22 May 2013 | 21 hours, 4 minutes ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 4
| If you’re anywhere near being a vampire fanatic, then chances are pretty good you know who Neil Jordan is, because he’s the guy who directed Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in the adaptation of Anne Rice’s famous vampire story Interview with the Vampire. Well, it turns out Jordan must have developed a taste for those who have a taste for human blood, because his latest film, Byzantium, is also about undead bloodsuckers. Perhaps even more important than what it’s about though is the fact that Byzantium is a gorgeously shot epic that stars Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton. This is important because Ronan is clearly one of the strongest young actors working, and Arterton could possibly be as well, although I’ve only seen her in mostly terrible movies, but she sure is pretty though, and, oh—just go watch the trailer. It’s got vampires that kill people with coke nails. There you go—evocative imagery, repressed passions, monsters who drink blood—on paper Byzantium has everything. And now that it’s toured the festival circuit and dipped its toes into some European markets, it’s ready to open in the States. Folk here can check it out starting on June 28. [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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21 May 2013 | 1 day, 17 hours ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 13
| If the Cannes Film Festival is good for anything, it’s letting a select few people see great movies that the rest of us are going to have to wait months to get our eyeballs on. In one respect it’s a tantalizing glimpse at our film future, and in the other it’s a torturous tease that only gives us whispers about unattainable pleasures. Every once in a while a film debuting at Cannes will at least release a trailer around the same time though, so those of us not at the festival can get a taste of what we’re missing, and this seems to be the case with Guillaume Canet’s first English-language film as a director, Blood Ties. You should be warned that there’s some naughty language in the clip that lies below, but if that isn’t the sort of thing that offends you, then you’re going to want to click through and watch, because Blood Ties is a 70s-set crime drama that stars Clive Owen, Mila Kunis, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Zoe Saldana, Matthias Schoenaerts, and James Caan, and if you’re not willing to admit that you have a crush on at least a handful of those people, then you’re just a liar. A stinking liar. In addition to being a fairly affecting-looking take on fathers, sons, brothers, and the ties that bind, Blood Ties also appears to be a really stylish take on 70s crime films that’s full of grainy cinematography, awesome mustaches, boxy cars, and spectacular music of [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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20 May 2013 | 2 days, 10 hours ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 2
| Author’s Note: While on a survey mission, Al Gore is sucked into a giant hole in the ozone that deposits him in the past. Stranded, he uses his knowledge of the future to invent the internet decades sooner than he did in his original timeline. By the 1980s, the internet has evolved to what it became by the early 21st century, dragging fan culture with it. This is one such review that I obtained from our alternate past. Reviewed: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Is a Slap in the Face to Fans! By: GeneGeneTheRodenberryMachine Spock dies! I’m sorry. I took some heat for posting that as the headline in my earlier screening report, but the fact is that it’s impossible to discuss this movie without discussing that salient point. Let’s also get to what’s really important – Nick Meyer, Harve Bennett AND Leonard Nimoy all lied throughout production when they refused to confirm the rumors of Spock’s death. It was ridiculous, as this had to be the worst kept secret in Hollywood. Everyone knew about this beforehand, so I don’t know why some of my critical brethren are kissing Paramount’s ass by pretending we all didn’t know the ending. And let’s face it, Paramount doesn’t deserve any consideration after what they’ve inflicted on us with this film. This is a cash grab – a dying gasp from a franchise that deserved a lot better. Last time we got the acclaimed director of The Sound of Music, The Andromeda Strain, and The Day the Earth Stood Still. T [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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19 May 2013 | 3 days, 3 hours ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 99
