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‘Black Mass’ is Depp’s return to form
Watching Jack Nicholson in The Departed it would be easy to think “Wow, this guy can’t be real” but that would be incorrect. More
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TIFF ’15: ‘Black Mass’ is good but never great
Black Mass is the true-life crime story of the infamous gangster, James Whitey Bulger. Bulger, the brother of a state senator, spent thirty years as an FBI informant while forging his way to the top of Boston’s criminal underworld. More
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Top-notch thriller ‘The Gift’ sneaks up on you
Unapologetically smart and calculating, ‘The Gift’ is an unnerving cocktail of creepiness and human frailty. Easily the most surprising film of the summer thus far. More
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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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Johnny Depp is teaching lessons in new trailer for ‘Black Mass’
Johnny Depp can still act? It appears so after this new trailer for the upcoming Black Mass. A new trailer for Depp’s latest film debuted on Sunday and displayed that the actor could be in for an acting renaissance after this performance that could land him in awards season for once. The film also stars […] More
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SOS This Week Podcast #2: Steven Spielberg, Mark Wahlberg and ‘Mulan’
Welcome back to SOS This Week, the weekly film news podcast wrapping up the week in news on the SOS Blog. Zach Dennis and Brian Welk are your hosts this week and every week. Take a look at our pilot episode, which also launched this week, and join us next Friday for more! [powerpress] Main […] 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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New Projects: Patty Hearst, ‘Barbershop 3’, and a Lego spinoff
Just days after the 39th anniversary of the conviction of Patty Hearst back on March 20, 1976, Deadline is reporting that Fox 2000 has acquired the rights to a new, untitled book being written by Jeffrey Toobin about the life and kidnapping of Hearst. The writers behind Big Eyes, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, will […] More
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‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ needs more divine inspiration
Exodus: Gods and Kings Written by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jeffrey Caine & Steven Zaillian Directed by Ridley Scott UK/USA/Spain, 2014 Perhaps the End Times are finally upon us. How else to explain a year that began with Russell Crowe playing Noah and ends with Christian Bale as Moses? Whereas Darren Aronofsky’s Noah reached […] More
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Final trailer for Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’
Ridley Scott has made another epic. This time it is based on the Old Testament. It is called Exodus: Gods and Kings. The final trailer from Fox promotes it as “From the director of Gladiator“. So it goes. Christian Bale plays Moses, while Joel Edgerton plays Ramses. The film’s supporting cast includes Aaron Paul, Sigourney […] More
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Christian Bale is Moses in ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ trailer
Moses is the hero Egypt deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So says the lord. I might be getting some movies confused there, but regardless, Christian Bale is back in action hero form in the trailer for Ridley Scott’s latest swords and sandals epic Exodus: Gods and Kings, a retelling of the […] More
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Two Left Feet: How “El Tango de Roxanne” Represents Everything Wrong with Baz Luhrmann
Moulin Rouge! is a mixed bag. It’s an idea that looks good on paper, but looks horrendous in execution. It’s a film where it should have the ability to make all the right emotional pivots, but succumbs to an ostentation that exists in its final product, making this a hallmark for director Baz Lurhmann’s career. […] More
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