Rental: Afterwards (Et après)
Et après – France Release Date: October 2009 (June 2010 DVD) Rating: Not Rated – (My guess PG-13) Starring: Romain Duris, John Malkovich and Evangeline Lilly Director: Gilles Bourdos Based on the Novel by Guillaume Musso I picked up this little gem of a movie at my local rental spot the other day and was [...]
Read MorePreview: New Mermaid Film
I have just heard through the iO9 grapevine (and yes that rhymes) that the visionary director of Atonement, Joe Wright is set to direct a new live action grown-up tale of the classic “Little” mermaid story. I did a previous review of a Russian Mermaid film from last year but I am not sure whether [...]
Read MoreRental: The Road
Release Date: May 2010 DVD Rating: R for violence, gore, disturbing images/subject matter and language Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Michael K. Williams, Guy Pearce and Charlize Theron Based on the book by Cormac McCarthy Directed by: John Hillcoat I actually tried reading this book before the movie came out (as I sometimes [...]
Read MoreReview: How to Train Your Dragon 3D
Release Date: March 26, 2010 Rating: PG for action, a tiny bit of language and some scary images Starring the voices of: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig and Christopher Mintz-Plasse Novel by Cressida Cowell Directed by: Dean DeBlois (screenplay) and Chris Sanders Official Training Website Here I just [...]
Read More10 Geeky Books Totally Movie Making Worthy
I am a bit of a book worm totally not afraid to admit it, and I have posted on many occasions that Hollywood is running out of ideas even though there a billions of books out there just waiting to jump from printed page to big screen. I went through my personal library of favorites [...]
Read MoreRental: Possession
Release Date: March 2010 DVD US Rating: PG-13 for Violence, language, disturbing images and sexuality Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace Loosly based on the film Jungdok (2002) from South Korea Adapted by Jae-yong Gwak Directed by: Joel Bergvall and Simon Sandquist Probably the only thing that really drew me to this movie at first [...]
Read MoreRental: Where the Wild Things Are
Release Date: March 2010 on DVD Rating: PG – Adult themes, language and action sequences Starring: Max Records, Catherine Keener with voices of Forest Whitaker, Catherine O’Hara, Paul Dano and James Gandolfini Based on the kids book by Maurice Sendak Directed by Spike Jonze Official Website from Warner Bros. Of all the beloved children’s stories [...]
Read MoreRental: The Box
Release Date: November 2009 – DVD; Released February 2010 Rating: PG-13 – Violence, language and some disturbing images Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, and Frank Langella Loosely based on the short story by Richard Matheson Screenplay and Direction by Richard Kelly I was really hoping that this movie would have the same creepy artistic vibe [...]
Read MoreRental: the Last Mistress
aka: Une vieille maîtresse Release Date: June 2008 – Limited DVD Release Date – 2009 for Rental Rating: Unrated – Nudity, Strong Sexual Content, Language and Violence Starring: Asia Argento, Fu’ad Aït Aattou and Roxane Mesquid Origin: France (English Subtitles) Directed by: Catherine Breillat Based on the novel by: Jules-Amédée Barbey d’Aurevilly I admit, this [...]
Read MoreReview: Percy Jackson & the Oympians: The Lightening Thief
Release Date: February 12, 2010 Rating: PG – Scary creatures, some violence and suggestive references Starring: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Kevin McKidd & Catherine Keener Based on the novel by: Rick Riordan (series) Director: Chris Columbus Wow, I just don’t know where to being [...]
Read MoreReview: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Release Date: November 25, 2009 Rating: PG (action, smoking and grown up “slang” humor) Starring Voices of: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Michael Gambon and Owen Wilson Based on the Book by Roald Dahl Directed by Wes Anderson – Official Site I am a really big fan of Wes Anderson’s [...]
Read MoreReview: Cirque Du Freak
The Vampire’s Assistant Release Date: October 23, 2009 Rated: PG-13 (mild violence, a little gore and scary scenes) Starring: Chris Massoglia, John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Josh Hutcherson and Jessica Carlson Based on the Book Series by Darren Shan I did want to read at least a couple of books from Darren Shan’s series before [...]
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