| The clunkily titled Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian (aka Jimmy P.) is Arnaud Desplechin‘s first film in a whole five years, though disappointingly proves a shakily uneven return for the director, entrenched in the more laborious, bone-dry methodology of its famous case study rather than probing the complex emotional state of the titular character. Resolutely a work of special interest and little else, of all the In Competition entries to screen so far, this is the one that can most easily be ruled out of the running for the Palme d’Or. The true story on which this film is based revolves around Jimmy Picard (Benicio Del Toro), a Blackfoot Indian who returns from service in World War II and begins suffering from headaches, sight loss and countless other ailments. While American doctors are quick to diagnose him as mentally ill, it is the arrival of anthropologist-turned-psychiatrist Georges Devereau (Mathieu Amalric) that changes everything, as he manages to unlock past traumas in Jimmy’s life to arrive at the root of the problem. In adapting Devereau’s famous book “Reality and Dream,” Desplechin is evidently keen to dig into the more nascent stages of psychology, ahead of it becoming the respected scientific discipline we recognise it as today. However, like other recent attempts to do this (David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method first comes to mind here) the result is unexpectedly sexless and really quite dull. Getting through the film in one piece wil [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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19 May 2013 | 3 days, 20 hours ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 3
| It’s hard to watch Star Trek Into Darkness and not think about Star Wars. Yes, J.J. Abrams is directing Episode VII and so we have that knowledge on the brain going into this. Maybe we’re even on the lookout for clues hinting at what we should expect from his take on that galaxy. This isn’t the first time the Trek franchise has had to try and prove itself in the shadow of George Lucas’s own series. Even though it originated with a TV show in the 1960s, Trek‘s cinematic resurrection a decade later was in part allowed by and somewhat influenced by the success and quality of the first Star Wars. But even regardless of the fact that Abrams is following the latest Trek with the next Wars, I often otherwise felt like I was watching one of the latter while sitting through Into Darkness. Before getting into the evidence that Abrams is a clear fan of Lucasfilm works (and not just Star Wars) and likes to sample from them, let’s take a moment to think about what all his call back references and allusions to both Wars and Trek might mean for Episode VII. Will there be too much winking and fan-service, unhidden Easter eggs and inside jokes and maybe even outright recycling the way Into Darkness is with certain prior Trek installments? Could Episode VII have a number of allusions to Trek the way Into Darkness pays obvious homage to Wars? Rather than creating new worlds of his [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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18 May 2013 | 4 days, 16 hours ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 5
| With The Hangover Part III’s May 24th release date rapidly approaching, it’s now officially crunch time for its marketing people. They’ve got a few short days left to convince anyone who might be on the fence about coming back for a third helping of Hangover-style decadence that this is a movie that can’t be missed. So, in order to round up every last box office dollar they can possibly find, they’re pulling out the big guns—a red band trailer. If there are two things in this world that everyone, no matter what their age, class, or background, responds well to, they’re nostalgia and dirty jokes, so this new trailer makes liberal use of both. After you click through the link and give it a watch, prepare to be pled with to remember how fun that first movie was, and prepare to plug the ears of any kids who might be in the room. Well, there you have it. It’s probably what one would expect: a quick rundown of the greatest hits moments from the first two films followed by Ken Jeong screeching a lot and a bunch of jokes about dudes being gay. Is the promise that this is going to be the franchise capper enough to get you into the theater in order to give The Hangover a sendoff? Or was the second one so derivative of the first that you’re going to do your best to pretend like this was a one and done comedy that didn’t spawn [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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17 May 2013 | 5 days, 9 hours ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 8
| Editor’s Note: This review originally ran as part of our Tribeca coverage, and as of today, the film is in limited release. In The English Teacher, star Julianne Moore plays an English teacher; I point that out, redundantly, because the character type is almost redundant. Everything that you would expect from a stereotypical high school purveyor of Charles Dickens and Nathaniel Hawthorne is true about Moore’s Ms. Linda Sinclair. She’s introduced as the obvious loner, a shy woman in love with the classics. She goes on blind dates with terrible men, who she imaginatively grades in her head like a student’s paper. The script even goes so far as to make sure she’s buffeted by voiceover narration, in an inevitably British accent. Yet Moore, and to an extent director Craig Zisk, do an excellent job at keeping Ms. Sinclair away from the frustrating blandness of the stock character, at least for the first act of the film. There isn’t necessarily more to her than meets the eye, but the people around her allow her to grow into something more interesting. The English Teacher has quite the admirable start, winning the audience over in spite of all of our preconceived notions about this sort of self-consciously charming indie movie. That’s how it begins, anyway. Ms. Sinclair is a bored English teacher in a small Pennsylvania town, somewhere in the vicinity of Scranton. She bumps into a former student at the bank. Jason Sherwood (Michael Angarano) is a playwright, or at lea [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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Casting Couch: Anna Kendrick is Ready For Her Closeup Mr. Braff, Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoen
