Oct 03
Eva Mendes as Sand Saref in Will Eisners The Spirit directed by Frank Miller
When I sat in the panel for THE SPIRIT at Comic-Con a few months ago, I had the same reservations as everyone else does, about whether the film will work. The early footage and trailers were so-so, but didn’t get my fanboy……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: action films, adventure films, Benjamin Melniker, crime films, Dan Lauria, Deborah Del Prete, Eva Mendes, F.J. DeSanto, Frank Miller, Gabriel Macht, Gigi Pritzker, gunplay, Jaime King, Linda McDonough, Michael Burns, Michael E. Uslan, Michael Paseornek, Paz Vega, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Scarlett Johansson, Steven Maier, Will Eisner, William Lischak
Sep 04
Scene from Gomorra
Gomorrah won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Fest in May, and IFC Films soon after scooped up the rights to US distribution of the film. The film is an inside look at Italy’s modern-day crime families, as seen through the eyes of rising lieutenants in the global criminal organization. The film……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: crime films, crime thriller, drama, Matteo Garrone, mobsters, Roberto Saviano, Salvatore Abruzzese, Salvatore Ruocco, Simone Sacchettino, Vincenzo Altamura, Vincenzo Fabricino
Aug 03
What I remember most about the Scared Straight documentary was that, for the first time on television (and this was before cable), I heard the word fuck on the air. It wasn’t until later that I realized the true value of the doc, and it’s positive effects on youth at the time. It was filmed……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: Arnold Shapiro, crime films, documentary films, drama, John Carpenter, Nicolas Cage, prison films
Jul 31
High School. Four of the most important years of your life. But it isn’t always dances and keg parties and sucking face in your parents’ mini-van. Sometimes it’s ugly and hard and complicated. As complicated as a conspiracy to overthrow the president…
There’s something rotten at St. Donovan’s High and sophomore newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Reece……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: Bruce Willis, crime films, drama, Mischa Barton, Reece Thompson, teen films
Jul 31
I was just doing a random search for Rian Johnson, who wrote and directed a masterwork in 2005 called Brick, that I caught by chance at the Angelica Film Center in downtown NYC. I was just praying that this guy was writing his own ticket on some huge new project with Oscar potential. It must……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: Adrien Brody, crime films, film noir, Mark Ruffalo, Maximilian Schell, Rachel Weisz, Rian Johnson, Rinko Kikuchi, Robbie Coltrane
Jul 31
MGM has signed Darren Aronofsky to direct and David Self to write a new installment for its Robocop franchise. Aronofsky, the director of The Fountain, and Self, the writer of Road to Perdition, make a formidable creative team and fast track Robocop and spotlighting it as one of the most anticipated new films for 2010.
In making……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: action films, adventure films, Arnold Messer, Brad Fischer, crime films, Darren Aronofsky, David Self, David Thwaites, Mike Medavoy
Jul 21
IMAX and Warner Bros. today announced that The Dark Knight shattered opening box office records on 94 IMAX screens during its debut. The IMAX release contributed $6.3 million of the $158.4 million that the film grossed at the domestic box office, on a total of 94 North American screens this weekend. The picture posted a……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: Aaron Eckhart, action films, adventure films, Bradley J. Wechsler, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, crime films, Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Richard L. Gelfond
Jul 19
Warner Premiere announced yesterday a new way for graphic novel fans to connect with their favorite characters and the stories they know and love through short-form digital content. Warner Premiere’s Motion Comics draw on a massive amount of source material to bring a visually engaging experience to life through the use of subtle movements, voice-overs, sweeping……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: action films, adventure films, comic based, crime films, internet, mobile entertainment, sci-fi films, streaming
Jul 19
Just past the stroke of midnight, Warner Bros.’ The Dark Knight broke the record for a 12:01 a.m. film opening, earning an unprecedented $18,489,000 at the box office, it was announced yesterday by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. That total does not include the grosses from the subsequent 3:00 a.m. and 6:00……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: Aaron Eckhart, action films, adventure films, Benjamin Melniker, Bob Kane, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, comic based, crime films, Dan Fellman, Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Jonathan Nolan, Kevin De La Noy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Michael E. Uslan, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Tull, thriller
Jul 16
Felon follows the life of a loving family man with a promising future named Wade Porter (Stephen Dorff), who loses everything when he accidentally kills a burglar who broke into his home. Convicted of involuntary manslaughter, Wade is sentenced to spend the next three years inside a maximum security facility where the rules of society……. »
written by ReneCarson
\\ tags: action films, crime films, crime thriller, Harold Perrineau, prison films, Stephen Dorff, thriller, trailer, Val Kilmer