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Watch a new trailer for Joel Edgerton’s feature filmmaking debut ‘The Gift’
While Joel Edgerton’s feature film work has been in front of the screen, starring in films such as Warrior and The Great Gatsby, the performer has been stretching his wings in short films for a number of years, exploring both directing and writing in the medium. Later this year, Edgerton will make the jump to […] More
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Animals rule the world in teaser for Disney’s latest, ‘Zootopia’
It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen be-fur. Forgive me for putting you through that pun. It’s the trailer’s, not mine. But the teaser for Zootopia, Disney’s next animated feature just announced this week, actually looks more promising than that. It imagines a world where humans never existed and animals were the ones that became civilized, […] More
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Joel Edgerton gets behind the directing chair for paranoid thriller, ‘The Gift’
Simon says….look out for Joel Edgerton and his goatee. The first trailer for The Gift was released on Wednesday, which marks the directorial debut of The Great Gatsby and Exodus star Joel Edgerton. The paranoid thriller also stars Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall. Edgerton has been a solid actor for some time now with bit […] More
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‘Horrible Bosses 2’ holds comedy hostage
There’s nothing more depressing than a lazy comedy, and Horrible Bosses 2 suffers from a terminal case of laziness. Instead of gleefully diving into its richly-black premise, it settles for obvious sight gags and uninspired improvisations. A talented comedic cast is wasted on material that aims for mediocrity and hits the target over and over again. There simply aren’t enough laughs here to justify this film’s existence. More
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Week in Review: Orson Welles’ last film arriving in 2015
The biggest remaining treasure trove in the world of cinema is the long lost and destroyed ending to Orson Welles‘ The Magnificent Ambersons, his cynical director’s cut that he felt would’ve made it an even greater film than Citizen Kane. But anything having remotely to do with Welles may be just as great of a […] More
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‘This Is Where I Leave You’ will keep you hanging around
This Is Where I Leave You Written by Jonathan Tropper Directed by Shawn Levy USA, 2014 This Is Where I Leave You is an odd duck. Its haphazard combination of broad sit-com humor and quirky indie earnestness leaves you feeling a bit punch-drunk. On the other hand, a superb ensemble cast wrings just enough […] More
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‘Horrible Bosses 2’ gets a first trailer
In the new tradition of giving mildly to wildly successful original Hollywood comedies a sequel (Hangover, 22 Jump Street, Think Like a Man Too), we of course are getting a sequel to Seth Gordon’s Horrible Bosses, starring Charlie Day, Jason Bateman and Jason Sudeikis, a film about three guys who hated their bosses and decided […] More
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‘Bad Words’ an intermittently funny would-be nasty comedy with unearned heart
Bad Words Written by Andrew Dodge Directed by Jason Bateman USA, 2014 One of the mainstays of the holiday season is Chuck Jones’ masterful animated short adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which manages to both be a clever embrace of everything that Christmas embodies in its secular form and to be […] More
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SXSW 2014: ‘Bad Words’ entertains with its dark, scathing humor
Bad Words Directed by Jason Bateman Written by Andrew Dodge US, 2013 In his directorial debut, Bateman pulls little punches. In a script that strings along profanity like letters in a spelling bee challenge word, most will cringe, others will laugh, and a few will cringe while laughing. It’s raucous, offensive, and niche. Bad Words […] More
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‘Bad Words’, the directorial debut of Jason Bateman, releases a red-band trailer
While Jason Bateman was recognisable to some with roles in features such as Teen Wolf Too, the cult hit show Arrested Development garnered him a whole new set of fans, and a new career trajectory that led to roles in films such as Horrible Bosses, Juno, Hancock, Extract, and Identity Thief. Many fans, however, were […] More
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Greatest TV Pilots: Arrested Development – Meet the Bluths
Through satirically playing with the most outrageous parts of the average household and destroying the concept of normality, the sitcom family often represents a caricature of our own upbringings. It can be argued that the sitcom is a ruler of modern society given that the most popular television shows by far, are the ones that feature dysfunctional families; but it wasn’t always that way. It wasn’t until the 2000s that the rise of family comedies broke format and content. More
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Arrested Development Season 4 with Josh Spiegel
Josh Spiegel from Mousterpiece Cinema joins us to discuss Netflix’s recent revival of Arrested Development. [powerpress] More
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