16 May 2013 | 6 days, 2 hours ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 12
| What is Casting Couch? It’s the news column that’s got its ear to the ground, listening for any juicy tidbits coming out of Cannes. Today people like Uma Thurman, Seann William Scott, Amanda Seyfried, and Bruce Willis all got new jobs. Zach Braff hasn’t yet had much of a career as a film director, but if there’s one thing he’s got more experience shooting than most people, it’s tiny girls wearing giant headphones. So chances are Pitch Perfect star Anna Kendrick will be a perfect fit for the cast of his new movie, Wish I Was Here. The Wrap is reporting that she’s just joined the film in the role of Janine, a chick who’s into cosplay and who the Josh Gad character becomes enamored with. However you feel about the controversy surrounding Braff’s Kickstarter funding of this film, you have to admit, added Anna Kendrick just made going to see it sound a whole lot more enticing. People seem to have fond memories of Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix working together on that Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line, so there should be much rejoicing at the news that the duo could be getting ready to act together again, and on a PT Anderson movie, no less. Deadline is reporting that Witherspoon is the latest name to join the cast of Inherent Vice, which, in addition to Phoenix, also already has Owen Wilson and Benicio Del Toro on board. Geez, looking at all of those names together, it would [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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16 May 2013 | 6 days, 21 hours ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 16
| Tonight on Movie News After Dark, we explore some of the unfriendly feelings that are had toward J.J. Abrams and his Star Trek films, we look at the real life Tony Stark (maybe), see a bit about Natalie Portman’s latest and as always, try to wedge in some Doctor Who. Why We Love, Hate and Love to Hate J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek – Over at Movies.com, Evan Saathoff writes an excellent piece about the mixed emotions the geekosphere seems to have around J.J. and his pair of Trek films. It’s tonight’s must-read. Hannibal and the consequences of violence – In an interview with Buzzfeed, Hannibal showrunner Bryan Fuller talks about violence and death on TV. The man’s handle on such things is the core reason why Hannibal is such a striking show. That and Mads Mikkleson. Jane doesn’t have traction – The eternally troubled production, Jane Got a Gun, starring Natalie Portman, is not winning over any buyers at Cannes, where its rights are being sold. As it turns out, director Lynne Ramsay left over disagreements on “final cut.” More on that later, I’m sure. 15 failed American remakes of UK shows – First, I didn’t even know that there was an American version of Spaced. Second, that Joel McHale-led version of The IT Crowd was awful. The Return of the Coming of Age Film – According to this well-written piece by Calum Marsh, the coming-of-age film is back. I wasn’t sure it ever left, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a point there. Is Elon Musk the [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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15 May 2013 | 1 week ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 14
| It might sound kind of weird to try to set a thriller in a sound design studio, what with their being the domain of nodes, dials, tech geeks, and whatnot, but that’s exactly what writer/director Peter Strickland has done with his new thriller Berberian Sound Studio, and various FSR reviewers seem to be in agreement that the results of this experiment are gorgeous and intriguing, if not a little bit befuddling and empty. The consensus seems to be that it’s a solid B-. If you want to catch a glimpse of what everyone is so interested in and confused by, as well as a taste of Toby Jones being innocuously creepy like only he can, and some insight into how they make all those gross wet noises for slasher movies, then follow the link and watch the film’s new trailer below. Right? All it takes is an Italian lady screaming, Toby Jones staring off into the distance, and a bunch of intense noises made by fruits and vegetables to get you squirming in your seat. Berberian Sound Studio looks to be the rare sort of movie that can be both educational and disgusting—at least from these two minutes of footage. There are those troubling parts of the provided reviews that intimate that things aren’t actually as skin crawling in the full film as they appear to be here though. Now is probably the time to consume all of this conflicting information and decide what your strategy for watching Berberian Sound [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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14 May 2013 | 1 week, 1 day ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 8
