Cue the Disney has no original ideas music. The Mouse House will dig into one of their most profitable live-action entries in awhile as Deadline reports that they are set to move forward with a sequel to Maleficent with star Angelina Jolie possibly returning. Linda Woolverton will write the sequel. She wrote the first film, …
Unbroken Written by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese & William Nicholson Directed by Angelina Jolie USA, 2014 An unrelentingly grim affair, Unbroken excels at its realistic portrayal of dehumanization, but fails to capture the indomitable spirit of its protagonist. Angelina Jolie’s film is an impressive technical achievement, and her hero’s journey is undeniably gripping, …
Back in August 2013, Spike Lee launched plans for his newest movie on Kickstarter, causing a big hullabaloo in the process. People questioned whether an established director like him was taking money away from other independent filmmakers and projects, even though he clarified that more people came to Kickstarter who had never heard of the …
Michael Myers is terrifying because he’s an absolute. What exists behind the mask is confined to our imagination. As soon as Rob Zombie went behind the mask, and made Myers into a broken child, we lost a bit of the magic. The imagined terror of a crazed killer’s motivations were solidified, and suddenly he was less terrifying. Less interesting. The same is this true of Maleficent in Robert Stromberg’s directorial debut.
Maleficent Written by Linda Woolverton Directed by Robert Stromberg USA, 2014 Every year or so, apropos of very little, the Walt Disney Company will showcase a new series of ads courtesy of acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz, in which a celebrity plays one of the company’s iconic human characters, whether it’s Jessica Chastain as Princess Merida …
As Alfonso Cuaron’s mega-hit Gravity continues to rack up praise and big box office dollars, it’s a good time to take a critical look at the weakest aspect of the film, which is the lead acting performance of Sandra Bullock. It’s widely known that Cuaron’s first choice, Angelina Jolie, fell through and there were reported …
On December 14, 2012, a young man named Adam Lanza broke into a primary school and fatally shot 26 people in the small village of Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Twenty of them were children, aged 6 or 7. On that day, no matter where I went or what I did, I couldn’t stop thinking about the …
In the Land of Blood and Honey Directed by Angelina Jolie Written by Angelina Jolie U.S.A., 2011 It is no secret that Hollywood darling Angelina Jolie invests time and energy in far more than just her film roles. She is also a humanitarian and spokesperson for a variety of major issues in conflict plagued countries …
“Above all, the major flaw in the film is its lack of faith in its viewers. The Tourist is quite predictable and tends to pacify the audience with expository dialogue”. The Tourist Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Written by Christopher McQuarrie and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck 2010, USA For all intents and purposes, the …
USA Today is reporting that Bosnia’s cultural minister, Gavrilo Grahovac, has changed his mind and is letting Angelina Jolie film her directorial debut in Bosnia after reviewing the script. “It’s very simple,” commented Jolie on Friday. “There was a nasty rumor that it was about a relationship that started with a rape and torture — …
It looks like Angelina Jolie is set to follow in her ex-husband’s footsteps (Billy Bob Thornton) by taking a stab at directing. Jolie, who has worked with such directorial legends as Clint Eastwood and Oliver Stone, is set to direct a Bosnian love story during the Bosnian War of 1990. According to THR, the film …
Phillip Noyce (Clear and Present Danger, Rabbit-Proof Fence) is set to return to South Africa with a new thriller entitled Mixed Blood. Not a shocking choice for the Australian filmmaker considering his last directorial effort Catch a Fire. Based off the Roger Smith novel of the same name, the film will center on an American …