Despite the critical and commercial bombing of her last star vehicle, Amelia, Hilary Swank is seemingly having no trouble securing leading roles. The two-time Oscar winner has added Dreams of a Dying Heart to her plate where she will play a soldier returning home from the war....
Somehow last week went by without my noticing. Maybe it’s because there was nothing on the DVD shelves really worth talking about. Anyhow, here I am with this (and last) week’s edition of TFS’ DVD Picks of the Week....
Legendary shock filmmaker Gregg Araki debuted his latest film, Kaboom, at Cannes this week and three clips from the forthcoming feature have debuted online....
In further Oscar bait casting news, GI Joe star Channing Tatum has signed on to play a heroin junkie in an adaptation of Richie Farrell’s novel What's Left Of Us. The actor has taken on dramatic turns before in films such as Stop-Loss but this role would see him stepping out of his hard body/pretty face comfort zone....
Ellen Page is clearly looking to get back into the awards show game with some serious Oscar bait. The actress will be starring in a narrative adaptation of the short documentary Freeheld which told the story of a New Jersey lesbian couple, an auto mechanic and police detective, fighting to secure pension benefits when one is diagnosed with a terminal illness. ...
Cameron Crowe is hopefully making up for lost time. The director hasn't made a film since 2005 when his film Elizabethtown bombed at both the box office and with critics. [...]...
The on-again/off-again couple of shock rocker Marilyn Manson and actress Evan Rachel Wood are definitely on again and will even be appearing together in an upcoming film aptly titled Splatter Sisters. The couple, who have been dating since 2007, will be directed by Adam Bhala Lough, and will act as a tribute to early 90's direct-to-cable erotic thrillers. ...
David Lynch really hasn't done much (filmwise) since 2006's utterly baffling but still pretty damn good INLAND EMPIRE, but what do we see here? It appears that he has taken a note from Tim and Eric and decided to use the money of humongous corporations to at spread his vision. This 16-minute short film/ad for Dior may be the closest thing we get to another Lynch film for a long time....
20th Century Fox has revealed the first poster for Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the third film in the Narnia franchise and the first to be released by Fox....
Iron Man 2 reigned for a second weekend at the box office, toppling the heavily favored Robin Hood by roughly $15 million. In its second week, it brought in $53 million, bringing its total to $212 million....
