Famke Janssen is an actor we’ve followed for years after making her mark on the Bond and X-Men franchises. We were fortunate enough to speak with her some years back at the 2012 Dallas International Film Festival where she screened her directorial debut, Bringing Up Bobby (click these links to check out our written and video interviews). Janssen’s original passion has and continues to be writing, but she’s kept very busy with acting. These days, there’s no sign of things slowing down. This year, she stars alongside Ron Perlman in the Michael Caton-Jones-directed crime drama, Asher. The film tells the story of an aging hitman whose last job goes sideways, forcing him…
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G-S-T Review…The Wolverine
The latest Wolverine adventure, if nothing else, is a return to form. Instead of holding the clawed mutant back, director James Mangold truly unleashes the beast within. We find Logan beaten and withered from his travels and in hiding from his snarling ways. When he finds something to fight for, though, he truly lets it out unlike we’ve seen before. The other nice thing in this adventure is that a change of setting is fully embraced. Fans of the character from the comics will know Frank Miller’s influential comic storyline of Logan’s travels to Japan. The film plays to a lot of the same beats, though it has some clever…
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ALL PASSES CLAIMED – FREE Advance Screening Passes to 'THE WOLVERINE' In AUSTIN, TX
Attention: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – All passes have been claimed. Winners have been notified. Thanks for your interest in 20th Century Fox’s THE WOLVERINE. ———————————————————————————————————————————— Go,See,Talk is partnering with 20th Century Fox to award 25 pairs of FREE passes (admits 2) to a special advance screening of THE WOLVERINE starring Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee and Famke Janssen. The screening will take place in AUSTIN, TX on Tuesday, July 23rd at 7:00 PM. Winners will be notified no later than noon on Monday July 22nd. So how do you win them?? To enter, tell us your answers to the following questions 1.) What was the first issue of Wolverine you read (or the first X-Men movie/cartoon you saw) that made you a fan of the character and 2.)…
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ALL PASSES CLAIMED – Advance Screening Passes to 'THE WOLVERINE' In PLANO, TX
Attention: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – All passes have been claimed. Winners have been notified. Thanks for your interest in 20th Century Fox’s THE WOLVERINE. ———————————————————————————————————————————— Go,See,Talk is partnering with 20th Century Fox to award 50 pairs of FREE passes (admits 2) as well as 5 VIP tickets (also admits 2) to a special advance screening of THE WOLVERINE starring Hugh Jackman, Will Yun Lee and Famke Janssen. ***Now before you start scrolling down to send us an email be advised: This is a CONTEST. We are giving away two kinds of tickets – our generic free passes as well as a limited number of reserved seats. Yes, you read that last part right…we have guaranteed seats for 5 lucky winners.…
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“What’s New on Blu?” – Week of 06/10/13
Whether you rent or buy movies, Blu-ray offers the ultimate in sight and sound. Streaming is convenient, but if you plan on watching the movie more than once, you need Blu. So, What’s New On Blu? you ask. Well, good, bad or indifferent, Go,See,Talk offers up a trio of titles that are being released each week. Check out what’s hitting the shelves this Tuesday… ——————————————————————————————————————————— A prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that tells how the Wizard arrived in Oz became the ruler. If you are contemplating purchasing Oz the Great and Powerful, be sure to read Marc’s review here. Blu-ray Release Date (U.S.): Tuesday, June 11, 2013. ——————————————————————————————————————————— When…
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“What’s New on Blu?” – Week of 01/14/13
Whether you rent or buy movies, Blu-ray offers the ultimate in sight and sound. Streaming is convenient, but if you plan on watching the movie more than once, you need Blu. So, What’s New On Blu? you ask. Well, good, bad or indifferent, Go,See,Talk offers up a trio of titles that are being released each week. Check out what’s hitting the shelves this week… ——————————————————————————————————————————— In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter. It’s an utter mess that killed the formula and the novelty of the first Taken. Check out Marc’s review and…
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G-S-T Review…Taken 2
Going into a Luc Besson film (whether he produced it, directed it, or in this case penned it) you’ll likely find two distinct elements: kick ass action and memorable/likable characters. It’s easily evidenced looking back at his earlier works like The Fifth Element, Leon, Wasabi, The Transporter and Taken. But after a surprise hit actioner like Pierre Morel’s Taken, to try and top that, even with Besson on board, Olivier Megaton has a tough act to follow. Yet all the hope in the world couldn’t make this anticipated follow up/supposedly white hot revenge thriller more than a hollow luke warm sequel. It’s like Bryan Mills or rather Liam Neeson is there in spirit but the flesh is weak…and so’s…
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“The CineMagic 8-Ball” – In Theaters 10/05/12
When so many movies are released each weekend and trailers often seem better than the movie itself, what should one do? In this precarious situation, we consult the The CineMagic 8-Ball (TM) to help us see through the nebulous marketing haze. Doing so just might save us all a disheartening trip to the cinema and spare us unnecessarily springing for $7 popcorn. See what the 8-Ball says about this week’s releases… ——————————————————————————————————————————————- FRANKENWEENIE After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life — with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but…
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G-S-T Top 10 – Movies Off The Beaten Path…Round 3
Going just a bit deeper in to my movie memory and scanning GoSeeTalk’s “Sacred Shelves” and Netflix Instant for some recommendations I’ve lined up 10 more films you may have overlooked. Keep in mind that these aren’t snubbed Oscar winners, but they all have something we think makes them worth watching at least once. Hope you find a few unexpected winners in this batch. Continuing the series, I give you the 3rd Round of “Movies Off the Beaten Path“… —————————————————————————————————————————————– The Way of the Gun – More like the under-appreciated little brother of the The Usual Suspects, this Christopher McQuarrie penned film should derive more attention than it gets. Gun was highly overlooked probably because…
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Sweet Trailer…Taken 2
No not Tekken 2, but containing equal amounts of ass-whooping, this is Taken 2, the sequel to Pierre Morel’s surprise/smash 2008 hit. Liam Neeson is back and this time even more lethal and intense than before. Since rescuing his daughter in the first film it looks as if he’s also managed to wrangle his x-wife away from her new super-rich husband. I guess that’s another of his very particular set of skills; skills [he’s] have acquired over a very long career. Enough talk, behold the full domestic trailer for Taken 2. While the first film ended in such a way you’d think it was impossible to continue the story, like we’re about to…
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G-S-T Top 10 – Movies Off The Beaten Path…
Movies, and the entertainment business, can be highly hit or miss because of ranging tastes in film and how people approach the medium. Sometimes, for whatever reason, you hear about a movie and have no desire to see it and don’t. You may even avoid it at all cost. In other cases you have no idea the film exists until someone points it out to you, years after its original release. The following entries on our new series of Top 10 lists are films I happened to stumble upon or that were recommended to me. I watched, despite not knowing much about them or having initial apprehensions toward them for…
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[DIFF Video Interview]…’Bringing Up Bobby’ Writer/Director Famke Janssen
She’s been a model, a Bond girl, a Rounder and an X-Men alum…now Famke Janssen she can add writer, director and producer to her resume. While we know her for her work in front of the camera, Famke Janssen has always had a desire to work behind it as writing has been a long time passion of hers. Previously I had an immensely insightful 45 minute phone conversation about Bringing Up Bobby, but the journey to bring her film to life was so interesting I just had to talk to her again. Here’s the interview with Famke Janssen who was in town for the 2012 Dallas International Film Festival promoting her directorial…
