Two actors, two faces and a two sided story. I smell an Oscar nod for Gosling…I see audience rejection of the film.
It’s October. A time when Ghoulies, Ghosties and Long-Legged Beasties roam the earth. But if you start seeing the ghost of a World War II Japanese kamikaze fighter pilot, you’re probably Enoch Brae, the central character of Restless. And that’s not a bad place to be. Enoch is an odd kid. If your name is Enoch [...]
“Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots” get their day on the big screen in Real Steel, a movie that transcends the one-joke premise and is instead a heartwarming, fist-pumping mechanized fairy tale of a father and son coming together amid some of the baddest technology you’ll ever wish was really available. Not to bad for a [...]
Sometimes hitting the multiplex just isn’t in the cards. That’s when cable, the web and streaming step in to provide an instant movie fix. But how to separate the wheat from the chaff? I’m happy to help; every week I’ll pick a flick and see if it’s worth your time. This week? The Cohen brother’s [...]
A 3D visual feast, a Legacy befitting the original, and more human than I ever thought possible.
How can you turn down a Cowboy movie? Atomic Popcorn brings a whole new look at the wild west with Paramount’s latest True Grit. True Grit stars Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and newcomer Hailee Steinfeld, you best not be missing this movie! Synopsis: Fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross’s (Hailee Steinfeld) father has been shot in [...]
It would seem that brothers Joel & Ethan Coen can’t miss and this year they’re going to win more Oscars with their film True Grit. They have always made good movies, from Raising Arizona to Miller’s Crossing, Barton Fink to The Hudsucker Proxy, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Intolerable Cruelty. The [...]
Flynn Lives, the group dedicated to the search for Kevin Flynn, infiltrated an Encom press conference last night, in what was another awesome viral marketing event from Disney for the upcoming film “Tron Legacy.”
How do you like your sports-themed movies? Heavy on the sport or just a side of sport with a heaping helping of feel-good story? Me… I’m not tellin’ though I’m sure there’s some conclusion that can be made after you’ve seen my list. First I wanna share a few stories that inspired me to put [...]
The trailer you’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. Sure, you could have seen it preview before Alice in Wonderland this past weekend but you were really waiting to see it online — after all, where else would you want to view this “legacy?” It’s only fitting that we all get a good look at yet another great [...]
Here it is at last! The 2010 Academy Awards! Who’s bringing home the Oscars? James Cameron or Kathryn Bigelow, or will Tarantino stage an upset? Will The Dude Lebowski have a best actor win under his belt? The stars are crossing the Red Carpet right now and in a few hours Alec Baldwin and Steve [...]