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Cannes 2012 Review: No Love for Michael Haneke's 'Love' ('Amour')

By Alex Billington

I have found my least favorite film of the Cannes Film Festival so far. And it's the film many critics are calling the best of the festival. But I can't stand it. I sat through all two hours of this boring, tasteless, bland film and still got nothing out of it. I was absolutely baffled hearing weeping all around me as it started to reach the end. People actually liked this? How? Maybe I'm just young, too young, to appreciate a film about growing old and dying (when I'm just starting the bigger part of my life). Maybe it's just Haneke expressing his inner concern for his nearing end (he's 70 years old). Whatever it was, I hated it. Impressive? No way.

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› Posted 21 mins ago in Cannes Film Festival 12, Reviews | 2 Comments

Cannes 2012 Review: John Hillcoat's Badass Prohibiton Film 'Lawless'

By Alex Billington

I thought I couldn't like Tom Hardy any more than I already do (and I haven't even see The Dark Knight Rises yet), but this film takes him to even greater heights. Today was the Cannes Film Festival premiere of John Hillcoat's Lawless, an adaptation of Matt Bondurant's The Wettest County in the World, about the Bondurant brothers living in Virginia during the prohibition era in the 1930s. Bootleggers extraordinaire, the film follows the three of them and their "immortal", "invincible" ways as they fight to survive against the ATU (Alcohol Tax Unit) and police. It's bloody, it's brutal, it's badass, and the big cast all around impresses.

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› Posted 22 hours ago in Cannes Film Festival 12, Reviews | 6 Comments

'Moon' Director Duncan Jones Set for Bond Author Ian Fleming Biopic

By Alex Billington

The Year of James Bond gets even better. Variety is reporting that one of our favorite up-and-coming directors, Duncan Jones of Moon and Source Code, is signed on to direct a biopic about Ian Fleming, the author and creator of James Bond, Agent 007 (who's back this year). I feel like we've heard of this project before, but can't find much on it, though there's plenty of fresh details now. The working title is currently just Fleming and it's being adapted from the biography titled "Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond" written by Andrew Lycett. Duncan Jones delivers a few choices quotes about his interest in the author, too.

› Posted 22 hours ago in Development, Movie News | 6 Comments

Hero Complex Film Festival '12: A Zombie-Centric First Night of Films

By Ben Pearson

Last night, moderator/journalist Geoff Boucher and the people at the LA Times Hero Complex kicked off their third annual Hero Complex Film Festival with a zombie-heavy evening, complete with special guest appearances. Zack Snyder's 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake started the evening, followed by a Q&A session with Snyder and Robert Kirkman, the creator of AMC's massively popular zombie series "The Walking Dead" (and the comic on which it's based, of course). After a quick break, director Edgar Wright came out for a great Q&A of his own, followed by a screening of his zombie cult classic, Shaun of the Dead.

› Posted 22 hours ago in Discussion, Editorials, Events | 4 Comments

Jackie Chan Retiring from Big Action Movies, But Has One Last Trailer

By Alex Billington

The end of an era? It can't be! For as long as I can remember, Jackie Chan has been an action star. One of my first R-rated action experiences was his old film Rumble in the Bronx, still one of my favorites. Chan recently appeared at the Cannes Film Festival to do some promotion for his new film, and apparently revealed he's retiring from action movies - or maybe just "big action movies", but we're not entirely sure. The first set of quotes comes from The Telegraph, who has Jackie Chan saying: "This is my last action film. I tell you, I'm not young any more. I'm really, really tired. And the world is too violent right now."

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› Posted 23 hours ago in Foreign Films, Movie News, Rumors, Trailers | 13 Comments

First 'Ender's Game' Fan Q&A with Bob Orci on the Production Blog

By Alex Billington

"I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven’t seen yet." We've been following the production on Ender's Game and now it's shooting down in New Orleans, so what's the latest? Well, the production blog being run by producer Roberto Orci, commonly known as Bob Orci, has posted the first big Q&A on their Tumblr. A few weeks ago, they asked fans to submit questions ("In Dragon Army, Ender encourages input. So do we.") and have started answering a few of them, including some that shed rather interesting light on the tone and characters in this adaptation of Orson Scott Card's sci-fi novel.

› Posted May 18 in Discussion, Hype, Movie News, SciFi | 11 Comments

Kickstart This: 'Homewrecker', 'cockroaches' & Practical FX in 'Sci-Fly'

By Ben Pearson

Welcome back to another edition of Kickstart This, FirstShowing's weekly column dedicated to spreading the word about cool indie projects that need your help to become a reality. This week, we've got three great film projects that we want to spotlight: a drama about a temptation that arises in young marriage called Homewrecker; a wild and kinetic Guy Ritchie-esque crime caper known as cockroaches; and finally a cool stop-motion practical effects movie called Sci-Fly. Take a look at these three latest projects, sound off in the comments below, and don't forget to toss the filmmakers a few bucks if you can. See them below!