| So, there’s no way to ignore the fact that this bit of news is going to make a lot of people unhappy. As much as movie nerds like to pretend that they’re the sort of folks who are always looking for new voices and new ideas, like anyone else, we’re really just the sorts of little greed monsters who want to keep getting more of the stuff we like. That’s why film geeks have been calling for a third film in legendary director Joe Dante’s Gremlins series for years. Unfortunately for those who’ve been beating the Dante drum all this time, today the news broke that a Gremlins 3 isn’t likely going to ever happen. There has been a development for the property that’s either going to play like a consolation prize or a slap in the face though, depending on your perspective. Bloody Disgusting is reporting that Warner Bros. has decided to hit the reboot button on Gremlins, and they’ve hired Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg to produce the new take on these now classic monsters. If you’ll remember, Grahame-Smith and Katzenberg signed a deal with Warners back in 2011 that would see them forming Katzsmith Productions, a production wing of the company that would give the duo freedom to stretch their imaginations and develop properties for the studio to distribute. At the time, Katzenberg said of the deal, “We pride ourselves on coming up with a lot of our own ideas, about 90% of the projects we’ve generated [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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11 May 2013 | 1 week, 4 days ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 19
| What is Casting Couch? Casting news. Today we’ve got updates on new roles for people like Michelle Williams, Laurence Fishburne, and—what the heck—let’s stick in a rumor about who might play the Scarlet Witch in Avengers 2 as well. It looks like Owen Wilson might be taking a trip back to the ’70s. The Wrap reports that he’s the latest name in negotiations to join Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film, his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice. Never ones to let a good PTA rumor go uncommented on, Cigarettes & Red Vines then took this story and ran with it, contacting their own sources and discovering that the role Wilson is in talks for is that of Coy Harlingen, who’s described as being a surf-saxophone player and a heroin addict, and who may be the most Owen Wilson-y role ever written. Michael Bay had heard that Internet nerds have dismissed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie that he’s producing outright, due to his casting of Megan Fox and his rumored changes of the Turtles’ story and whatnot, so he’s shrewdly decided to make a move that’s going to inevitably suck us all back in. Deadline is reporting that William Fichtner has just joined the film. Yes, that William Fichtner. The completely awesome one. Rumor has it he’s not just showing up for a few seconds playing some goon either. The report claims that the character he’s playing has “iconic stature in the Turtles’ mythology.” You win this round, Bay. History [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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8 May 2013 | 2 weeks ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 49
| Tonight on Movie News After Dark, a picture of Megan Fox. No really, that’s happening. Also some things that will be worth reading and seeing. Okay fine, she’s April O’Neil – She doesn’t look like anything more than Megan Fox holding a microphone and smiling. Maybe that’s the point… How characters on Mad Men think about the future – Some insight into the minds of your favorite characters. David Tennant might guard the Galaxy – That’s the rumor anyway. But his potential role is the most interesting part. The Dude’s photos – Jeff Bridges has taken some gorgeous photos from his various film projects over the years. They are more than worth your time. Solving the hit film equation – It shouldn’t surprise you that Hollywood uses data to figure out what works with audiences. Just as Netflix has algorithms to recommend more movies, Hollywood now has data that will create you new movies. It’s the enemy of creativity, but it’s fascinating nonetheless. Spock vs. Spock – An epic batter in pursuit of car sales: [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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7 May 2013 | 2 weeks, 1 day ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 43
| File this announcement under “Duh.” While it’s been rumored since Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol banked nearly $700 million worldwide it’s only just become official that Tom Cruise will be returning for a fifth impossible mission. You’d think by this point the IMF would simply accept that the missions being given to Ethan Hunt are actually possible after all, but I’m no secret agent so what do I know. Details as to who will direct, write and co-star are still probably months away (at least), but it’s confirmed that Cruise will produce alongside J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot shingle. Brad Bird directed the fourth installment to the series’ greatest heights, but the rumor mill has Christopher McQuarrie on tap to helm the latest. He’s a frequent Cruise collaborator, most recently as the writer/director of the wonderfully entertaining ’90s throwback, Jack Reacher. While that film has made enough money globally to make Paramount interested in a sequel its domestic box-office suggests audiences prefer Cruise in larger scale productions. The question is, can McQuarrie handle something as big as a Mission: Impossible movie? And if not McQuarrie, then who else should be handed the reigns? Easy. Give it to Gareth Evans or Joe Cornish and let McQuarrie get to work on a script for Jack Reacher 2. [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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6 May 2013 | 2 weeks, 2 days ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 49
