Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Fox Searchlight has moved up the release date of director Steve McQueen’s (Hunger, Shame) next drama Twelve Years a Slave from December 27th to October 18th. The move was prompted by very positive feedback from test screenings, and the film, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch and Brad Pitt will receive a limited release in October, a launching pad for Oscar season.
Twelve Years a Slave hits theatres October 18th
Monday, June 24, 2013
We're past the sixth month mark at the movies and the pictures that have lingered in my mind longest aren't the summer blockbusters (though I quite liked Man of Steel), but the releases from March, which isn't known for quality. Trance, The Place Beyond the Pines and Mud currently reside at the top of my list, although there are several pictures unseen still that should figure prominently in that list (Only God Forgives, Before Midnight) that will be available to me soon.
As it stands here are my favorites of 2013 thus far (in no particular order):
Mud
The Place Beyond the Pines
Trance
Man of Steel
Star Trek Into Darkness
The Great Gatsby
Missed the Cut: Oblivion, Mama, Side Effects, Iron Man 3.
Notable films not seen: Much Ado About Nothing, Stoker, Before Midnight, To the Wonder.
Before the star's untimely death in 2008, Heath Ledger was well on his way to two Oscar nominations. One for his quietly haunting turn in Brokeback Mountain and the other for his unseen portrayal of The Joker in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight. His star was burning bright and like so many before him, his time came too early. Now we look back at some of his best performance.
Brokeback Mountain
The scene above says it all really. Like the ending of Brokeback Mountain which is revealed only through a single object, Ennis is only revealed through a series of gestures. Ennis is a man strangled by how he thinks he should be. He should be the provider of a family, he should be happily married to a nice girl, he should be happy with what he has. But he isn’t and the tragedy of Ennis Del Mar is the only happiness he had is rejected by the world.A Knight's Tale
Pop history was never this much fun. An underdog from the get-go, William Thatcher is a serf who was dutiful in service until his knight died. Faced with the prospect of eating leather boots he decides to impersonate a knight and ends up jousting against the cartoonishly evil Count Adhemar (Rufus Sewell). A medieval rock opera that leaves you tapping your toes.
Read the rest over at GotchaMovies!
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Designer Matt Ferguson delivered this fan-made beauty for the Blurppy Poster Posse Project and, luckily, they do have the giant bots to take out the very hungry looking monster underneath the boat.
“Jaws is seen by many to be the original summer blockbuster movie. To me Pacific Rim looks like it could be the ultimate summer blockbuster. The fact that the Kaiju in Pacific Rim come from under the ocean to attack made it a no-brainer for me to pay homage to one of my favorite all time movie posters!”
Pacific Rim hits theatres July 12th
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Warner Bros. and PartnersHub are teaming up to give one lucky reader will receive a blu-ray prize pack to celebrate the release of Jack the Giant Slayer.
Want to win? Post your results from the How Brave Are You? quiz into the Comments section and leave your email address so I can contact the winner. All entries must be in before June 29th and the winner will be notified June 30th.
Monday, June 17, 2013
The first trailer for Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street debuted this morning and it looks like Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have another hit on their hands. Along with Mr. Dicaprio, the film stars Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey and Jean Dujardin.
The Wolf of Wall Street opens on November 13th
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