What do you get when you combine the styles of James Cameron and Robert Rodriguez? Sort of the worst of one director and the best of the other. Alita: Battle Angel is full of awesome action and 3D CG effects that will surely keep you glued to your seat… then you’ll listen to clunky, hokey…
DetailsIN THIS WEEK’S “FINALLY!” story, We were worried for a minute there. The monumentally troubled, decades-spanning production of director Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote has become the stuff of legend – not to mention the subject of the acclaimed 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha. But after soldiering through enough setbacks this…
DetailsThis film sure got a LOT of Oscar buzz this year. It was perhaps the most positively talked about film at Oscar time, in fact. But I heard soem mixed things – mostly good – and wanted to see it. The director, Yorgos Lanthimos, makes good films. I’ve seen Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of…
DetailsAnd we’re back! It’s a new week. Funny how that happens. IN THIS WEEK’S “Lots of talk” story, when you hear Jason Reitman describe the incredibly detailed ways he’s going to bring the Ghostbusters franchise back to its roots, it’s clear the new director is catering to those same folks that cried “sacrilege!” when Dan…
DetailsHere we go again with the film news! IN THIS WEEK’S “Zombieland gets the Verizon guy” story, Thomas Middleditch is joining Sony Pictures’ upcoming Zombieland sequel. The “Silicon Valley actor will star alongside Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin in Zombieland 2. As previously reported, Zoey Deutch and Rosario Dawson are also…
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