November 13th, 2008
Maybe Michael Moore should team up with Roland Emmerich for a “2012″ companion movie. Word is that Moore’s follow-up to “Fahrenheit 9/11″ was originally supposed to focus on foreign policy. But since the economy’s nose-dive in recent months, he’s decided to focus on that instead.
The still-untitled project is said to contain an end-of-the-empire […]
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November 12th, 2008
Really, it’s amazing that it’s taken so long for this movie to get made, isn’t it? A biopic on Jerry Garcia is in the works, based on Robert Greenfield’s book “Dark Star.”
The movie will focus on Garcia’s early life in the Bay Area before he joined the band that would become “The Grateful Dead. […]
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November 9th, 2008
Maybe Kirsten Dunst needs a serious project to help balance out “Spider-Man” 4 and 5. She’s making a documentary about how the nation votes, working with filmmaker Jacob Soboroff on the project.
Both Dunst and Soboroff are directing and producing the film, which explores why American voter participation lags behind turnout in other countries. Soboroff […]
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November 2nd, 2008
MSNBC Films, a feature banner of the cable network, is deciding what to do with its documentary, “Witch Hunt.”
It seems like there’s a lot of crossover among cable/DVD/theatrical releases these days. Films that could easily be theatrical releases, such as HBO’s “John Adams,” are playing on TV. And some films are released simultaneously […]
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October 15th, 2008
In honor of Blog Action Day, which is focusing on poverty this year, I’m reviewing “War/Dance,” a thoughtful, heartbreaking, and inspiring film. It made the film festival circuit last year, had a limited theatrical release on Nov. 9, 2007, and hit DVD shelves on April 15, 2008.
The documentary follows several children who’ve been […]
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October 4th, 2008
Several web sites linking to Michael Moore’s freebie film Slacker Uprising have received cease-and-desist letters demanding removal of the links.
What? That makes no sense whatsoever. I’m sure he wants publicity for the film, which he released online in September as a free gift to his fans in the U.S. and Canada. He […]
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September 17th, 2008
Speed Racer (Widescreen Edition). Emile Hirsch plays Speed Racer, the younger brother of deceased racing legend Rex (Scott Porter), and son of car designer Pops (John Goodman). A candy-colored thrill ride. [Gecko Review] [Official Site]
Made of Honor. Patrick Dempsey plays Tom, a serial dater with a girlfriend in every zip code of New York. […]
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September 9th, 2008
David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Paul Rudd, and as of today’s announcement, James Franco are attached to the Allen Ginsberg biopic “Howl.” I wonder if Franco’s turn as a pothead in Pineapple Express had anything to do with it.
Is that a dream team or what? The 1950’s era film will […]
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September 8th, 2008
Baby Mama. Kate (Tina Fey) is a single, successful career woman who wants something more: a baby. But she gets more than she bargained for when she hires Angie (Amy Poehler), a free spirit from South Philly, to be her surrogate in a hysterical mama match-up. Gecko Review. Buy It.
The Forbidden Kingdom. Jet […]
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September 7th, 2008
One of the coolest political DVD sets to come out recently is The Presidents from PBS Home Video, which retails for anywhere from $110 on up. I’m offering it to the winner of this contest, Day 7 in Jane’s September Contest Slam. Is this the coolest contest slam on the Internet or what?!
“The […]
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