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Archive for February 2012

Trailer for Terence Davies’s ‘The Deep Blue Sea’

Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 6:53 pm by Danny King in the Videos category

The trailer for Terence Davies’s The Deep Blue Sea, which has been garnering handfuls of rave reviews for lead actress Rachel Weisz, has popped up over at Apple. Music Box Films, the independent distributor whose prestige got a nice bump … Continue reading

What Should Win Tonight

Posted on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 2:49 pm by Danny King in the Awards category

I posted my final predictions for the Academy Awards yesterday, and I thought it appropriate to further anticipate tonight’s festivities by sharing my “should win” picks in each category. (Though, having not seen all of the nominees, I have abstained … Continue reading

Oscar Predictions: Wrapping it Up

Posted on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 2:30 pm by Danny King in the Awards category

Sunday will bring us the 84th Academy Awards, and with it, the end of an awards season that began with an intriguing open-endedness — “surely that black-and-white silent thing from France won’t hang on forever,” seemed to be the status … Continue reading

Trailer for Michael Knowles’s ‘The Trouble with Bliss’

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 12:28 am by Danny King in the Videos category

The trailer for Michael Knowles’s The Trouble with Bliss, recently debuted over at Apple, is rather stale for my taste, but the indie dramedy has received a handful of festival notations on its path to theatrical distribution and I’m interested … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Undefeated’

Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 1:52 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Directors: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 113 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | The voice of Bill Courtney — powerful and punctuated, resolute and fearless — permeates every ounce of Undefeated, a marvelously spirited high … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘This Means War’

Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 3:06 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: McG | Writers: Timothy Dowling, Simon Kinberg | Cast: Angela Bassett, Chelsea Handler, Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Til Schweiger, Abigail Spencer, Reese Witherspoon | Rating: PG-13 | Runtime: 97 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | In the opening … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Chico & Rita’

Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 12:18 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

Directors: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba | Writers: Ignacio Martínez de Pisón, Fernando Trueba | Cast: Mario Guerra, Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Oña | Rating: NR | Runtime: 94 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | Chico & Rita, … Continue reading

Trailer for Justin Kurzel’s ‘The Snowtown Murders’

Posted on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 11:34 pm by Danny King in the Videos category

Apple has debuted the trailer for Justin Kurzel’s The Snowtown Murders, which is every bit as promising a directorial debut as last year’s Sean Durkin-helmed Martha Marcy May Marlene. During its festival run, the film was billed simply as Snowtown … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘The Turin Horse’

Posted on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 1:37 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Director: Béla Tarr | Writers: László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr | Cast: Erika Bók, János Derzsi, Mihály Kormos | Rating: NR | Runtime: 146 minutes | Year (U.S. release): 2012 | The opening event of Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse may, … Continue reading

Trailer for Tony Gilroy’s ‘The Bourne Legacy’

Posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 9:41 pm by Danny King in the Videos category

I still don’t really get why The Bourne Legacy is being made, and the film’s first trailer — released today via Apple — does little to shell that suspicion. It runs an intentionally cryptic two minutes long, and, to me, … Continue reading