Have you ever wanted to attend a press conference for a new Hollywood movie? Questions can range for the ridiculous--did you learn about cars--to the interesting--how were actresses treated by the mostly male, six hundred member crew. (And yeah, you heard that number right.)
Mom moves in with gay son and they cook dumplings.
1More Film Blog offers an exclusive deleted clip from the new documentary, Above and Beyond. Plus comments from producer Nancy Spielberg.
If the quickest metric of a directorial debut is to which films it invites comparison, the news about Clay Hassler's Homeless is very, very good.
Pitch Perfect 2 sends some confusing--and disappointing--messages in its trailer.
Christians may enjoy seeing a cult get exposed, but they should be wary of this documentaries none-too-hidden subtext.
I am skeptical about remaking Ben-Hur, but revisiting William Wyler's classic reminded me that it is far from a perfect movie.
Eleanor Rigby's conceit—I'm tempted to say "gimmick"—is that it shows their two stories back to back rather than interweaving or cutting between them. Thus it becomes both a Rashomon story and a meditation on how we make and preserve memories. The films are designed to be played in either order, with one screening at TIFF flip-flopping to give us Her and Him.
Last week we gave away a free digital copy of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Our sponsor has sweetened the deal by offering those who didn't win a second chance to win the movie, this time on Blu-Ray.
1More Film Blog is giving away a free digital copy of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.
