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Martin Scorsese finally unites his favourite leading men - Robert De Niro (collaborator on 8 films) and Leonardo DiCaprio (collaborator on 5 films) - in his upcoming short film The Audition. It should be pointed out that this is no...

Brett Ratner may have finally found his niche. Freed of a modern-day setting and any thought of realism, the director's inclination toward outlandish action takes flight almost immediately. The opening moments of Hercules are narrated efficiently; the story takes place...

Just two months ago, Kellan Lutz made for a wan half-god, half-man in The Legend of Hercules, directed by Renny Harlin. Now comes the first trailer for the other 2014 Hercules, this one played by Dwayne Johnson and directed by...

Aksel Hennie is going Hollywood.We've been vocal fans of the Norwegian star here at ScreenAnarchy since first coming across him in a pair of 2004 films - Uno and Hawaii, Oslo - and have tracked his career with great interest...

Movie 43 really is an irredeemable experience. As you leave the cinema, you may curse the heavens and cry out, "Why?! Why, oh why, Comedy, did you allow yourself to be violated by the flaccid members of unoriginal, conventional and...

I keep wanting to approach Tower Heist as some kind of "problem movie" for what it does or does not say about (working) poverty in America, the global financial crisis, or even two men on opposites sides of the ever-widening...

Brett Ratner's Tower Heist makes its way to DVD and Blu-ray this week and we've got five copies to give away to you, our readers. Featuring Eddie Murphy's return to more adult comedy (that is to say, no costumes, no...

Hollywood Grind is a column that examines filmmakers working within the studio system to produce and/or distribute their work. Within the past month, advance word on Tower Heist hinted that it was a return to form for director Brett Ratner...

Josh Kovacs is a regular guy. We know this because he's from Queens, so when he gets upset his accent returns and he sounds like a proper Noo Yawker. And when he's pushed too far, he resorts to physical violence....

Dear Brett Ratner. I mostly like the Rush Hour movies. I even enjoyed Red Dragon when I saw it in the theater. For the most part I've thought most of the hatred thrown your direction by fanboys was misguided and...