"The Spectacular Now," James Ponsoldt's follow-up to "Smashed," emerged as one of the most acclaimed titles to play at this year's Sundance Film Festival, where it nabbed an acting award shared by both of the film's lead stars, Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller, and a hot buyer in A24 Pictures, the ...
Read More »What We Thought Before: Given that Lake Bell, the tall and lanky comedienne best known for her work on Adult Swim's "Children's Hospital" and HBO's now-defunct "How To Make It In America," won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival, our hopes were high for her writi...
Read More »The UK trailer for this film adaptation of "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh's novel of the same name dropped in April, promising a deranged James McAvoy snorting and screwing his way through Edinburgh. We were sold then.
Read More »Before the Trailer, We Thought: Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve came to substantial acclaim and recognition with his 2010 film "Incendies," about a pair of Canadian twins who work to uncover the secrets behind their recently deceased mother's experiences in a Middle Eastern country's civil war, w...
Read More »Before the Trailer, We Thought: Joseph Gordon-Levitt the actor can do no wrong—well, maybe he's imperfect —so count us among the excited masses for his feature debut as a writer and director. The Sundance and SXSW selection has been gaining good buzz at festivals, but this is the first chance w...
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We've been waiting five years for Ari Folman's follow-up to 2008's critical hit "Waltz With Bashir" -- will our patience be rewarded with a film that's part-animated and part-live action?
Read More »Visionary helmer Alfonso Cuarón has kept his fans waiting a whopping seven years for a follow-up to his dystopian downer "Children of Men," and by all accounts, he hasn't been resting on his laurels.
Read More »Before the trailer, we thought: With Kristen Wiig's first post-"Bridesmaids" starring role, a supporting cast that includes Annette Bening and Matt Dillon in welcome comedic roles, all signs pointed to a return to form for "American Splendor" directors Shari Spring Berman and Robert Pulcini, followi...
Read More »Before the Trailer, We Thought: One of the biggest names in world cinema, Chinese director Wong Kar-Wai has largely been MIA since the tepid reaction to his first foray into English-language filmmaking with 2007's Norah Jones starring "My Blueberry Nights." The news that his next project would be th...
Read More »Before the Trailer, We Thought: RADiUS-TWC already teased us earlier this month with their first trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn's second go-round with Ryan Gosling, confirming that the duo's follow-up to "Drive" would be just as hard-hitting and awesome as their first collaboration.
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