Plot: The fourth-and-final season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan finds the titular character on his most dangerous mission yet: facing an enemy both foreign and domestic. As the new CIA Acting Deputy Director, Jack Ryan is tasked with unearthing internal corruption, and in doing so, uncovers a series of suspicious black ops that could expose the vulnerability of the country. As Jack and the team investigate how deep the corruption runs, he discovers a far-worse reality—the convergence of a drug cartel with a terrorist organization—ultimately revealing a conspiracy much closer to home and testing our hero’s belief in the system he has always fought to protect.
Review: After three pulse-pounding seasons, Prime Video’s foray into Tom Clancy’s connected universe is ending. Filmed back to back with the third season, the fourth series of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan offers a shorter run that is...
Review: After three pulse-pounding seasons, Prime Video’s foray into Tom Clancy’s connected universe is ending. Filmed back to back with the third season, the fourth series of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan offers a shorter run that is...
- 6/28/2023
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Thanks to VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for October 2016, including "Arrow", "Ollie", "The Deep" and a whole lot more:
Everything Everything
Feature
Local Production Company: Everything Productions Canada Ltd.
Director: Stella Meghie
Producer: Elyssa Dutton
Sep 06/16 - Oct 07/16
Ollie
Feature
Local Production Company: Tcf Vancouver Productions Ltd.
Director: Shane Black
Exec. Producer(s): Bill Bannerman
Producer: John Davis
Oct 17/16 - Feb 08/17
The Mountain Between Us
Feature
Local Production Company: Tcf Vancouver Productions Ltd.
Pm: Penny Gibbs
PC: Michele Picard
Dec 01/16 - Feb 17/17
Tully
Feature
Local Production Company: Tully Productions BC Inc.
Director: Jason Reitman
Exec. Producer(s): Jason Cloth, Ron McLeod, Aaron Gilbert
Producer: Aaron Gilbert, Helen Estabrook
Sep 21/16 - Nov 02/16
William
Feature
Local Production Company: William Productions Inc
Director: Tim Disney
Exec. Producer(s): Bill Haney
Producer: Jonathan DeBois
Sep 28/16 - Oct 30/16
Let The Right One In
TV Pilot
Local Production Company: Ltp Productions Inc.
Everything Everything
Feature
Local Production Company: Everything Productions Canada Ltd.
Director: Stella Meghie
Producer: Elyssa Dutton
Sep 06/16 - Oct 07/16
Ollie
Feature
Local Production Company: Tcf Vancouver Productions Ltd.
Director: Shane Black
Exec. Producer(s): Bill Bannerman
Producer: John Davis
Oct 17/16 - Feb 08/17
The Mountain Between Us
Feature
Local Production Company: Tcf Vancouver Productions Ltd.
Pm: Penny Gibbs
PC: Michele Picard
Dec 01/16 - Feb 17/17
Tully
Feature
Local Production Company: Tully Productions BC Inc.
Director: Jason Reitman
Exec. Producer(s): Jason Cloth, Ron McLeod, Aaron Gilbert
Producer: Aaron Gilbert, Helen Estabrook
Sep 21/16 - Nov 02/16
William
Feature
Local Production Company: William Productions Inc
Director: Tim Disney
Exec. Producer(s): Bill Haney
Producer: Jonathan DeBois
Sep 28/16 - Oct 30/16
Let The Right One In
TV Pilot
Local Production Company: Ltp Productions Inc.
- 9/22/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Take a look @ new footage from the "Treasure Island" prequel, pirate drama series "Black Sails" and the episode titled "Xxiv", directed by Lukas Ettlin, airing February 27, 2016 on Starz:
"...'Captain Flint' (Toby Stephens) challenges 'Teach' aka 'Blackbeard' (Ray Stevenson) over the future of piracy.
"'Woodes Rogers' (Luke Roberts) makes an arrest.
"'Rackham' (Toby Schmitz) finds new purpose.
"'Madi Roberts' (Jocelin Donahue) comes to the aid of 'John Silver' (Luke Arnold) ..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Black Sails: Xxiv""...
"...'Captain Flint' (Toby Stephens) challenges 'Teach' aka 'Blackbeard' (Ray Stevenson) over the future of piracy.
"'Woodes Rogers' (Luke Roberts) makes an arrest.
"'Rackham' (Toby Schmitz) finds new purpose.
"'Madi Roberts' (Jocelin Donahue) comes to the aid of 'John Silver' (Luke Arnold) ..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Black Sails: Xxiv""...
