The Debt is directed by John Madden and is a remake of Assaf Bernstein’s 2007 film of the same name. It begins with retired Mossad agents Rachel (Helen Mirren) and Stefan (Tom Wilkinson), in the year of 1997, receiving the bad news that their former colleague and friend, David (Ciaran Hinds), has committed suicide. We’re [...]

John Sayles’ newest film, Amigo, inspired in part by the director’s work on a novel, “A Moment in the Sun,” focuses on a vital American incursion overseas that has been all but paved over in our history books — the Philippine-American War, occurring at the cusp of a new century, barely fifty years after the [...]

As Hurricane Irene pummels the east coast with heavy downpours and strong winds, massive evacuations are being held all over New York City. Thankfully, unlike the more privileged, who are grabbing their poodles and running for the hills, hardened Brooklynites (myself included) have been largely unaffected by the mayhem, continuing to fear only bills and [...]

In this economy, a bargain-priced mansion sounds like a dream. However, every film aficionado knows that when the place is called Blackwood Manor, has a history of mysterious disappearances, and hasn’t been bought in decades, it’s most likely a conduit for evil. But there’s always an oblivious family ready to set up shop and in [...]

Entire essays — books even — can be devoted to describing Zoe Saldana’s beauty. Everything from her eyes and sun kissed skin to her perfectly toned body makes her every man’s epitomic woman. And Oliver Megaton’s Colombiana was clearly devoted for an actress of her picturesque appearance. Penned by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Karmen, [...]

Johnny Depp must be a kindred spirit to Hunter S. Thompson (as well as Tim Burton), as he is starring in his third Thompson written and/or inspired movie. The Rum Diary, for which the first trailer was released, has him playing a slightly off center journalist who moves to Puerto Rico to start afresh. While [...]

WOW! An international trailer for the sure to be train wreck Jack and Jill has surfaced and it’s just as unfunny as the domestic trailer. I’m guessing Happy Madison, the brains behind this venture, knows this movie, which has Adam Sandler playing both roles of fraternal twins (one of which is an annoying woman), is [...]

A second international trailer for the Cold War thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy from Studio Canal and Working Title has been made available. It’s the Cold War and the Soviet’s have a high ranking mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service serving them up the most sensitive of information. With nothing seeming as it is [...]

“Embrace the Dysfunction,” is the tagline for the dirtier trailer for The Family Tree which was dropped today by Entertainment One. There’s not much added to this trailer that you couldn’t get from the first one — just a few more sexual innuendos and curse words. But for those who don’t know the premise: The [...]

Amidst the blood bath movies of Conan the Barbarian and Fright Night and the children’s film Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, One Day starring Anne Hathaway released this weekend. All summer I have seen trailers for this dramatic film and thought the premise was interesting, despite it looking like just another chick [...]

In 1991 Columbia Pictures introduced you to an extraordinary new filmmaker, and an unforgettable new vision. The director was 23-year-old John Singleton, the film, Boyz ‘N the Hood. Next year, the studio presented a remarkable new film, from another phenomenal talent. The film was Robert Rodriguez’s El Mariachi (the above is a tongue-in-cheek reference to [...]

In the second remake to release this week, director Craig Gillespie (Mr. Woodcock) brings us Fright Night, which, penned by Marti Noxon, is loosely based on Tom Holland’s 1985 film of the same name. Fortunately, unlike the retelling of Conan the Barbarian, it’s an entertaining update of a cult-classic. On the outskirts of Las Vegas, [...]

Some bud, a couple of drunken girls, and a bass-heavy soundtrack seem to be the inspiration behind the sophomoric Conan the Barbarian, a remake of an equally bad 1982 motion picture of the same name. It’s a film that was probably scribbled on a memo pad by a frat boy who had one too many [...]

Admit, you secretly watch Ghost Rider every time it comes on basic cable (it is a guilty pleasure like eating Bonbons or listening to Celine Dion). Well, guess what? Johnny Blaze is back and so is Nicolas Cage in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance! This time around, he’s battling the devil for the life of [...]

Biker gangs ain’t all bad. Well, actually they are, but not all their members are rotten to the core. Take Sam Childers for instance, the man the new movie Machine Gun Preacher is based upon. Realizing his path in life was off course, he turned his back on a life of crime and turned to [...]

