Jim Henson must have tapped into the child in everyone when he created the Muppets. How do I know this? Well, did you ever hear anyone say “Oh, I hate the Muppets”? No, you haven’t, because it’s scientifically impossible to feel that way about Kermit the Frog and his pals (trust me, I read that […] Read more
There hasn’t been much said about the previously announced film in the Die Hard franchise except that its likely title is Die Hard 24/7, that Skip Woods (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The A-Team) has finished the first draft of the script, and that Bruce Willis was aboard for the sequel. Although Willis has previously mentioned that […] Read more
Set to open in China on April 28, 2011 is Donnie Yen’s (Ip Man) next historical epic, The Lost Bladesman (Guan yun chang), a film which I am dying to see (if only I spoke Mandarin and had decided to movie to China like I said I would). The film is directed by the Infernal […] Read more
If you thought Leighton Meester’s Gossip Girl character was a little bit on the crazy side, you ain’t seen nothing’ yet. In a not-so-Upper-East-Side package, Meester’s new thriller The Roommate, which also stars her celeb-look-alike Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights), opens next week. IMDB gives us this information about the plot: “College student Sara […] Read more
Mia Wasikowska (The Kids Are All Right) is the in-demand actress of the moment. Having just signed on to Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, directed by Anthony LaPaglia, and starring in the upcoming screen adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, the Alice in Wonderland actress is certainly becoming brighter on on the Hollywood […] Read more
Truth, Justice, and… the English Way? Though long-rumored, today Legendary Pictures announced that Brit Henry Cavill, best known for Stardust and TV’s The Tudors, will don the tights as the next Clark Kent/Superman in Zack Snyder‘s upcoming Superman: Man of Steel. Hit the jump for all the details about the newest Superman actor and film! Read more
NYC ‘Film Comment Selects’ Burke & Hare, Cold Fish, I Saw the Devil and 13 Others
If there is one thing I love more than anything it’s when films that deserved to be shown get shown. And that’s just what Lincoln Center’s Film Comment Magazine’s ‘Film Comment Selects’ series does-I know, a mouth full. It takes rarely seen films and/or films without distribution and gives them the screen time they deserve. […] Read more