Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:34PM - By Angel Baker
First time feature length director, J.C. Chandor’s Margin Call has all the trappings of a big hit: it’s star-studded and ominous; its topic is potent and relevant, especially in the “Occupy Wall Street” days. But Margin Call is lacking one critical factor: consequence. No one truly fails in this film. Sure, executives lose their jobs but with their severances the tragedy of termination is more like winning the lottery. We never see the outcome of the bloodbath. What Margin Call does well, however, is intimately portray some very wealthy people sweat, chew steak, and justify their position with cleverly worded speeches.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:31AM - By Mali Elfman
Jason Reitman showed us both the business and human(e) side of lay-offs, showing us the state of the average worker, yet somehow managing to give us hope. W. showed us the ridiculousness of the Bush administration while George W. Bush while still in office. Fair Game showed us in a thriller how the truth is often lost in big corporations… And many more followed, all making statements about the problems in our country, many of them while the events in the film are still being played out or discussed in real life. So where does J.C. Chandor’s Margin Call fall?
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010 2:56PM - By Krystal Clark
Out of all the films to get trashed at this year’s Sundance Film Festival The Killer Inside Me took the cake. The audience’s reaction to it was less than stellar (listen to the outrage) and at one point a woman had to be physically removed from the theater because she was shouting her disdain at the top of her lungs.
No matter how you feel about the film it’s coming out this summer and there’s nothing you can do to stop it. If you don’t want to see it, don’t watch it but if you do here’s the trailer…
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 5:35PM - By Krystal Clark
If your a fan of the CBS drama The Mentalist, you will be more than happy to hear this latest casting news. The series headliner Simon Baker has just signed on to star in the indie film, The Killer Inside Me. According to IGN, the film will be directed by Michael Winterbottom and is currently in production in New Mexico, but will be moving to Oklahoma for the remainder of the shoot.
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