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by Nigel Druitt
Anne Hathaway is getting set to star alongside Matthew McConaughey in Christopher Nolan‘s upcoming super-secret sci-fi epic, Interstellar. Nolan is known for working with the same actors – though his desire to have McConaughey in the lead came as a surprise – and, of course, Hathaway, now an Oscar winner for Les Misérables, portrayed Catwoman in Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises. Who knows which other Nolan regulars may crop up in this one? [Deadline]
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- Tags: Anne Hathaway, Ben Kingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brad Anderson, Brett Ratner, Chris Hemsworth, Christopher Nolan, Crimson Peak, Dracula, Dwayne Johnson, Eliza Graves, Emma Stone, Gary Shore, Gavin O'Connor, Guillermo Del Toro, Hailee Steinfeld, Hercules, Hercules 3D, Hilary Swank, In the Heart of the Sea, Interstellar, James Spader, Jane Got a Gun, Jessica Chastain, Jim Carrey, Jim Sturgess, John Lithgow, Kate Beckinsale, Kellan Lutz, Luke Evans, Matthew McConaughey, Meryl Streep, Michael Caine, Michael Mann, Natalie Portman, Noah Emmerich, Renny Harlin, Ricky Stanicky, Ron Howard, Steve Oedekerk, The Homesman, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Holland, Tommy Lee Jones
Memorable Matchups of 2012 – Part 1
26, Dec 2012
by Ryan Stuckey
Last year I decided it would be in my, and by extension your, best interest to do a year-end review in the Flickchartiest way possible. The four people who read it were very vocal about how it was an adequate way of spending their break at work therefore I decided to repeat the feat this year. Luckily for you I watched an absurd amount of movies this year – too many – and to make me feel like I didn’t waste much of my time and money I will be doing a series of battles throughout the next few weeks. To get us warmed up for the ensuing blood bath, the first movie will be about a bunch of teenagers killing each other…
Women Be Shootin’
The Hunger Games was the first big release box office wise of the year. While it seemed to satisfy most of the diehard fans of the franchise many people who hadn’t smashed through the books in 5 total days had reservations. The biggest complaint was that it took too many ideas from Battle Royale, but it also garnered a heavy amount of questions beyond potential idea borrowing. Why did the elite have such bizarre hair styles? Why did the citizens of District 12 give their children such dumb names? What the hell was going on in those shaky-cam action scenes? Am I not supposed to be disconcerted with the idea of children killing each other? Some of these complaints will be satiated by Gary Ross being replaced by a new director for the sequels. A director who hopefully doesn’t keep his camera at the end of a rope that he is swinging around in a circle above his head.
Not to be outdone in the “first” department, Brave was the first big disappointment of the year for most people. Pixar has been spoiling us for so long that when they released a movie that was simply “good” we as a society rejected it and marked it as a major let down. While it had its problems I still think it was a good movie and a nice change of pace from the normal princesses that young girls get to see in movies. It’s important that they see strong females on the screen whose sole purposes in life are not finding the perfect man.
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- Tags: 2012, 21 Jump Street, Aaron Johnson, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Alex Pettyfer, Anna Karenina, Benjamin Walker, Brave, Channing Tatum, Chris Pine, Christopher Lloyd, Contraband, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Radcliffe, David Hasselhoff, Emily Blunt, End of Watch, Ewan McGregor, Gary Ross, Gina Carano, Haywire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jemaine Clement, Josh Brolin, Jude Law, Keira Knightly, Lincoln, LOL, Magic Mike, Mark Wahlberg, Matthew Macfadyen, McG, Men in Black 3, Michael Pena, Miley Cyrus, Mirror Mirror, Paul Scheer, Piranha 3DD, Reese Witherspoon, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Tarsem Singh, The Hunger Games, The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure, The Woman in Black, This Means War, Timur Bekmambetov, Tom Hardy, Tommy Lee Jones, Ving Rhames, Will Smith
Men in Black 3: A Flickcharter’s Movie Review
24, May 2012
By every possible scenario, Men in Black 3 should absolutely not work. The original Men in Black, released in 1997, was a box office blockbuster that caught everybody by surprise. On the other hand, its first sequel, released ten years ago, was a out-and-out disaster. Despite still being a box office success, many moviegoers felt cheated by what was essentially a rehash of the first movie with a weak villain (played by the usually capable Lara Flynn Boyle). Despite the issues with the second film, I was willing to give the new sequel a chance. After all, I already knew that if it was at least a step up from Men in Black II, then it would have already done its job. Well, surprise, surprise, the new sequel is not only a step above the previous movie, but it is also something else: A film almost as good as the original.
- In: Movie Reviews|New Releases
- Tags: 1997, 2002, 2012, 3D, Alice Eve, Andy Warhol, Barry Sonnenfeld, Bill Hader, David Koepp, David Rasche, Emma Thompson, Etan Coen, Ghostbusters, Jeff Nathanson, Jemaine Clement, Josh Brolin, Lara Flynn Boyle, Men in Black, Men in Black 3, Men in Black II, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rip Torn, The Goonies, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith
by Nigel Druitt
As Marvel Studios begins their big push to the 2012 release of The Avengers, their films are increasingly taking on more of a soap-opera-like continuity between them. This serialization might be a little aggravating, but so far, it’s not keeping the films from being enjoyable in their own right (at least for the most part).
Still, comic book superhero films in general (and Marvel films in particular) are only becoming more prevalent nowadays. This year, we’ll see the X-Men prequel, X-Men: First Class. And, only five years after the hit-and-miss (mostly miss) Spider-Man 3, the webslinger will be getting his very own shiny reboot in 2012.
But in The Avengers is Marvel’s juggernaut, and before it brings together Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, it has to introduce more members of its roster in their very own films. It can be a little exhausting trying to keep up with these Avengers, so if we really only want to check out one Marvel movie this summer, which should it be? With that question in mind, Flickchart‘s Reel Rumbles take on a slightly different form as we present: Pre-Rumbles: Thor vs. Captain America: The First Avenger.
- In: Reel Rumbles
- Tags: 2009, 2012, A Perfect Getaway, Ang Lee, Anthony Hopkins, Beowulf, Captain America, Captain America: The First Avenger, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Fantastic Four, Hamlet, Hayley Atwell, Henry V, Honey, Hugo Weaving, Hulk, I Shrunk the Kids, Ian McKellen, Iron Man, Joe Johnston, Kat Dennings, Kenneth Branagh, Marvel, Much Ado About Nothing, Natalie Portman, Patrick Stewart, Reel Rumbles, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 3, Stanley Tucci, Star Trek, Superman, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, The Lord of the Rings, The Rocketeer, The WOlfman, Thor, Tommy Lee Jones, Wild Wild West, X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men: First Class, X-Men: The Last Stand
The Guilty Pleasures: “Batman Forever”
8, Feb 2011
Warner Brothers just announced that Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway have joined the cast of The Dark Knight Rises. Hardy will be playing the main villain Bane, while Hathaway will be playing the fan-favorite Catwoman. Christopher Nolan, who saved the Batman franchise with his vision and direction, says this will be his last Batman film.
I have always been a huge Batman fan. The first movie I remember seeing in theaters was Batman. I remember my jaw dropping as I watched the unlikely Michael Keaton morph into my favorite comic book hero. I’ll never forget how frightening Jack Nicholson could be every time the Joker came on-screen.
One of my favorite debates is, “Which Batman movie is the best?” You can make cases for all of them, save Batman and Robin. What’s that you say? You can’t make a case for Batman Forever being awesome? Well, challenge me all you want and tell me I’m nuts, but Batman Forever is totally a guilty pleasure for me.