- 2/27/2016
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
In the late ’90s, a pre-Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger nearly headlined a version of Richard Matheson’s post-apocalyptic classic I Am Legend before budget concerns derailed the project. Almost two decades later, the 67-year-old Schwarzenegger is starring in a decidedly different futuristic plague film. In the indie Maggie, Schwarzenegger plays a farmer who brings his infected daughter (Abigail Breslin) home for the last days of her life. No gunfights, no car chases, no “get to the choppers”: it’s essentially an ephemeral mood piece, photographed in widescreen with an emphasis on tight close-ups and naturalistic lighting. The film’s cinematographer, Lukas Ettlin, spoke to […]...
- 5/26/2015
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In the late ’90s, a pre-Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger nearly headlined a version of Richard Matheson’s post-apocalyptic classic I Am Legend before budget concerns derailed the project. Almost two decades later, the 67-year-old Schwarzenegger is starring in a decidedly different futuristic plague film. In the indie Maggie, Schwarzenegger plays a farmer who brings his infected daughter (Abigail Breslin) home for the last days of her life. No gunfights, no car chases, no “get to the choppers”: it’s essentially an ephemeral mood piece, photographed in widescreen with an emphasis on tight close-ups and naturalistic lighting. The film’s cinematographer, Lukas Ettlin, spoke to […]...
- 5/26/2015
- by Matt Mulcahey
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Positioning itself as the self-serious alternative to the bloodthirsty zombie horror on shows like The Walking Dead or in movies like Zombieland, Maggie is an inert examination on the futility of hope when faced with a zombie outbreak. Playing out like the parody of a Terrence Malick-directed zombie movie, Henry Hobson’s directorial debut confuses restraint for complexity, and is lifeless in all the wrong ways. The fact that the film held its premiere during the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival – after briefly being scheduled to debut during Tiff 2014 – feels like a clever trick to disguise this messy new movie for something that’s actually artful.
Opening with a panicked voicemail from Abigail Breslin’s Maggie, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Wade drives his truck through the vast, grey Midwest while fields burn and alarms blare around him. After two weeks of searching for her, Wade arrives at “shelter for the infected” to...
Opening with a panicked voicemail from Abigail Breslin’s Maggie, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Wade drives his truck through the vast, grey Midwest while fields burn and alarms blare around him. After two weeks of searching for her, Wade arrives at “shelter for the infected” to...
- 4/30/2015
- by Zachary Shevich
- We Got This Covered
By now, you may or may not have heard about this video surfacing online yesterday that features Marilyn Manson and Lana Del Rey being raped by Eli Roth. When the video surfaced, many were outraged and the video has been pulled a few times now only to pop right back up under another YouTube account. Before you ask on why this is being covered on the site, I think it is important because of the involvement with Eli Roth – whether you like him or not. Below, I have embedded the video – which as of publishing is still online. It’s Nsfw and can be very disturbing given the content. If the video that I embedded has been pulled by now, just do a search online under “Sturmgruppe” and I’m sure you’ll find it. Once you are done watching the video, let’s talk about it.
Upon my first watch,...
Upon my first watch,...
- 11/21/2014
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Ep David Eick and Luke Pasqualino Share How Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome Was Brought to Life
Ever since it debuted in 2003, science fiction fans have been clamoring for more about the dark, murky work of Battlestar Galactica, which resulted in the prequel series Caprica and the latest addition to the saga, Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome. Blood & Chrome revisits the life of William Adama just as he is leaving the academy and engaging in the seemingly never-ending Cylon battle. In a recent press conference call executive producer David Eick and star Luke Pasqualino talked about the genesis of Blood & Chrome, the challenges in bringing it to the digital screen and where the Adama journey goes in this third series in the Galactica universe.
Where did the idea for doing another prequel come from?
David: I was asked by the network to think about a concept that would be under the umbrella or the rubric of the Battlestar Galactica cannon that would make sense as an online series.
Where did the idea for doing another prequel come from?
David: I was asked by the network to think about a concept that would be under the umbrella or the rubric of the Battlestar Galactica cannon that would make sense as an online series.
- 11/16/2012
- by Tiffany Vogt
- The TV Addict
Hopefully you have watched – hopefully more than once – the first two webisodes of Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome that premiered last Friday on Machinima Prime and posted here on SciFiMafia.com. The effects, the action, the storyline, the cast, it’s all great.
