It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies, excluding The Spy Next Door and The Tooth Fairy, that offer proof. /Film’s Weekend Weirdness examines such flicks, whether in the form of a new trailer for a provocative indie, a mini …
A few days ago we featured the first teaser poster for David Michôd’s Animal Kingdom, one of my favorite Sundance films that I saw a week ago during the first half of the fest. Also a few days ago, while working at our condo, Dave Chen from SlashFi…
One location. One actor. One phenomenal filmmaking achievement. Directed by Rodrigo Cortes, starring Ryan Reynolds, Buried is the story of Paul Conroy who, after his convoy is attacked in Iraq, is buried alive inside a coffin with only a lighter and…
In December, we made a post about a guy named Mike from Milwaukee, WI, who created a 70-minute video review of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The 7-part dissection tore apart George Lucas’ first installment of the prequel trilogy, and wa…
Jazz FM’s new show tries to corner the market where jazz and high finance overcross – and it’s about as appropriate as that soundsAre business people especially into jazz? You would assume so from Jazz in the City (Jazz FM, yesterday), a new interview show featuring leading figures from the finance world and their choice [...]
The writers behind the volcanic crime film “Sexy Beast” have returned, dukes up, with “44 Inch Chest,” a blistering script sponsored primarily by the letters F, U, K, and C (but not necessarily in that order). Marvelously cast and beguilingl…
Interview: Sony discusses its hopes for its huge new release. With Heavy Rain clocking up the 90%-plus review scores, CVG thought it high time for a catch up with Sony. Product manager Lucy Duncan answers our questions…Click here to read the full …
There’s a new broom at New York ad agency Sterling Cooper – and it’s made in England, writes Phil HoganGlory be for a new series of 1960s ad agency drama Mad Men, back last week with a double helping of its slow-burning, high-tar pleasures. Is this the best TV in the world right now? Thirty-one [...]
Fergal Keane lent his ears to an Afghan tale while Simon Russell Beale was fascinating on Chekhov, says Euan FergusonFor too many guilty years I’ve been unable to listen to Fergal Keane. Everything he did was professional, sympathetic, caring, brave, important, but oh so bloody worthy, and sad. He could be on The News Quiz, [...]
Despite a level of violence that has proved controversial within the context of the Sundance Film Festival, IFC Films has purchased Michael Winterbottom’s new film The Killer Inside Me, and will distribute the film within the United States. (Check o…