| Mark L. Mann‘s narrative feature debut, Generation Um…, shows the fun and terror that evolves out of someone getting his first camera. In the movie, John (Keanu Reeves) steals a video camera, turning him into a guy who enjoys filming squirrels and his two friends falling apart. Basically, he’s the worst indie filmmaker walking the streets of New York, which is saying a lot. It’s a movie that relies more on mood, a feeling that Mann created on 16mm running around New York streets and a claustrophobic apartment. He wasn’t the only one in control of the camera, though. Within the film we John’s own footage, which Reeves shot himself. According to Mann, that footage allows the introverted John to express himself. We spoke with Reeves and Mann about the character’s internalization, filming on 16mm and more: The movie shows the joy and annoyance when someone gets their first camera. Do you both remember the first time you picked up a camera? Reeves: Mark, would you like to answer that question? Mann: Picking up a camera was sort of something I came to late, actually. I think it was almost a reward for surviving my childhood, so to speak. There was sort of a pure indulgence about it. It was back when I shot on Hi8. I was living in Chicago. I just liked shooting things that I liked to look at, and that was it. Reeves: I guess my first experience in picking up a camera would be Generation Um…. Yeah. [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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Movie Houses of Worship: Bijou Art Cinemas, Eaton Theatre, Kuhn Cinema, Northwest Film Forum, Rio Th
5 May 2013 | 2 weeks, 3 days ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 43
| “Movie Houses of Worship” is a regular feature spotlighting our favorite movie theaters around the world, those that are like temples of cinema catering to the most religious-like film geeks. This week, we highlight six businesses in need of financial assistance. If you’d like to suggest or submit a place you regularly worship at the altar of cinema, please email our weekend editor. What do the six movie theaters listed in the headline have in common? Besides being six places I’ve never personally been to, they’re all businesses currently campaigning on Kickstarter to raise money for digital projectors. With Hollywood’s plan to completely cease film print distribution this year, many independent movie houses are trying not to become extinct as well. But most can’t afford the transition to digital and must crowd-fund for the costs (read a nice L.A. Times story on this nationwide issue here). So, here’s a little highlight of each cinema, what’s apparently so great about it and the status of its fundraising goal. Bijou Art Cinemas Location: 492 East 13th Avenue, Eugene, OR Opened: October 16, 1980 (in a former church built in 1925) No. of screens: 2 Current first-run titles: The Company You Keep and Room 237 Repertory programming: While there are no repertory screenings currently listed, the Bijou does show classic 35mm prints on occasion and hopes to continue doing so after the digital projector installation. However, it does seem most classics and mi [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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4 May 2013 | 2 weeks, 4 days ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 44
| One of the best documentaries of last year is We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, a film that looks at the history of Internet activists/hackers/pranksters Anonymous while remarkably tying together stuff like LOLCats and the Arab Spring and the Occupy movement (stream it now via Amazon or download from iTunes). Now that doc’s director, Brian Knappenberger, is taking on another web-based story, which will show how the movie WarGames led to the suicide of one of the 21st century’s greatest geniuses. Not that it will put any blame on a 1982 movie starring Matthew Broderick nor focus on that particular chain of events. The Internet’s Own Boy will tell the short life story of computer programmer Aaron Swartz, one of the minds behind numerous Internet-related projects including RSS (at age 14!), Reddit, Markdown, Watchdog.net, and Creative Commons and an activist against SOPA and for WikiLeaks. Sadly, he hung himself in January of this year (at age 26), following two years of being hit with felony charges stemming from illegally accessing and downloading material from the online journal database JSTOR. The Internet’s Own Boy is currently raising money through Kickstarter, and after a week and a half Knappenberger is already 97% funded based on its initial goal of $75,000 (less than half the final expected budget of $175,000). With 19 days to go, it’s sure to get the remaining $2800 without need of me writing about it, but this is one of the rare crowdfunding proj [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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4 May 2013 | 2 weeks, 4 days ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 26
