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Preview: Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz in Elegy
From Samuel Goldwyn Films:
Driven by Isabel Coixet’s visually assured and deeply observant direction, Elegy charts the passionate relationship between a celebrated college professor and a young woman whose beauty both ravishes and destabilizes him. As their intimate connection transforms them—more than either could imagine—a charged sexual contest evolves into an indelible love story. With [...]
Weekend Pick: You Don’t Mess With the Zohan
Sure, a lot of people will see “Kung Fu Panda” this weekend, but give me a funny Adam Sandler over talking animated pandas anyday. “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” has Sandler playing a former Israeli Mossad super soldier who decides he wants to go to New York and become a hair dresser. He achieves [...]
June 6th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MorePreview: Brad Anderson’s Transsiberian
I’ll give him this: Brad Anderson sure doesn’t like to play it safe. The first Anderson movie I saw was 2001’s “Session 9″, an unnerving psychological thriller disguised as a traditional haunted house horror movie. It wasn’t. He followed that up with “The Machinist”, starring Christian Bale, which I’ve heard nothing but good things about. [...]
June 5th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MorePreview: Hamlet 2
Oh come on, who didn’t want a sequel to “Hamlet”? Bill Shakespeare might have been a pretty decent writer back in his day, but let’s face it, anything can be improved upon. Steve Coogan stars in “Hamlet 2″ as a failed actor turned drama teacher who decides to stage a politically incorrect musical that is [...]
May 28th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreWeekend Throwdown: Kung Fu vs. Sarah Marshall vs. Al Pacino
Jackie Chan by himself may not be enough to take down Sarah Marshall and her wacky Hawaiian vacation, or Al Pacino and his goatee (and something about a murder mystery involving young women way too hot for him), but Jackie Chan teaming up with Jet Li? Okay, so maybe they still might not have enough [...]
April 18th, 2008 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreWeekend Throwdown: Street Kings Vs. Teen Spam
Keanu Reeves awkwardly attempts to tame the mean streets of Los Angeles with cop buddy Chris Evans, while young, nubile blondie Brittany Snow attempts to evade a knife-wielding maniac at her high school prom. Who has the harder job? I’m gonna have to go with Reeves, being that, if the trailers are any indication, he [...]
April 11th, 2008 | Nix | 1 comment | Read MoreFinal Cloverfield Preview
Over at their site, Aint-it-cool-news has seen the movie, and they’re geeking out over it, so much so that my mouse is all sticky after reading the review. With the movie set to open just 8 days from now, here is our final and thorough preview of J.J. Abrams’ “Cloverfield”, aka you want an assload [...]
January 10th, 2008 | Nix | 7 comments | Read MoreMovie Preview: The Bank Job with Jason Statham
When the Brits do the crime caper, it’s usually good for a laugh. Or at least, a couple of chuckles. Their latest is Roger Donaldson’s “The Bank Job”, starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows. The hook? The movie is based on a true story of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery in London, where the [...]
December 12th, 2007 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreYour Weekend Movie Preview: Beowulf, Love in the Time of Cholera, Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
He … is … Beowulf! Or at least he’ll be Beowulf this weekend at the box office. The CGI/A-list movie will be hitting theaters over the weekend with plenty of sound and fury and heavy advertisements behind it, practically guaranteeing it the top spot. Then again, it better watch out for the Natalie Portman starrer [...]
November 16th, 2007 | Nix | 0 comments | Read MoreYour Weekend Movie Preview: Fred Claus, P2, Lions for Lambs, No Country for Old Men
Before he tried to kill Hitler, Tom Cruise tried to win the War on Terror in “Lions for Lambs”, a Robert Redford directed movie that screams “I’m Important! Watch Me and Discuss!”. Meanwhile, horror fiends get to watch Rachel Nichols of “Alias” fame try to survive a night alone in her office building’s parking garage [...]
November 9th, 2007 | Nix | 0 comments | Read More




