ANTHONY MACKIE Reviews, Interviews & More
After years of making big, dumb, and almost sociopathically stupid CGI-heavy films like The Transformers franchise and The Island, Michael Bay is finally going back to the genre that he began in—big, dumb, and almost sociopathically stupid comedic action films that are well aware how utterly ridiculous they are (see also: Bad Boys, The...
The very first film I saw at this year's fest, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete by George Tillman Jr. (Faster, Notorious, Soul Food), is about a pair of children fending for themselves in a Brooklyn Housing project after being abandoned by their drug addicted mothers....
Director Ruben Fleischer goes back in time with his latest film, Gangster Squad. It's an ensemble piece headlined by Josh Brolin, Sean Penn and Ryan Gosling. Based on the book of the same name, the film charts the real-life fall of mobster Mickey Cohen.
Michael Bay has spent most of the last decade making Transformers movies, and will continue to for at least one more film. But for those who ever suggested the director had something going on besides being one of the most talented directors with visual effects and scale, it's been hard to defend Bay considering he's made three big-budget toy adverts. Now comes...
Young Hollywood is going back to school. Writer-director Jamie Linden's reunion-centered 10 Years, features both established and up-and-coming stars. The laid-back dramedy is filled with familiar faces and honest performances that keep you glued to the screen. It's not a perfect film but it has a lot of heart, and "man of the moment" Channing...
Necessary or not, Gangster Squad will be reshooting its ending later this month in LA’s Chinatown, which has become the new scene for the big final confrontation in the upcoming action drama. The original ending took place as a shootout inside a movie theater, and is now being reshot out of sensitivity in the wake of the The Dark Knight Rises Aurora...
"History prefers legends to men. It prefers nobility to brutality, soaring speeches to quiet deeds. History remembers the battle, but forgets the blood." Those haunting words describe Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton's historical-horror mash-up, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The 3D adaptation is filled with blood and guts but plays...
When it comes to embracing a movie as superficially stupid as Shawn Levy's Real Steel, liking to loving it is almost like going through the stages of grief. Watching talented performers like Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, and newcomer Dakota Goyo make you invest in the tale of a boy and his robot boxer does lead to denial ("wait, how can I like a Shawn Levy Movie...
Anthony Mackie has had a long road to real success, and he was open to talk about that journey when promoting Real Steel. Mackie got his big break in Spike Lee's She Hate Me, which was under-seen and did little for his career. But Mackie kept working, and it was one of those pictures, The Hurt Locker, that really...
The Adjustment Bureau, AKA a little something for everyone. Much like what I predicted when they released some clips for this film, this is very much a story with a lot of running around, a lot of "I love you, come back!", and some cool special effects. It's kind of like the Bourne films mixed with some Romeo and Juliet, with a sprinkle of...
A couple weeks ago it was announced that Benjamin Walker would play the title role in the film adaptation of Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. Now we're hearing that his sidekick and most trusted pal has also been cast, and it's none other than Anthony Mackie. We guess he's the go-to guy when it comes to being a friend in high stake situations. Get it "stake?"
It's that time of the year again, Vanity Fair is about to release their annual Hollywood issue. We have to admit, this year's stars are a lot more interesting and diverse than the group from 2010. It features everyone from Ryan Reynolds to Noomi Rapace. The majority of the three-tier cover models include young Hollywood favorites and one legend who managed to sneak in between...
The first trailer for Shawn Levy's latest film Real Steel has been released. It stars Hugh Jackman and centers on giant boxing robots. With a combination like that, what else is there to know? The trailer is a lot better than we thought it would be and the character Jackman plays kind of reminds us of his role in Swordfish, but...
The 60's, arguably the most interesting decade of the 20th century, brought a wave of social and political movement to the US. Among the plethora of political groups advocating for under-represented citizens were The Black Panthers, grounded in black nationalism. First time writer/director Tanya Hamilton's Night Catches Us highlights a group of former Panthers grappling with...
We've got a good chunk of casting news to report today, so let's get to it. Anthony Mackie may have lost out to Jeremy Renner for a role in Mission Impossible 4, but that hasn't stopped him from taking other projects. According to Variety, he's negotiating to star in a police thriller opposite Sam Worthington called Man On a Ledge. The story...
Anthony Mackie is everywhere! The actor who co-starred in the Best Picture Oscar winner The Hurt Locker is just one of the many names being thrown around for Paramount's Mission Impossible 4. Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames have already been confirmed to bring Ethan and Luther back, and now the studio wants to add some new blood.
The first official trailer has been released for George Nolfi's upcoming thriller, The Adjustment Bureau. The film has an all-star cast led by Matt Damon and features every actor under the sun including Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slaterry, Daniel Dae Kim, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly and Terence Stamp. Check out the...
After noticing that Evangeline Lilly was barely present in last night's episode of "Lost" its good to see her in the news this morning. Since her hit show has wrapped she's been looking for a new gig and she's found one. According to Variety, Lilly along with The Hurt Locker co-star Anthony Mackie have joined the cast of Real...
Magnolia Pictures has acquired the theatrical rights to Night Catches Us which was a hit with critics and audience members at this years Sundance Film Festival. The film which re-units co-stars Anthony Mackie and Kerry Washington (they both worked together on the film She Hate Me almost six years ago together) and also stars Jamie Hector and...
In case you haven't seen Kathryn Bigelow's latest film The Hurt Locker starring Jeremy Renner with Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty, and appearances by Guy Pearce and Ralph Fiennes, we have a little something to entice you into theaters. Just to wet your appetite they have uploaded the first 8 minutes of the film to Hulu.
Now, this clip is...
