Nigerian Government Backing Prawn Hate
District 9 is causing some turmoil in the African country of Nigeria due to the portrayal of Nigerians in the film. The Associated Press is reporting that Niger...
Month: September 2009
‘Paranormal Activity’- A Real Life ‘Ring’?
The US release of Paranormal Activity, the debut film of Israel-born director Oren Peli, is accompanied by a ghost story that will launch the film out of oblivi...
New Avatar Viral Site + Footage Revealed
Coke Zero has launched a viral website for James Cameron's Avatar. The site can been found at AVTR.com. The viral site gives daily insight into the anthropo...
Clooney To Direct Damon In Hamdan Vs. Rumsfield Film
/Film reports that George Clooney is now set to direct Matt Damon in a dramatization of the Hamdan vs. Rumsfield case (see Wikipedia). The film tells the st...
Andrea Arnold’s ‘Fish Tank’ Trailer
The trailer for Andrea Arnold's Cannes and Toronto Film Festival hit, Fish Tank, has been released. The gritty verite-style British drama stars Katie Jarvis...
[TIFF] The Ape, The Invention of Lying, Cracks, Leaves of Grass, Accident
The Ape (Jesper Ganslandt, Sweden)
This Swedish psychologically thriller/mystery tells the story of a man who wakes up, disoriented with his surroundings. ...
‘Harry Brown’ Trailer
After spending the last few years in the supporting actor category Michael Caine is now the leading man and the trailer for his latest film Harry Brown proves...
[TIFF] My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done; Bright Star; Ondine; Mr. Nobody
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (Werner Herzog, USA/Germany)
Werner Herzog had never been an easy director in a narrative sense, and that's a large part ...
[Review] Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Sony Pictures Animation | USA | 90 mins
I’ve been taught over the years to not expect much from animated films that don’t have the Pixar stamp on them. O...
Disney Chairman Steps Down
Dick Cook, the chairman at Walt Disney Studios for the last 38 years, has left "effective immediately," according to Variety.
After a string of recent bo...