Review: Stiller Waters Fail to Run Deep In THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY |
- Review: Stiller Waters Fail to Run Deep In THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
- Review: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Not Exactly a Family Destination
- Review: GRUDGE MATCH More Than Matches Expectations
- Twitchvision: Jason Gorber Talks ANCHORMAN 2, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS and AMERICAN HUSTLE
- Wife. Mother. Gangster. Watch The Trailer For Tarik Saleh's TOMMY.
- Poster And First Still For BERBERIAN Director's DUKE OF BURGUNDY
- Austrian Cinemas Experience An Outbreak Of BAD FUCKING. Check A Quintet Of Teasers.
- Review: MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Never Stops To Plant Its Feet
- Watch The Trailer For French Sci-fi Short ON/OFF
- Watch Henry & Aaron's Very Violent Christmas Quickie!
- Parental Thoughts About THE WOLF CHILDREN
| Review: Stiller Waters Fail to Run Deep In THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY Posted: 24 Dec 2013 08:00 PM PST  Imagine a would-be studio blockbuster that sets out to be all things to all audiences, a soaring positive journey of a film that manages to include a bit of social observation; an entertaining winner on all fronts. This is the film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty imagines itself to be, never realizing its true fate lies in a $7 Blu-ray bin eight months from now, amid other such generic, quickly forgotten behemoths. That doesn't mean Mitty is a bad movie, but that's the type of movie it is: well-meaning, but delusional - just like its lead character. It may appear to be a big thing, but in actuality, it's a one man show. That one man is the film's director and star, Ben Stiller. Throughout his... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Not Exactly a Family Destination Posted: 24 Dec 2013 07:30 PM PST  If you like attending your own dysfunctional extended family gatherings, you'll just love paying to attend someone else's! That must be the prevailing assumption behind the decision to release this film this time of year. Having been through multiple mandated gatherings from Thanksgiving onward, family members are more likely than ever to be harboring seething resentment, or even at each others' throats. So why not take this yuletide opportunity to hold a silver screen-sized mirror to them? But, far be it from me to question the release strategy of Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the award-mongering moguls behind this uneasy star-studded adaption of the acclaimed Tracy Letts play. Clearly they're banking on star power to fuel this would-be Oscar machine. It's got Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: GRUDGE MATCH More Than Matches Expectations Posted: 24 Dec 2013 06:55 PM PST  "No matter how hard you guys work, you won't be your best." "It's the best we got."No, that response is not John Wayne in Rio Bravo. It's Sly Stallone responding to Kim Basinger in Hollywood's latest round of retiree-baiting, Grudge Match. In the film, aging boxing icons must get in the ring to settle an unresolved score from over thirty years ago. In this corner, it's Sylvester Stallone, weighing in as a little more rugged than his heyday, but impressively chiseled for 67. In the opposite corner, it's Robert De Niro, 70, weighing a good bit more than before but softer all around. From the opening sequence that mines clips from Rocky films and Raging Bull (colorized!) for a Jim Lampley news desk expository montage, it's... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Twitchvision: Jason Gorber Talks ANCHORMAN 2, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS and AMERICAN HUSTLE Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:30 PM PST  We're a bit late getting this up, as for this week's segment we needed to overcome freezing temperatures and a city-wide blackout. The studio was running on emergency power, but you wouldn't know it from the camera's point of view!Still managed to get to CTV to talk about the glory of Anchorman 2, Inside Llewyn Davis and American Hustle. Enjoy, and happy holidays!... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Wife. Mother. Gangster. Watch The Trailer For Tarik Saleh's TOMMY. Posted: 24 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST  When we last heard from Swedish director Tarik Saleh he was on the festival circuit with his animated science fiction film Metropia. Well, he's back now and working in an entirely different sphere with his latest effort, Tommy.Moa Gammel stars as Estelle, the wife of a mid tier gangster living on the run after a job gone bad. But just before Christmas Estelle returns home with the couple 's young daughter and a very simple message: Tommy is coming home and it's time for everyone to pay their debts.Due for release in March 2014, the first trailer for this one has arrived and it looks very much like it could end up being the next buzz title in the current wave of Scandinavian crime stories.... