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 [...]
Nicolas Cage is not literally a hungry rabbit but has hopped on board to star in The Hungry Rabbit Jumps. Believe it or not, the film is actually a thriller, centering on a man whose wife is the victim of a brutal crime. He subsequently becomes entangled with an underground vigilante organization. The feature is [...]
For my screenwriting class this week, I was tasked with reading Charlie Kaufman’s screenplay for Adaptation before watching the film. It was a learning experience in terms of deciphering Kaufman’s dense style, but also in remembering that Nicolas Cage can be really terrific. But then there’s Next. And Ghost Rider. And National Treasure 2. And [...]
Lionsgate nabs itself some purely awesome property when earlier today they made the move to take the domestic distribution rights to Matthew Vaughn’s film Kick Ass. Originally an American comic book that’s been published out for many to see since spring of 08, this film caught the attention of many who attended the panel at [...]
From what I previous reported back at Comic-Con we finally get the trailer for the upcoming anime adaptation of Astro Boy. Starring the voice talents of Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Donald Sutherland, Nicolas Cage just to name a few, and directed by David Bowers, this beloved anime classic is blasting his way onto the big [...]
2007′s Marvel film adaptation of Ghost Rider to most people is now just a mere after thought. Although it was very dominant box office wise with it’s February 07 release, it got ripped to shreds by critics. Regardless, numbers don’t lie so that means there inevitably will end up being a sequel. That’s where Nicolas [...]
Apparently the other two movies that opened along with Dreamworks Monsters vs Aliens were no threat to the ginormous animated feature. Shown not only in regular 2D but in 3D and IMAX 3D, this flick caught the attention of families across the nation as it waltzed into first at the box office for this past [...]
The Nicolas Cage studded film Knowing took the cake for this box office weekend as it breezes past the competition. Following very swiftly on its tail are two other films that opened this weekend. The second in the trio of new releases is the Tony Gilroy film Duplicity. Starring Julia Robers and Clive Owen, it [...]
Oh, Mr. Alex Proyas, you’re making it tough to defend you as a good director. The Crow was a great little flick, Dark City (especially the director’s cut) is a pure masterpiece, and I, Robot, at the end of the day, was fun. Now comes Knowing, a film that tricks you and no, I don’t [...]