Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen in Talks to Join Godzilla Remake
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) are in talks to join the cast of the highly anticipated Godzilla remake, according to The Hollywood Reporter.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsLiberal Arts
Best known for playing Ted on the hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother, with happythankyoumoreplease and now Liberal Arts, Josh Radnor is establishing himself as a thoughtful writer-director of feature films dealing with young adults facing—and embracing—adulthood. An ode to his years at Kenyon College specifically and liberal arts education generally, his latest is at once a profound defense of academia for academia’s sake and a gentle critique of nostalgia: Live too much in the past (or in a book), and you’ll miss out on what’s in front of you.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsElizabeth Olsen Confirms Role in Spike Lee's Oldboy Remake
Indie darling Elizabeth Olsen has confirmed her long-rumored role in Spike Lee's remake. "I start filming Old Boy in a month," she confided to Paste. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsRed Lights
Skepticism is championed until it’s suddenly and inexplicably not in Red Lights, Rodrigo Cortés’ muddled follow-up to Buried. Unlike that prior effort, an efficiently compact and constrained thriller about a man who awakens inside an interred coffin, Cortes’ latest is a sprawling mess both narratively and thematically. It takes as its focus two scientists, Margaret (Sigourney Weaver) and Tom (Cillian Murphy), whose careers are split between lecturing about the non-existence of paranormal activity and going out into the field to debunk charlatans who claim to hear voices and commune with the dead. Casting Weaver as a literal ghost buster is... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsPeace, Love & Misunderstanding
Director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy and most recently Mao’s Last Dancer) scored a coup by casting Jane Fonda as the boho grandma in the family drama, Peace, Love & Misunderstanding. The iconic Oscar winner retired from film in the ’90s and has been selective upon her return. But as felicitous as it might seem to have the infamous political activist play a latter-day hippie, unfortunately her character, Grace, comes off as a caricature in a Halloween costume rather than a fully realized role. That she grows pot, smokes it with her grandkids and entertains lovers isn’t nearly as shocking... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsWatch the New Trailer for Red Lights
We brought you the anticipated teaser trailer for Robert De Niro's newest filmRed Light back in January. Today, the Rodrigo Cortés pictorial has emerged will a full, impacted trailer of paranormal proportions. read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSilent House
Elizabeth Olsen earned a lot of buzz from her star turn in last year’s Martha Marcy May Marlene, and in the new horror/thriller Silent House, based on the Uruguayan film La Casa Muda, she certainly runs with it. She also leaps, cowers and peeks out at shadowy figures bent on killing her in any number of horrible ways.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsThe 20 Best Acting Performances of Sundance 2012
Sundance isn't just a place where great directors are born and grow, it's also the home of some of the best acting performances of each year in film. Paste film editor Michael Dunaway and contributing writer Jeremy Matthews each pick their 10 favorites. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySundance Filmmaker Preview: Cindy Cowan, Producer of Red Lights
Producer Cindy Cowan wants you to know that virtually everyone else in the world is just as much in the dark about Red Lights as you and I are. The thinking person’s thriller, which debuts this week at Sundance, stars Robert DeNiro, Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy, and current It Girl Elizabeth Olsen, so you might think the filmmakers would have wanted to get it in front of as many people as quickly as possible. But Cowan insists, “No one has seen Red Lights. It’s literally getting its premiere next Friday night at Sundance and we’ve kept it very under the... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesWatch the Trailer For Red Lights
The teaser trailer for Red Lights, written and directed by Rodrigo Cortés, has just been released. And a teaser is it. read more
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