Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler now has a new world premiere. The latest eye-popper from the Requiem for a Dream director has been chosen by the New York Film Festival as the 2008 Closing Night selection. That means a bunch of New Yorkers will conclude their festival festivities with an eerie-looking Mickey Rourke as the lingering taste in their mouths.
Cinematical offered the […]
August 14th, 2008
Categories: Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: No Comments
More Religulous footage, just arrived from Lionsgate. Another reality check from star / co-writer Bill Maher.
Eh, evolution, shmevolution! Whatever, maybe the jury’s still out!
See another Religulous clip
August 12th, 2008
Categories: Documentaries, Comedies, Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: 2 Comments
You know the last time we had positive reviews across the board for a weekend? I don’t either, but it’s been a while. So let the following viewers rejoice: Stoners, Seth Rogen fans, young adult women, and anyone that’s ever pined for Penelope Cruz. That covers just about everyone on the planet.
:: PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
Rotten Tomatoes: 69 / […]
August 8th, 2008
Categories: Drama, Movie Review Roundup, Comedies, Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: No Comments
You may have seen director Adam Shankman as a judge on the TV show “So You Think You Can Dance?” but don’t hold it against him. Shankman’s vision for the latest film version of Hairspray was both a critical and box-office hit last summer (nearly $119 million in North America). Phoenix Pictures is hoping for more of […]
August 6th, 2008
Categories: Musicals, Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: No Comments
We premiered the first Elegy trailer back in June, and here’s a second one worth your consideration since it has a completely different tone. An interesting, but certainly not unprecedented, marketing strategy.
The first trailer (see it here) has that meaningful life-is-about-to-change comedy vibe, with a refreshingly honest view of relationships. This one sells Elegy as a dramatic, intrigue-filled thriller […]
August 5th, 2008
Categories: Drama, Trailers, Movie Previews . Author: Allison . Comments: 1 Comment
Well sort of. Sci-fi site io9 turned us onto an interview with McG, the single nicknamed director of Terminator Salvation (also occasionally known as Terminator 4), and McG reveals the following: The Terminator Salvation ending is, well, open-ended.
Another episodic cliffhanger for the Terminator series, appropriate to both the timeline (it’s 2018) and the eerie conclusion to T4’s immediate predecessor, Terminator […]
August 4th, 2008
Categories: Action Movies, Interviews, Science Fiction, Movie Previews . Author: Norm Schrager . Comments: No Comments