| Tonight on Movie News After Dark, it’s time to talk about Breaking Bad (YES!), dig a little deeper into the world of Iron Man, examine spoilers in trailers and get excited for summer movie season. Pretty much the same stuff we do every day, but better. Victorious! – That’s the way Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan described the oncoming finale of the hit show in this interview with The Daily Beast. He goes on: “Anyone anxious that there won’t be resolution enough at the end of these eight episodes can rest assured that the story very much reaches resolution.” A firm, victorious resolution? Alright, I’m sold. Actually, I was sold before. J.J. Abrams on Star Wars – Abrams took to The New York Times to talk about Star Trek, Star Wars and a small, $1-million dollar movie he’d like to make along the way (if he can fit it into his ridiculous schedule). A New Movie Review Aggregator – Could this new project be a RottenTomatoes-like aggregator you can actually use? It’s aim is only to add critics who are of a certain quality. As soon as they add our Rob Hunter, I’ll be impressed. Until then, it’s a nice thought. 50% of Americans think trailers give away the best scenes – Would you agree? Perhaps half of you would. All-in-all, though, trailers usually stick to the first act of a film and bits and pieces of the second. So it depends. Reviewing Iron Man 3 in comic book format – This article from Wired is brilliant, but [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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3 May 2013 | 2 weeks, 5 days ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 28
| Kristen Wiig is one of those one in a million comic talents. She doesn’t have to do anything funny, she just is funny. Even if you were to stare at her just sitting still and not really doing anything, it’s unlikely you’d be able to last for more than a few seconds without cracking a smile. We’ll call it the Chris Farley effect, and it’s the sort of thing that allows her to effortlessly elevate the material she’s delivering to heights it likely wouldn’t reach if handled by anyone else. But can even a talent on the level of a Kristen Wiig help make the material that this trailer for her new film, Girl Most Likely, is serving up go down any smoother? Not only has the story being told here—that of a broken protagonist who’s had trouble transitioning into adulthood having to move back in with the aloof parent who made them the way they are—become so overdone since the rise of the indie comedy that going through the motions with it again feels like eating re-re-heated leftovers, but the tone of the humor itself also seems to be a little too cheesy to swallow without experiencing pains afterward. Tacklings, screamings, spankings… a protagonist who goes from depressed, to exasperated, to awakened… an irresponsible parent who goes from negligent, to inappropriately sexual, to forgiven—the path this movie travels feels so familiar that we could take it in the dark without a map. Girl Most Likely does have a few [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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2 May 2013 | 2 weeks, 6 days ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 32
| On tonight’s Movie News After Dark, we start with a few words on the Netflix Streampocalypse that will undoubtedly be wreaking havoc on your life, then move on to this week’s big stories: Iron Man, Marvel, Iron Man, Marvel, Thai Iron Man. Pain & Falcon – The first green-screened image of Anthony Mackie on the set of Captain America: The Winter Soldier has hit the web, leading off our coverage of the movie world this evening. He plays Sam Wilson, The Falcon. So far we don’t get to see much, just Mackie looking tough. Goodbye, Netflix titles – As we mentioned last night, Netflix is dumping almost 2,000 titles (some good, some Barb Wire) from its library over the course of May. In a statement today to The Verge, Netflix said that this is normal and that it’s all part of their strategy to become a more focused programmer. It will not be a one stop shop for everything. Not now, probably not ever. The Anti-Blockbusters of Summer 2013 – While many of us are excited for the big movies set to come out this year — as we showed with our Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2013 list — the intrepid folks at Pajiba are looking at the anti-blockbusters, the indie-level films that you can see while everyone else is getting their special Iron Man 3 RealD 3D glasses. I’d highly recommend Drinking Buddies. What about a Marvel/Star Wars Crossover? – My good friend Peter Sciretta at /Film was asking the tough questions at this past [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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21 Apr 2013 | 1 month ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 75
