If you ever managed to see Shane Carruth's Primer, you're probably a very confused person. That's to say, the 2004 time-travel flick strove to be as realistic as possible, and by realistic, we mean completely mind-boggling. Saying that, Primer remains one of the most intriguing movies of the past decade (even if we still can't figure it out), which means that the promise of a second movie from writer/director Curruth is something to be excited about.
With Django Unchained less than a month away, the final trailer has emerged, one that emphasises a particular trait that us sure to interest just about everybody: relentless violence. Yes, there's no doubt that Quentin Tarantino's seventh film will be on bloody affair, especially when you check out all the bullets flying past Jamie Foxx and Christoph Waltz's heads in the latest trailer. Aside from that, we're also treated to a few new lines from Leonardo DiCaprio's ruthless plantation owner Calvin Candie, and some added musical cues.
Getting a whole bunch of great directors together in a room for an hour or so just to shoot the shit is every movie geek's dream, especially if said directors are Ben Affleck, Quentin Tarantino, David O. Russell, Ang Lee, Gus Van Sant and Tom Hooper, who have come together as Best Director hopefuls to sit down and spout their wisdoms upon one another and the world. This particular roundtable (though it's not actually round - tut tut) is filled with interesting tidbits regarding all six directors and their thoughts and ideologies when it comes to filmmaking.
The premiere for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey took place in New Zealand last night, and the first lucky human beings to see Martin Freeman in action as Bilbo Baggins have unveiled their first thoughts on the film. And though these Tweeters might be well-included to, you know, praise the movie given that they saw it first (and/or don't want to offend Peter Jackson), we're going : they've been mostly positive.
Steven Soderbergh's next project is titled Side Effects, and though that doesn't promise either "Magic" or "Mike", this movie does contain Channing Tatum, ladies, so you can surprise your boyfriend when you mention that, "Hey, doesn't Side Effects look interesting, honey?" without actually meaning it. Given that Soderbergh’s last film with Tatum made a profit of around $150 million on a minuscule budget, I've no doubt as to why he's brought him in again for a movie that offers no male strippage. At least, I don't think it does. Should it? Is that the key to Hollywood success? Check out a whole bunch of new images for the upcoming film below, anyway.
The internet has allowed for rumors to rise up and spread at a terrifying rate, granting us time to speculate on what might be for roughly 24 hours before somebody steps in to squash our dreams. Today that fun-loving process dominates yesterday's rumors that Joseph Gordon-Levitt had signed on to play Batman in a Justice League movie, only for his reps to announce today that Joseph Gordon-Levitt has - you guessed it - done no such thing. Who could've guessed that such a thing might not be true?
Join us in our decade-based film retrospective, as we delve backwards all the way from 2009 to 1910. Most decade-based best movie lists grant you a whooping 50-100 entries, which makes perfect sense given all the years you have to take into consideration. But what if you were defining a decade in just ten films? Which movies would you recommend to somebody who might only watch a handful from a given decade? This week, we look back at the Eighties.
Colin Trevorrow's name has now become synonymous with the Star Wars brand, purely because he was rumored to be directing the next installment for, like, a week, and nobody really knew him before all that. The Safety Not Guaranteed director caused a bit of a stir when he announced that he was working on something for Disney, see, something from our childhood that he didn't want to mess up. And though the internet pounced on that revelation and starting shouting "Star Wars, Star Wars, Star Wars" until it just became a blur of noise, it turned out the internet was wrong. Again.
Kevin Costner's Waterworld is considered one of Hollywood's big jokes, mainly because it cost so much money and didn't make nearly enough money back, but also because it's a story about fish people and jet-skis, it also stars Kevin Costner. Though most would do their very best to disassociate themselves with a movie whose title alone causes people to grin uncontrollably, Syfy (as in, the TV channel) are looking to develop a series set in Costner's post-apocalyptic pirate-world.
There's nothing quite like directing and starring in your own movie, especially if the subject matter also happens to fall around you. That's the kind of egocentric project none of us need, but Beyonce, who is set to direct and star in a documentary about herself, is going to go ahead with it anyway. And why not? It is about her. And at least it'll be her own fault if she looks bad, although since she's making it that probably won't happen. Maybe it'll be boring? Is Beyonce boring?
