Tribeca Announces Narrative and Doc Feature Films

Originally Published: March 13, 2005 2005 Tribeca Film Festival Announces Narrative and Documentary Feature Film Competitions Competitive Slate Includes 10 World Premieres, Four International Premieres, 14 North American Premieres and Four U.S. Premieres We’re just loaded with annoncements from Tribeca this evening. Maybe it’s because it’s a local New York fest. Maybe it’s the quality. ….

Interpreter to Open Tribeca Film Fest

Originally Published: March 13, 2005 A special premiere of Universal Pictures’/Working Title Films’ thriller The Interpreter-the latest from Academy Award winning director Sydney Pollack and Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn-is slated to open the fourth annual Tribeca Film Festival, with a screening at Manhattan’s Ziegfeld Theater on April 19. The screening will be ….

Finley to the Defense

Originally Published: July 6, 2005 Our newest correspondent, Matt Finley, takes on lost causes at times. But very worthy ones for sure. This week’s case is no different. Matt comes to the defense of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. A true film lover, Matt wants everyone to know why this film should be given eye-time. ….

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

Originally Published: July 25, 2005 I have posted a complete preview of the upcoming supernatural horror, The Exorcism of Emily Rose. In an extremely rare decision, the Catholic Church officially recognized the demonic possession of a 19 year-old college freshman.  Told in terrifying flashbacks, The Exorcism of Emily Rose chronicles the haunting trial of the ….

Flight Plan Takes Off

Originally Published: July 25, 2005 Jodie Foster is back in what looks to be another strong thriller, called Flight Plan. While flying at 40,000 feet from Berlin to New York, Kyle Pratt (Foster) faces every mother’s worst nightmare when her young daughter Julia vanishes mid-flight. Already emotionally devastated by the unexpected death of her husband, ….

Superman Returns Updates

Originally Published: April 18, 2005 Superman Returns is really starting to come together over in Australia. Below we have some shots of Brandon Routh as Clark Kent AKA Superman. The story begins as Superman has been missing for six years. Something happened six years ago when he gave up his powers for Lois Lane and ….

Lost Finale is Epic Length

Originally Published: April 19, 2005 Javier Grillo-Marxuach, a writer and supervising producer on ABC’s hit series Lost, told SCI FI Wire that the season finale will clock in at a staggering three hours. “In terms of epic storytelling and shocking destiny, you ain’t seen nothing yet!” Marxuach said in an interview. Exodus Part 1 will ….

Amityville Creepy Happenings

Originally Published: April 19, 2005 Amityville Horror stars Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George and director Andrew Douglas were interviewed by Sci-Fi Wire recently, and talked about, among other things, the strange happenings during production, including the death of the real Kathy Lutz during the first week of filming. The film goes back to the source ….

Fun With Dick and Jane

Originally Published: July 25, 2005 ‘Bonnie and Clyde they ain’t.’ That was the tagline of the original 1977 comedy, Fun With Dick and Jane. Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni star in this updated version of the hilarious George Segal and Jane Fonda vehicle. The Film Library has more info on the remake, along with photos ….

La Femme Nikita on DVD

Originally Published: March 23, 2005 Based on the characters created in Luc Besson’s action thriller classic French film of the same name, La Femme Nikita was a hit on the USA Network and avoided cancellation in 2000 following a phenomenal letter-writing campaign by loyal fans. From acclaimed writer/ producers Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran (who ….

Miramax and Disney Agreement

Originally Published: March 30, 2005 Variety has just reported that Bob and Harvey Weinstein and Disney have settled the distribution on the Miramax company’s assets. The Miramax co-founders will leave The Walt Disney Co. in Sept. to launch their own film distribution company, Disney and the Weinsteins said Tuesday. As was expected, Disney will retain ….

Return of the Ninja Coming

Originally Published: March 30, 2005 Sho Kosugi, who starred in a series of ninja films that began with Enter the Ninja in 1981 is returning for an ass-kicking encore. Kosugi will reprise his role in The Return of the Ninja, a film being scripted by Steven de Souza, who wrote 48 Hours, Die Hard and ….