I would like to think that Velvet Buzzsaw is a movie that humbles critics of the arts. But that is not what director and writer Dan Gilroy is trying to do. And anyway, to achieve that one would need ten packets of kale chips and four consecutive viewings of Citizen Kane. Velvet Buzzsaw is more entertaining – if a little …
Roman J. Israel, Esq. is the upcoming drama/thriller from Nightcrawler writer/director Dan Gilroy. Denzel Washington stars as the titular small-time defense attorney whose safe, comfortable life is upended when he’s fired from his small firm and he takes a position at a large firm.
Times have changed and money behind the film business no longer sits exclusively with Hollywood as big films need increased funding from international companies to get financed.
Like an emaciated vulture, Jake Gyllenhaal’s Lou Bloom hops from grisly motor vehicle accident to violent suburban home invasion to horrific crime scenes, tearing at the carcasses of human misery for his meal. Instead of razor-sharp talons and beak though, his eviscerating weapons of choice are a video camera and a police scanner. With a skeletal frame that seems to …
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If there’s one film that I wish I had the cash to finance, it’s Tim Burton’s Superman Lives. A balmy director, Nicolas Cage in the lead role as the last son of Krypton and some crazy ideas could have resulted in one hell of a film that would have been a cult classic by the standards of today. But …
Jack Gyllenhaal’s pretty much done it all. Had a 6-foot rabbit as his friend, survived the next ice age, tracked down a famous serial killer, turned back time in Persia and even gave the Joker some good lovin’. One thing he has never done though is come home with an Oscar. He came close though, with the aforementioned Joker-lovin’ in …
Firstly, no this is not a trailer for a new X-Men spinoff solo movie starring a teleporting blue elf. Secondly, this trailer was actually released two weeks ago, but in all the Comic-Con hoopla it sort of fell through the cracks. Which is a pity, because it’s a doozie. Much like we witnessed in the recent McConaissance, the last few years …
Humans want connection and the internet is so far the best connection machine. A …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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