Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:38AM - By Damon Houx
Is Tom Hanks Old Yeller in Stephen Daldry’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close? It seems likely. Honestly, it’s surprising that it’s taken ten years for Hollywood to make a film that uses (and perhaps exploits) the tragedy of September 11, 2001 to make a movie about death (and perhaps a chance to feel good about being alive). Hanks stars with newcomer Thomas Horn, and vets like Sandra Bullock, John Goodman, Viola Davis, and James Gandolfini. Take a look at the trailer…
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Thursday, August 11, 2011 3:00PM - By Damon Houx
Racism is still a hot button issue in America, and though the civil rights movement was a previous generation’s struggle, it’s hard to address those issues cinematically and still make an entertaining film. 2011′s The Help comes at a time when issue pictures are out of fashion, and so it seems slightly fresher than it might have had it come out in any other decade. And yet, it’s the same sort of empowerment movie as we’ve seen before. The bottom line is that the film is fun and has good performances from performers like Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Bryce Dallas Howard. But as a commentary on the issues of race in America, it’s decidedly lacking. Check out our review…
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 12:37PM - By Damon Houx
It’s always a bit difficult when two stars are paired together in that you always want more out of them. And for The Help’s press Viola Davis was partnered with Emma Stone. At once you wanted to talk to the ubiquitous Stone about her upcoming work in films like The Amazing Spider-Man (which we did), but then with Davis there’s so much to talk about with the film, and her career, and what it means to be an older black actress in Hollywood (albeit one with an academy award nomination, and a Tony award). Better too much than too little. Check out our conversation…
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Thursday, October 7, 2010 3:40PM - By JC
Most 16 year-olds are plagued by the slings and arrows of adolescent angst – few of those 16 year-olds will voluntarily admit themselves into a psych ward. Both adapted and directed by filmmakers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, It’s Kind Of A Funny Story stars Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, and Viola Davis and opens nationwide this weekend.
Check out the review below…
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Friday, August 13, 2010 9:55AM - By JC
In case you missed the plethora of billboards on every street in America, this weekend’s opening of Eat Pray Love based on the international best selling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert is poised for a lucrative release. The Columbia Picture’s project stars America’s timeless sweetheart Ms. Julia Roberts alongside Viola Davis, Richard Jenkins, James Franco, and Javier Bardem, and was both adapted and directed by Ryan Murphy.
Girls, grab an assortment of carbohydrates and prepare to relish this two and a half hour display of post-break up self-indulgence…
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Monday, August 2, 2010 2:44PM - By Krystal Clark
Last October we reported on Clive Owen’s latest film entitled, Trust. It’s a dramatic thriller directed by David Schwimmer (yep, Ross from “Friends”) and co-stars Catherine Keener. That was then, this is now and its first teaser trailer has been released. Get your first peek at Owen and Keener in Trust…
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:07AM - By Krystal Clark
Oscar nominee Viola Davis has plenty of films on the horizon including a comedy co-starring Zach Galifianakis. According to Variety, the actress has just signed on for a role in the film, It’s Kind of a Funny Story and the recently announced David Schwimmer drama, Trust.
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Saturday, December 13, 2008 9:45PM - By JC
Written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, Doubt, adapted for the screen, stars Oscar winners Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep, and is supported by Oscar nominee, Amy Adams. Set in the early 1960’s at a Catholic elementary school in the Bronx, Father Flynn (Hoffman), a charismatic priest, is attempting to modernize the school’s Catholic customs – strictly enforced by the rigid Sister Aloysius (Streep). Struggling to fit in as the school’s first black student, Donald Miller, takes a particular liking to Father Flynn – a liking that is certainly reciprocated. Suspicious, and confident in her certainty regarding the true whereabouts of their relationship, Sister Aloysius embarks on a relentless mission to eliminate Fr. Flynn, and restore order in her community. Continue Reading
