Chicago Cast to Reunite at Oscars
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger and Queen Latifah will present together at the Academy Awards on Sunday night in celebration of their 2002 Best Picture-winning film Chicago.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsArbitrage
Straddling the line between celebration and vilification of its nasty protagonist, Arbitrage plunges into the world of corporate fraud with chilly detachment. Writer/director Nicholas Jarecki’s film begins with Robert (Richard Gere)—the president of a lucrative investment firm—deep in crisis, having secretly borrowed $412 million to hide losses from an ongoing audit and to keep alive his firm’s sale to a rival. A man comfortable begging for more time on his loan to cover up his crimes (which would land him in jail for upwards of twenty years) and then going home to his family to celebrate his birthday, Robert... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsThe Double
The writing team behind Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma resurrects the Cold War-era espionage thriller with this spy movie that imagines Russian infiltration continued even after the fall of the Berlin wall. Inspired by recent news stories about Russki spies who have been found behind U.S. and British borders, Michael Brandt (who also directs his first film) and Derek Haas have crafted a throwback genre flick, complete with a throwback lead that gives away its double cross early yet maintains enough mystery to keep viewers moderately intrigued.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsFocus on Terrence Malick: Days of Heaven
For all of its claim to slight improvisational moments and location shooting, Badlands on the screen was a tightly scripted, traditionally well-crafted movie. Like a good short story it featured easily identifiable themes and motifs, understandable characters and after some consideration motivations for their choices. Not only that, it worked in a recognizable genre and adhered pretty well to its conventions. Sure, it was artistically daring, but it did so within what was still a fairly recognizable framework. Like a short story in The New Yorker, it’s polished and brilliantly made but not altogether new.... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesBrooklyn's Finest
Release Date: Out Now Director: Antoine Fuqua Writer: Michael C. Martin Cinematographer: Patrick Murguia Starring: Don Cheadle, Ethan Hawke, Richard Gere, Wesley Snipes Studio/Runtime: Overture, 133 mins. Three Brooklyn cops, one well-worn destination Antoine Fuqua, director of the stiff-shouldered new drama Brooklyn’s Finest, mines the sturdy, winded mythology of the big-city-cop movie with sincerity. He works best at a mid-range budget and makes muscular, brutal movies that trade in the clichés of the genre but demand our submission to their dramatic overtures. “King Kong ain’t got shit on me!” Denzel Washington famously declares in Training Day, Fuqua’s best film,... read more
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