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Michael Shannon transforms the otherwise heavy-handed economic morality tale, ’99 Homes,’ into something dynamic and alive.

Of all the recent pilots released by Amazon, The New Yorker Presents is easily the most interesting. A half hour smorgasbord of content, this first episode is completely fascinating in terms of its form and what that could mean for both Amazon’s original series and television in general going forward.

The conceit of The New Yorker Presents is simple: a little bit of this, a little bit of that. This first episode contains a short film, a conversation/interview with an artist, a short documentary and a recorded performance of a poem. The ultimate success of a series like this is similar to that of a sketch comedy in that episodes and individual segments will be hit or miss week-to-week. Obviously, the goal becomes bringing together a collection of talent that is of a high quality and that mesh well within any given episode.

One of the most anticipated films of 2015 is Martin Scorsese’s Silence. Although that anticipation was under the presumption that Silence would actually come out this year, let alone be made. The film has been in pre-production for ages, by Marty’s account, nearly two decades, but the film is finally coming together with funding from Fábrica …

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, and Jeff Pinkner Directed by Marc Webb USA, 2014 The distinct whiff of chaos pervades The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from its first scene, both narratively and visually. Because its director and writers aren’t likely intending on this sequel to a reboot to feel persistently, unavoidably …

There’s a much quoted line from David Fincher’s Seven, found in one of many notebooks scribbled by horrific serial killer John Doe, that reads: “Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light”. The sentiment and association is very appropriate when musing on the visceral sledgehammer assault on emotions, morality and senses represented by David Peace’s Red Riding series, a sprawling nine year epic of neo-noir, adult fear and a simmering stew of all forms of human evil.

The Amazing Spider-Man Directed by Marc Webb Written by James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves USA, 2012 Here’s a fun game: clear your mind of all memories associated with seeing the Spider-Man trilogy directed by Sam Raimi. How quickly can you do it? Having some trouble wrapping your head around the concept? Who …

Over the past few weeks, various photos and unofficial set videos for the upcoming director Marc Webb’s Spider-Man reboot have popped up online. However there wasn’t any that I felt were worth posting until now.  Today a video which features Spiderman web-slinging  through city traffic on top of an 18-wheeler was leaked. You can see …

Sony has released the first image of Andrew Garfield dressed in the Spiderman costume in Marc Webb’s upcoming reboot.  Studios usually release these images to the press, because they know that once they start filming, images from the production tend to be leaked online from outside sources. Usually those  images are far from flattering and …

While promoting her upcoming drama All Good Things, Kirsten Dunst, who played Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man, commented, to the LA Times, on what it was like when she found out about the reboot. “I mean, everyone was coming back, and they were casting a villain. I knew it wasn’t ready to go, …

In a recent interview, by the Hollywood Reporter’s Jay A. Fernandez, about playing Tommy in Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go, the new Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, comments on how he feels taking on the role of the web slinging hero. “I have been waiting for this phone call for 24 years, for someone to call …