An assortment of news about films, film makers, actors, projects, etc.
Finally it's here... the Oscars! But I'm more excited for the fact it's the end of award season, so we can just all move on!! Ok, I got to admit I was quite blase about this year's Oscar hosts, but you know what, both of them seem affable enough and the opening of them being …
Continue reading Musings on the 2011 Oscars… glad award season is over!
A while back I wrote about hack directors working in Hollywood. Well, to balance things out, now how about some of the great ones who are still churning out some great films. I’ll also list some of their upcoming projects that I’m looking forward to see on the big screen. (rtm's note: also check out …
Continue reading The Flix List: Seven Great Directors Working in Hollywood Today
I haven't done a miscellaneous flix news post in a while, but this week I want to share a few things from the past few days. It's a Brits edition in honor of the BAFTA Awards this past Sunday. First, congratulations to all the BAFTA winners (see the full list here)! The British Academy of …
Continue reading Casting and Miscellaneous Flix News (Brits Edition)
Happy Superbowl Sunday! I saw these on Friday but just finally got time to post 'em. Now, these are the movies I wish I'd see the trailers during the Superbowl. These pics just made me anticipate these movies a whole lot more (if that is even possible). CORIOLANUS Thanks to gbGALS on Twitter, we got …
Continue reading New pics from two of my most-anticipated 2011 movies: Coriolanus and Jane Eyre
With the casting of Henry Cavill as the new Superman, I often wondered how the previous big-screen Kryptonian hero Brandon Routh feel about this. Is he upset? Disappointed? Relieved? I know that various news reported that he was vying to be invited back to reprise his role of man of steel, but he just seems …
Continue reading Brandon Routh’s major starring role post Superman is another comic-book hero
Around mid 1990s, Mel Gibson pitched a remake of Fahrenheit 451 to Warner Bros. and they agreed to let him shoot it. Gibson had directed two films so far, The Man without a Face and Braveheart, he won an Oscar for the latter. So while in his directing mode he wanted to remake Fahrenheit 451 …
Continue reading Guest Post – A remake that’s actually worth seeing: Fahrenheit 451
It's only January, but all these superhero buzz has been traveling faster than a speeding bullet. But this weekend's breaking news is BIG, powerful in fact, more powerful than a loco... [ok, enough with the catchphrases]. Anyway, if you're up on movie news or happened to be on Twitter yesterday, then you've probably heard it... …
Continue reading Meet the new Man of Steel: 28-year-old Brit Henry Cavill
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