› Posted May 18 in Editorials, Indies, Kickstart This | 2 Comments

First Look: Gritty Tyler Perry and Ripped Matthew Fox in 'Alex Cross'

By Ethan Anderton

We've seen a lot of Tyler Perry dressed up like a woman in a fat suit, and Matthew Fox seemingly always on the verge of tears on "Lost," but when these two seemingly unmanly men come together, they're throwing around a lot of grit and muscle. That seems to be the case in these first look photos from Alex Cross. Though it's based on James Patterson's novels featuring the recurring Cross character, the film is said to have a mostly original story. It's strange seeing Perry looking deadly serious as a detective, and even crazier seeing how ripped and absolutely insane Fox looks as the cage-fighting murderer. See the photos below!

› Posted May 18 in First Look, Photos | 37 Comments

Peter Dinklage, Robin Williams & Others in 'Angriest Man in Brooklyn'

By Ben Pearson

Quick - pick five random actors you never imagined would share the screen in one movie. Got your list? This might be pretty close to it. ScreenDaily reports that Robin Williams, Peter Dinklage, Mila Kunis, Melissa Leo, and James Earl Jones have all signed on for The Angriest Man in Brooklyn, a comedy from Field of Dreams director Phil Alden Robinson. The story follows a stand-in doctor who mistakenly tells a patient he has 90 minutes to live, and then must track him down as the man goes on a whirlwind tour of the city to atone for the wrongs of his life. Sounds like a zany comedy with some potential. More below!

› Posted May 18 in Casting, Development, Movie News | 2 Comments

Seven New 'Lawless' Character Posters Are Armed and Dangerous

By Ethan Anderton

The first trailer for Lawless from director John Hillcoat was rather impressive with Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy and Jason Clarke (in a role that should skyrocket his fame) as three bootlegging brothers who helped build the American Dream in this exuberant tale of what was to become crime’s first major gold rush. Now we have a set of character posters that don't exactly fit with the style of the film, but rather with the black and white freeze frames from the aforementioned trailer (an element I didn't like). But there's plenty of gun wielding to be seen on these posters, and even Gary Oldman and Guy Pearce get their own. Look!

› Posted May 18 in Hype, Posters | 12 Comments

There Can Be Only One 'Highlander' and It Might Be Ryan Reynolds

By Ethan Anderton

Though the actor has already taken over two different comic book characters in both the Marvel and DC universes, it looks like Ryan Reynolds is ready to take over yet another high profile franchise. Variety reports Reynolds is currently the front runner to take the lead role in the remake of Highlander from director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intruders). The original epic fantasy (starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery) had our hero battling an unstoppable barbarian who covets the power gained from there being only one of near-immortal beings left alive. However, plot details on the remake are now under wraps.

› Posted May 18 in Casting, Development, Featured, Movie News | 44 Comments

Watch: First 'Hyde Park on Hudson' Trailer with Bill Murray as FDR

By Alex Billington

"I now see how important this weekend was..." Focus Features has unveiled the first trailer for Hyde Park on Hudson, a film about the weekend in 1939 when the King of England visited President Franklin D. Roosevelt's upstate New York estate. Bill Murray plays FDR, along with Olivia Williams as Eleanor Roosevelt, Laura Linney as Margaret Suckley, Samuel West as King George VI (the same one from The King's Speech) and Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth. This has a very light, fun, comical tone similar to The King's Speech in many ways, but with its own quirks, including of course Bill Murray. Looks quite good.

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› Posted May 18 in Indies, To Watch, Trailers | 15 Comments

Sound Off: Peter Berg's 'Battleship' Movie - So What Did You Think?

By Alex Billington

Now that you've seen it, what did you think? C-4. Hit? Or miss? You played the game as a kid, now it's time to see the movie (or maybe not). Arriving in theaters is Universal's attempt at adapting a board game, specifically Battleship, into an explosive summer blockbuster directed by Peter Berg, starring an eclectic cast. Taylor Kitsch leads the way, with Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker and Liam Neeson, too. But is it even remotely entertaining or just terrible? Does this fleet of battleships sink quickly? How was Rihanna? If you've seen it, leave a comment below with your thoughts on Peter Berg's Battleship.

› Posted May 18 in Discussion, Hype, Sound Off | 56 Comments

'Welcome to the Bathtub' Interactive 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Site

By Alex Billington

I just saw Benh Zeitlin & Court 13's Beasts of the Southern Wild, the top Grand Jury Prize winner in Sundance and my favorite film of that festival, for a second time today at the Cannes Film Festival. It's just as phenomenal a second time. One of my favorite films of the year, it's that good, that moving, that amazing, even seeing it again. Fox Searchlight, who picked up the film and is releasing it this summer, has launched a new interactive website at WelcomeToTheBathtub.com plus a viral Tumblr blog focusing on the small, wet Southern Louisiana region it takes place in nicknamed "The Bathtub". This is cool, visit when you can.

› Posted May 18 in Featured, Hype, Indies, Movie News | 4 Comments

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