Road to Perdition (2002) This is the life we chose, the life we lead. And there is only one guarantee: none of us will see heaven. Synopsis In the world of Prohibition and mob-ruled financing, there are none more threatening than the enforcers who come to collect. Michael Sullivan is one such man. He is a hit man for Irish mob boss, John Rooney, a man he serves loyally almost as a son. Sullivan’s family stay separate from his nights of enforcement, but, when his oldest son, Michael Jr., witnesses a murder by Rooney’s biological son, Connor, the tables turn on Michael Sr. He takes his son away, and the bond they form on the road becomes just as strong as the revenge building up within the wronged hit man. Why We Love It Director Sam Mendes broke onto the scene of feature film making in 1999 with American Beauty. He had directed a few TV movies before that, but his stamp was made as soon as American Beauty got its release. It won Mendes an Academy Award for Best Director, and amazing feat for any director on his first theatrical film. Three years later, he would return with a film that many consider an underrated gem and even more consider Mendes’ best film to date.
Print to Projector: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Features By Cole Abaius on July 10, 2010 | Comments (3)As the only literate Reject, it’s my duty to find the latest, the greatest and the untouched classics that would make great source material for film adaptations. I read so you don’t have to. This week, Print to Projector presents: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith “The boy had been crouched so long that his legs had fallen asleep beneath him – but he dared not move now.” Synopsis A young boy named Abraham suffers the grizzly frontier life of the early 19th century and is devastated by the loss of his mother. After finding out that she was killed by a vampire, he makes it his life’s work to hunt down the blood-thirsty monsters and cut off their giant-canine-tooth-stuffed heads with his axe. And to become President at some point. And free the slaves. And keep the union together.
Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card: March 19, 2010
Features By Kevin Carr on March 19, 2010 | Be the First To CommentKevin Carr sits his chubbiness down weighs in on The Bounty Hunter, Repo Men and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Jude Law and Forest Whitaker star as Remy and Jake the repo men, who have been both buddies and rivals since the fourth grade. Their corporate hack boss (Liev Schreiber) sends them on missions to retrieve the unpaid for organs of everyone from wealthy businessmen to hotshot musical artists to your everyday overweight schlubs. The men might believe they’re engaged in a respectable pursuit, but they are in fact angels of death forced to reclaim company property by any means necessary.
Soderbergh’s Virus Outbreak Film ‘Contagion’ Gets a Major Cast
Movie News By Neil Miller on February 9, 2010 | Comments (1)According to the folks over at The Playlist, the script for Steven Soderbergh’s next pick — a deadly virus outbreak thriller called Contagion written by Scott Z. Burns — is good. So good in fact, that Soderbergh has set aside several other projects to get this one going in the fall. It is said to be a Traffic-esque thriller that takes place across four continents and is “terrifying.”
Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 01.08.10
Features By Kevin Carr on January 8, 2010 | Comments (1)Kevin Carr sits his chubbiness down and sees if Daybreakers, Leap Year and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus can make the grade.
Fat Guys at the Movies Ep. 146 – The Big, Fat Christmas Special
Features By Kevin Carr on December 25, 2009 | Comments (1)Merry Christmas from the Fat Guys! Kevin got Neil the gift of respect for just one episode, and Neil got Kevin the gift of seeing only one movie. The Fat Guys rip through the next Christmas movies, including Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, It’s Complicated and Sherlock Holmes.
Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card for 12.25.09
Features By Kevin Carr on December 25, 2009 | Comments (2)Kevin Carr sits his chubbiness down and sees if Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Sherlock Holmes and It’s Complicated can make the grade.
Repo Men Red Band Trailer: Jude Law Gets Really, Really Bloody
Movie News By Neil Miller on December 23, 2009 | Comments (9)At first, the new red band teaser for Repo Men, a futuristic action film starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker, seems like a tired old girl. That is, until she busts loose with bloody intensity.
2009 comes to a close at the movies not with a whimper, but with a bang. And while you may think it’s due to a blockbuster movie featuring beautifully animated CGI characters that leap off the screen and impress with their stunningly life-like appearances, Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel actually has nothing to do with it.
Final Sherlock Holmes Trailer: Exciting, Isn’t It?
Movie News By Neil Miller on November 4, 2009 | Comments (7)There’s no doubt that Warner Bros. wants this version of Sherlock Holmes, of which the vision is derived from the wild mind of Guy Ritchie, to be the exciting, exhilarating version of Sherlock Holmes.
Breakdown: The Actors Who Might Be in Thor
Movie News By Neil Miller on October 19, 2009 | Comments (7)What does Stan Lee have that Dominic Cooper, Matthias Schweighöfer, Robert De Niro, Jude Law and Stellan Skarsgard seem to want so badly? A role in Thor, that’s what…
Sherlock Holmes Sequel Coming; Brad Pitt Still Talking Moriarty
Movie News By Neil Miller on September 21, 2009 | Comments (12)Three months before the first one hits theaters, Warner Bros. is already prepping to make a second Sherlock Holmes film with Robert Downey Jr. in the title role.
Is Brad Pitt Set To Foil Downey’s Sherlock Holmes?
Movie News By Josh Radde on August 20, 2009 | Comments (5)Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law is in pickup shoots right now, and there was rumor that Brad Pitt had flown out there to be a part of the film. Who would he play?
Don’t Worry: ‘Dr. Parnassus’ Has Distribution
Movie News By Cole Abaius on August 13, 2009 | Comments (6)Sony is inches away from scooping up Terry Gilliam’s inventive flick, and they might even send it to theaters this year. Doesn’t it make you want to watch the trailer again?
Sherlock Holmes Trailer: Allegedly, This is a Comedy
Movie News By David Baxter on July 17, 2009 | Comments (3)The trailer in question is for Guy Ritchie’s new comedy Sherlock Holmes, and yes, I did say comedy because according to this trailer this is going to be some funny shit.
New ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Posters Are Not Messing About
Movie News By Neil Miller on June 19, 2009 | Comments (16)Warner Bros. has released two new character posters from Guy Ritchie’s upcoming action adventure Sherlock Holmes this morning, showing off the intense glares of both Holmes, played by Robert Downey Jr., and Watson, played by Jude Law.
First ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Trailer is a Bit of Brilliant
Movie News By Cole Abaius on May 18, 2009 | Comments (40)As expected, the first trailer for Sherlock Holmes is graduating from Elementary to deliver a blend of humor, violence and sex appeal.
New Images of Heath Ledger in Doctor Parnassus
First Look By Robin Ruinsky on May 13, 2009 | Comments (24)New photos have been released from Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, including new shots of Heath Ledger as well as his replacements, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law.
New Sherlock Holmes Photos And Trailer Announcement
Movie Marketing By Rob Hunter on May 6, 2009 | Comments (4)USA Today has posted an early look at the upcoming possible blockbuster including new photos, a screen description, and news about the film’s first trailer…
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