James Bond Meets Jack Bauer? New Spy Thriller Announced

What happens when the director of Casino Royale meets the co-creator of 24? We’re not sure either. But Variety reports Joel Surnow (below), co-creator / co-exec-producer of 24, will develop a new spy thriller for United Artists, to be directed by Martin Campbell (above, on the set of Casino Royale).
While the Tom Cruise-run UA is looking […]

Trailer Tuesday: BANGKOK DANGEROUS

Looks like Nicolas Cage has been getting hair tips from Tom Hanks. In his upcoming movie, Bangkok Dangerous, his new scraggly ‘do is the very essence of the no-time-to-comb-I’m-a-hired-assassin look.
His latest job brings him to Thailand where the neighborhood pickpocket and the deaf-mute hottie help him grow a heart and quit his cold killing ways. […]

Movie Poster Monday: Tim Robbins in NOISE

If you live in a big city, maybe you can relate to Tim Robbins’ character in the aptly named dark comedy Noise. Robbins plays a NYC resident fed up with the corrosive cacophony of New York — so he goes full blown, up-in-arms, vigilante crazy. (click the poster for super big version)

Is Robbins screaming in mental pain […]

THE DARK KNIGHT Trailer Hype Goes Batty

We’re certainly not fanboys (or fangirls) here at The Lobby, but with Christopher Nolan’s continued excellence, we keep our eyes on The Dark Knight like everybody else. Until we found this nutty, headache-inducing plan to market the Dark Knight trailer, with thanks to our friends at firstshowing.net.
We’ll try to keep this all straight for us normal people:
1) The […]

Top “Movies to Watch” at 2008 IFFBoston

As proud media sponsors of this week’s Independent Film Festival of Boston, we’ve been regularly asked which movies to go see. Either because people don’t want to wade through nearly 100 movie descriptions… or because they value and respect our opinion so very much. Since it totally has to be the latter, we’ve decided to give it up to […]

Independent Film Fest Boston: Documentary Preview

The 2008 Independent Film Festival of Boston has 26 documentaries this year, with some solid quality throughout. If you’re in New England and plan to attend the IFFBoston this weekend, here are four previews for your decision-making enjoyment: Song Sung Blue, Nerdcore Rising, At the Death House Door, Dreams With Sharp Teeth.
Song Sung Blue (Director - Greg Kohs)
After reading […]