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Archive for July 2011

Movie Review: ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’ (2011)

Posted on Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 4:49 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

It’s obvious from Crazy, Stupid, Love.‘s oddly-punctuated title — no, according to IMDb, that is not a typo — that screenwriter Dan Fogelman (Cars, Tangled) and co-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You Philip Morris, which I still … Continue reading

First-Half Contenders: Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree of Life’

Posted on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 8:50 pm by Danny King in the Awards category

While Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris — whose Oscar prospects I delved into just the other day — may be a more consensus critical favorite than The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick’s film is without a doubt the more polarizing … Continue reading

Trailer for George Clooney’s ‘The Ides of March’

Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 10:25 pm by Danny King in the Videos category

Yahoo has just debuted the trailer for George Clooney’s The Ides of March, which, prior to its theatrical release date of October 7, will play at both Venice and Toronto in hopes of building a substantial Oscar campaign. While Clooney’s … Continue reading

First-Half Contenders: Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight in Paris’

Posted on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 9:49 pm by Danny King in the Awards category

In terms of the number of legitimate Oscar contenders from the first half of the year, 2011 looks to be tracking pretty darn close to 2010. (Winter’s Bone and The Kids Are All Right were the only big-time contenders from … Continue reading

Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Haywire’

Posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 at 4:45 am by Danny King in the Videos category

I don’t have much of a clue about what’s going on in this Haywire trailer — recently released via Apple — other than a boatload of gunshots, explosions, and double-crossing. There’s also more people talking on their phones here than … Continue reading

Teaser Trailer for Tomas Alfredson’s ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’

Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 3:21 pm by Danny King in the Videos category

The teaser trailer for Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy dropped quite a while ago via The Guardian, but seeing as how I just finished reading the film’s source material — John le CarrĂ©’s 1974 novel of the same name … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ (2011)

Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2011 at 3:15 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

What’s interesting about Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger is that, while you’re watching it, the by-the-book nature of Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely’s screenplay is noticeable every step of the way — there’s the standard-issue love story, the … Continue reading

Red Band Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Drive’

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 at 12:25 am by Danny King in the Videos category

IGN has debuted an outstanding red band trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, which earned Refn the Best Director Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. It’s probably my most anticipated film of the year, and after seeing this engrossing … Continue reading

Trailer for Jim Sheridan’s ‘Dream House’

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 6:14 pm by Danny King in the Videos category

I’m personally staying away from the Dream House trailer — because of the spoiler-alert rumors that have been circling the web — but here it is, courtesy of Apple, if you want to give it a look. The film is … Continue reading

Trailer for Marc Webb’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’

Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 4:48 pm by Danny King in the Videos category

It’s hard, at least for me, to drum up anticipation for Columbia’s upcoming reboot The Amazing Spider-Man. The only things keeping me in the game right now — as I don’t see much to get excited about in this Yahoo … Continue reading