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Help is on the way for Matt Damon in latest trailer for ‘The Martian’
“Take that, Neil Armstrong!” Two new trailers for director Ridley Scott’s The Martian debuted on Wednesday, offering a more in-depth look at the story the film portrays and the struggle that Matt Damon’s Marl Watney is going through. The movie also stars Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian […] More
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Week in Review: Rick Baker announces his retirement
Plus, Jessica Chastain adds a comedy to her upcoming slate, and Robert Rodriguez lines up his next project. More
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Latest trailer for ‘Crimson Peak’ highlights Del Toro’s visual and horror styles
You would think that being stuck in a house with Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston would be fun right? Doesn’t seem that way right here. The first, full trailer for director Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak was released on Wednesday and this one builds off of the initial teaser with a more nuanced look at […] More
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Guillermo Del Toro is back in horror with first ‘Crimson Peak’ trailer
After a small detour in blockbuster directing again, Guillermo Del Toro is ready to unleash his first full-scale English speaking horror film on the world. The first trailer for Crimson Peak hit the web on Friday, which looks to rival Del Toro’s Spanish work such as The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth. The film stars […] More
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‘A Most Violent Year’ is a first-rate dissection of the American Dream
A Most Violent Year Written and directed by J.C. Chandor USA, 2014 A desperate man has no lengths that he won’t go to protect what is his. Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) owns a large stake of the heating oil trade in New York City, but he is leveraged to the hilt. A prime piece of real […] More
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‘Interstellar’ is a bumpy, exhilarating ride
Interstellar begins at an indeterminate point in Earth’s future, when blight and drought are pushing humanity to the breaking point. “This world is a treasure, but it’s been telling us to leave for a long time now,” laments engineer-turned-farmer, Cooper (Matthew McConaughey). He’s a practical man who set aside dreams of space travel in order to provide for his family, and yet his powerful intellect keeps him sneaking glances skyward. When he and his precocious daughter, Murph (Mackenzie Foy), decipher mysterious signals directing them to random GPS coordinates, Cooper is only too eager to indulge his curiosity. More
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Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain have ‘A Most Violent Year’ in a new trailer
No one could accuse writer-director J.C. Chandor of going an easily predictable route with his filmography to date. Margin Call, his 2011 feature debut that earned him an Oscar nomination, was an ensemble piece about the recent financial crisis, and he followed that with 2013’s All Is Lost, which only featured one actor (Robert Redford, […] More
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‘Interstellar’ is only haphazardly successful
I really jibe with what Interstellar is trying to accomplish. I want big budget films to aim intellectually and emotionally high. I agree with most of its messages and themes. I am the choir it is preaching to. Which makes it all the more disappointing that the movie is, in the most charitable view, only haphazardly successful. There are aspects to love about the movie — it’s the best-looking blockbuster in years, and there are some truly enrapturing moments. but that’s scattered among strings of misaimed beats across a punishing, nearly three-hour runtime. More
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The Hype Cycle: Pre New York Buzz
The New York Film Festival starts today, and with it critics and industry members will get their first look at Gone Girl and Inherent Vice, leaving only a few studio tent poles remaining throughout the fall. They’ll also get a renewed look at Mr. Turner, Foxcatcher, and Birdman, so expect those to be back in […] More
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‘A Most Violent Year’, the new film from J.C. Chandor, gets its first trailer
The 2011 cinematic year saw a number of newcomers make a splash, including J.C. Chandor, whose Margin Call impressed many, including legendary actor Robert Redford. Chandor followed up his film about the financial crisis by making a survival drama about a man lost at sea with Redford, proving himself to be more than a one-hit […] More
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Xavier Dolan’s ‘The Death and Life of John F. Donovan’ casts Jessica Chastain
Coming off the acclaim at Toronto for two films, the Cannes darling Mommy and his starring vehicle Elephant Song, actor and filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s next film will mark his English language debut. Joining his cast is none other than Jessica Chastain, herself having risen to prominence over the past few years, with her 2011 features […] More
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Through This Lens: Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Zero Dark Thirty Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Director of Photography Greig Fraser USA, 2012 The first 30 seconds of Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty (2012) take place in darkness, with only brief time stamp and audio of some of the people who suffered on that day in September 2001. It’s a device meant to frame […] More
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