Forget elegant high-wire martial arts films. A new team is ready to deliver some old-style bone crunching — with an updated twist. A newly formed collaboration has announced the development of three new martial arts action movies.
The players: 1) The Weinstein Company, owners of a reported $275 million Asian film fund and 2) Qi (pronounced […]
When does a documentary go too far? When it chronicles a crime? How about the planning of a crime?
Filmmaker Malik Bader forces these questions with the controversial Street Thief, a gritty film that follows the life of a Chicago felon practicing his craft. After successful festival screenings — most notably at Tribeca in ‘06 — […]
If you’ve ever uttered “I can’t wait to see that movie!” the Weinstein Brothers understand.
After a Monday sneak preview of Michael Moore’s Sicko, the gonzo filmmaker’s thrashing of our ailing health care system, The Weinstein Company decided to release the movie to NYC theaters one week early. So, if you live in The Big Apple, […]
Hey, Tony, welcome back!
Okay, we have far too much respect for James Gandolfini to call him “Tony” outside of the Sopranos world. But, big Jim will be back with the HBO family this fall — for a noble cause.
Reuters reports Gandolfini will produce and star in the documentary film Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq, […]
After a thoroughly average movie adaptation of Fantastic Four in 2005, few people pictured (or needed) a sequel. Fox knew better.
This weekend, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer took in 42% of the box office Top 10, with estimated ticket sales just over $57 million. Seems like it all took was the addition of […]
“Say hello to my little friend!” … “You’re out of order!” … “You broke my heart.” …
If the measure of an actor’s career were the number of lines he’s made famous, Al Pacino would be the biggest performer in movie history.
Earlier this month, the AFI honored Pacino with a Life Achievement Award … so this […]
