Tag: alanarkin

70s Rewind: THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION, Reviving Sherlock Holmes

Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall and Nicol Williamson star in Herbert Ross' adaptation of a cinematic detective tale.

DUMBO: Watch The Teaser For Tim Burton's Live Action Film

The teaser trailer for Tim Burton's live action version of Disney's Dumbo flew into town this morning. You will find it below.      It is predictably gorgeous to look at, Burton being one of the top visionary directors of...

Review: GRUDGE MATCH More Than Matches Expectations

"No matter how hard you guys work, you won't be your best." "It's the best we got."No, that response is not John Wayne in Rio Bravo. It's Sly Stallone responding to Kim Basinger in Hollywood's latest round of retiree-baiting, Grudge...

70s Rewind: DEADHEAD MILES, A Trucker Comedy Written By Terrence Malick

Lately, Terrence Malick has been dividing audiences with To the Wonder, another visual exercise on which he is said to have tossed the script, or most of it. (Our own Kurt Halfyward weighed in on the film when it screened...

AnarchyVision: Talking WARM BODIES, STAND UP GUYS, BULLET TO THE HEAD & Football Fun

This week's Twitchvision chat was done from the home theatre where I've assembled a crack team of football watchers. Timed almost perfectly with a power outage at the NOLA Superdome, I was on air talking about the Walken/Pacino/Arkin buddy pic...

Review: STAND UP GUYS Stands Up to Scrutiny

Put Al Pacino, Alan Arkin and Christopher Walken together on screen, and it's a laconic dream team. Each is so delightfully quirky and menacing in their own unique style that it's clear the film's greatest coup is casting. Stick these...

THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE Trailer. Is It? Is It Incredible?

We're a tad late on this one but a lot of the ScreenAnarchy staff are traveling this weekend or spending time with their families in preparation for the holidays. Except me it seems. I'm the one with all the spare...

Blu-ray Review: Two With Cusack, GROSSE POINTE BLANK Turns 15 and HIGH FIDELITY Goes Blu

[Correction: In the original post, I mistakenly added that High Fidelity was turning 15 this year. It's in fact celebrating 12 years since its debut.]It's some kind of curious emotion-response loop to feel nostalgia for two movies created for and...

The EXPENDABLES Are No Longer The Oldest Action Team Going. Pacino, Walken And Arkin Team For STAND UP GUYS.

Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin to costar in an action comedy? Said action-comedy marking the first time Pacino and Walken will appear on screen together at any point of their long careers? Oh, yes please.The picture in question...