Author: Solani Verma

Everyone had The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 finishing #1 right? Finishing in the top spot at the box office for a third weekend in a row, the latest installment in the Hunger Games franchise enjoyed a second weekend in which audiences showed a lack of interest in any new wide releases. Granted, while last weekend’s new releases…

Once you see Zodiac you will probably look at Robert Graysmith as if he is nuts. The film is based on his two books, “Zodiac” published in 1986 and “Zodiac Unmasked” published in 2002. The books follow Graysmith’s obsession with capturing one of, if not the, most elusive serial killers in American history, the Zodiac. Graysmith began…

Once is the little film that could and I hope will be an Oscar contender, if for anything let it be original song for “If You Want Me” a song written and performed by its young female star Markéta Irglová. In the film it is one of the most powerful scenes I have seen all year…

When I told my wife Paramount was planning on re-releasing Forrest Gump this September in IMAX to celebrate it’s 20th anniversary I was largely telling her to gauge her reaction. Would she say, “Oh, we should go see that” or “What the hell”? Happily it was the latter because I can’t figure out for the life of…

Just above is the first look at Timothy Spall in Mike Leigh‘s upcoming, Untitled Turner Project, movie centered on J.M.W. Turner, a British Romantic landscape painter, water-colorist, and printmaker. The film is set to hit theaters next year and I wouldn’t be surprised if it makes its premiere at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival considering the timing of this…

Brad started RopeofSilicon.com in 2003 as a hobby and a way to possibly create an online portfolio in an attempt to get work as a freelance writer. Suddenly he realized he was having a hell of a lot of fun spawning the site you see here today and the changing designs you see above. He…

Gary Oldman is back for his second turn as Lt. Jim Gordon in The Dark Knight and this time his character is given a lot more to do and when asked, Gary isn’t afraid to admit he loved the expanded role. He also talks about how great it is working with director Chris Nolan, he gives heartfelt comments…

Think Like a Man Too will grab the victory this weekend, even with a smallish 2,000 theaters. That’s based on tracking, sequel precedence, a largely under-served minority, and extremely weak opening competition – it’s all working for Think Like a Man Too. As of this writing, there are approximately zero reviews on RottenTomatoes, but I thought it…