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By Alonso Duralde (TheWrap) Neuropsychologists should consider studying "Fast & Furious 6" (and its equally thrilling predecessor, "Fast Five") for its unique ability to completely bypass the brain's logic center and go right to pushing our pleasure buttons over and over again. Countless … [Read more...]
By Leah Rozen (TheWrap) Years from now, doctoral candidates are likely to write entire extended theses on Alan Garner, the character so memorably and brilliantly played by Zach Galifianakis in the "Hangover" series. This bearded baby-man - he's a walking Chia Pet - is pure id, one of the most … [Read more...]
By Alonso Duralde (TheWrap) The original "Star Trek" series (and its various successors) used science fiction as a way to make observations about contemporary world issues like racism, war, etc., so it's no surprise that J.J. Abrams' "Trek" reboot, now in its second installment, puts 9/11 into the … [Read more...]
By Alonso Duralde (TheWrap) F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "The Great Gatsby" tells the story of a man with a shady past who is willing to waste countless millions of dollars in the pursuit of love and respect, so it's no surprise that the story has constantly proven to be catnip for people in the movie … [Read more...]
By Kimberly Gadette (doddleNEWS) Iron Man 3 brings us a new twist on the buddy film. Here, Robert Downey Jr. teams up with his Kiss Kiss Bang Bang writer/director Shane Black ... and the combo gives us quite the bang bang for the buck. With Black's irreverent style and Downey's breezy wit, this … [Read more...]
By Christina Kotlar (doddleNEWS) Tribeca Film Festival Sports Initiative presented by ESPN Films and espnW premiered four documentary films in the “Nine for IX” series, about women in sports and a take on the groundbreaking Title IX, (an Amendment to the Constitution in 1972), Pat XO, Let … [Read more...]
By Leah Rozen (TheWrap) Wonders never cease. Director Michael Bay has made a movie that’s more than just loud. His latest, “Pain & Gain,” is an entertaining moral spoof about three lunkheads pursuing their own twisted version of the American Dream. The film is fun, fast and funny, but … [Read more...]
By Christina Kotlar (doddleNEWS) Tribeca Film Festival - Romance. Revolution. He was Xanana, a guerrilla leader and the symbol of the fight for freedom for his country, East Timor. She was Kirsty, an Australian, a teacher, a human rights activist. They both loved the country and its people and … [Read more...]
By Christina Kotlar (doddleNEWS) Wadjda, a film at Tribeca so unexpected and so beautifully made, captured my heart, instantly making it a soul searching experience. The opening scene alone made me feel a camaraderie with this young girl in the title role when all you see are the black hightop … [Read more...]
By Alonso Duralde (TheWrap) - Co-writer-director Joseph Kosinski ("TRON: Legacy") digs all the way to the back of the refrigerator for "Oblivion," taking leftover bits of "The Matrix," "WALL-E," "2001," "Moon" and "Planet of the Apes," among countless other science-fiction classics, and putting … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Funny or Die's first feature film, iSteve, was written in three days and filmed in just under a week. Given that rushed production, the comedy site can be forgiven for the cheap and makeshift look of the project. In fact, the film actually resembles one of those … [Read more...]
By Alonso Duralde (TheWrap) The characters of fictional films and the subjects of documentaries get to be flawed, complicated creations. But when Hollywood casts its eye on the stories of real people — particularly the heroically brave ones — out come the gauze and the simplicity, with any and … [Read more...]
By Leah Rozen (TheWrap) This is an art-house movie with a capital "A." And you might as well capitalize the "R" and the "T," too, because films don't come artier than this. Not that there's anything wrong with that. "Upstream Color" is the eagerly anticipated second film from Shane Carruth, an … [Read more...]
By Alonso Duralde (TheWrap) It's no easy feat to pull off "Evil Dead" in 2013; not only is director and co-writer Fede Alvarez's film treading on the sacred ground of Sam Raimi's 1981 horror classic "The Evil Dead," but he's also following up last year's "The Cabin in the Woods," which brilliantly … [Read more...]
(Reuters) - Film critic Roger Ebert has died, the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper said in a Twitter posting on Thursday. Ebert, 70, who had lost his ability to speak and eat after surgeries for thyroid and salivary gland cancer in 2002 and 2003, said earlier this week that his cancer had … [Read more...]
by Christina Kotlar (doddleNEWS) Drama, mystery and suspense, special interest? How do you categorize this film, Blue Caprice that says it’s not about the 2002 Beltway Sniper shootings, yet in the opening scenes the stage is set for this look at the relationship between the two killers who … [Read more...]