Episodes, each 7-12 minutes long, will continue to premiere on Machinima Prime every Friday through the end of the month, will be released on Blu-ray on February 19, 2013, and will premiere as a complete movie on Syfy in the first quarter of 2013.
In support of the premiere, Executive Producer Ron Eick participated in a Q&A panel last Friday to answer some questions and to set the record straight about Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome‘s plans to air on Syfy, some hopeful plans for the future, and more. He was joined by series star Luke Pasqualino later in the panel.
There was a huge amount of information here,...
Episodes, each 7-12 minutes long, will continue to premiere on Machinima Prime every Friday through the end of the month, will be released on Blu-ray on February 19, 2013, and will premiere as a complete movie on Syfy in the first quarter of 2013.
In support of the premiere, Executive Producer Ron Eick participated in a Q&A panel last Friday to answer some questions and to set the record straight about Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome‘s plans to air on Syfy, some hopeful plans for the future, and more. He was joined by series star Luke Pasqualino later in the panel.
There was a huge amount of information here,...
- 11/14/2012
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Marilyn Manson has never been one to disappoint when it comes to making horrifically dark and gory music videos. The controversial musician released his latest for "No Reflection," the first single off his upcoming album Born Villain.
In the dimly lit and fuzzy video, Manson hosts a dinner party for five girls in pale white dresses. The oddly normal scene around the table is quickly broken up by raunchy two-second glimpses of the girls dancing with dresses teasingly pulled up and cuts to Manson and his band playing in a flooded room. While singing, Manson sports smudged red lipstick reminiscent of Heath Ledger's Joker, but shows off a uncharacteristically clean face at the dinner table that makes him almost unrecognizable.
With Manson at the head of the table, the dinner starts off as usual -- wine is poured and food is served. All seems well and ordinary, until the...
In the dimly lit and fuzzy video, Manson hosts a dinner party for five girls in pale white dresses. The oddly normal scene around the table is quickly broken up by raunchy two-second glimpses of the girls dancing with dresses teasingly pulled up and cuts to Manson and his band playing in a flooded room. While singing, Manson sports smudged red lipstick reminiscent of Heath Ledger's Joker, but shows off a uncharacteristically clean face at the dinner table that makes him almost unrecognizable.
With Manson at the head of the table, the dinner starts off as usual -- wine is poured and food is served. All seems well and ordinary, until the...
- 4/4/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Marilyn Manson has unveiled the music video for his new single 'No Reflection'. The heavy metal singer is seen hosting a dinner party in the clip, which premiered on his official YouTube page today. The promo was directed by Lukas Ettlin, who previously shot Manson's 'Personal Jesus' video in 2004. The track serves as the lead single from his forthcoming album Born Villain, which is released on April 30. Manson's eighth studio (more)...
- 4/4/2012
- by By Robert Copsey
- Digital Spy
So, you have an opinion on Matthew McConaughey, don’t you! Everyone does. After the better part of a decade appearing in films which are, at best, undemanding and, at worst, just plain awful, he has become something of a joke around Hollywood because he just can’t seem to keep his nipples off screen.
Now, aged 42, McC (as I’ve decided to dub him) clearly thinks it is time to be taken as seriously as he was fifteen years ago so, once again, he has slipped into a lawyer’s loafers for The Lincoln Lawyer available on Blu-Ray and DVD from Monday the 25th.
Mick Haller is a slick, cynical wheeler-dealer of a defence lawyer whose office is the back seat of his thirty year old Lincoln Town Car (with the number plate Ntguilty) because, like the shark he resembles, he has to keep moving and all his clients,...
Now, aged 42, McC (as I’ve decided to dub him) clearly thinks it is time to be taken as seriously as he was fifteen years ago so, once again, he has slipped into a lawyer’s loafers for The Lincoln Lawyer available on Blu-Ray and DVD from Monday the 25th.
Mick Haller is a slick, cynical wheeler-dealer of a defence lawyer whose office is the back seat of his thirty year old Lincoln Town Car (with the number plate Ntguilty) because, like the shark he resembles, he has to keep moving and all his clients,...
- 7/27/2011
- by John Ashbrook
- Obsessed with Film
Chicago – It’s easy to forget just how good of an actor Matthew McConaughey can be with the right vehicle. He delivered what may be his best performance to date in Jill Sprecher’s 2001 multi-character drama “Thirteen Conversations About One Thing,” in which he played a slick lawyer whose unbreakable self-esteem is shattered by a sudden crisis of conscience.
