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The Worst (and Best) of Nicholas Cage

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:47AM - By William Barnes

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Nicholas Cage is a great actor, right? Well, let’s just start by admitting that he’s a successful actor: he’s in blockbuster summer hits that gross well over 100 million dollars, he won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in Leaving Las Vegas. He’s also a member of the dynastic Coppola family. Yet, in spite all of his accomplishments he regularly delivers sub-par performances in sub-par roles, typically in sub-par movies. At this point in his career he can afford to skip a few roles, yet his marriage to the King of Pop’s ex-wife may show how poor his decision making skills are. The following are ten of the worst films by Cage, as well as a few choice roles that makes all of us believe that a quality actor may still be lurking around in there somewhere.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:46PM - By William Barnes

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Italian Spiderman: Youtube Genius

Friday, January 9, 2009 2:00PM - By William Barnes

Our recent article Top Fake Movie Trailers got picked up on Digg and one of the commenters (latexsolarbeef) linked to the below video. Yes; Spiderman 4 gets it’s pulitzer prize winning writer, but why bother? They should just sign up whoever made this video… to quote Anne Hathaway from last nights Critics Choice awards “it’s so funny it makes my gums feel like they’re receding”…

ScreenCrave live at Critics Choice awards via Twitter

Thursday, January 8, 2009 4:22PM - By William Barnes

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We are about to head out to the Broadcast Film Critics Association’s annual award show in Santa Monica; “The Critic’s Choice Awards”.  I’ll be doing my best to keep you updated throughout the evening via our twitter account http://twitter.com/screencrave .  I have no idea if we are allowed to cover the event in this way so if communication suddenly ceases it’s probably due to me being thrown out or captured behind enemy lines.

Wish me luck and don’t forget to RT to help spread the word.

TRAILER: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Friday, November 21, 2008 11:00AM - By William Barnes

I’m still hoping a hybrid robot ninja will randomly appear half way through the movie and kill everyone who isn’t in the RSC, but for everyone who doesn’t have these cravings I am sure you will find the new trailer as exciting as it is predictable. Imagine Danny Boyle directing Harry Potter…?

Interview: Breaking Bad Star and Emmy Winner Bryan Cranston

Monday, September 22, 2008 9:00AM - By William Barnes

BC08-05-03Congratulations to Bryan Cranston, for winning at Emmy last night for his leading role in Breaking Bad. Not long ago we sat down with the humorous and recently dark Bryan Cranston to talk about his latest show Breaking Bad, his 7 season run as Hal on Malcolm in the Middle, his experiences with directing and much more.

His feature film credits include “Little Miss Sunshine”, “Seeing Other People,” “That Thing You Do”, “Clean Slate”, “Kissing Miranda”, “Dead Space”, “Private Offerings”, “Terror Tract”, to name but a few. Cranston is currently filming “Love Ranch” based on real events, it is a drama centered on a married couple that open the first legal brothel in Nevada. Cranston plays James Pettis, a corrupt senator that butts head with Joe Pesci who plays the brothel owner alongside Helen Mirren as the madam.

So without further ado! We give you Bryan Cranston.

Were you consciously looking for a dramatic role after your character Hal in Malcolm in the Middle?

I was looking for either something comedic that was different or dramatic yes. I was offered similar characters to Hal and would turn them down. That would just be death to my career. I wanted to do other things, but I honestly couldn’t have anticipated another extremely well written show and a great, well defined character, as Hal on Malcolm in the Middle.

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Interview: Jackie Chan

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:00PM - By William Barnes

jackiechan08-03-14Jackie Chan is in Los Angeles promoting his latest movie, Forbidden Kingdom, which will be released nationwide on the 18th of April. For the first time ever, Jackie Chan and Jet Li can be seen on screen together in this action adventure tale of a teenage boy traveling back in time to ancient China to learn Kung-Fu from Lu Yan (Jackie Chan) and the silent Monk (Jet Li).

Forbidden Kingdom and it’s writer John Fusco, clearly have a genuine admiration for the history of the cinema of martial arts, Kung Fu and Chinese folk lore. The pacing seemed disjointed and lethargic at times overly relying on self conscious high end production values, BUT (and it is a big but) it does have Jet Li and Jackie Chan busting heads, which buys a lot of leeway with any fight fan.

Anyway, enough of us and a little more of Jackie…

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Movies: Golden Globe Winners and News Round

Monday, January 14, 2008 1:32PM - By William Barnes

Golden Globe 2008 news round up picHere is some news coverage and a list of winners of 2008’s Golden Globe awards.

La times talks about the impact of the strike
Apparently the cancellation of the globes cost LA 80 Millions dollars
Defamer coverage here, here and here.
Slashfilm on why the goldenglobes are wrong
The telegraph tells us why the Brits triumphed
Time asks if anyone cares about the Globes
CBS are wondering if the Oscars are going to go the same way…
The Guardian talks about Longfords success

Here are the winners along with links to IMDB profiles and trailer clips.

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