Directed by Clark Gregg Starring Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Brad William Henke, Kelly Macdonald and Gillian Jacobs Adapted by Clark Gregg himself (who also appears as the leader of the Colonial Village in the film), Choke is a pretty faithful adaptation of the novel by Fight Club author Chuck Pa...

You know it's a slow week on DVD when the second best movie out this week just might be about Dakota Fanning getting raped, but I just can't see any way in which I would advocate that anyone watch that. Instead, and in a very short post because I owe my employers a piece handicapping the Oscars that...

A few days ago I went to see “Frost / Nixon“.   A movie with the one of the USA presidents in the title?  Just a few days since the whole world has watched the most hyped up inauguration of the USA president in history?  And just a few days since I’ve watched another political ...

Say hello, good evening and welcome to one of the greatest political movies ever. That bit of glorious hyperbole doesn't come from me, of course, but from the British tabloid The Sun. My sentiment would be, this was a pretty darn entertaining flick, but I really wish I could have seen the play. The ...

Sundance wouldn't be Sundance without an appearance or four by Sam Rockwell, whose superb sci-fi effort Moon features the actor playing opposite one of his most formidable co-stars to date: Himself. We'd say spoilers follow, but it's hard to say whether the reveal that occurs at Moon's half-hour poi...

1. Twiddle thumbs while waiting for bidding wars to break out -- So Senator Entertainment has already landed domestic distribution for Antoine Fuqua's cop drama, Brooklyn's Finest (they'll probably do right by it and sit it on a shelf right next to All the Boys Love Mandy Lane ); now, it's just a ma...

Filed under: Documentary, Drama, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Awards, SXSW, Sundance, Slamdance, Sony Classics, Focus Features, Fox Searchlight, Cinematical Seven, Oscar Watch, Paramount Vantage 1. Twiddle thumbs while waiting for bidding wars to break out -- So Senator Entertainment has alrea...

At Sundance in 2005, I fell in love with a little movie called Lonesome Jim, which was directed by Steve Buscemi and starred Casey Affleck. The film wasn’t necessarily incredible, but the screenplay by newcomer James C Strouse really connected with me, even though my life is nothing similar to...

"You haul 16 tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go; I owe my soul to the company store. ..." -- "Sixteen Tons," Merle Travis Know thyself. -- Solon of Athens Moon, the directorial debut of Duncan Jones, opens with a bright, bre...

Filed under: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sundance, Theatrical Reviews, Festival Reports, Sundance Reviews 2009 "You haul 16 tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go; I owe my soul to the company store. ..." -- "Sixteen Tons," Mer...