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Poster And First Still For BERBERIAN Director's DUKE OF BURGUNDY Posted: 24 Dec 2013 11:00 AM PST  Berberian Sound Studio director Peter Strickland is now in post on his new feature, The Duke Of Burgundy, and we've got a look at the first poster and still from the film. Borgen's Sidse Babett Knudsen stars with Chiara d'Anna with Ben Wheatley's Rook Films producing. Here's how Strickland and d'Anna described the film when it was first announced:The Duke of Burgundy, a dark melodrama, is set to star Chiara D'Anna (Berberian Sound Studio) as an amateur lepidopterist whose wayward desires test the limits of her lover's tolerance. "After damaging my eardrums with too many screams during the Berberian sound mix, I wanted to make something tender and quiet, but also quite intense. It's a simple love story about a devoted couple whose intimate needs are rarely in harmony" says... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Austrian Cinemas Experience An Outbreak Of BAD FUCKING. Check A Quintet Of Teasers. Posted: 24 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST  In Austrian cinemas now is Harald Sicheritz's adaptation of Kurt Palm's cult hit satiric novel Bad Fucking, an anarchic comedy about life in the titular, typical Austrian village. Winner of the 2011 Friedrich Glauser Prize, the novel is a significant local hit and from the look of the teasers for the film version it's not hard to see why.Yes, the five teasers below are dominantly in German - with some English mixed in - but the gags are obvious enough. Take a look!... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Never Stops To Plant Its Feet Posted: 24 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST  Idris Elba is a mighty fine actor, and he gives a very striking impersonation of Nelson Mandela in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. More's the pity, then, that the film, directed by Justin Chadwick, comes across as headlines dramatized from a Wikipedia page rather than an exploration of the many complex issues addressed by the inspirational civil rights leader. Nor does it paint a detailed portrait of an influential man's personal or political life. Instead, in its insistence on stuffing decades worth of life into 139 minutes, the film races through the highlights, stopping on what it considers important events, poking its head around like a hungry cat in search of tasty morsels, and then, to mix figures of speech, hitting the "chapter skip" button... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Watch The Trailer For French Sci-fi Short ON/OFF Posted: 24 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST  Thierry Lorenzi's sci-fi short On/Off premiered at the Paris International Film Festival in November. We have the trailer to share with you. Obsessed by a mysterious voice message, astronaut Meredith will face its paradoxical condition in order to stay connected to his humanity.On/Off is the the culmination of three years of work and though the trailer may be vague in the message what is clear is that the finished project looks great. The visual effects come with the help of Montreal based effects company RODEO FX who have done work on projects like Pacific Rim. Comparisons to that other floating in space film of recent memory will be obvious but we would like to see how Lorenzi's vision plays out in its short run time. Further reading into... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Watch Henry & Aaron's Very Violent Christmas Quickie! Posted: 24 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST  Playing on familiar action and horror tropes Aussie comedy duo Henry and Aaron are at it again with another Christmas Special. We've also included their 2010 Christmas short and last year's It's A Snap video to increase your viewing pleasure! From the makers of the viral/violent advert: "It's a Snap!" Come an equally violent new digital short just in time for Christmas. This year, Aaron is kidnapped on Christmas Eve. His best friend, Detective Henry Inglis, knows that the elusive Yuletide Killer is behind it. Will he be able to save Aaron before the killer's twisted game reaches its bloody conclusion?Why a spoon? Because it hurts more. ... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Parental Thoughts About THE WOLF CHILDREN Posted: 24 Dec 2013 06:00 AM PST  (Warning: I'm getting personal, and there are some spoilers, not many though...) This month, Manga UK and Madman Australia release Hosoda Mamoru's The Wolf Children, finishing up that title's worldwide home-distribution in English-speaking regions. The eighteen months since the world premiere have been a victory tour of critical acclaim, the film scooping up awards and money by the boatload. Distributing it now isn't bad timing either, as this is almost the perfect holiday movie to watch as an adult. December is always associated with spending time with your family, and I know of few films that manage to pinpoint what it means to be part of a family, and more: what it means to be raising one. Hosoda's film is not just good: it's excellent,... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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