It’s not odd or unusual that to find timeless advice which benefits our future we should look to the past. However it is odd that we should find sage-like advice and a timeless tale about family values in an animated film about cave men. Yet here we are getting a “Father Knows Best”, rather thinks he knows best life-lesson in the form of this charmingly witty and heart-warming tale from DreamWorks Animation. The plot of The Croods is standard familial fare; a young girl Eep (Emma Stone) yearns for the freedom beyond the confines of her house (in this story, a cave) and the conservative restraints put upon her by her over-protective father Grug (Nic Cage).…
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G-S-T Review…Olympus Has Fallen
Time has not been kind to Antoine Fuqua. Over a decade ago, he became an Oscar-caliber filmmaker (for whatever that label is worth) after Training Day vaulted him into mainstream prominence on the back of its gritty violence, no-nonsense artistry, and mesmerizing performances; in between then and now he’s output nothing but a handful of mild hits (Brooklyn’s Finest) and flops both small (Shooter) and large (King Arthur). Is his fall from grace an example of success eating a director alive? Was Training Day just an anomaly in an otherwise middling filmography? Giving credit where it’s due, Fuqua’s descent isn’t really due to lack of trying, but the trajectory of his career…
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G-S-T Review…Ginger & Rosa
Ginger & Rosa, the latest and possibly most accessible picture to come from British filmmaker Sally Potter, represents a coming of age for Elle Fanning as much as it does for the character she plays. Structurally, the film is pretty standard stuff; as the Ginger of the title, Fanning confronts or falls into situations beyond her age bracket and goes through the painful emotional transformation from child to woman in a scant eighty four minutes of narrative. But Potter has never been a standard director, nor should Fanning be seen any longer as a standard actress. Amazingly, Ginger & Rosa proves an astronomical leap forward for the latter and a…
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G-S-T Review…Admission
There’s a temptation in writing about Admission to make it all about Tina Fey. This is a mistake on several levels; she’s only contributing to the film in an acting capacity, for one, and for another she’s watchable even though she’s essentially playing the exact same role she’s predicated her entire career on. Admission itself is the product of Karen Croner’s script, adapting Jean Hanff Korelitz’s 2009 novel of the same name, and Paul Weitz’s direction, which can be described as “incongruous” at best. That’s where the real conversation lies, but if you find yourself winding around back to Fey, there’s a good reason for that. She’s one half of the likability equation that…
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Sweet Trailer…'Star Trek Into Darkness'
Brace yourselves boys and girls, this morning (early morning) the latest little bit of marketing for Star Trek Into Darkenss has dropped and is perhaps the most epic looking thing we’ve seen yet. So what’s new? Well, this trailer for the big budget sequel to Abrams’ amazingly well-received Star Trek reboot gives us a glimpse of Peter Weller as a Starfleet Admiral as well as lots more sneering from Benedict Cumberbatch as the villainous… John Harrison. Okay, surely we all know by now that’s not what he’ll end up being called, but JJ, as always, is doing a great job keeping things close to his chest. Enough talk, just watch!! When the…
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ALL PASSES CLAIMED – FREE Advance Screening Passes To ‘Room 237’ in DALLAS, TX
CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – All passes have been claimed. Thanks for your interest in IFC’s ROOM 237. ———————————————————————————————————————————— Go,See,Talk is partnering with IFC to give 50 Dallas area film fans FREE passes (good for you +1 guest) to an “Advance Screening” of Room 237, the highly celebrated and hotly debated documentary about Stanley Kubrick’s enduring horror film The Shinning. The screening will take place in DALLAS, TX on Wednesday, April 3 at 8:00 PM. Winners will be notified no later than Tuesday, April 2nd. So how do you claim/win them?? Simple. Send an email to marc@goseetalk.com with 237 as the subject we’ll send you a PRINTABLE ticket to your email address…but it’s first-come, first-served so act…
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Sweet Trailer…'DreamWorks Animation's 'Turbo'
Today we get the first (well second if you count the teaser) trailer for DreamWorks Animation’s Turbo, a fun looking film about a racing snail. Sorry all you fans of The Neverending Story, this has nothing to do with that speedy snail but this is the story of Turbo, a snail who has always dreamed about being fast. Following a freak accident Turbo has been transformed from an everyday garden snail into a racing machine and he’s one step closer to achieving his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500. Honestly this looks to have that patented DreamWorks charm all over it. With a little luck the studio may have two hits…
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Sweet Trailer…'Despicable Me 2'
Not sure what the rest of you thought, but while Despicable Me didn’t look like much at first we found it had a lot more heart than we’d originally suspected. So to the masses of fans (including GST) who made the Universal’s 2010 animated film a hit will be as overjoyed as Gru’s minions that a sequel is coming to theaters this Summer. This time around we’re getting plenty more of those minions pictured above (who really are as cute as can be), as well as Gru, his adopted trio of Edith, Margo and Agnes, and of course dastardly deeds, this time perpetrated by the yet unnamed Al Pacino character. Have…
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Sweet Trailer…'The Colony'
End of the world films are a dime a dozen and thanks in part to the SyFy channel the whole sub-genre has been deemed a little trite and passe. But while many fail there are some that although they don’t redefine much of the formula still prove to be entertaining enough to be worth the time. Today we get the international trailer for Jeff Renfroe’s The Colony which on the surface has a little bit more going for it thanks to Laurence Fishburne, Bill Paxton and even Kevin Zegers. It’s the standard, “hey a distress signal, hey let’s check it out, hey something’s not right” fare but could be fun.…
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FREE Advance Screening Passes To ‘DISCONNECT’ in DALLAS, TX
Go,See,Talk is partnering with LD Entertainment to give 100 Dallas area film fans FREE passes (good for you +1 guest) to an “Advance Screening” of Disconnect starring Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgard and Paula Patton. The screening will take place in DALLAS, TX on Tuesday, April 9th at 7:00PM 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 click the link and you’ll get to see Disconnect 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 hour before the screening to help you secure a good seat. Thanks for your interest in LD Entertainment’s Disconnect and hope to…