Film Review: The Big Short

Midway through “The Big Short,” something hit me. Going into the film, I knew its basic premise: how a bunch of investors made money off the housing crisis. What I didn’t realize was how big a moment the implosion of America’s housing bubble was, and how the ensuing economic crash affected my life and the …

Warner Wants Sherlock Sequel

The first new Sherlock Holmes movie hasn’t even opened yet but Warner Bros. reportedly is talking sequel.  They’re reportedly happy with the movie, directed by Guy Ritchie and have asked the writers of “Justice League: Mortal,” to whip up something. The other big rumor is that they’re talking with Brad Pitt to play Holmes’ nemesis …

“Tree of Life” Might Be Released in 2009

If you’re like me, anything Terrence Malick does is worth seeing.  (I once worked on a movie with some of the accountants from “The New World,” and I continually bothered them about stories and facts about him.)  And, given the fact that he works is such silence, the release of a new Malick movie is …

“Basterds” Premieres at Cannes

We’ve been talking about it for some time now.  But now it’s here.  Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds,” had its first screening ever at the Cannes Film Festival in France.  What’d people think?  Here’s a sampling of reviews from across the internet: Obsessed With Film: “Absolute F**CKING quality!…. It gets a bit silly for ten minutes …

“Basterds” Teaser Poster Released

A new teaser poster for Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds” has been released.  It’s spare, simple and gets me excited even more excited to see the movie. “Inglorious Basterds” will play at the Cannes Film Festival, and then open nation-wide at the end of August.

Pitt Taking on “Night Manager”

Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Paramount Pictures have acquired the rights to John Le Carre’s novel, “The Night Manager.” The story is about a night manager, (shocking, I know,) at a hotel in Europe, who is recruited to try to inflitrate the network of an arms dealer. Some of Le Carre’s other novels have been …

Malick’s New Movie To Contain Sean Penn & Dinosaurs

Empire magazine has a few updates about Terrence Malick’s latest movie.  What it’s about is unclear, but it seems that it might be a combination of “Q,” a project Malick was developing in the late 1970s with a prologue set in pre-historic times.  According to Wikipedia, the Malick project “Tree of Life,” is about a …