Tag: Aaron Paul
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Flying Lotus’ Ash
The headlines for when his debut film dropped in Park City were the numerous walkouts (less than 1 percent of the audience to be...
2022 Sundance Film Festival: Riley Stearns, Nikyatu Jusu, Mariama Diallo, Cooper Raiff & Bradley Rust Gray in the U.S. Dramatic Comp Section
In 2022, ten lucky titles/filmmakers will be vying for the big daddy prize of them all in the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Riley Stearns’ Dual
Riley Stearns headed to the Nordic country for his latest feature. Filmed during the pandemic, the shot in Finland Dual should have had enough...
The 9th Life of Louis Drax | Review
One Life to Live: Aja’s Childhood Abuse Drama a Soapy Misstep
Once at the forefront of the French horror wave of the early to mid-2000s...
Central Intelligence | Review
Little Big Man: Unlikely and Illogical Buddy Comedy Runs on Vestiges of Charm
The usual formula we’re used to seeing in the tireless buddy comedy...
Triple 9 | Blu-ray Review
Following the relative disappointment of his 2012 Western Lawless, John Hillcoat scored a pulpy comeback with heist thriller Triple 9, even though it only recouped...
Triple 9 | Review
The Russians Are Coming: Hillcoat Juggles Strands in Sprawling Heist Thriller
About half way into John Hillcoat’s impressively staged heist thriller Triple 9, it becomes...
Exodus: Gods and Kings | Review
Death on the Nile: Scott’s Biblical Epic Unworthy of the Gods
Arriving just in time for ritual slaughter is Ridley Scott’s update on the Moses...
A Long Way Down | Review
Lost in Translation: Chaumeil’s English Language Debut a Wretched Operation
While his 2010 feature debut, Heartbreaker, which starred Vanessa Paradis and Romain Duris, managed to...
Hellion | Review
Boys of Summer: Candler’s Latest Effort a Meandering Glance at Troubled Youth
If there’s anything as frequently explored as the ‘coming of age’ archetype in...
Need For Speed | Review
On the Road Again: Waugh’s Woeful Film an Offending Lemon
Leaving behind the galvanizing propaganda of his Navy SEALs plugged film debut, Act of Valor,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #14. Ridley Scott’s Exodus
Exodus
Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Bill Collage, Adam Cooper, Steve Zaillian
Producers: Peter Chernin, Mark Huffam, Michael Schaefer, Ridley Scott
U.S. Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Aaron Paul,...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #64. John Hillcoat’s Triple Nine
Triple Nine
Director: John Hillcoat
Writer: Matt Cook
Producers: Anonymous Content's Bard Dorros, Steve Golin and Keith Redmon
U.S. Distributor: Open Road
Cast: Aaron Paul, Michael B. Jordan, Kate...
Sundance 2014: Cutter Hodierne, Damien Chazelle, Kat Candler & Mona Fastvold Among Lucky 16 U.S. Dramatic Comp Selections
As I had predicted here, names such as Cutter Hodierne, Kat Candler, Maya Forbes, Mona Fastvold and Damien Chazelle would be among the invited...
