Archive: May, 2009

Up Review

Up Review

Critics and audiences alike often get flack for championing Pixar’s films every time a new one is released. While everyone does go crazy with praise, just take a look at their catalog. Cars and A Bug’s Life may not be up to the standards of Toy Story 2, WALL-E, or Finding Nemo but they’re still [...]

Mickey Rourke Talks ‘Iron Man 2′: “It’s Been Really Brutal”

Mickey Rourke Talks ‘Iron Man 2′: “It’s Been Really Brutal”

The incorrigible Mickey Rourke is currently midway through the filming of Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2 and recently chatted about his character, the villainous Whiplash. “I’m having the time of my life!” he enthused about joining the Iron Man franchise. “It’s been really brutal, because my Iron Man suit weighs 23lb. It’s sort of a [...]

Concept Art from James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’

Concept Art from James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’

Market Saw scored some concept art from James Cameron’s upcoming ambitious sci-fi 3D thriller, Avatar. Due out December 18th, the film centers on a paraplegic ex-Marine war veteran (played by Terminator Salvation’s Sam Worthington) who is unwillingly sent to establish a human settlement on the distant planet of Pandora, only to find himself battling humankind [...]

Can you buy me a feeling?

The Girlfriend Experience Review

Visually beautiful yet sickeningly distant in its presentation, The Girlfriend Experience is either a treatise on veneer thin materialism or an exercise on what independent features should not be: coolly detached with nary a reason to care about a single character in the film. Steven Soderbergh, who is a master of capturing inner turmoil (Sex, [...]

Getting their adventure on.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Review – Buckman’s Take

This wasn’t supposed to happen. A sequel to a mildly amusing family adventure flick isn’t supposed to be funny, entertaining and easily the most delightful film seen this year, yet, despite nearly the same plot from its predecessor and most of the same jokes, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is a blast. [...]

Moments of Truth Done By You

Moments of Truth Done By You

Straight from the friendly people at Twentieth Century Fox, everyone is invited to participate in a special promotion for the upcoming Hayden Panettiere film, I Love You, Beth Cooper. The film is a motion picture comedy when the school’s valedictorian proclaims his love for the hottest and most popular girl in school during his graduation [...]

Paramount loses $123 m in Q1 09, looks to get back on track with success of Star Trek

Paramount loses $123 m in Q1 09, looks to get back on track with success of Star Trek

Paramount is shifting it’s focus to franchise films & more control over it’s slate in hopes to generate profits. Investors were particularly pleased with the success of Star Trek although Paramount remains in the red with losses of $123 million in the first quarter of 2009 alone. “We weren’t in control of our release slate [...]

Smith Wrangles In Some Dicks

Smith Wrangles In Some Dicks

  Kevin Smith, popular director of films from Clerks to Zack & Miri Make A Porno, got himself some dicks for his latest movie. Properly titled A Couple of Dicks, this flick is a comedy about two cops whose adventures include locating a stolen baseball card, rescuing a woman, and dealing with gangsters and their [...]

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