Jack Reacher
As they say in sensationalist movie-poster-speak, “Tom Cruise is Jack Reacher.” Except in this case, that should perhaps be amended to “Tom Cruise is only kind of Jack Reacher.” The straight-laced megastar is, frankly, miscast as our eponymous hero, an ex-military policeman turned vigilante/detective who lives off the grid. Of course, this is not news to fans of the popular book series by Lee Child, who have been grumbling since Cruise first signed on. These days, the lamentations of the devoted are as expected as they are usually unfounded, but in this case they have a point. While Cruise... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsThe 25 Best Movie Performances of 2010
The Oscars are still two months away, but we thought we'd go ahead and make our picks for the best actors and actresses of 2010, a year which saw some tremendous performances by newcomers and veterans alike. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayGet Low Review
Release Date: July 30 Director: Aaron Schneider Writers: Chris Provenzano, C. Gaby Mitchell Cinematographer: David Boyd Starring: Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, Lucas Black Studio: Sony Pictures Classics A forgettable fable Get Low, a glacially-paced portrait of real-life Southern boogeyman Felix “Bush” Breazeale, does little to broaden the scope of American mythology set to celluloid. Robert Duvall stars as the woods-secluded protagonist, who stages a funeral for himself before he’s dead, inviting anyone who’s willing to recount one of the fantastical, widely-told yarns about his life. Even with this rich premise, Get Low’s linear narrative is far too bare-bones... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsSXSW 2010: Low Budgets, High Outputs
Get Low With James Cameron spending half a billion on Avatar it’s difficult to expect much from a film with a $7 million budget. But Aaron Schneider’s appropriately titled Get Low beat all expectations with his lovely period piece about redemption and forgiveness in the waning years of an old man’s life. It obviously helped to get Oscar winner Robert Duvall to play the lead role as the “hermit” of the depression-era Tennessee woods. Bill Murray, who says he did it to work with Duvall, plays the town’s undertaker Frank Quinn whose business is slow because no one’s dying. When... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusThe Road's Release Date Gets Pushed Back...Again
In the movie business, every time a film's release date is moved back, industry confidence and media support for the project drops at least a little bit.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsBill Murray spotted in Georgia filming Get Low
Bill Murray recently poked his head out from shooting Get Low to attend an Atlanta Hawks game where he was seated alongside Spike Lee.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsFour Christmases
Proving that quantity does not equal quality, director Seth Gordon... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsBridges, Gyllenhaal, Duvall and T-Bone get Crazy
Be warned: isolated coincidences aside, this is not Walk Hard 2. No, Crazy Heart, which will begin shooting this August in New Mexico, is a somewhat more serious tale, based on Thomas Cobb's much-hailed novel of the same name.... read more
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