The Syndicate is real and they’re coming to eliminate the IMF. Who is in their ranks is the great mystery, but Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team of highly specialized operatives will find them out in the this fifth installment in the “Mission Impossible” action series, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. Each installment ramps…
Leaked earlier in the day and having no chance in getting the cat back into the bag, Marvel has decided to officially release their teaser trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron. In this sequel to “The Avengers,” Earth’s Mightiest Heroes regroup to fight to save the planet. Again. The supervillain this time is Ultron, an…
The 1920’s were the culmination of the greatest wave of immigration in American history in which more than 25 million people arrived, mostly from Southern and Eastern Europe, to escape the aftermath of the Great War and its resulting poverty and oppression, or simply to embrace the promise of the “American Dream.” Many of these…
Comb-overs, perms, cravats, disco, embezzlement and corruption — American Hustle has it all and then some. And like Scott Cooper’s film, “Out of the Furnace,” David O. Russell’s production features one of the best ensemble casts of the year. And like that movie it too utilizes Christian Bale to its advantage, but this time he…
The look of the 1970s can’t be matched and it is proudly on display in David O. Russell’s upcoming crime drama American Hustle. With a powerful ensemble cast consisting of actors handpicked by Russell from his earlier projects (“The Fighter” and “Silver Linings Playbook“), the film tackles corruption and American greed on all levels. The…
In my high school days, I wrote a script about a hitman who does drugs with Jesus. I thought it was edgy. Fortunately, you’ll never see it to know otherwise. Occasionally though, juvenile ideas like that land on the desks of eager producers. In rarer cases, they’re blessed with a million dollars and a distribution…
The first trailer for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters was entertaining enough. The red-band trailer released today for it is even more entertaining (unless, one doesn’t enjoy action with comical explosions, gore and corny one-liners). In this re-imagining, Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton portray the fairy tale duo 15 years after their famed encounter with…
