Movies you need to see at Sundance: Part 1
Posted by Scott on January 7, 2009 4 Comments

Since I am heading down to Sundance Film Festival in 2 weeks I thought it would be important to prepare myself and try to figure out what movies were important for me to see. Here …

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Frank Lloyd Wright biopic being designed
Tuesday, 16 Dec, 2008 – 7:52 | No Comment
Frank Lloyd Wright biopic being designed

Lionsgate has acquired the rights to Nancy Horan’s historical novel Loving Frank. The film will focus on the pre-WWI years of Frank’s life and his controversial affair with Mamah Bothwick Cheney. Anyone who has an …

Surprise Attack from ‘Amelia’
Monday, 8 Dec, 2008 – 17:41 | One Comment
Surprise Attack from ‘Amelia’

One of my WAMG spies out in Hollywood has told me of a rushed and hushed screening. Right out of the Clint Eastwood/’Million Dollar Baby’ playbook, a surprise screening from Fox Searchlight for ‘Amelia’ has …

Review: ‘Milk’
Friday, 5 Dec, 2008 – 13:00 | One Comment
Review: ‘Milk’

Melissa:
My name is Melissa and I would like to recruit you to watch this movie! Whether you are familiar with the gay rights movement of the 1970’s, or just like a good human rights story, …

Will Kristen Stewart Rock as Joan Jett?
Wednesday, 3 Dec, 2008 – 7:46 | No Comment
Will Kristen Stewart Rock as Joan Jett?

Still smoking from the explosion of box office sales from ‘tweeners and twits, Kristen Stewart is set to star as Joan Jett in a new biopic about the woman of rock in ‘The Runaways’. The …

Official ‘Notorious’ Poster
Tuesday, 25 Nov, 2008 – 10:17 | No Comment
Official ‘Notorious’ Poster

Fox Searchlight Pictures is bring you the story of one of the most influential rappers in the 90’s and the story behind the man. Notorious is about the life of rapper Christopher Wallace a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G. …

Dan Fogler will portray Sam Kinison in TV Biopic
Tuesday, 18 Nov, 2008 – 9:33 | One Comment
Dan Fogler will portray Sam Kinison in TV Biopic

HBO helped launch Sam Kinison and now they will pay homage to him by airing his biopic ‘Brother Sam’. The film will be based off a memoir written by his brother/manager Bill Kinison and Steve …

Is there room for two ‘Dali’ movies…
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 13:03 | No Comment
Is there room for two ‘Dali’ movies…

It has already been in the news that “Dali”  the movie based on Salvador Dali life as an artist is being made into a movie. It has been confirmed that Antonio Banderas will be playing …

Banderas In Talks to Become ‘Dali’
Thursday, 6 Nov, 2008 – 8:00 | No Comment
Banderas In Talks to Become ‘Dali’

Antonio Banderas (’Desperado’) is in the final stretch of talks to portray the legendary, surrealist painter Salvador Dali in the indie biopic being directed by Simon West (’Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’). The project has been …

Review: ‘W.’
Friday, 17 Oct, 2008 – 5:42 | One Comment
Review: ‘W.’

Travis:
Enter W., that’s George W. Bush. At least, the conveniently humiliating aspects of the caricature of President Bush that serve to best convey director Oliver Stone’s political views. What? It’s all well and good. This …

‘Frost/Nixon’ Movie… “What Do You Think?”
Saturday, 11 Oct, 2008 – 10:02 | No Comment
‘Frost/Nixon’ Movie… “What Do You Think?”

Ron Howard is back for another soon to be Great movie: Frost/Nixon.  Director Ron Howard brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan’s electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, “a disgraced president with a legacy to save, and …

Review: ‘The Express’
Friday, 10 Oct, 2008 – 13:34 | One Comment
Review: ‘The Express’

Travis:
If I were to call this one of the best football movies of all-time, I wouldn’t be doing it enough justice. A good football movie is thrilling, captivating its audience through the gridiron battles. A …

Pacino Drafted By The Dodgers????
Thursday, 9 Oct, 2008 – 13:44 | No Comment
Pacino Drafted By The Dodgers????

Ok..not drafted, but our boy Al Pacino will be doning Dodger Blue for the upcoming Bio-Pic on legendary Manager Tommy Lasorda. Michelle Pfeiffer is interested in becoming the MIsses. Miramax is fast tracking this project …

Gus Van Sant reconsidering his Andy Warhol flick…
Monday, 6 Oct, 2008 – 8:15 | One Comment
Gus Van Sant reconsidering his Andy Warhol flick…

Gus Van Sant mentioned in an interview recently that he might consider doing his Andy Warhol movie that he previously had to scrap due to River Phoenix’s sudden death.
“I was all set to do the …

Review: ‘Flash of Genius’
Friday, 3 Oct, 2008 – 3:00 | No Comment
Review: ‘Flash of Genius’

Zac:
Flash of Genius is a serious drama about the true life struggles of Bob Kearns who had to fight the major motor companies for vindication on his creation, and the results are a solid offering, …

IFC Picks Up ‘Che’
Wednesday, 10 Sep, 2008 – 16:13 | No Comment
IFC Picks Up ‘Che’

‘Che’, Steven Soderbergh’s four-hour epic about the revolutionary, was picked up by IFC today.  Wild Bunch, the production company behind the film, had been in talks with Magnolia Pictures, but the company ultimately decided on …

Russell Crowe Playing Bill Hicks
Tuesday, 19 Aug, 2008 – 5:39 | No Comment
Russell Crowe Playing Bill Hicks

Russell Crowe could be stepping behind the mic stand as Comedian Bill Hicks in a upcoming biopic.  The Oscar winner spoke with the Sydney Morning Herald
about his the film and the postponement of Ridley …

New ‘W’ poster …
Tuesday, 5 Aug, 2008 – 8:13 | No Comment
New ‘W’ poster …

I still have no idea what to think about this movie. I love Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Banks, but we will have to wait and see.

Oliver Stone’s ‘W’ Trailer
Sunday, 27 Jul, 2008 – 22:13 | No Comment

The footage in this trailer shows how out of control our current President was and asks the question… “how could a guy like that get into the White House?” Stone promised that the movie will …