Over the past decade, McConaughey has chosen projects that seem designed to ignore the promise he sported in his earlier work. An assortment of forgettable romantic comedies have required him to do little more than fulfill the role of charismatic eye candy. What’s striking about McConaughey’s triumphant comeback effort, “The Lincoln Lawyer,” is the fact that it casts him as a lawyer not unlike the one he played in “Thirteen Conversations,” or for that matter, 1996’s “A Time to Kill.” Perhaps it’s the tension of a courtroom that...
Over the past decade, McConaughey has chosen projects that seem designed to ignore the promise he sported in his earlier work. An assortment of forgettable romantic comedies have required him to do little more than fulfill the role of charismatic eye candy. What’s striking about McConaughey’s triumphant comeback effort, “The Lincoln Lawyer,” is the fact that it casts him as a lawyer not unlike the one he played in “Thirteen Conversations,” or for that matter, 1996’s “A Time to Kill.” Perhaps it’s the tension of a courtroom that...
- 7/19/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Animal Kingdom; You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger; Ironclad; Battle: Los Angeles; Love's Kitchen
I struggle to remember a more oppressive portrayal of crime as a "family business" than that offered by the Australian thriller Animal Kingdom (2010, Optimum, 15). James Frecheville stars as Joshua "J" Cody, a misplaced youth who finds himself in the care of a tight-knit brood of sociopathic outlaws for whom the bank robbery business offers dwindling returns. Under constant surveillance from the police, and scornful of the allure of drug dealing and day trading, the Cody clan seem suicidally set on one last hurrah in which "J" must play a small but significant part. Will his pack loyalties outweigh his hard-learned survival instincts? Or will offers of a witness protection programme from paternal Sergeant Leckie (Guy Pearce) cause him to betray his violent brood?
Directed with sweaty intimacy by David Michôd, this gruellingly overwrought drama has...
I struggle to remember a more oppressive portrayal of crime as a "family business" than that offered by the Australian thriller Animal Kingdom (2010, Optimum, 15). James Frecheville stars as Joshua "J" Cody, a misplaced youth who finds himself in the care of a tight-knit brood of sociopathic outlaws for whom the bank robbery business offers dwindling returns. Under constant surveillance from the police, and scornful of the allure of drug dealing and day trading, the Cody clan seem suicidally set on one last hurrah in which "J" must play a small but significant part. Will his pack loyalties outweigh his hard-learned survival instincts? Or will offers of a witness protection programme from paternal Sergeant Leckie (Guy Pearce) cause him to betray his violent brood?
Directed with sweaty intimacy by David Michôd, this gruellingly overwrought drama has...
- 7/9/2011
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its annual list of invited new members, and it’s clear they’re continuing to try to make their membership younger. On the list alongside veterans like John Hawkes and David Duchovny are a slew of twentysomethings, including Mia Wasikowska, Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenberg, Mila Kunis, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lawrence, and Rooney Mara. The Board of Governors also decided to extend an invitation to Restrepo codirector Tim Hetherington, the first time Academy membership has been bestowed posthumously. As a side note, it’s also a hoot to now say the phrase Oscar voter Russell Brand.
- 6/17/2011
- by Dave Karger
- EW - Inside Movies
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 178 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2011 to the Academy.s roster of members.
.These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,. said Academy President Tom Sherak. .Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks..
The Academy.s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
.These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,. said Academy President Tom Sherak. .Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks..
The Academy.s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
- 6/17/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HollywoodNews.com: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 178 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2011 to the Academy’s roster of members.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
- 6/17/2011
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
Director: Jonathan Liebesman.
Writers: Christopher Bertolini.
There have been a couple of science fiction entries, in recent history, that involve an attacking alien force, taking Los Angeles. Skyline released in November of 2010, to tepid reviews. Now, Battle: Los Angeles comes in, not with a ho-hum but with a holy s^%^! Released in theatres March 11th, this second film takes an intimate view of a platoon of Marines, in the thick of an alien invasion. This unit is led by Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz (Aaron Eckhart) and not since James Cameron's Aliens, has a science fiction film looked at the Marines with such detail.
The film's script, from Christopher Bertolini (Madso's War), is focused, despite the grand scale of an alien attack. The pacing moves quickly, with several meteorites crashing down in over twelve major cities across the globe. First the infantry attacks in robotic suits, then the aerial drones fly in,...
Writers: Christopher Bertolini.
