A few weeks ago Nicolas Winding Refn came through Dallas on a PA tour for his new film Drive. The film, in what I can tell you before the embargo allows us to post the review, is a tight, hard edged film that that is pure noir-styled perfection. Refn has a wonderfully detailed eye and as such his films are enticing, engaging and almost play out like visual poetry (even if the less than savory subject matter doesn’t agree with everyone). So have a look at the 6 new character banners and posters released by Film District after the jump…
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"Cool Off With the Classics" Blog-A-Thon
Hello film fans! I’d like to welcome one and all to our August Blog-A-Thon and to start things off I have just one question for you all…Is it hot enough for you?? This time of year is the perfect opportunity to relish in the films of old and staying indoors to do so is a good way to beat the heat. So pour yourself some lemonade, turn on all your fans (they didn’t have A/C in the 40’s) and travel back to the bygone era of the Golden Age in cinema as we prepare to Cool off with the Classics.
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Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers – Live at the Meyerson Symphony
Most everyone on the planet knows Steve Martin, the comedic star of stage and screen for over 40 years. But while most know this Steve Martin, or this Steve Marin, those who didn’t grow up listening to his early comedy will find it hard to believe that this is also Steve Martin. On Thursday August 25th, Steve and the fantastic Bluegrass band the Steep Canyon Rangers played a multitude of tunes that transformed the magnificent and prestigious Meyerson Symphony Center into a quaint upbeat music hall and, personally speaking, literally turned me into a bluegrass fan overnight.
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Ohhh, Look…More Character Posters for 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'
Previously we’ve seen the first “coded” character poster of Gary Oldman’s George Smiley, but today we have the same styled posters of 4 more essential characters. Quite sophisticated and engaging to say the least…but just what you’d expect to help promote such a high profile master spy adaptation right? Yeah I thought so too. Have a look at them all after the jump and thanks to /Film for the heads up…
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Sweet Trailer…'The Way'
While one “winning” Sheen/Estevez sibling is making tabloid headlines that make Gary Busey look normal it’s great to know the other half of the paternal pair is on the right path. Who is that you ask? None other than Billy the Kid himself Emilio Estevez. Emilio has been rather quiet in the last decade or so only popping up to turn a lot of heads with his film Bobby (a quasi historical account of the events surrounding the Bobby Kennedy assassination). Needless to say I’ve been waiting to see more from him as he’s got some untapped talent. So have a look at the trailer for his latest film The Way in…
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Iconograph Commemorating Harrison Ford's 40th Role
Three cheers for Henry Jones Junior! Cowboys & Aliens marks Harrison Ford fortieth film role; quite an accomplishment to say the least. While I haven’t seen C&A yet (the negative buzz has me putting a screening off indefinitely) I’ve have seen nearly all his films and for those of you who like myself are fans, this clever and laboriously detailed, if slightly redundant, iconograph is still something to marvel at…even if this has been out for a couple weeks. Spanning an acting career of over 40 years, Harrison has seen it all, both good times and bad in his search for “fortune & glory” that yielded plenty of spiritual/religious relics, a Replicant or two and a host…
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'Monsters University' Details Emerge From D23 Expo
This year’s D23 Expo had one impressive line up. Those in attendance were hosted to a smorgasbord of unveilings and news that the Pixar plate looked to be booked solid for the next few years. One of the hi-lights was the long awaited (and worked on apparently) follow up, err prequel to 2001’s Monsters Inc. Going in the way back machine, this “before the fact” story will again follow Mike Wazowski and James P Sullivan but this time showing them in their college days. Pretty exciting to say the least right? Yeah I thought so too. There’s more on the story and its development after the jump…
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G-S-T Review…Attack the Block
Editor’s note: This review was originally published on July 22 but has be re-posted to coincide with its U.S. theatrical release. Kids these days, I tell ya. If they aren’t talking back to adults and breaking all the rules, they’re carrying weapons and saving the planet from aliens. Wait…you wanna run that last part by me again? No, you read it right, Attack the Block is a fun, frightening film that pits 5 wanna-be hoodlums from South London against alien creatures that are literally falling from the sky. From the mind of Joe Cornish (long time Edgar Wright collaborator) comes this entertaining flick full of frenetic aliens, foul-mouthed Brits, friendship, fighting and tons…
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FourScore Match-Up #11: “How High the Sci-Fi?”
When we look to the stars what do we think of? Is it the desire to travel beyond them, engage in adventures (and misadventures) with alien compadres or do we wish to meet a star voyager come to Earth? But what happens when we finally meet said traveler…do they come in peace, or are they a threat? Today’s FourScore pits four truly spacey composers against one another regardless of how benign or malignant those characters in question may be. But which will take the prize and be the ace of space?? Is it the the tale of the hardworking (is it too much to call him a spaced out) lunar custodian? Is the story…
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"To Whom It May Concern": 10 Filmmakers Yet To Receive Love Letters
Terms like epic and legendary, even hysterical or action packed, are all superlatives that get thrown around in film reviews and comment threads ad nauseum. One such adjective that seems to be making more appearances is that of “love-letter”. This year we found two such instances where the aptly dropped superlative perfectly describes these homage laden films; both of which, in their own right, are very nearly dopplegangers or reincarnations of a previous filmmaker’s work. Super 8 and 13 Assassins fully embraced the styles of the films they themselves were modeled after. Also they’re fantastic films which as more than gushing tributes to said inspirational visionaries (Steven Spielberg and Akira Kurosawa) would make any filmmaker envious of such a complimentary and…
