People have a pretty intimate relationship with music. The song that was playing when you had your first slow dance, broke up with that certain someone, or lost your virginity will rank higher for you than it will for some random listener. Even bad songs have a way of causing flashbacks, for better or worse. …
Traditional Christmas films get overplayed this time of year so every once in a while it’s nice to play something that doesn’t feature clay-mation or Jimmy Stewart diving off a bridge. For those cinephiles seeking a little more subversive entertainment for the long holiday break, check out these five films. Die Hard The Scene: After …
E. B. White once wrote, “Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.” Analyzing trilogies seems to the same. The entire point is to enjoy them. Still, given the many sins to be found in film, there are worse things than movie trilogies but few have …
Dead Man Down Directed by Niels Arden Oplev Written by J.H. Wyman USA, 2013 It’s hard to tell exactly when Dead Man Down topples over totally into an overwhelming sense of self-seriousness, to pinpoint which of Colin Farrell’s many soulful looks into the grim abyss of New York City is the one that pushes this …
Cinema, like most arts, exists beyond time and space. They are a medium of transportation, and for most of us, our only opportunity to fulfil our deepest desires and confront our darkest fears. That’s why it seems unfair to look back on a year in film and focus only on new releases. Our year end obsession with …
Given that for most people reading this website, Christmas brings with it the coldest and most treacherous of outdoor experiences, it’s little wonder that cinema plays such a big part of the holiday season. Families gathering in their warmly lit living rooms next to the tree and watching classic films of heartwarming sentiment or epic …
Last weeks release of Halo 4 by Microsoft’s 343 Industries was a huge deal for videogame fans. A trailer released for the game a few weeks earlier was an equally huge deal for completely different reasons. The two-minute and twenty-one second launch trailer, titled “Scanned,” made its debut on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” on …
Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean Written and directed by Matthew Mishory USA, 2012 Let’s posit a hypothetical – what if the iconic James Dean was gay? Well, let’s answer one hypothetical question with another – what if Fellini made a Dolce & Gabbana commercial instead of La Dolce Vita? What does one …
Headhunters Directed by Morten Tyldum Written by Lars Gudmestad, Jo Nesbø, and Ulf Ryberg Norway, 2011 While American politicians abjectly deride the Scandinavians for being ‘pinko commies’, Hollywood has been taking notice of their considerable cinematic talent, finding every opportunity to import some of their best films for American remakes. David Fincher’s The Girl with …
Big Boys Gone Bananas! Directed by Fredrik Gertten Sweden, 2011 Not so long ago in a country not so far, far away… A Swedish journalist publishes a fiery polemic against a large, multi-national corporation. In response, said corporation successfully alleges fraud, effectively burying his work and blacklisting him from various media and journalistic syndications. To …
Want a prediction for 2012 at the movies? It’s going to look a lot like 2011. An awful lot. It’s going to be a case of, If ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Well, actually, the creative machinery in Hollywood is broke, but, as the numbers show, not broken enough to warrant fixing. So. Next year, …
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Directed by David Fincher Screenplay by Steven Zaillian 2011, USA David Fincher is effectively incapable of making a bad film. Even his worst film, Alien³, is actually so well made and unique in vision that for all its problems it manages to avoid overall badness. He does seem to …
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo soundtrack arrives digitally next week, with over three hours of music on three CDs. It kicks off with the Led Zeppelin cover of “Immigrant Song”, with Karen O on vocals and there’s also a cover of the Bryan Ferry song “Is our Love Strong Enough”. Last week, music from …
Any fans of the Academy Award winning score to the Social Network by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross might have interest in getting a sneak peak of their latest collaboration with director David Fincher. They’ve posted new photos for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, on the film’s official website, but if you stay on …
Trent Reznor offered a cryptic response to EW’s Music Mix earlier this week on whether or not he was scoring David Fincher‘s remake of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Now, confirmation has arrived in an online interview with Jon Pareles of The New York Times that Reznor is indeed writing, performing, and recording the …
The coveted role of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been officially cast to actress Rooney Mara. The upcoming film being directed by David Fincher, is a remake of the original Swedish adaptation of the book by the same name, written by the late Stieg Larsson. Mara is an actress who’s …