Poster of Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) as Kick-Ass in "Kick-Ass"
Lionsgate is about to look very, very smart.
Earlier this year, when "Kick-Ass" was being shopped to American distributors, several people I know saw a rough cut of the film. One of them works for a s...
Welcome to Film Nerd 2.0, an ongoing look at my relationship with my first son, Toshiro, and his relationship to media of all types, particularly the stuff that I grew up with as I pass it along to him.
It's bee...
One of the great benefits of having a cast including Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Kate Hudson is that every magazine editor wants to be your best friend. Even with the print world s...
Previous nominations or wins: None.
Pros: His role as a gay man dealing with the death of his longtime lover during the 1960s has already won him the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award. Firth's performance...
Someone's about to get in trouble.20th Century Fox has already announced that a sequel to the blockbuster "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" is in development as well as a spin-off for fan favorite "Deadpool." A young "...
The 2009 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will most likely be remembered for five things: the year of the dueling George Clooney pictures ("The Men Who Stare at Goats" and "Up in the Air"), the 24 ho...
I'm not sure who is going to acquire Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans," but lord I hope someone does. Surprisingly funny and immensely entertaining, "Bad Lieutenant" is markedly ...
Keanu Reeves sports a Charles Manson looking hair cut and beard during the press conference for "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Miss Venice Film Festival, Italian actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta, proves her assets are deep enough to possibly steal the Golden Lion from some of the more famous filmmakers at the 2009 edition of the fest.
