Keira Knightley
Win Passes to an Advance Screening of THE AFTERMATH
Enter here for your chance to win a pair of tickets to the advance screening of The Aftermath. For your chance to receive a pair of complimentary passes to see the new film The Aftermath starring Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård, and Jason Clarke at the Maple Theater in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on Wednesday, March 27th at 7:00 PM, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further...[Read More]
Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) is easily one of the best Hollywood blockbusters of the last twenty years. That film by director Gore Verbinski mixed a fun and sprawling plot with incredibly entertaining and surprisingly three-dimensional characters. It is an immensely re-watchable movie with its quick-witted dialogue and memorable action set pieces. It was a huge sur...[Read More]
New Trailer for Universal Pictures’ Everest Released
A new trailer for the film Everest was released the other day, and it looks like it might be that rare “must-see” IMAX movie. I know you’ve probably heard that line before, but this one looks like it could deliver some definite jaw-dropping moments (and maybe even a bit of drama too). Take a look for yourself. Inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the worl...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Tom Clancy’s Hero Returns to the Big Screen in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
We’re two-thirds of the way through October, and Gravity has just had its third straight week atop the box office, which I think qualifies it as succeeding beyond anyone’s expectations. In the meantime, this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at this Christmas’ upcoming thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Premise: Jack Ryan (Chris Pine), a young CIA a...[Read More]
The Muse in Film
[pullquote_left]“The history of cinema is boys photographing girls.” – Jean-Luc Godard[/pullquote_left] Since D.W. Griffith discovered stage actress Lillian Gish and immortalized her in dozens of silent movies, film directors, like other artists before them, have looked for inspiration in the muse. There is no more magical relationship in the world of art than that of the muse and the artist and t...[Read More]
Movie Review: Anna Karenina
Even if it were not for Keira Knightley’s odd facial tics and total lack of intensity, Joe Wright’s lavishly-staged adaptation of Tolstoy’s Russian literature cornerstone Anna Karenina would still play like the tragic romance Oprah Winfrey thought she selected for her book club and made an unlikely 21st century bestseller. Gone are the long passages concerning the young, ascetic farmer Levi – Tols...[Read More]