Penélope Cruz
Movie Review: Parallel Mothers
Pedro Almodóvar's "Parallel Mothers" proves to be an outstanding depiction of the joys and crises of motherhood, as well as a stellar turn from Penélope Cruz.
Movie Review: The 355
"The 355" paints itself into a corner with a sloppy structure and an unforgivably tedious plot that completely wastes an extremely talented cast.
First Trailer for Spy Thriller The 355 Released
The trailer for director Simon Kinbergs’s new spy film, The 355, has just been released. In the film, a dream team of formidable female stars (including Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Bingbing Fan, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong’o) come together in a hard-driving original approach to the globe-trotting espionage genre in the new film from director Simon Kinberg, The 355, which also stars Sebas...[Read More]
Win Run of Engagement Passes for ‘Everybody Knows’
Enter this contest for your chance to receive a pair of complimentary Run of Engagement (ROE) passes from CinemaNerdz to see the new film EVERYBODY KNOWS from writer/director Asghar Farhadi. The film will be opening in the Detroit area on Friday, February 22nd and we’ll be selecting the winners then. The ROE passes will be valid at an as yet to be determined theater chain starting on Monday,...[Read More]
Movie Review: Zoolander 2
It’s been fifteen years since Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson have played Derek Zoolander and Hansel, respectively, and time has not been kind to them. Zoolander came out in 2001 making only $45 million domestically against a $28 million budget, but strong home video sales and a devoted cult following helped put plans in motion for Zoolander 2. With development being traced back all the way to 2008, t...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Ridley Scott Meets Cormac McCarthy in The Counselor
Happy Fourth of July, dear readers! I hope all of you have a great holiday. On the movie front, we’ll all finally get to see whether The Lone Ranger is any good. In the meantime, this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ looks at Ridley Scott’s upcoming crime thriller The Counselor. Premise: This intense drug thriller tells the story of an attorney (Michael Fassbender), a...[Read More]
Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Some of you may have abandoned the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise after walking out of At World’s End going, “So…what just happened?” Wanting to create a nice, little epic trilogy, the series got out of hand by throwing everything at the screen all at once, wanting to wrap up the love story of William Turner and Elizabeth Swann, the vengeance of Davy Jones, and…well, the tales of about other 9...[Read More]