Movie Reviews and Previews The Hobbit now has less singing, more action The first trailer for Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth was a little underwhelming. It looked pretty much exactly like Fellowship of the Ring and it had some dude (do not ask me to differentiate the people playing dwarves—can’t do it) singing a depressing dirge. But the By Sarah • Sep 20, 2012 10:51 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate works on Clear History It’s a new film for HBO written by Larry David and the cast includes Jon Hamm, Danny McBride, Michael Keaton, Bill Hader, Eva Mendes, and Amy Ryan. David plays a f-ck up who tries to f-ck up his old boss, or something. It sounds like a comedy about horrible By Lainey • Sep 20, 2012 10:19 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bardem > Bane? Remember when Bane was supposed to be super scary and...he wasn’t? A new international trailer for Bond has just been released. Javier Bardem looks terrifying. And you have already seen Bardem be terrifying in No Country For Old Men. It was the breathing and it was that f-cking By Lainey • Sep 19, 2012 03:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Keira Knightley & Jack Ryan I never thought I’d see Keira Knightley in a Jack Ryan movie. But here she is, playing Cathy, his girlfriend and, if they follow the story, future wife (that’s what Anne Archer was, right?), shooting scenes for the remake on location in Liverpool. It appears as though he By Lainey • Sep 18, 2012 01:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: Much Ado About Nothing (and a few other things) I’ve done this movie a great disservice and I feel very guilty about it. I sat down to watch Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing towards the end of the film festival. Bad idea. You see, what’s both exciting and completely soul sucking about the Toronto International By Dan • Sep 17, 2012 03:51 pm
Media Manipulation Michael Fassbender, comedy guy? After a huge 2011 and a hot start to 2012, Michael Fassbender is on a down beat, with nothing coming out for months and nothing to do but work and I don’t know…throw rocks at fish, or whatever he does for fun. (And please don’t email me By Sarah • Sep 17, 2012 01:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF REVIEW: BAD 25 Until I saw this film on the TIFF schedule, I didn’t even know it existed. But damn am I glad it does. Bad 25 is a fantastic documentary – a Spike Lee Joint – that takes you on an intimate tour behind the scenes during the making of Michael Jackson’s By Dan • Sep 17, 2012 10:42 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Lincoln looks amazing, and hollow Abraham Lincoln is fascinating. Read his speeches, articles or the letters he left behind and he sounds amazingly modern. It is really incredible—pick a year in his life and study anything written by anyone else and then compare it to Lincoln and it’s like he’s speaking another By Sarah • Sep 14, 2012 12:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF REVIEW: The Paperboy I saw The Paperboy with a few friends. Half of them were thoroughly entertained, half of them were bored by it. I found myself caught somewhere in the middle. The Paperboy, for those of you who are unfamiliar, is that movie where Nicole Kidman pees on Zac Efron. Or at By Dan • Sep 14, 2012 11:34 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Thor gets Strange One of the biggest ongoing questions surrounding the Avengers franchise is the potential involvement of Dr. Strange, a dude who messes around with space-magic sh*t, and he sometimes helps the Avengers out. A lot of folks, myself included, have thought Benedict Cumberbatch might be down to play Strange, but By Sarah • Sep 11, 2012 01:05 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF REVIEW: End Of Watch End Of Watch is the latest gritty cop thriller from writer/director, David Ayer. He’s made an eye opener of a movie that gives us a glimpse into what it’s like to patrol the mean streets of South Central Los Angeles. And I’ll tell you one thing, By Dan • Sep 10, 2012 04:56 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF REVIEW: The Perks Of Being A Wallflower I have to begin by confessing that I have not read The Perks of Being a Wallflower. And I can safely say that I regret letting it slip through the cracks. Because if a movie this good came from a book, I can only imagine how transformative that book must By Dan • Sep 10, 2012 12:10 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF REVIEW: On The Road I can’t wait to hear people’s reactions to this movie. Director Walter Salles was faced with a daunting task, one that many might argue was virtually impossible to successfully accomplish: turn Jack Kerouac’s barely fictionalized autobiography, On The Road, often referred to as one of the most By Dan • Sep 07, 2012 12:55 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Oscar kick off: TIFF 2012 It’s time once again for the Toronto International Film Festival, the official kick-off of award season. TIFF feels really huge this year. It’s one of the world’s premiere film festivals in general, but this year it seems like the line-up is extra special loaded, like they might By Sarah • Sep 06, 2012 09:29 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Hansel. So hot right now. Hansel. I love bad action movies. Road House is one of my all-time favorite films. I can quote Point Break, chapter and verse. I will happily sit through Bad Boys II. I have a high threshold of pain when it comes to bad action movies. I like fairy tales too—I By Sarah • Sep 05, 2012 12:17 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Michael Fassbender rides with Nicole...and Natalie Fresh photos of Michael Fassbender today in London on his bike with girlfriend Nicole Beharie. Fassbender’s been working on Ridley Scott’s The Counselor. It was reported yesterday that he may also sign on to Jane Got A Gun with Natalie Portman who is also producing. Jane Got A By Lainey • Aug 29, 2012 04:14 pm