There have been a couple of science fiction entries, in recent history, that involve an attacking alien force, taking Los Angeles. Skyline released in November of 2010, to tepid reviews. Now, Battle: Los Angeles comes in, not with a ho-hum but with a holy s^%^! Released in theatres March 11th, this second film takes an intimate view of a platoon of Marines, in the thick of an alien invasion. This unit is led by Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz (Aaron Eckhart) and not since James Cameron's Aliens, has a science fiction film looked at the Marines with such detail.
The film's script, from Christopher Bertolini (Madso's War), is focused, despite the grand scale of an alien attack. The pacing moves quickly, with several meteorites crashing down in over twelve major cities across the globe. First the infantry attacks in robotic suits, then the aerial drones fly in,...
- 3/13/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
A scene from Battle: Los Angeles
Photo: Columbia Pictures With Battle: Los Angeles screenwriter Christopher Bertolini (The General's Daughter) and director Jonathan Liebesman (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) have created a video game of a war film by mashing together Black Hawk Down and District 9 with an invasion to match War of the Worlds. Does that mean it's good? I enjoyed it for what it was, but I wouldn't necessarily call it good.
This film can't match the intensity of Black Hawk Down despite trying to be as chaotic and fast paced. It doesn't delve into the politics or morals of District 9 even though desperately clinging to the idea of what it means to be human. And it doesn't reach the scope of War of the Worlds as it turns into another film hell bent on destroying and saving Los Angeles as the rest of the world...
Photo: Columbia Pictures With Battle: Los Angeles screenwriter Christopher Bertolini (The General's Daughter) and director Jonathan Liebesman (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning) have created a video game of a war film by mashing together Black Hawk Down and District 9 with an invasion to match War of the Worlds. Does that mean it's good? I enjoyed it for what it was, but I wouldn't necessarily call it good.
This film can't match the intensity of Black Hawk Down despite trying to be as chaotic and fast paced. It doesn't delve into the politics or morals of District 9 even though desperately clinging to the idea of what it means to be human. And it doesn't reach the scope of War of the Worlds as it turns into another film hell bent on destroying and saving Los Angeles as the rest of the world...
- 3/11/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Movie review of Battle: Los Angeles - Screenwriter Christopher Bertolini has recycled every war cliché that’s been done. They could have literally been in any other city with no discernable difference. Action films that premiere in March almost always will have less of a budget than the ones that appear in the summer. That is not the case here. Battle: Los Angeles reportedly cost $100 million to make. It is a shame that it was all wasted here. Director Jonathan Liebesman (“Darkness Falls”) and cinematographer Lukas Ettlin practically assault the senses from the beginning. They employ the shaky camera technique that has lost its appeal long ago. I shudder to think of Steven Spielberg using this method for “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. It is a good thing to be able to see what happens on the screen. When directors do this, more often than not it causes nausea more than excitement.
- 3/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie review of Battle: Los Angeles - Screenwriter Christopher Bertolini has recycled every war cliché that’s been done. They could have literally been in any other city with no discernable difference. Action films that premiere in March almost always will have less of a budget than the ones that appear in the summer. That is not the case here. Battle: Los Angeles reportedly cost $100 million to make. It is a shame that it was all wasted here. Director Jonathan Liebesman (“Darkness Falls”) and cinematographer Lukas Ettlin practically assault the senses from the beginning. They employ the shaky camera technique that has lost its appeal long ago. I shudder to think of Steven Spielberg using this method for “Raiders of the Lost Ark”. It is a good thing to be able to see what happens on the screen. When directors do this, more often than not it causes nausea more than excitement.
- 3/11/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Sony/Columbia Aaron Eckhart in “Battle: Los Angeles.”
A platoon consisting of Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez and Ne-Yo face off against an alien invasion set to destroy the seaside city of Santa Monica in “Battle: Los Angeles.” The science-fiction thriller by Jonathan Liebesman, who also directed “Darkness Falls” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning,” is receiving mixed reviews from the critics.
“Stunningly shot on celluloid by cinematographer Lukas Ettlin, the grainy hand-held images resemble a 12A-rated version of ‘Black Hawk Down...
A platoon consisting of Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez and Ne-Yo face off against an alien invasion set to destroy the seaside city of Santa Monica in “Battle: Los Angeles.” The science-fiction thriller by Jonathan Liebesman, who also directed “Darkness Falls” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning,” is receiving mixed reviews from the critics.
“Stunningly shot on celluloid by cinematographer Lukas Ettlin, the grainy hand-held images resemble a 12A-rated version of ‘Black Hawk Down...
