Ever since it was announced that awesome David O. Russell was working on not one but two more projects with both Bradley Cooper (with a ridiculously luxuriant perm) and Jennifer Lawrence (in what looks to be a smaller role) we couldn’t wait to hear more. Well today Columbia released the first American Hustle trailer and it is, to use some 70s vernacular, groovy…and a whole lot of other things. So take a gander and enjoy!! Directed by David O. Russell (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees) American Hustle is, in short, is about the ABSCAM scandal. It’s a take on the true story of a notorious financial con-artist and his mistress/partner in crime (played…
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Sweet Trailer…Vincenzo Natali's 'Haunter'
From Little Miss Sunshine to The Call we’ve seen Abigail Breslin competently act opposite A-listers and hold her own. Now she looks to stretch her acting muscles a bit further in the latest from Cube director Vincenzo Natali. Haunter is the story about the ghost of a teenager who died years ago and is now reaching out to the land of the living in order to save someone from suffering her same fate. So while thrillers/horror films can be a bit trite these days it’s good to see a slightly new take and entry in the genre. After all, whether you liked Natali’s Splice or not you have to admit…
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Off the Shelf…’Showdown In Little Tokyo’ (Not-So-Secret Santa Edition)
(Note: this Off the Shelf entry is a little bit extra special. That’s because it’s a part of the Cinematic Katzenjammer’s Not-So-Secret Santa Swap blogathon. For my swap, I have the dubious honor of tearing up the Dolph Lundren/Brandon Lee buddy cop film, Showdown in Little Tokyo, which I can’t describe succinctly here except to say that I hated it in the best way possible. Thanks to maestro Nick Powell for setting this whole thing up.) This probably outs me as an apostate of 80’s and 90’s schlock, but I’ve never been a Dolph Lundgren fan. Color me a member of the zeitgeist; he really is the poor man’s Arnold in every…
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“What’s New on Blu?” – Week of 07/29/13
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… ——————————————————————————————————————————— Team G.I. Joe is not only fighting for their lives they are fighting for their very existence. Framed for crimes against the country, they are forced to disband by Presidential order. The surviving team members face off against Zartan, Cobra, and the world leaders he…
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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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G-S-T Review…Fruitvale Station
How can anyone review, much less watch, Fruitvale Station without bringing up the 18th Florida circuit court’s verdict in the George Zimmerman trial? The film, which comes courtesy of newcomer Ryan Coogler and marks one of 2013’s most noteworthy debuts, doesn’t reignite national discourse on social justice, race, and the second amendment in the US so much as it reinforces it; to call Fruitvale Station “timely” would be an understatement, though that’s not at all to imply shrewd, heartless planning on Coogler’s or the studio’s behalf. Chalk the picture’s release up to a happy (or unhappy, depending on how you look at it) coincidence, and then gird yourself for a…
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G-S-T Review…Blackfish
Blackfish director Gabriela Cowperthwaite throws a lot of information at us in less than an hour and a half, and it’s all crucial to making sense of the narrative she follows in her searing, heartbreaking, somber film. The good news is that she’s an ace filmmaker, and she knows how to convey everything that we need to know effectively, efficiently, and with clarity, but that knowledge must be served with a simple caveat: you can’t unlearn what Blackfish teaches, and that’s both a blessing and a curse. Cowperthwaite’s picture documents inhuman abuses inflicted upon non-human creatures in stunning enough detail to turn even the most dedicated SeaWorld fanatic into an outraged protester. In…
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G-S-T Review…The To Do List
Someone needs to start a Kickstarter campaign to get Aubrey Plaza some acting lessons. That comment sounds infinitely more cruel than intended; Plaza has long been a pivotal, hilarious supporting figure on NBC’s fantastic sitcom Parks and Recreation, and just last year she took a solid starring turn alongside Mark Duplass in Safety Not Guaranteed, but the numerous delights of her work in both underscore the limits of her range as a performer. There’s nothing wrong with having a niche, of course, but her schtick – “deadpan, apathetic, couldn’t-care-less twenty-something” – is not only specific in the extreme but also incapable of sustaining a feature-length picture for its total running…
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ALL PASSES CLAIMED – FREE Advance Screening Passes To ‘CRYSTAL FAIRY & THE MAGICAL CACTUS’ in DALLAS, TX
Attention: CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – All passes have been claimed. Thanks for your interest in Sundance Selects’ CRYSTAL FAIRY & THE MAGICAL CACTUS. ———————————————————————————————————————————— Go,See,Talk is partnering with Sundance Selects to give 100 Dallas area film fans FREE passes (good for you +1 guest) to an “Advance Screening” of Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus starring Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann and Juan Andrés Silva. The screening will take place in DALLAS, TX on Tuesday, July 30th at 7:00 PM at the Landmark Magnolia Theater in the West Village. So how do you claim/win them?? Simple. We included the printable pass below. Feel free to save it to your computer, print it and…
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FREE Advance Screening Passes to 'PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS' In NEW ORLEANS, LA
Go,See,Talk is partnering with 20th Century Fox to give 100 NOLA area film fans FREE passes (good for you +1 guest) to an “Advance Screening” of PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS starring Logan Lerman and Alexandra Daddario and Nathan Fillion. This screening will take place in NEW ORLEANS, LA on Thursday, August 1st at 7:00 PM. So how do you claim/win them?? Simple. Click the poster above to get your PRINTABLE GoFoBo ticket…but it’s first-come, first-served so act fast!! Be one of the first 100 people to register for your ticket and you’ll get to see PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS before all your friends. Neat huh? Little reminder though, this ticket is not an assigned seat, just admittance to the theater. Be sure to arrive at least one…