You can’t keep a good vampire down. Especially one that looks so good in a tight fitting leather outfit. In this installment, 12 years have passed and the battle has changed from vampire vs. vampire and vampire vs. werewolf to human vs. vampire and werewolf. The trailer for Underworld: Awakening, released by Screen Gems today, [...]

Glee has arrived in theaters and has been receiving sensational reviews, some stating it to be one of the best movies of the summer. Various reviews mentioned brilliant song and dance numbers, fun and witty dialog, and behind the scenes shots showing the cast getting ready for the concert. I’m here to give my insight [...]

Yes, Daniel Radcliffe can act in something other than a movie with Harry Potter in the title. You can see for yourself in the second teaser trailer for his latest, The Woman in Black. He portrays an English (of course!) lawyer who, upon arriving at a remote village, stumbles on a female ghost with vengeance [...]

Let’s cut to the chase — Olivia Wilde is a beautifully packaged woman and plays a part in many man’s fantasies. Even mine on occasion. But if you were hoping to see her naked in The Change-Up, you won’t (before she became a hot Hollywood commodity, she delivered the goods in Alpha Dog). There is [...]

The third trailer for Relativity’s Greek epic Immortals has been released. In it is a more fleshed out story outlining the reason for the battle between King Hyperion, his army of banished Titans and those who, backed by the all powerful Gods, resist him (led by the warrior Theseus). The trailer is very well put [...]

Paul Giamatti is a damn fine actor. Not so good, that he can produce diamonds from a pile of shit, though. As a matter of fact, with his silly haircut (yes, I know it was fitting for the time period) and his lack of a consistent English accent, he adds to the shitty mess that [...]

Leaving the cinema after the screening of Senna, the cinephilic documentary of the Formula One driver tragically killed in the prime of his career, I knew I had seen something special. It just took a bit of time to justify, in an articulate manner, just why I had enjoyed it so much. I was impressed [...]

I didn’t think it was possible, but apparently one can squeeze blood from a turnip. The vegetable in this case is the Final Destination series. The blood, well, that is Final Destination 5, the fifth movie in this one-note franchise sure to once again raise the heartbeat of moviegoers keen on watching the young and [...]

In 2009, the book “The Help” was released and spent more then 100 weeks on bestseller lists. It chronicled the fictional stories of Aibileen Clark, a poor African American lady who works for rich, white families in Jackson, Mississippi in the early 1960s. The book was written by Kathryn Stockett, a Caucasian lady who was [...]

Similar to what Paul Greengrass accomplished with 2010′s Green Zone, 5 Days of War represents a merger of fact and fiction; weaving facets of the 2008 Russo-Georgian war into a predominantly fictional story about journalists caught in the crossfire. Finnish director Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) took the director’s chair here, and attempted to [...]

Before I begin, there is something I need to get off my chest. Rise of the Planet of the Apes? I can understand the producers’ desire to link this film with the rest of the series, but I’m sure audiences would’ve made the same connection if it was just called Rise of the Apes (or [...]

Adventures in Babysitting has just been updated with a healthy helping of filth. Actually, if there was a word I could think of that describes the level of vulgarity and foulness in a more disturbing way, that word would better describe The Sitter. Just imagine what a crude, common sense devoid slacker would do with [...]

The second half of 2011 is seeing a resurgence of the alien invasion flick with Attack the Block and Cowboys & Aliens recently being released. Today Summit Entertainment presents to the web the trailer for the latest invasion movie, The Darkest Hour. And trust me when I tell you this one ain’t no joke. Breaking [...]

Here is an interesting concept — what if people don’t age until they hit year 25 and then lose or gain time off of their lives depending on the goods they consume and the jobs they work? That’s how the world is in 20th Century Fox’s new science fiction thriller In Time. Yet, just like [...]

Julie and Julia is Nora Ephorn’s screenplay adaption of two books by two different ladies. In 2002, government employee Julie Powell came up with the idea to begin a food blog that chronicled her challenge of cooking her way through all 524 recipe’s in Julia Childs’ cookbook “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in 365 [...]