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Undertow film review

However you may feel about David Gordon Green’s movies, his strong suit is his ability to create powerful moments from the simplest daily activities. His characters feel like whole people, whether you’re aware of their entire personal history or not. And the settings in which his films take place play an intricate role in the ….

The Usual Suspects film review

The Usual Suspects, the heavily hyped new film from Bryan Singer, is finally here, and with it comes the answer to the riddle posed in its high-powered ad campaign, "Who is Keyser Soze?" Keyser Soze is a semi-mythical crime kingpin who ultimately directs the actions of five small-time hoods. With the promise of $91 million ….

Vertigo film review

Awesome and brilliant, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo was recently restored, and its power is immense. Jimmy Stewart never did finer work, and Hitchcock’s masterpiece, though its meaning may be lost on many, reveals a man at his most obsessed — an apt metaphor for Hitch himself. The restored Vertigo features vibrant colors and a crystal clear ….

A Fractured trailer

Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling plays a cat-and-mouse game with Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins, a man who believes he has committed the perfect crime. Fracture hits theaters on April 20, 2007. Watch the exclusive trailer for the upcoming thriller Fracture, in Windows Media or Quicktime RIGHT HERE

Case No. 3: Alien 3

This Week’s Case: The People V. Alien 3 Released: 1992 Director: David Fincher Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover Synopsis: After her jettisoned escape pod crash lands on a technology deprived prison planet, Lt. First Class Ellen Ripley, now sans Newt and Corporal Hicks, must again spar with an ….

U.K. Indie Film Spotlight

Jag Mundhra announced that he has launched his film production company, Cine Boutique Entertainment U.K. To start his next film project Shoot On Sight. The film Shoot on Sight is a suspense drama dealing with the current terrorism attacks in UK through a London Metropolitan Police Officer of Muslim heritage who must display courage and persevere in his duties in ….

More I Am Legend Info

I had reported casting news on Will Smith’s I Am Legend project, and their filming in New York City and the outer boroughs of the island (See Story). Well, Ain’t It Cool News has gotten more great info about the project, from a New Yorker who has seen the flyers from the production company, and they’re going to be filming in ….

Hitchcock Silent Getting Remade

Production Weekly reports that David Ondaatje (Undressing Hitchcock, Waiting for Dr. MacGuffin, June 8) will remake the 1927 silent film The Lodger. The original was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on a novel by Marie Adelaide Lowndes. The Lodger follows a fictional version of the Jack the Ripper killings. In the storyline, a serial killer known as The Avenger is on the loose in London, murdering ….

Bug Trailer

Ashley Judd plays a lonely waitress with a tragic past, who rooms in a run-down motel, living in fear of her abusive, recently paroled ex-husband. But when Agnes begins a new romance with Peter, an eccentric, nervous drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again… until the first bugs arrive. Probing the blurry lines between paranoia and ….

The Return Trailer

Sarah Michelle Gellar (The Grudge, The Grudge 2) ‘returns’ to the horror genre with the film The Return. In the movie, Gellar plays Joanna Mills, a traveling business woman, whose been having nightmares of a murder that occurred 15 years ago. Her nightmares soon lead her to an old farmhouse where the murder took place, and terror follows ….

The Prestige Trailer

It looks like Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson will be in a second film together this year. That’s just fine with me, as I don’t really mind looking at either on screen. In addition to Woody Allen’s The Scoop, which hits theaters next week, on July 28th, they will both be seen in The Prestige. The Prestige is being directed by Christopher Nolan (Batman ….

Lunacy (Sileni) Trailer

Lunacy is loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe’s stories The Premature Burial and The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether. The film is the latest provocation from surrealist master Jan Svankmajer (Little Otik) is inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. In nineteenth-century France a young man, Jean Berlot, is plagued by nightmares in which he is dragged off to a madhouse. ….

Crank Trailer

I am waiting for Rogue. But Crank looks like a nice in between for Statham. Crank revolves around hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham), who is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and with a heart that’s barely beating, he hears the voice of thug Ricky Verona, who reveals Chev has been poisoned in ….

The Illusionist Trailer

Ed Norton plays a magician in turn-of-the-century Vienna, who uses his abilities to secure the love of Princess Sophie, (Jessica Biel) who is far above his social standing, in the Neil Burger (Interview with the Assassin) directed film, The Illusionist. The Film also stars James Babson, Paul Giamatti, Matthew Blood-Smyth, Brian Caspe, David Fellowes and Tom Fisher. The Illusionist will be in theaters on August 18, ….