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‘The Drop’ Review: After Summer Simmer

Luke Hickman — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:00:16 +0000

From watching the trailer, several enticing elements about ‘The Drop’ become evident. First, there’s Tom Hardy. Over the last few years, the guy has proven himself as one of the best actors out there. Second, Noomi Rapace. She’s an amazing chameleon who can adapt to any setting. Third, it’s a seemingly gritty modern day mobster...

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Weekend Movies: Music and Passion Were Always the Fashion

Luke Hickman — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:00:46 +0000

When the widest movie release of the week is a boy band concert documentary, you just know that the weekend’s going to blow. I saw the trailer for ‘One Direction: This Is Us‘ last week and I’ve never wanted to slap a teenager more. Not only had I never heard of this band, not a...

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Now Playing: Get Down with This ‘Dead Man’

Luke Hickman — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:00:23 +0000

Scorsese and DiCaprio. Nolan and Bale. Something great happens when filmmakers reteam with their best casts and crews. ‘Dead Man Down’ marks the return of another great duo: Noomi Rapace and Niels Arden Oplev, star and director of the original Swedish ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo‘. Who doesn’t love a good movie with well-written twists...

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The Trailer Park: Secrets and Lies

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:00:46 +0000

A couple of new thrillers will hit theater screens fairly soon. Sadly, they don’t look all that thrilling. Is that just the fault of bad trailers? ‘Passion’ Because I like Brian De Palma and am a fan of erotic thrillers, especially when they’re creative and stylish, I’m naturally inclined to give this a chance. However,...

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Poll: What Did You Think of ‘Prometheus’?

Josh Zyber — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:00:21 +0000

Among sci-fi fans and film buffs, Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ prequel ‘Prometheus’ (and don’t believe any of Scott’s misdirection that the movie’s not really an ‘Alien’ prequel – it so is) has been one of the most eagerly anticipated movies of the year. Now that it’s finally opened, it has also turned out to be one...

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Now Playing: Ridley Scott’s Triumphant Return to Science Fiction

Luke Hickman — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:00:10 +0000

While I enjoy the first two ‘Alien’ movies, I’m no fanatic of the series. My opinion of Ridley Scott’s new quasi-prequel ‘Prometheus’ is based solely on ‘Prometheus’. For years now, geeks have speculated about how much ‘Prometheus’ will tie into ‘Alien’. There are already plenty of spoiler-filled reviews out there on the web, so if...

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Full Metal Jackets: The Game Is Afoot

Tom Landy — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:00:17 +0000

Guy Ritchie’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ sequel with Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law and Noomi Rapace will get a SteelBook release at Future Shop Canada. The next chapter in the action-mystery franchise, ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows‘, will arrive on June 12th in exclusive packaging. Only the cover artwork has been revealed so far. (Click to...

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Now Playing: A Deductively Wild ‘Sherlock’ Sequel

Luke Hickman — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:00:31 +0000

For the third film in a row, Guy Ritchie has proven that he’s back in fine form. ‘A Game of Shadows’, the follow-up to Ritchie’s 2009 ‘Sherlock Holmes’ flick, magnifies everything that worked in the first and corrects everything that didn’t. It’s smart, witty, fun and saturated with wickedly stylized action. Set shortly after the...

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The Trailer Park: A Radioactive Spider, a Circus Freak and Two Detectives Walk into a Bar

M. Enois Duarte — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:00:58 +0000

If only I were clever enough to come up with a punchline to that title. Sadly, I’m not. Hopefully, this selection of previews will make up for my lack of comedic skills. One of them features possibly the coolest scene I’ve ever seen in a trailer, which will tempt audiences to forget that it’s part...

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Ridley Scott Talks About ‘Alien’ Prequel That’s Not an ‘Alien’ Prequel

Josh Zyber — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:00:45 +0000

I don’t personally intend to run a whole lot of coverage of Comic-Con here in the blog this week. I’m not attending the event, and most of the fanboy wankery that happens there doesn’t interest me. However, I did find this video clip of Ridley Scott talking about his now-shooting movie ‘Prometheus’ (which at this...

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Now Playing: ‘The Girl Who Played with Fire’ Barely Ignites

Drew Taylor — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:00:39 +0000

It can’t be denied any longer: The ‘Millennium Trilogy’ books are a full blown cultural phenomenon. The three mysteries written by the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson have appeared on the cover of ‘Entertainment Weekly’ (Books! On the cover of a major weekly publication!), been suggested by Stephen King as essential summer reading, and are...

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