Last night was the 68th BAFTA Awards in the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. Hosted by Stephen Fry the awards saw Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel winning the most prizes, gaining five from their eleven nominations. The Theory of Everything, Whiplash and Boyhood followed, winning three awards each. Boyhood walked away with […]
The Wachowskis have written and directed a total of five movies in the intervening years since The Matrix changed the face of the Hollywood action blockbuster. This is perhaps a cause for concern to some when, in the trailer for their newest sci-fi/fantasy action flick Jupiter Ascending, the studios still insist on boasting “From the […]
One could probably tell from any trailer or TV spot that this film would probably not be superb epic fantasy in the vein of The Lord of the Rings or even the Harry Potter films, which are probably the gold standard for films based on books of the fantasy/YA genre. At the very least, one […]
From the “letter to the editor” at the onset of Wetlands, director David Wnendt sets the tone for the depravity to come. Subverting genre stereotypes, modern hygienic practices, and common decency, Wetlands blends its crude, gross-out humor with a delicately sweet seriousness, deafening the shock of the first exposition shots, and lending gravity to the […]
Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson has carved out an impressive resume of films since the mid-’90’s. He brings an artistic sensibility to every movie he creates. From his debut Hard Eight (1997) all the way to his last original work The Master (2012), Anderson has provided unique portraits of people on the verge in society. With his latest film, Inherent Vice, Anderson […]
The Stephen Hawking bio-pic The Theory of Everything is one of this year’s leading awards contenders, earning five Academy Award and eleven BAFTA nominations, including Best Adapted Screenplay for Anthony McCarten. The Theory of Everything has made $82.1 Million from a $15 Million budget and McCarten is now working on his next project. Speaking to […]
This Summer’s upcoming Poltergeist reboot (planned for a July 24, 2015 release) has finally got some creepy new stills, courtesy of USA Today, showing off a few mysterious shots from the upcoming remake. The film, like the original, tells the tale of a family that moves into a new house with “bad spiritual juju,” eventually […]
