Here is the most recent Iron Man 2 trailer. It’s promoting a blockbuster scheduled for an early May release, but it shows way too much.  Consider this a disclaimer, for as much as everyone likes to see whatever is available, trailers such as these tend to take the bloom off the rose.
It feels almost like [...]

Though there won’t be sign of the movie until the Spring of 2010, the hype machine has begun to let us know that Robert Downey Jr. is coming back as Iron Man and this is going to be one of those few sequels that surpasses the quality of the first film.
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A film that has been getting a lot of positive buzz for the past few months is a pretty dark and weirdly funny film by the guy who wrote “The Wrestler”. The movie is called, “Big Fan”.
Writer (and now director) Robert D. Siegel has touched on mainstream sport and the almost unhinged devotion that many [...]

How do you ensure that you can get lots of  men to the theater to see  a movie about ballet?
It helps to have an edgy, hot director, and in this case it’s The Wrestler’s Darran Aranofsky. He focuses on a dancer with a New York troupe, and all the in-fighting and back-stabbing that goes on [...]

1. Best Picture: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “The Reader,” “Slumdog Millionaire.”
Will win: Slumdog Millionaire   Should win: Slumdog Millionaire.

2. Actor: Richard Jenkins, “The Visitor”; Frank Langella, “Frost/Nixon”; Sean Penn, “Milk”; Brad Pitt, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”; Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler.”
Will win: Mickey Rourke   Should win: Mickey Rourke

The Academy Award Nominations were announced early this morning.  There were some minor surprises among those nominated and those that weren’t, but all in all it should be a pretty interesting award show.
Here are some of the major categories and a few of my thoughts on who might win.
BEST PICTURE
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE [...]

Sometimes an interview can be much more interesting if the interviewer proves equally, if not more compelling.  I’d like to share an example with you here.
Over the past month and a half, the legend that is Mickey Rourke continues to grow. Riding a renewed wave of popularity due to his powerful performance in The Wrestler, [...]

Tonite are the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association needs no help in promoting their star-studded, network televised event.  The show is pretty glitzy and the blending of television and film stars generally makes this one of the more popular award shows.  Though the judges represent 55 different countries and about 200 foreign entertainment [...]