Aug 05 2008
The Politicos Weigh In
With both the Democratic and Republican National conventions both about month away, many Americans are finally getting their political bug. And while you could spend the month of August learning more about the potential candidates, expressing your veiwpoints, and wathcing CNN, why not just pop in a political thriller and experience Washington the way Hollywood intended it to be. IFC has compiled this great list of the five favorite political films from media mavens Dan Rather, Katha Pollitt, Rick Perlstein, and David Sirota to help you on your way.
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 [...]