May 21 2008
A Necessary Death
When I first saw this preview for “A Necessary Death” around the time it premiered at SXSW, I thought it was only a matter of time before it caused some controversy, or at least some serious press. After all the documentary details the final moments of various suicidal individuals up until the faithful moment. Well, I have yet to hear any big outcries or long editorial pieces other than reviews from filmgoers who were disturbed even after realizing that film is more on par with “The Blair Witch Project” than “Super Size Me”. And don’t get mad like I am spoiling something here. I am pretty sure that if this film was real, it would be illegal. Anyways, take a look at this trailer, and take a guess as to whether we will see this at theaters anytime soon.
I have always thought of the Olympic opening ceremonies as a little overdramatic and dare I say cheesy. Well thanks to a 300 million dollar budget and the artistic vision of renowned Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, 2008’s Bejing ceremonies were legendary - despite the frequent flood warnings and technical difficulties interrupting the broadcast thanks [...]
Bret Easton Ellis strikes again; Wayfarers, New Order, drugs, sex, and rich LA brats. Welcome to the first look at “The Informers”, the film adaptation of Ellis’s 1994 novel of the same name in which he also wrote the screenplay.
“The drama is set over the course of a week in 1983, in the chillingly [...]
In the 1950’s Hollywood was producing around forty westerns per year, that number fell to twenty during the 60’s, around ten per year in the 1970’s through 90’s, and in the new millennium, we are lucky to get five westerns each year. But when those westerns are of the caliber of 2007’s “3:10 [...]