Writer/director Rebecca Miller (daughter of legendary playwright Arthur Miller) makes interesting movies, imperfect and rough and beautiful. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, her newest film, fits right in, telling the story of the mysteriously enchanting Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Penn), from young to middle-aged....
After weeks of prolonged negotiations, it seems that GE and Vivendi have finally come to terms on the liquid worth of Vivendi's 20 percent stake in NBC Universal: approximately $5.8 billion. ...
And now, the news you've all been waiting for. Or not. Either way, this The Karate Kid remake, starring Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, does look slightly more promising than the early news led to believe....
Based on a promo poster on display in the American Film Market, declaring that Nick Cave was writing, John Hillcoat was directing, and Shia LaBeouf, Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams are starring in a film adaptation of the Matt Bondurant novel The Wettest County in the World, entitled The Promised Land....
After an ultimately unsuccessful franchise reboot in 2006, it appears that Warner Bros. is planning to let the superhero and his legacy gestate for some time, not rushing out to make any version of a Superman movie for at least a few years...
GE must buy back Vivendi's 20% share of NBC Universal in order for Comcast to takeover the media conglomerate. And though it looked as though Vivendi was posed to make a deal with GE, recent reports confirm that the two companies are still at odds on the company's worth....
With recent news that MGM is on the chopping block and the current debate on what the company will head/who it will turn to in the near, dire future, the overall change that seems to be going on in Hollywood (and in the world of film entertainment altogether) shines more and more apparent....
Movies like this tend to separate the cynics from the optimists. While it is based on an incredible true story (in Memphis, a well-off white family, the Touhys, brought in a large young black man raised in the projects named Michael Oher and eventually adopted him), the film doesn't feel real all the time....
With January fast approaching, any news regarding Kenneth Branagh's Thor gets more and more exciting, all adding to the possibility of this long-gestating comic book adaptation actually getting underway. So far the film's casting news has been rather spectacular, from Anthony Hopkins to Natalie Portman, and this news follows suit: Idris Elba is in....
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.
