John Logan
MICHAEL “Key” Roles Casting Announcement
Several new cast members of Lionsgate and Universal Pictures International's forthcoming Michael Jackson biopic "Michael" were announced on Monday, March 25th!
Movie Review: Genius
The film Genius was not genius for me. It contained a wonderful cast and had enormous potential, but fell flat completely. I’m getting drowsy just thinking back on it. However, keep in mind that reviewing film is subjective. I did not enjoy Genius, which by no means infers that someone else might not enjoy it. So, in fairness, let me expound on what you can expect and you can make your own decisio...[Read More]
James Bond Returns in New Spectre Trailer
Can we say that Daniel Craig incarnation of James Bond rivals Sean Connery’s at this point, or is that still considered blasphemy? Given that Skyfall (2012) is, at least until the release of Spectre, the most complete and entertaining Bond film ever produced, I wonder if we can’t mention the two actors in the same sentence without feeling the least bit guilty. The new trailer for Spectre does very...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Suspense, Style, and Smarts Come Together in Skyfall
We’ve reached August, and the summer movie season is starting to wind down, with only a handful of notable releases left. But even if there aren’t as many movies, there are still some great trailers coming out. This week marks the first time in this column’s history that I’m revisiting a movie I’ve already covered, because there’s a new trailer out for the next ...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Skyfall Brings James Bond Back in a Big Way
Now that the Memorial Day holiday weekend has passed – where The Avengers was finally knocked out of the box office top spot – and the month of May is almost over, the summer 2012 movie season is only going to get more interesting, and the new trailers will just keep coming. On the Trailer Trashin’ docket this week is the first teaser for the long-awaited twenty-third installment of the Jame...[Read More]
Movie Review: Coriolanus
Countless works by William Shakespeare have been adapted for the movies since the dawn of cinema. The canonical masterpieces have seen every iteration imaginable – from cartoons to gothic chamber pieces to full-blown five hour epics. These ubiquitous plays are part of the cultural consciousness – the names Hamlet, Macbeth, or Richard III and their tragic fates are known to most, so even if a movie...[Read More]
Movie Review: Hugo
As I wipe away tears of exhausted joy, the sheer overwhelming beauty of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo is just beginning to take shape as a solid, golden object of art that should come to be a classic film for children and adults in the same pantheon as The Wizard of Oz, The Red Balloon, and E.T. Scorsese has been leading up to the kind of picture that would serve as a personal summation of all of the rev...[Read More]