Like Crazy manages to capture the elusive whimsy of first love, only to beat it to death with a tedious on again/off again love story and two main characters obstinately selfish and mundane. Indie romance certainly doesn’t need another self-indulgent film full of long scenes of meaningless dialogue and “artsy” photographic interludes, but that’s just what writer/director Drake Doremus offers up in his new film about lost love and growing up.
The film feels like the filmmakers were trying so hard to make Hoover’s life into a melodrama about repressed homosexuality and mother issues, that they lost the incredible historical backdrop and some of the events that could have made the story come to life.
Ralph Fiennes did what few have been able to do in the past; he made Shakespeare’s Coriolanus interesting. Fiennes gave this lesser known and somewhat dry play about ancient Roman warfare and fatal hubris a stylized treatment against a modern-times backdrop. The result is a gritty, violently charismatic pic that proves Fiennes has skills both in front of and behind the camera.
Roland Emmerich, perhaps better known for his blockbuster action movies like Independence Day and 2012, changes pace with his upcoming period drama Anonymous. Emmerich takes the controversial Shakespearean authorship controversy and shapes it into an effective political thriller set in Elizabethan England.
Roland Emmerich takes a questionable literary controversy and deftly forms it into a compelling Elizabethan political drama in the Shakespeare-themed Anonymous. From Shakespeare’s real identity, to the question of royal ascension, Anonymous weaves an intriguing tale that the Bard himself might be proud of.
According to David Fincher, the director of upcoming edgy mystery/thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Scarlett Johansson was simply too sexy for the part of edgy techno-goth heroine Lisbeth Salander. THR is reporting that Fincher said that Johansson was great when she tried out for the part, but it went to Rooney Mara because "she's a great weirdo".
Thanks to Paramount's first-ever "Tweet to See it First" campaign, 20 select cities across the world will get a sneak peek at Paranormal Activity 3 starting tomorrow, days ahead of its October 21st wide release. The tweeting vote campaign proves that the Paranormal Activity franchise isn't just a U.S. phenomenon, but has devoted fans as far as Tel Aviv and Melbourne.
While some might believe Emilio Estevez has faded quietly into the background (aka directing TV and making wine), in actuality, he has quietly been working on The Way, an inspirational drama about a father making a spiritual journey after his only son is killed.
Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty isn't your kid-friendly Disney version of the classic fairytale. The controversial psycho-sexual drama that premiered at Cannes earlier this year stars Emily Browning (Sucker Punch) as a young high-end prostitute with an unusual specialty. Sleeping Beauty was picked up by IFC Films and will be hitting VOD on November 1st, preceding a December 2nd theatrical release.
DC Entertainment announced that it will be bringing the dark and compelling story The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to life in a "new, visually compelling way" via a new line of graphic novels based on the popular Swedish novels by Stieg Larsson. Though no artists or writers have been announced yet, the graphic novels will be released digitally and in print sometime in 2012.
