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There are some pretty gnarly sights in Johnny To's Election (most of 'em arrive in the massively disturbing final reel), but nothing in that complex, yet streamlined depiction of gangland politics could possibly prepare the viewer for the unthinkably… Continue reading
So who are you and why are you doing this? Well, my name is Andre Dellamorte, and I'm doing this cause Nick and Devin asked me to. So what makes you think you're some kind of expert on guessin' how movies are going to open? Honestly, I don't think I am.… Continue reading
When Jon Kasdan becomes a successful writer-director (and this seems a fait accompli with those writin'-directin' genes), he's going to look back on In the Land of Women and wince – not because it's bad, but because it is so painfully earnest. The tragicomic… Continue reading
Unlike Prom Night, which I eviscerated a couple of weeks ago out of nothin' but meanness, I actually have a few nice things to say about Terror Train: it was shot by the legendary John Alcott (cinematographer of such smallish movies as A Clockwork Orange,… Continue reading
I already have an unsolicited tip for Art Linson re: Neon Angels, his just announced Runaways biopic: cast unknowns. Though there will be no shortage of up-and-coming teenage and, of course, twentysomething actresses circling this project as a potential… Continue reading
Chris Columbus is not the enemy. At least, he isn't anymore. Though he stuffed multiplexes full of noxiously sentimental pap during the 1990s (his up-for-debate nadir being either Stepmom or Bicentennial Man), and got Devin's beloved Harry Potter franchise… Continue reading
Eric Bana, last seen taking it to the terrorists in Steven Spielberg's masterful Munich (and soon to be dumped into theaters along with Curtis Hanson's long-delayed professional poker movie, Lucky You), has signed on to star in Robert Schwentke's big screen… Continue reading
Midway through the regionally produced good-ol'-boy romp, Redneck Miller, the titular character – a hotshot DJ in some random Carolina municipality where "hotshot" bona fides are easy to come by provided one still has a functional tooth or two – breaks up the… Continue reading
Sir Ridley Scott's next film, American Gangster (starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in the most anticipated act-off since De Niro and Pacino sat down for coffee at Kate Mantilini), is currently slated to open November 2, 2007. Later that month, the… Continue reading
Two weeks ago, we learned that the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men, James Grey's We Own the Night and David Fincher's Zodiac will be vying for Cannes glory this May; today, the list of probable competition entries expanded a bit, as Wong Kar-Wai's My… Continue reading
It took Clive Owen long enough, but it appears as if he's finally a viable Hollywood movie star. Coming off a very impressive 2006 that found him co-toplining one box office smash, Spike Lee's Inside Man, and outright starring in another steady b.o.… Continue reading
There's nothing worse for a genre filmmaker's career than to attain geek deification with one's first picture. While the initial adulation is wonderful, expectations set in as soon as the second movie is announced. Give 'em enough time, and they'll start… Continue reading
