Author: Solani Verma
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Interview: Duncan Jones Talks Everything from ‘Source Code’ to ‘Superman’
In 2009 a minimalistic sci-fi film called Moon found widespread critical success. It was, however, only released in 252 theaters and only garnered $5 million at the domestic box-office. This meant that while those that kept up-to-date on the latest movies on movie websites such as this one may now be familiar with writer-director Duncan Jones, the…
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The Dark Knight (2008)
What can I say? There are moments in film history when everything is pushed aside and performance exceeds genre. Batman Begins told audiences and film critics it was possible to root a comic book generated superhero in reality. Earlier this year Iron Man set out to do the same but lost its balance in the final act. The Dark…
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Watch: ‘The Simpons’ Do Kubrick
During last night’s “Treehouse of Horror” episode of “The Simpsons” the long-running animated show yet again paid tribute to Stanley Kubrick, though this time they went all out. While I didn’t seem to notice any references to Lolita, Fear and Desire or The Killing it’s easy to spot references to Eyes Wide Shut and A Clockwork Orange as the main inspiration along with asides to Full…
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TV Review: FX’s ‘Fargo’ Season One Premiere
FX’s “Fargo” was conceived as something of a ten-episode “movie” more than a standard television series. In this sense it shares something of a kinship with HBO’s recently completed first season of “True Detective“. And, like “True Detective”, which is already developing a second season, the intent with “Fargo” is to feature one true crime…
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Movie Review: Dirty Girl (2011)
Writer/director Abe Sylvia makes his feature directorial debut with Dirty Girl, a film that doesn’t live up to its title or marketing in terms of raunch, but is decent enough. Even if it is nothing more than an R-rated after school special. “Dirty Girl” is a The Weinstein Co. release, directed by Abe Sylvia and is rated R for sexual…
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An interview Joe Wright Pride and Prejudice
nother Jane Austen adaptation is upon us as Pride and Prejudice is being brought back to the big screen after 65 years. In tradition of Emma, Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion an Austen novel always brings an audience, and when audiences get a taste of Pride and Prejudice they will be pleasantly surprised as it has not succumb to the Hollywood treatment. While the…
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What Films Did TCM ‘Forget’ On Its 15 Most Influential List?
Tonight I watched the new Criterion Blu-ray release of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear and at the top of the film I was reminded of the influence it had on the opening of Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch as cockroaches were tortured by a young boy compared to the scorpion that was thrown onto a pile of ants…
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The ‘Watchmen’ Opening Credits are Online
Devin at CHUD points out the company, yU+Co, that created the opening credit sequence for Watchmen has made the sequence available at their official site. The sequence which features the vocals of Bob Dylan’s “Times They Are A-Changin’” has been loved by many of the critics and I am sure fans alike. I wasn’t as enamored with it as most were,…
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Christopher Nolan In Talks to Direct ‘Interstellar’
Well folks, it looks like Christopher Nolan may have found his follow-up to The Dark Knight Rises in the form of the sci-fi film Interstellar, a script written by his brother Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight, The Prestige). Steven Spielberg was previously attached to direct and ironically enough the news comes the same day it is being reported Spielberg has postponed his own sci-fi project, Robopocalypse, indefinitely. The Hollywood…
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First Looks at Kristen Stewart in Sundance Entry ‘Welcome to the Rileys’
One film sure to make a splash at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, whether it is liked or not, is Jake Scott’s Welcome to the Rileys starring James Gandolfini, Kristen Stewart and Melissa Leo and I have your first five looks at the film. Yes, it’s because it stars the Twilight star Kristen Stewart, but it’s the role she is playing…