‘Skyline’ Details Emerge
Opening November 12th and starring Donald Faison, Eric Balfour, David Zayas, Scottie Thompson and Brittany Daniel, ‘Skyline,’ is a sci-fi thriller from Colin and Greg Strause (Alien Vs Predators: Requiem). The official synopsis from Universal Pictures: After a late night party, a group of friends are awoken in the dead of the night by an eerie light beaming through the window. Like moths... [Read more]
Review: Knight & Day
Friends of mine and I always discuss how the era of the fun summer action movie has been long over. Where are the Lethal Weapons? The lighthearted “fun” Die Hards?” The ridiculous but extremely awesome Face/Offs? Every action movie we see these days is a brooding, serious, gritty film. There is nothing wrong with that, in fact I enjoy them quite a bit, but sometimes, I just want to... [Read more]
Vatche’s Action Trailer
So, of course, besides running Lonely Reviewer.com, I’m also a filmmaker in my own right. And I recently participated in an fake trailer contest here in Boston, at the Brattle Theatre. The subject was “Labor Day,” and I created this fake trailer with a vague story and a lot of visual effects. Our video won the competition! The sound was cut by Gregg Swiatlowski, and the voice over... [Read more]
X-Men Casting Details
The X-Men: First Class is getting more and more interesting. Several news outlets are reporting that Nicholas Hoult (A Single Man) will be playing young Beast, Lucas Till (Hannah Montana) will be playing Havok, and Kevin Bacon will be cast as the villain. There was a persistent rumor that Aaron Johnson, the lead from ‘Kick-Ass’ would be playing Cyclops, but apparently, that is not the case. Read More →
Review: Toy Story 3
I’ve always said, if you see a Pixar film and at one point don’t even get slightly misty eyed, you have no soul. The latest film from the powerhouse of a production company is no exception. Toy Story 3 does not break the rhythm. It is a funny, yet emotional film that is relatable by all young and old. Directed by Lee Unkrich, a long time member of the Pixar creative team, co-directed Toy... [Read more]
Coming Soon: The Social Network
“You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.” So says the end of a fairly ominous feeling teaser trailer to the upcoming David Fincher directed film. The subject of this film? Facebook. We covered this a while back, but in case you’ve forgotten the details. The film is written by Aaron Sorkin and produced by Scott Rudin. The film details the controversy... [Read more]
Blu-Ray Pick of the Week: The Brothers Bloom
For the next few weeks, every Monday I’m going to be posting a Blu-ray pick of the week! This weeks pick is a favorite from 2009, ‘The Brothers Bloom’ from director Rian Johnson. The film is currently on sale at Best Buy for only 6.99! So it is a total MUST have. Read the full review here. Read More →
Review: Cyrus
‘Cyrus’ is the latest film from The Duplass Brothers, one of the groups behind an indie film movement called mumblecore. If you’re not familiar with the genre, its basically ultra-low budget films that foucs on relationships, using improvised scripts, and non-professioanl actors. Working up the ladder with films like ‘The Puffy Chair’ (which played at IFFBoston a few... [Read more]