Tag: benaffleck
THE FLASH Review: More Multiverse, More Madness
Ezra Miller, Kiersey Clemons, Maribel Verdú, Michael Keaton, Michael Shannon, and Ron Livingston star in the superhero adventure, directed by Andy Muschetti.
AIR Review: An Unapologetic Ode to Corporate America
By 1984, Nike, the global shoe retailer, had seen sales balloon to almost $1B, a sign of remarkable growth for a company founded by Phil Knight, then and now the CEO, selling running shoes out of his car two decades...
Review: CLERKS III, A Requiem For The Askewniverse
It’s been a long road for Kevin Smith. His 1994 low-budget slacker comedy Clerks made him an immediate star in the indie film world, status that he would harness to spend a decade making bigger and more ambitious projects. But...
Now Streaming: DMZ Rules, DEEP WATER Flounders
Rosario Dawson is the one to watch on HBO Max.
Review: THE TENDER BAR Is Open. Come On In and Have a Seat.
George Clooney directs an adaptation of J.R. Moehringer's acclaimed memoir, starring Ben Affleck and Tye Sheridan, now streaming on Prime Video.
Review: THE LAST DUEL, Grim, Gritty, Medieval Melodrama
Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, Adam Driver and Ben Affleck star in an action drama, directed by Ridley Scott, now in theaters.
SXSW 2021 Interview: CLERK Director Malcolm Ingram On Pop Icon Kevin Smith
In 1992 a young man from New Jersey, US, traveled to Vancouver, Canada to study film and pursue his dream. Since he was little, his father instilled in him a love for movies. Then a particular film, Richard Linklater's Slacker,...
Review: ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE, Bigger, Longer, Uncut
Clocking in at a hefty, miniseries-length four hours and two minutes, Zack Snyder's Justice League (aka The Snyder Cut), the much-anticipated director's restoration of the botched 2017 critical and commercial bomb, clocks in at a hefty, miniseries-length four hours and...
JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT Interview: Jason Mewes Looks Back On 25 Years Of The View Askewniverse
It’s been 25 years since a 24-year-old filmmaker from New Jersey, very much inspired by Richard Linklater’s Slacker, went on to direct his own low-budget, independent and dialogue-driven effort. Of course I’m talking about Kevin Smith and his debut feature-length...
Review: LIVE BY NIGHT, Ben Affleck's Uneven Gangster Epic
For Live by Night, Ben Affleck returns to the directing chair for the first time since the highly-acclaimed Argo (2012) and proves he has lost none of his directing chops. Almost polar opposite from that tense, realistic depiction of a...
Screen Anarchists On BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE
(The gloves come off as our team becomes a league, FOR JUSTICE!) Sweeping the world faster than Superman, but tanking harder than the Batmobile on the review front, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is currently the topic of...
Review: BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE, Overburdened By Expectation And Obligation
DC Comics kick-starts its expanded cinematic universe by pitting its two greatest superheroes against one another in Zack Snyder’s hugely anticipated follow-up to 2013’s Man Of Steel. With the Nolan/Bale Dark Knight trilogy looming large in the background, Ben...
New BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Trailer Puts It All On Show
Normally these big budget franchise movies show us only a taste of what is to come in their trailers, but this latest look at Zack Snyder's Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice wheels out all the major players. Clark Kent and...
The Many Faces Of Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck has been in the news a lot lately, and while his private shenanigans are none of my concern, film-wise the waves he's making seem to bode well for the future. Word from the set of the upcoming Superman...
Ben Affleck To Co-Write, Direct And Star In Solo BATMAN
And so it was that the age of the Batfleck truly began.In news that has surprised no one, Ben Affleck, who has his first outing as the caped crusader in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice next spring, will be...
GONE GIRL Trio To Reunite For STRANGERS ON A TRAIN Remake
THR broke the news earlier today that Gone Girl director David Fincher, screenwriter Gillian Flynn and actor Ben Affleck are getting back together to remake Alfred Hitchcock's 1951 film Strangers on a Train. Hitchcock's film was an adaptation of the...
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Tops Online Film Critics Awards
Wes Anderson's rip-roaring love letter to Lubitsch and Hitchcock, The Grand Budapest Hotel, topped this year's Online Film Critics Society Awards, which counts a number of ScreenAnarchy contributors amongst its global membership. The film won awards for Best Picture, Best...
Destroy All Monsters: "I'm That Cunt," Said The GONE GIRL
Spoilers for Gone Girl, from one of six audience members who hadn't read the book beforehand. "You fucking cunt!" Ben Affleck's Nick Dunne spits at his wife, Amy Elliot-Dunne (Rosamund Pike) as he grabs her by the shoulders and bounces...
AnarchyVision: Jason Gorber Talks Fincher's GONE GIRL, Smith's TUSK, And Dolan's MOMMY
David Fincher's back with Gone Girl, his Hitchcockian thriller about marriage and betrayal. Plus, another look at fest faves, from Xavier Dolan's Mommy to Kevin Smith's Tusk.Video embedded below...
The Many Faces Of Rosamund Pike
A new movie by David Fincher is always worth rejoicing, especially when the word of mouth is as good as with Gone Girl. That the titular girl is being played by Rosamund Pike doesn't hurt either, and gives us a...
