed, like a transitional movie. It takes the form of a big studio musical, but its execution is all 1980s bigger-is-better filmmaking.
Read More »What makes for a great "Game Of Thrones" episode? What stories can it tell that could put it on the rarefied level of, say, HBO’s holy trinity of "The Sopranos," "Deadwood," and "The Wire"? I’m not sure how I would have answered this question before seeing “A Man Without Honor.”
Read More »The elephant in the room at last week's oddly titled Columbia University Film Festival panel "What Glass Ceiling? The Remarkable Success of Columbia's Women Filmmakers," showcasing filmmakers Lisa Cholodenko, Nicole Holofcener, Shari Springer Berman and Cherien Dabis was how tough it is for these in...
Read More »"I’m thankful that I have everything I want, and that no one else has anything better."
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