- 3/11/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
By Christopher Stipp
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my other column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
George Gallo - Interview
One of the most thrilling things you get to do when you’re in a position to see a film very, very early is knowing that whatever you are feeling about the experience of seeing that movie, is pure. Pure because you are not tainted by the pool of public opinion or subconsciously projecting someone’s off-handed comment onto your own. It’s devoid of judgment and expectation and watching a movie like Middle Men, with a crowd that only knew that it starred Luke Wilson, who hasn’t given such a dynamic performance since The Royal Tennenbaums, Giovanni Ribisi, a complete terror who delightfully and shamelessly steals every scene he’s in, and James Caan, who lets...
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my other column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
George Gallo - Interview
One of the most thrilling things you get to do when you’re in a position to see a film very, very early is knowing that whatever you are feeling about the experience of seeing that movie, is pure. Pure because you are not tainted by the pool of public opinion or subconsciously projecting someone’s off-handed comment onto your own. It’s devoid of judgment and expectation and watching a movie like Middle Men, with a crowd that only knew that it starred Luke Wilson, who hasn’t given such a dynamic performance since The Royal Tennenbaums, Giovanni Ribisi, a complete terror who delightfully and shamelessly steals every scene he’s in, and James Caan, who lets...
- 8/9/2010
- by Christopher Stipp
In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews (some new, some old) of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.
Originally published, 10/06/2006
If nothing else, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning should help quell the frequent complaint that major-studio horror films wimp out when it comes to graphic violence and uncompromising cruelty. Just this year alone, Hostel, the Hills Have Eyes remake, the upcoming Turistas and (perhaps most of all) this latest Chainsaw entry have been unafraid and unapologetic about subjecting audiences and onscreen victims to severe levels of savagery and bloodshed.
As for originality in the majors’ contributions to the genre, well…that’s another matter. Yet The Beginning is about as good as one could expect a prequel to a remake of a classic to be; it’s a seriously intended and sometimes quite disturbing film whose greatest liability just might...
Originally published, 10/06/2006
If nothing else, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning should help quell the frequent complaint that major-studio horror films wimp out when it comes to graphic violence and uncompromising cruelty. Just this year alone, Hostel, the Hills Have Eyes remake, the upcoming Turistas and (perhaps most of all) this latest Chainsaw entry have been unafraid and unapologetic about subjecting audiences and onscreen victims to severe levels of savagery and bloodshed.
As for originality in the majors’ contributions to the genre, well…that’s another matter. Yet The Beginning is about as good as one could expect a prequel to a remake of a classic to be; it’s a seriously intended and sometimes quite disturbing film whose greatest liability just might...
- 10/20/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Release Date: Feb. 6
Writers: Ernest Cline, Adam F. Goldberg, Dan Pulick
Cinematographer: Lukas Ettlin
Starring: Sam Huntington, Christopher Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel
Studio/Run Time: The Weinstein Company/90 mins.
Feature-length inside joke short on laughs, big on heart
It doesn't necessarily matter that Fanboys, a lukewarm comedy about five Star Wars devotees, has been finished for two years; it would have been outdated on its planned August 2007 release. Generation Y has had to suffer through Sw mania for a solid decade and a half, starting when George Lucas cut and pasted CGI alien jazz singers into his original trilogy. The funniest joke presented by the film is that the controversial media mogul once inspired people to devour his work to this obsessive extent. Past that, watching the reenacted glee that we once had for the premiere Sci-Fi franchise before 1999 is like a diabetic remembering her first Pixie Stick. ...
Writers: Ernest Cline, Adam F. Goldberg, Dan Pulick
Cinematographer: Lukas Ettlin
Starring: Sam Huntington, Christopher Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel
Studio/Run Time: The Weinstein Company/90 mins.
Feature-length inside joke short on laughs, big on heart
It doesn't necessarily matter that Fanboys, a lukewarm comedy about five Star Wars devotees, has been finished for two years; it would have been outdated on its planned August 2007 release. Generation Y has had to suffer through Sw mania for a solid decade and a half, starting when George Lucas cut and pasted CGI alien jazz singers into his original trilogy. The funniest joke presented by the film is that the controversial media mogul once inspired people to devour his work to this obsessive extent. Past that, watching the reenacted glee that we once had for the premiere Sci-Fi franchise before 1999 is like a diabetic remembering her first Pixie Stick. ...
- 2/6/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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