JoBlo (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Is Sean Patrick Flanery at last getting the recognition he deserves? Hopefully with BOONDOCK 2 the guy will be put on the path of more kick-ass movies, like this one here looks to be. SINNERS AND SAINTS from rookie director William Kaufman, puts Flanery in the middle of an equally underrated cast including Tom Berenger, Jurgen Prochnow, and Kim Coates. Whole thing is headlined by Johnny Strong in...
The House Next Door (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
By Simon Abrams As dated as it is, The Keep (1983), Michael Mann's second theatrical release after Thief (1981), remains an intriguing mess of historical provocation. The film answers "Nazisploitation" filmmakers' favorite "What if" question—"If you could go back in time and kill the Nazis, would you?"—with a stirring "No." Set in occupied Romania...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Full marks to Quiet Earth for spotting upcoming Czech thriller The Eye (aka Oko , Oko Ve Zdi and The Eye In The Wall ). Giving a rare lead role to gifted and prolific character actor Karel Roden - far too often relegated to anonymous European bad guy parts in Hollywood - is more than enough reason to pay attention to this one but with a cast that also includes Jurgen Prochnow and a trailer that promises...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
“24″ will be returning to Fox on January 17, 2010, but is that too early to start getting excited about it? Clearly not, since the network has officially begun its promotional blitz, releasing a trailer for the new season: At the show’s Comic-Con panel, it was revealed that Season 8 will find Jack Bauer trying to [...]
Movie Moxie (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Dir: David Lynch (Inland Empire, Mulholland Dr., Blue Velvet) Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Jürgen Prochnow, Francesca Annis, Kenneth McMillan, Virginia Madsen, Sean Young, Patrick Stewart, Sting, Linda Hunt, Brad Dourif, Max von Sydow, Dean Stockwell USA , 1984 Originally Seen: At home, sometime in the 80's Revisited: October 18, 2009 on VHS! (Original 127 minutes version) Reason to see: Revisiting...
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Columbia abandoned plans to produce it, but that hasn't stopped "The Wettest County in the World" -- a tale of Depression-era bootleggers to be directed by John Hillcoat -- from attracting an impressive list of young talent that includes Shia LaBeouf, Scarlett Johansson and Ryan Gosling.
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Blu-Ray Review: Volker Schlöndorff's 1975 drama, part of the StudioCanal Collection, is an impassioned protest against the erosion of civil liberties by the activities of the press and actions of the secret police.
Aceshowbiz.com (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
One will be a suicide-bomber, another a CTU agent and the other a security for Middle Eastern leader.
Periscope Depth (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
New post on Overthinking It today, which will hopefully inaugurate a series: an in-depth look at the pop cultural legacy of Michael Mann’s The Keep. It’s a train wreck of a horror/fantasy film, starring Gabriel Byrne, Ian McKellen, Jurgen Prochnow, Alberta Watson and Scott Glenn. Music by Tangerine Dream. Oh, right, it’s [...]
Televisionary (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Welcome to your Tuesday morning television briefing. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that House's Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer's Cameron and Chase will move back into their old jobs on the FOX medical drama following a staffing shakeup at Princeton Plainsboro during which Foreman takes over House's role. "They are both thrown back into their old jobs," Morrison...
In Entertainment (Free subscription) | 08/06/2009
As a fan of the popular TV series “24,” I was pleased to know that there was to be an eighth season. And as someone who has followed the show from the very beginning, it is always nice to know what the next season has in store for its fans. And according to buddytv.com, it certainly [...]
TV Spoilers (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
24 - Season 8 New Villain Casting News Meet 24's new bad guy. 68-year-old German actor Jürgen Prochnow will terrorize New York City as Jack Bauer's newest nemesis, Bazhaev. Perhaps best known as the submarine commander of 1981's "Das Boot," Prochnow's ruthless character will head up an Eastern European organized crime syndicate that becomes part of the action. "He's essentially...
SLANTblog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
War movies are another cup of tea, when it comes to making a list. Most of the best war movies, in my book, have at least a hint of anti-war sentiment in them. Some might call it sanity; war isn’t just hell, it’s crazy hell. Still, to me a traditional war movie is about the quest to bravely fight through that crazy hell as part of a larger purpose. Whereas, an anti-war film is more about...
MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
Today’s pick is kind of deep cut, but it’s so freaking cool that I had to give it a shout. In 1994, director John Carpenter released a horror flick called “In the Mouth of Madness.” If you haven’t seen it, you should. Critics didn’t love it and, I’ll admit, there are some gaping flaws. It [...]
Periscope Depth (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
Enough talk about aesthetics. Now let’s talk about actual art. The Keep: Michael Mann’s last big project before “Miami Vice” (the TV series). A honey of a concept – Nazis occupying a Romanian keep accidentally unleash a medieval demon, which murders them one at a time until a mysterious stranger can stop it – [...]
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