| Magic, like many of the arts, seems to ebb and flow through our culture with its impact and essence growing and shrinking in importance from year to year. Of course, magic probably does far more of the latter. There was a brief resurgence a few years ago with the likes of David Blaine and Criss Angel, but both men quickly became well-deserved punchlines, leaving magic to hole up in the last place on Earth that still sees it as, well, magical. But outside of Las Vegas? Ricky Jay is one of a very select few who’ve not only made a living from their magic-related interests but also found success beyond the stage. (Penn & Teller are two more, but after that I’m stumped unless you count David Copperfield’s brief foray into acting with Terror Train. Which you shouldn’t.) Jay’s incredible sleight-of-hand skills, fascination with history, sharp sense of humor and distinctive voice have kept him working, educating and entertaining us for decades. A new doc offers a glimpse up Jay’s metaphorical shirt sleeves for a better look at what makes him tick, but unfortunately it does so by pointing the camera outwards. Jay was essentially a professional magician by the age of seven, having matched his grandfather’s interest and enthusiasm with his own. The old man would pick a subject, find pros in the field to teach him and then move on to something else, but he found an obsession in magic that was passed on to his grandson. Jay [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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20 Apr 2013 | 1 month ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 53
| At Any Price is truly a baffling film. At many times I found myself laughing, I found my mouth agape, I buried my head in my hands… And I hardly think that was the filmmaker’s intended audience reaction. It’s almost hard to believe that someone actually wrote this thing, that the film is even for real. This is especially surprising since the film’s writer/director, Ramin Bahrani (who co-scripted with Hallie Elizabeth Newton), has several good indie films under his belt, including Goodbye Solo and Man Push Cart. The film throws logic and caution to the wind, features an insanely campy performance from Dennis Quaid, flip-flops each character’s motivation with abandon, has zero regard for morality and never ceases to have a cheese factor that explodes through the roof. On the positive end (which is understandably quite narrow), the two race car scenes were shot well, as they were quickly paced and tension-filled. And Zac Efron is always a sight for sore eyes, especially during his two passion-filled sex scenes. The film is about the Whipple family, led by huckster patriarch, Henry (Quaid). He is of the third generation to take the helm of an Iowa farming empire, and he’s in constant competition with Jim Johnson (Clancy Brown) and his clan, especially now that Jim has taken over one of his rival’s counties. Henry and his wife Irene (Kim Dickens) have two sons, college football star Grant (Patrick Stevens), who is his favorite, and race car driving enthusiast Dean [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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20 Apr 2013 | 1 month ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 25
| Why Watch? Dropping us into a world of vibrant creativity and trippy slackerism, this playful short from Anton Groves uses some fantastic design work to translate the hectic inner world of a loser into a place that we can see. Dan’s (Mihai Stanescu) reality is inhabited by monsters that look like an arts and crafts nightmare, looming everywhere he goes and symbolizing his greatest flaws. We get to learn all about him through the voice over of a young woman (Ana Ularu) who takes a romantic interest in him (probably for the stubble) and seems all too aware of the inventive decorations that cloud his mind. Fun and breezy, just about every scene is sourly milked for the comedy of a lovable loser, but it’s without a doubt the clever monsters that they’ve built that are the real stars here. The production team has taken a common idea and displayed it in a unique, mirthful way. Plus, you can learn how to make them for yourself after you fall in love with one. What Will It Cost? About 8 minutes. Skip Work. Watch More Short Films. [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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19 Apr 2013 | 1 month ago | From: Film School Rejects | Clicks: 40
| Tonight on Movie News After Dark, Community is dead, the documentary is better, AMC is making sci-fi shows now and filmmakers are having their films taken away for no good reason. Everything is a mess, but we’ll sort it out together. How NBC’s Community Died – Over at Pajiba, Steven Lloyd Wilson writes passionately about finally cutting the cord with fan favorite Community. Personally, I’ve been avoiding this latest season of the once-beloved show. I don’t like watching friends die. How Documentary Became the Most Exciting Kind of Filmmaking – David Edelstein takes to Vulture to explain why documentaries are better than fictional films, at least from a filmmaking point of few. A few salient points, but don’t expect me to jump ship and go all-doc anytime soon. Not when there is a new Star Trek movie coming out. Ending with The Rapture – Exiting his post as AV Club Film Editor, Scott Tobias has written his last edition of his long-running, excellent article series “New Cult Canon.” This one deals exuberantly with Michael Tolkin’s The Rapture. Best wishes to Tobias as he moves on and to incoming editor A.A. Dowd. As a longtime AV Club reader, I’m excited to see what happens next. Making the poster for Simon Killer - Artist Brandon Schaefer walks us through his process in creating the poster for an indie film that has garnered a decent amount of praise of late, Antonio Campos’ Simon Killer. It’s a great look behind the scenes at the poste [...] Read it at Film School Rejects .... |
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