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DUNE: PART TWO Review: Still Handsome. Still Obligatory. Stilgar.
If it does nothing else, Dune: Part Two completes the circle of the Fatboy Slim-Arrakis EU. By opening with Christopher Walken’s Emperor Of The Known Universe, this might just be the quirkiest, and most unexpectedly sly, thing about the...
Expanding This Week: THE GOOD BOSS, Javier Bardem and The Slap
In this case, as an exception, maybe he deserves it. To be clear, I am definitely not advocating that anyone should slap their boss. (Side-eye to my wonderful boss.) The titular character, played by Javier Bardem in The Good Boss,...
Review: BEING THE RICARDOS, Aaron Sorkin Strikes Again (React Accordingly)
Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, Nina Arianda and JK Simmons star in a biographical drama, directed by Aaron Sorkin, opening in movie theaters this week.
Toronto 2021 Review: DUNE, A Handsome, But Stoic, Do Over
There is a row of palm trees in front of the outer wall of the capital city of Arrakis, the desert planet also known as Dune. They require massive amounts of resources, and have grown straight & tall, tended by...
An American Film Geek's Top Ten of 2017
What an embarrassment. An embarrassment of riches, that is. 2017 had so many excellent, top-tier, wonderful, provocative, enjoyable films, that any given critic's list can't help but be embarrassing for what's not able to be included. I've seen no shortage...
AnarchyVision: #TIFF17 Edition!
A look at a slew of Toronto International Film festival (TIFF) films, from Darren Aronofsky's Mother! to the fantastic I, Tonya, The Shape of Water and Jane, as well as Canadian indie Porcupine Lake....
Venice 2017 Review: MOTHER!, A Masterpiece Straight From Hell
Director Darren Aronofsky has set the 47th Biennale Main Competition alight with an infernal psychological thriller that definitely burns with the fire of his past films Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream. It's perhaps not surprising that mother! is...
mother!: Jennifer Lawrence Gets in a Satanic Panic in Creepy First Trailer
The influence of Dario Argento and Roman Polanski continues to run strong in the work of Darren Aronofsky if the first full trailer for his latest, mother!, is anything to go by. Jennifer Lawrence stars as a young woman whose...
Sean Penn As Action Star (?!) In THE GUNMAN Trailer
Let's not pretend. In 2014, it's very strange to see Jeff Spicoli as an action star. Sean Penn, now 54 years of age, stars in The Gunman as a spy who "must clear his name in order to save himself from...
Review: THE COUNSELOR, Deranged, Dazzling, And Diabolical
I was slack-jawed and spellbound while watching Cormac McCarthy's first original screenplay unfold on screen. Diabolically unpredictable and wildly discursive, problematic yet bold, the story itself is not the thing: it's the characters and the words, and the twisted criminal...
Watch The New UK Trailer For Ridley Scott's THE COUNSELOR
The new UK trailer for the Ridley Scott directed / Cormac McCarthy penned thriller The Counselor focuses less on Javier Bardem's crazy hair and more on the actual story of the film. Which means lots more Fassbender. And more Fassbender...
The Stack: THE ART OF ELYSIUM, THE DAMNED, ERRORS OF THE HUMAN BODY, THE HOUSE OF SEVEN CORPSES, ISHTAR, And More
The August 13 edition features The Art of Elysium from Titan Books, the classic French post-war thriller The Damned from Cohen Media Group, winner of the 1933 Best Picture Academy Award, Calvacade, the Blu-ray debut of Ishtar from Sony, and...
Opening In Mexico: Terrence Malick's TO THE WONDER
The legendary Terrence Malick is currently working on two films - Knight of Cups and a still untitled effort - but in Mexico his Tree of Life follow-up film, To the Wonder, has been only exhibited in the Riviera Maya...
Penélope Cruz-Directed Lingerie Promo Deemed Too Risqué By YouTube
Spanish actress Penélope Cruz recently donned the director's hat for the first time, and, in the process, fed the world of straight male fantasies a few more of the usual cliches. Lingerie client Agent Provocateur is probably happy with the...
Second, Extended Teaser For Ridley Scott's THE COUNSELOR
Working from the first ever original script by acclaimed author Cormac McCarthy, director Ridley Scott has assembled an incredible cast for his upcoming effort The Counselor. Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz headline this tale...
Fassbender, Pitt, A Cheetah And Bardem's Crazy Hair In First Teaser For THE COUNSELOR
[It's out in English now, too! Check it out below!]If there has been a more anticipated film than Ridley Scott's The Counselor in recent years, I don't know what it is. From the moment word got out that Cormac McCarthy...
J.C. Chandor Gives Javier Bardem A MOST VIOLENT YEAR
Ben Wheatley constantly amazes us at ScreenAnarchy with his speed at churning out cinematic masterpieces starting with his debut Down Terrace in 2009. Over the moat in America, J.C. Chandor is fast catching up, already readying his third feature since...
Review: TO THE WONDER Swirls With Grace
"Pourqoi pas Toujours?" (Why not always?) is the question on the mind of Terrence Malick in his latest emotive cinematic meditation -- it could have easily been the title. Here the elusive auteur is less overtly concerned with the connections...
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...
Sam Mendes Not Returning For Bond 24
After successfully guiding Skyfall to critical acclaim and huge box office returns around the globe, director Sam Mendes has decided not to return for the next installment of the James Bond franchise. "I have theatre and other commitments, including productions...
