Archive for April, 2006

Casino Royale Teaser Poster

Images of the teaser poster of the hotly anticipated return of 007 have surfaced on the web and it appears like the 'dark and moody' feel we were promised is in full effect. I reckon Daniel Craig is going to do a great job of portraying a new kind of Bond, and I can't understand [...]

The Assassination of Jesse James…

Or to give it its full title "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford". mmmmmm Long. Brad Pitt's new movie is over-explained by the title already. Pitt taking the lead as the notorious outlaw Jesse James, and being told where to stand by Andrew Dominik, ozzie director behind the brilliant 'Chopper'.
The [...]

Marie Antoinette – Coppola’s next to debut at Cannes 2006

Fans of Sofia Coppola's first two films, the superb Virgin Suicides and critically lauded Lost in Translation, will be awaiting the premiere next month of her latest, Marie Antoinette, at the annual film festival of Cannes. The film focuses on the story of the 19-year-old Austrian who, after marrying a Frenchman, later became Queen [...]

Brick, Hitting UK Shores Soon

Brick is a supposedly this year's 'Donnie Darko'. What a crock of shit. I haven't seen the film yet, so I can't comment, I just hate marketing people trying to build hype by comparing a new film to a previous years 'indie' hit. That being said Brick has been a critical success in the states, [...]

A Sniff of Finchers ‘Zodiac’

David finchers next film is 'Zodiac' also known as 'the chronicles' or 'the zodiac chronicles' (fake names it was given during its production). Here's a little synopsis from imdb…
"A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this [...]

Grind House. What’s going on?

There's a new piece of news flying around about the Tarantino/Rodriguez production every five minutes; Rodriguez has stopped filming, Rodriguez has started filming again blah blah blah….
The movie will be two 75 minute features, played back to back with fake trailers wedged in between.. but more about those later.
'Grind House' is being produced through [...]

Wes Anderson’s Amex Ad

I realise this isn’t exactly movie news, but I enjoyed it enough to want to post it, I can’t wait for Wes to start filming ‘The Fantastic Mr Fox’.