Author: Solani Verma

The movie remains fantastic, but the special features don’t really live up to expectation No matter what film wins the Oscar for Best Picture in February 2009, The Dark Knight will always be the movie of 2008. So, when the Blu-ray shows up in my mailbox on the last day of a long week you bet it…

The big surprise in this week’s MPAA ratings bulletin is the inclusion of Alfonso Cuaron‘s Gravity starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. Originally intended to hit theaters this year, the film was pushed to an undetermined 2013 release date as effects work on the sci-fi feature was taking longer than expected. Now it would appear the film is at least in…

I’m not going to ask why Avatar isn’t on the Academy’s short list for Best Animated Oscar because the answer to that question is obvious… it wasn’t submitted. Perhaps that’s just the problem though. Why not? And don’t go jumping to a quick decision. Let me give you a little food for thought. I might be able to make…

Some people were wondering why we haven’t heard Russell Crowe singing in the trailers for Les Miserables or why we hadn’t really seen Sacha Baron Cohen or Helena Bonham Carter. Well, wonder no more, the second full trailer for the film has arrived and it features all you ever wanted. Obviously the conversation surrounding this film is to wonder just how many…

I have taken a few opportunities to praise director Mark Romanek, not for his films, but for his music videos. Romanek has a visual style that is striking and I pointed it out when looking at his music video collection here and again when he signed on as director of The Wolfman remake (of which he is now not directing… a…

The MTV Movie Awards are proving once again they are more of a marketing tool than anything else as continued materials arrive in advance of Sunday’s show, this time it’s the first poster and a new trailer for the upcoming Steven Soderbergh feature Magic Mike starring Channing Tatum in a film based on his days as a stripper. Set for a June…

IGN caught up with Harrison Ford who just happened to be roaming the streets outside their offices while he was doing press round for Ender’s Game (11/1), and when asked about returning as Richard Deckard for Ridley Scott‘s proposed Blade Runner 2 he said, “Yeah. We’ve been chatting about it… I truly admire Ridley as a director, and I’d be happy to engage with…

By now I’m sure you have all noticed… things look a little different around here. I’ve been talking about an upcoming redesign for the last couple of months and finally pulled the trigger and hopefully you like what you’ve seen so far. However, I know change is a tough thing when you’re used to something…