René Carson

The Soloist Blu-ray review

The Soloist follows the story of Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx), a musically gifted schizophrenic homeless man, and Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.), a Los Angeles Times writer who attempted to restore Ayers’ inner-talents and lead him back to a path of personal and musical success. The film transcends its own emotionally draining story-line, with a ….

Screening of design documentary Objectified with post-film director Q&A

Director Gary Hustwit will attend a special one-night screening and discussion for his design documentary Objectified, presented in conjunction with AIGA Arizona and IDSA Arizona. Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything ….

Bid on vehicles from No Country For Old Men, Rush Hour 3 and more at the Movie Car and Prop Auction this weekend

Premiere Props and Picture Car Warehouse will be holding a large Movie Car and Prop Auction this Saturday August 15th. Premiere Props just announced the addition of major classic cars such as a pair of 1967 mint condition Corvettes, a 1966 Jaguar 4.2 Mark X Grand Salon, a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Hard Top Pro ….

Bone-chilling new poster for the thriller Whiteout released

Warner Bros. has released a new poster for Kate Beckinsale’s thriller Whiteout, which is based on Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber’s comic series about the first murder in Antarctica. This was posted on MTV’s SplashPage. Whiteout was directed by Dominic Sena (Gone in Sixty Seconds, Swordfish), from a script by Jon & Erich Hoeber and ….

Cult Cinema Icons: Not Quite Hollywood grindhouse movie trailers

I found this great playlist that was created to honor the recently released grindhouse documentary Not Quite Hollywood. Not Quite Hollywood is the wild, wonderful, untold story of “Ozploitation” films. It irreverently documents an era when Australian cinema got its gear off and showed the world a full-frontal explosion of sex, violence, horror and foot-to-the-floor ….

Rooftop Films presents the short film screening series Where You Live this Saturday in Harlem

This Saturday, Rooftop Films and Verizon Fios present Where You Live, featuring short films that show us where you live and how you live. From the harshest African deserts to the fertile Irish countryside, from rapidly growing guesthouses in Hong Kong to the slowly fading inner city of Detroit, these fascinating documentaries invite you into ….

Short film screening series and open bar after-party this Friday in Brooklyn, New York

This Friday, Rooftop Films and Verizon Fios present Home Movies, featuring short films and videos about moments in time, capturing and imagining what it felt like to be there. There will be an open bar after-party following the screenings, exclusively for all attendees. This event is presented in partnership with Cinereach, New York magazine, City ….

Hurt Locker director headed for a Triple Frontier with new crime thriller

Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow (Blue Steel, Point Break) has struck a deal with Paramount Pictures to direct a new film titled Triple Frontier according to various reports on the net, which may have originated at Variety. Few plot details about the new film have been released, except that it’s described as an adventure set ….

Wolfgang Petersen developing live-action version of the anime Paprika

Wolfgang Petersen (Troy, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm) developing a live-action feature film version of the book and anime film Paprika, according to Moviehole. According to the report, the director is hard at work to bring the acclaimed novel to the big screen. The original 1993 novel by Yasutaka Tsutsui, tells the story of ….