source: collider.com Fresh from yesterday’s clip of Sundance favourite 500 Days of Summer, Collider have a batch of vids from the Audience Award winning film An Education. The Lone Scherfig film was written by Nick Hornby (his first original screenplay), and was considered one of the best films screening in competition at Sundance this year. […]
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Archive | January, 2009
Sleep lightly! The Thing prequel is go!
January 30, 2009 
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source: bloodydisgusting.com Last week, Bloody Disgusting reported a rumour regarding a prequel to John Carpenter‘s The Thing, with a script written by Battlestar Galactica showrunner Ronald D. Moore. The rumour has since been confirmed, with television commercial director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr attached to direct. The project will be produced by Universal Pictures and Zach […]
Read more500 Days of Summer – The next quirky cult classic?
January 29, 2009 5 Comments
source: cinematical.com A short clip from Sundance favourite 500 Days of Summer has landed online, featuring button-cute Zooey Deschanel dropping an anvil of sexual innuendo. The Fox Searchlight production played out of competition at Park City earlier this month, and has already garnered a ravenous following. Although I hate it when people say this, it […]
Read moreSmile! Final Watchmen poster revealed!
January 29, 2009 0 Comments
source: impawards.com The final poster for the lawsuit-proof, earth-changing mega spectacle Watchmen has debuted, and even though it’s kind of a lazy ‘cut and paste’ job, it still looks really pretty. It’s not quite as impressive as this poster, or this one, but you can’t deny how sumptuous and colourful it is. Every image, trailer […]
Read moreHere to recruit you – Milk review
January 28, 2009 1 Comment
Milk – Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco and Emile Hirsch. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Rated M for mature themes, coarse language, sexual references. 128 mins. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. In 1970, at the age of 40, he had nothing at all to […]
Read moreSinking ship – Revolutionary Road review
January 28, 2009 3 Comments
Revolutionary Road – Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet and Michael Shannon. Directed by Sam Mendes. Rated M for mature themes, coarse language and sex scenes. 119 mins There are very few movies that I actively HATE. There are badly made movies, forgettable movies and disappointing movies. But there are some that creep under your skin, […]
Read moreFast and Furious trailer is both fast and, obviously, furious
January 27, 2009 1 Comment
source: traileraddict.com The second teaser trailer for Fast and Furious has hit the web, and damn if it doesn’t look amazing. Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster return to The Fast and the Furious saga’s fourth installment, to reprise the roles that made them stars. I bet they’re hoping lightning can strike […]
Read more"Can you smell what the Rourke is cooking?" Mickey Rourke hits Wrestlemania
January 27, 2009 0 Comments
source: youtube.com UPDATE – Rourke’s publicist has denied that he will attend Wrestlemania, despite having been officially invited. Boo! On the red carpet for last weekend’s SAG awards, Mickey Rourke revealed that he has accepted an offer from WWE Emperor Vince McMahon to appear at Wrestlemania 25. The former teen heart throb has returned to […]
Read moreSlumdog and Heath edge closer to Oscars after SAG win
January 27, 2009 0 Comments
source: sag.org The winners of the Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild Awards were announced over the weekend, providing further indicators of which films will walk away with Oscar gold next month. Slumdog Millionaire picked up Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the SAG’s, an award that has called the Academy’s […]
Read moreCruise of the Valkyries – Valkyrie review
January 23, 2009 1 Comment
Valkyrie – Starring Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy and Tom Wilkinson. Directed by Bryan Singer. Rated M for violence and infrequent coarse language. 120 mins. “Leave Tom Cruise alone!” I’ve been accused on more than one occasion of sounding too much like that guy who posted a video of himself online, begging people through […]
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