[Sundance] Gosling and Williams In ‘Blue Valentine’
In preparation for its Sundance debut, here's a clip from Derek Cianfrance's romance Blue Valentine, starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams....
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[Sundance] Watch Ryan Reynolds Get ‘Buried’
Check out a new clip and teaser trailer for the Ryan Reynolds indie vehicle 'Buried.'...
[Review] Extraordinary Measures
It's sometimes easy to forget the value of a good performance. And one would wager that this is the sole reason to pay good money to see CBS Films' Extraordinary Measures, a practice in viewership patience so great it defies the most lackluster of expectations. Harrison Ford's turn as the visionary Dr. Robert Stonehill is the single saving grace of the film....
Jonathan Levine Jumping On ‘Warm Bodies’
Only two weeks after it was announced that both writer/director Levine and hot-to-trot actress Anna Kendrick had joined Mandate's untilted "Cancer" project, it appears the young filmmaker is still filling his plate. This time with a project "in a tone like 'Twilight'-meets-'Shaun of the Dead'"...
Gerard Butler Wants To Be A ‘Machine Gun Preacher’
Gerard Butler's collaborating with director Marc Forster to "tell the story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers"...
[In Defense Of] Keanu Reeves
Here's the thing about Reeves - he takes risks. He's an actor who's reach sometimes exceeds his grasp, which is to say he pushes himself. Where the [..]...
Jackie Earle Haley Still Sinestro In ‘The Green Lantern’?
A while back, there was talk that Jackie Earle Haley was in talks to play super-villain Sinestro in the upcoming Green Lantern movie, directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ryan Reynolds as the titular hero. Well, let the talk begin again!...
Joe Johnston Promises ‘Captain America’ Origin Story, ‘Jurassic Park IV’
It's hard to gauge how excited/worried on should get reading news like this. Director Joe Johnston, doing the PR thing for The Wolfman, talked to Box Office Magazine a bit about his upcoming Captain America film and the long-gestating Jurassic Park IV....
[Review] The Last Station
The life of Leo Tolstoy is certainly not as interesting as the man's works. Writer/Director Michael Hoffman knows this, and finds the conflict of his Tolstoy film The Last Station more in those around him and their respective reactions to his inherent greatness....
Lionsgate Bidding For Terminator Rights?
Reports here and there are saying this and that and the third about bankrupt Halycon and their Terminator rights, which they are looking to sell off. Possibly to Lionsgate it would appear....
Dan Mecca
Managing Editor
Dan Mecca is the co-founder and managing editor of The Film Stage. He is a producer and filmmaker living in Pittsburgh. He watches a lot of movies and tracks them on Letterboxd.