GRADE: 2 out of 5

There really is no other way to describe MAN ON A LEDGE than to simply call it Phone Booth meets The Negotiator. It’s a mildly entertaining thriller that throws originality out the window. I think it’s cute that it badly wants to be taken as a smart, edgy, heist action with unexpected twists and turns but once that juice runs out, as soon as the creativity hits the wall, everything about this movie falls apart.. Continue reading

GRADE: 4 out of 5

At times it feels like a long episode of Man Vs. Wild but the film’s occasional detour to drama about mortality and faith and questions about what happens when you die while trying to survive through dangerous elements keeps me fixed on THE GREY. Liam Neeson is the man, it doesn’t get more macho than Neeson, he can track down and fight human traffickers and now he can fight wolves, that is one bloody ballsy Irish son of a gun… Continue reading

Marvel has unleashed these new photos from the upcoming much anticipated summer awesomeness, THE AVENGERS. Some of these pics were previously seen in the latest issue of Empire mag, consider these the hi-res. I like the one with the close up shot of Sam Jackson as Nick Fury, he seems wise and focused.. Continue reading

At first I thought I was looking at the poster for some kind of sequel to Benicio Del Toro’s The Hunted, but then I misread, this poster, via Joblo, says THE HUNTER, starring Willem Dafoe, the film made its way to Toronto Film Festival last year and Magnolia will release it this Spring.
Dafoe plays Martin, a mercenary sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger. Check out the facebook page and view this image in its entirety after this jump.. Continue reading

Every year, after the Oscar nominations are announced, people would usually be familiar with some of the names mentioned or the majority of the films in the key categories but once they get to the animated short or documentary short or feature short categories, people would go ‘what are these films?’ which is an understandable argument because those shorts, as well-made as they are, may not have received the exposure they deserve.
But thanks to ShortsHD and Magnolia Pictures, you’ll get to watch what this year’s Oscar nominated shorts are all about.
I’ve received this press release stating that those two forces will bring the Oscar nominated short films of 2012 in over 200 theaters across the U.S and Canada on February 10th, 2012. You’ll get to watch the nominated shorts in the animation, live action, and documentary categories prior to the announcement of the winners on Feb. 26th.
So on Feb. 10, check your local theaters for shotimes and listing
The nominated short films will also be released individually on iTunes from February 21st in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany and other iTunes Stores throughout the world. The release will also be available via cable’s Movies On Demand (MOD), and will be available via Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Brighthouse, Cablevision and Cox Communication.
How awesome is that! So now none of us would have to miss out anymore. Check out details below.. Continue reading

Special thanks to Open Road Films, I recently got to interview Brit actor Joe Anderson (Across The Universe, The Crazies) who’s part of the cast of Joe Carnahan-directed survival film THE GREY (starring Liam Neeson) which opens this weekend.
Joe talked about the experience shooting the film in the cold weather and about bonding with the other guys, I also asked him about his role in THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN – PART 2.
Check out the entire interview below.. Continue reading

Production on the untitled STAR TREK sequel already started and E! chatted with young Spock, Zachary Quinto about how things are coming along so far.. Continue reading

Do you think Hollywood should remake any of Monty Python’s classic films? Don’t get pissed off just yet, I was just wondering that’s all, I’m a Monty Python fan too and there’s nothing I want more than the original cast members to get back together, even now that they’re freakin’ old, for one more project.. Continue reading

Yesterday I attended 20th Century Fox’s film CHRONICLE about superpowered teens and the mishaps that happen along the way, it was a fantastic film, it was written by Max Landis and according to Variety, Disney has picked up Landis’ untitled space adventure pitch, the project will be produced by Andrew Panay.
No plot details yet but the story is said to be about an emotional journey of a brother and sister as they undertake an epic adventure.
What a coincidence that I’m blogging this awesome new Disney info while listening to Tangled’s song “I See The Light” at the same time on iTunes, magical!

Special thanks to Lionsgate, I recently got to interview actor Gavin-Keith Umeh who’s part of the cast of ONE FOR THE MONEY (starring Katheirne Heigl) which opens this weekend. Gavin also co-starred in one of my favorite and sadly short lived series last year, Lights Out.
Gavin talked about his role in One For The Money, whether or not he’d read the book that it’s based on and why boxing may not be as popular as MMA nowadays, check out the full interview below.. Continue reading