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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Review: ‘Lakeview Terrace’
Friday, 19 Sep, 2008 – 6:38 | No Comment
Review: ‘Lakeview Terrace’

Travis:
Samuel L. Jackson is a natural bad-ass and he convinces me every time that he’s not someone you’d want to mess with. Funny thing is, he’s probably a super nice guy in real life… who …

Rian Johnson set for ‘Looper’ as next project…
Wednesday, 17 Sep, 2008 – 7:21 | No Comment
Rian Johnson set for ‘Looper’ as next project…

[The project will team Johnson with producer Ram Bergman, who produced Johnson’s previous two films, with the pair eyeing a 2009 start date. Johnson again will direct from his own script.
“Looper” is set in a …

Bruce Willis Making Directing Debut
Tuesday, 16 Sep, 2008 – 15:52 | One Comment
Bruce Willis Making Directing Debut

It appears “Bruno” is finally stepping behind the camera with a film called ‘Three Stories About Joan’.  According to the Shreveport Times, Willis will also star alongside Owen Wilson and Kieran Culkin.  Shooting begins in …

Movie Melting Pot…’Kontroll’ (Hungary, 2003)
Monday, 15 Sep, 2008 – 17:58 | No Comment
Movie Melting Pot…’Kontroll’ (Hungary, 2003)

Nimrod Antal’s debut film, ‘Kontroll’, is a darkly funny thriller that has more going on with it than your typical murder mystery.  It’s setting is the Budapest Metro, and the character involved are the ticket …

Movie Melting Pot…’Funny Games’ (Austria, 1997)
Monday, 8 Sep, 2008 – 17:06 | No Comment
Movie Melting Pot…’Funny Games’ (Austria, 1997)

“We’re not up to feature film length yet.” - Paul (Arno Frisch) in ‘Funny Games’
Michael Haneke’s 1997 film ‘Funny Games’ is a thriller that covers psychological and visceral imagery alike.  It is a film that …

Review: ‘Mirrors’
Monday, 18 Aug, 2008 – 11:26 | 2 Comments
Review: ‘Mirrors’

Ram Man:
Every morning I am always afraid to look in the mirror for fear of a really nasty case of bed-head. After viewing Alexandre Aja’s (P2, The Hills Have Eyes 2) latest thriller “Mirrors” that …

Cruise’s Next Film is ‘The Tourist’ Remake
Wednesday, 13 Aug, 2008 – 22:12 | No Comment
Cruise’s Next Film is ‘The Tourist’ Remake

Tom Cruise and Spyglass Entertainment are circling each other on “The Tourist,” the Bharat Nalluri-directed remake of the 2005 French thriller “Anthony Zimmer.”
The film has emerged as the strongest contender for Cruise’s next outing and …

Dafoe Stars in ‘Antichrist’
Wednesday, 13 Aug, 2008 – 17:05 | No Comment
Dafoe Stars in ‘Antichrist’

Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man) will star with Charlotte Gainsbourg (I’m Not There) in “Antichrist,” which will be directed by Lars von Trier (Dogville). Anders Thomas Jensen (The Duchess) wrote the script with von Trier.
In the psychological …

De Niro Joins Gibson in ‘Edge of Darkness’
Friday, 1 Aug, 2008 – 22:35 | No Comment
De Niro Joins Gibson in ‘Edge of Darkness’

My favorite actor Robert De Niro is closing in on a deal to join Mel Gibson in “Edge of Darkness” to be directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale). Shooting begins this month in Massachusetts.
Gibson stars …

Cage and Carpenter team-up for ‘Scared Straight’
Friday, 1 Aug, 2008 – 1:29 | No Comment
Cage and Carpenter team-up for ‘Scared Straight’

Snagged this bit from The Hollywood Reporter:
Nicolas Cage and director John Carpenter are in final negotiations to team up for a prison thriller titled Scared Straight, says The Hollywood Reporter.Nu Image/Millennium Films would finance the …

New Trailer for ‘Taken’ with Liam Neeson
Tuesday, 24 Jun, 2008 – 8:34 | No Comment

Here’s the second trailer released for the new movie Taken, starring Liam Neeson as a vengeance-fueled father whose daughter has been kidnapped during a trip to Europe. This action-thriller looks really good, especially given that …

‘The Living and the Dead’ raises eyebrows …
Monday, 23 Jun, 2008 – 10:35 | No Comment

Simon Rumley’s British psychological horror-thriller supposedly amazed festival audiences … the trailer looks interesting, but will it hold up on DVD? Has anyone seen this already? Is it as good as some of the critics …

‘The Happening’ … not so happening anymore.
Monday, 23 Jun, 2008 – 7:03 | 8 Comments
‘The Happening’ … not so happening anymore.

Look at the sad, depressed expression on their faces… its not because its the end of the world (well maybe M Night’s), its because ‘The Happening’ had a 67% drop off in numbers this week. …

Review: ‘Closure’ on DVD
Saturday, 14 Jun, 2008 – 17:00 | 3 Comments
Review: ‘Closure’ on DVD

This one’s for all you X-Files nuts out there … Closure is a great little sleeper film that’s gone under the radar … way under. Other than the Internet dudes looking for clips of Gillian’s …

Val Kilmer + 2 cast in ‘The Thaw’
Friday, 13 Jun, 2008 – 20:10 | No Comment
Val Kilmer + 2 cast in ‘The Thaw’

Anagram Pictures is producing a new indie sci-fi thriller called The Thaw. The film is written by Michael Lewis and Mark A. Lewis … Mark will also be directing. The producers have attached their three …

Review: ‘The Happening’
Friday, 13 Jun, 2008 – 6:09 | One Comment
Review: ‘The Happening’

Ram Man:
M.Night Shayamalan is back with his first “R” rated feature film …”The Happening” . This film has been cloaked in secrecy since production wrapped. Rumors leaked from a disgruntled projectionist that it was horrible. …

Billy Zane will be in ‘Magic Man’
Wednesday, 11 Jun, 2008 – 15:58 | No Comment
Billy Zane will be in ‘Magic Man’

Billy Zane has sort of fallen off the map lately. We haven’t seen him in much, other than direct-to-DVD titles since Bloodrayne, and who wants to remember that? But, he’s got a new one coming …

‘Killshot’ When will this be released?
Tuesday, 3 Jun, 2008 – 14:10 | 5 Comments

Seriously, This has gone too far and I have been waiting too long for this movie to be released. I saw the trailer when I bought Lucky Number Slevin on dvd and it looked amazing. …