Tony Scudder Walking and talking movies since the 70's
CABIN IN THE WOODS Most anticipated 2012 movie (RELEASED 13th April)
David Gordon Green is currently promoting ‘Your Highness’ (out UK April 15th), but his next picture should be the long-gestating ‘Suspiria’. Badass Digest got this quote out of him, ‘The script is very faithful to the original. It’s less about ballet and more of a story about the occult and a boarding school for girls [...]
Well, this is a strange one. The UK does get the occasional film that opens here before the rest of the world, but it’s usually a British film, not the return of America’s number one ‘auteur’. And for the release to come ahead of it’s Cannes bow seems mighty unusual. Anyway, until someone holds their [...]
AMC has officially authorised production of season five of Mad Men, triggering our option with Lionsgate. While we are getting a later start than in years past due to ongoing, key non-cast negotiations, Mad Men will be back for a fifth season in early 2012. Behind the scenes, there have been rumours of ongoing contractual [...]
There’s a great little article up at io9 discussing the right time to show your kids certain defining (but scary) films from your own past. The article leads with ‘The Empire Strikes Back’, which in the UK has a ‘U’ rating declaring it suitable for all ages, something which I’ve always found slightly odd for [...]
KILLING BONO PARAMOUNT RELEASED 1 April 2011 Brothers Neil (Ben Barnes) and Ivan (Robert Sheehan) spend their teenage years and twenties attempting to make it as rockstars but can only look on in envy as their schoolfriend Paul Hewson (Martin McCann) leads U2 to global stardom as Bono. The movie shows us their various comedy [...]
Well, not the Easter Bunny as he (she’s?) far too busy preparing chocolate eggs for greedy little tikes. But FC can show you nine clips of the April 1st live-action / animated comedy ‘Hop’. Boing! Tweet This Post
David Cronenberg has cast the last major part for his adaptation of Don DeLillo‘s novel Cosmopolis. Sarah Gadon will play Robert Pattinson’s estranged wife. Juliette Binoche, Paul Giamatti, Samantha Morton and Mathieu Almaric also star. Cosmopolis is the story of Eric Packer (Pattinson), a 28 year old multi-billionaire asset manager who makes an odyssey across [...]
Earlier this year, actress Tara Reid said that a sequel to the Coen Brothers’ ‘The Big Lebowski’ was in the works, to which one Coen replied, “I’m glad she’s working on it.” Now, too early to be an April Fool, the trailer is here for the sequel every Tara Reid fan has been waiting for. [...]
In just under two weeks, Film4 is launching potentially the greatest film season ever. Films For Life begins on Saturday 9th April with Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face; Michael Caine and the Minis in The Italian Job; master filmmaker Ridley Scott’s debut The Duellists; Powell and Pressburger’s eternal romance A Matter of Life and Death; [...]
The latest Tyler Stout poster is due to go on sale at Mondo Friday afternoon (UK time). It’s a cult film of course by Tarantino, and Stout’s biggest hits have been with cult films (Thing, Blade Runner, Big Lebowski, Inglourious Basterds) so expect it to sell out ultra-fast (we’re talking sixty seconds!). Stout was commissioned [...]