Killer EliteGenre: ActionDirector: Gary McKendryStars: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert DeNiroRate: * 1/2In director Gary McKendry’s latest eruption, Jason Tatham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro play professional score-settlers of various vintages and shifting motivations. But what we see on the screen doesn’t live up to the hype. …
These last couple weeks I have been watching numerous movies on British politics. Coincidence or calculations? Yesterday night, it was Tinker, Tailor, Sailor, Spy, the night before Page Eight (which by the way is one of my favorite spy movies), tonight most likely the Iron Lady.
OK, I know the Golden Globes honor television and movies. So could they honor a movie every now and then? After Christopher Plummer won best supporting actor in a drama, it’s been all TV, all the time, with a short time out for explaining to us what the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is and what it does. Frankly, I don’t care.
A large number of the Times’s critics’ picks release on DVD this week.
Filmmaker, blogger and “SModcaster” Kevin Smith may not be at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City this year, but fans in Utah can still get a glimpse of him at close range, so to speak.
Toshiba’s Digital Products Division , a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced its 2012 lineup of Smart Blu-ray Disc™ players1, featuring an all new Aero™ Design and new capabilities that allow consumers to directly stream A/V media services and also connect to a home network.
“The Secret World of Arrietty†plays on Feb. 16 as part of Melnitz Movies’ monthly film series titled “New Vision of Japanese Cinema.†The series was conceived as part of a commemoration for the Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies’ 20th anniversary.
Higher GroundGenre: DramaDirector: Vera FarmigaStars: Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, Dagmara DominczykRate: ** 1/2Higher Ground sees acclaimed actress Vera Farmiga (The Departed) directing for the first time in a film that explores organized religion. The title of the source book gives a clue to where things are going: This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost, by Carolyn S.
LotSoft today gives 2012 a warm welcome by announcing debut and giveaway of its breakthrough BDlot Blu-ray Ripper. This pro-level Blu-ray to PC hard drive backup tool is regularly priced at $49.95, but now it is free available before January 16, 2012.Chengdu, Sichuan (PRWEB) January 07, 2012 To greet the new arrival of 2012, LotSoft today announced the release and giveaway of its breakthrough …
As a long career devoted to Taiwan’s technology sector draws to a close, Max Fang has turned to an entirely new task — helping to build a globally competitive film industry on the island.