It was a week low on film news and heavy on television as the independent film world largely seemed to take a break for recoupment following last week's closing of the Cannes Film Festival. The Writer's Guild of America announced their choices for the 101 best written television shows of all time, w...
Read More »Back in 2010, a little-known 13-year-old named Chloë Grace-Moretz appeared as the vigilante Hit-Girl in Matthew Vaughn's "Kick-Ass," a film that saw the actress, just 11 at the time of production, spill ample blood, endure serious beatings, and spout expletives like "cunt." Jaws dropped, eyebrows ro...
Read More »Dave Flannery seems to have it all, with a beautiful wife, two young kids, a home with a great view and a business that has managed to ride out the economic crisis. But Dave is also a man desperately trying to keep those very things from slipping away. Recently hitting Cambodia for some R&R with his...
Read More »Joel Edgerton, arguably one of the best things about Baz Luhrmann's critically maligned but financially successful "Great Gatsby" redo, stars in another summer film starting this Friday, albeit one of much smaller scale. Starring fellow Aussie star Teresa Palmer ("Warm Bodies"), Edgerton's second fi...
Read More »After wrapping principal production on "The Avengers," you'd think the tireless Joss Whedon would take a much deserved break. Instead (with a push from his wife, Kai Cole), the writer-director-producer invited a group of friends over to his sprawling home to make a modern day film adaptation of Will...
Read More »This time last year, few probably knew British star Andrea Riseborough by name. Prior to appearing at Sundance in January, 2012 in support of her staggering performance in James Marsh's IRA thriller "Shadow Dancer," the 31-year-old Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate had appeared as a scene-steal...
Read More »After months of anticipation leading up to the event, the 2013 Cannes Film Festival finally reached its conclusion with its awards reception last Sunday, with Abdellatif Kechiche's "Blue is the Warmest Color" taking home the highly coveted Palme d'Or. Even with "Blue"'s expected win, the final week ...
Read More »Until recently, nobody knew who Bradley Manning was. Now he's all over the media, having pleaded guilty to ten charges (and not guilty to 12 others) before a Maryland military judge (see his leaked testimony here) for “misusing classified data,” the unlawful possession of classified material, exposi...
Read More »Horror remakes are nothing new, but "We Are What We Are" is something different. Jim Mickle, whose "Stake Land" brought an evocative feel to a post-apocalyptic vampire story that garnered comparisons to Terrence Malick, was hardly selling out by taking the opportunity to remake "Somos lo que hay," t...
Read More »Few films at Cannes this year were more anticipated than Nicolas Winding Refn's follow-up to "Drive," the ultra-violent pic that netted him the Best Director award at the festival in 2011. Acquired by RADiUS-TWC prior to the festival, "Only God Forgives" had two things going for it that made "Drive"...
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