Tim Burton returns with this biopic of artist Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), who had to struggle with the fact that her husband Walter (Christoph Waltz) took credit for the big eyed portraits she painted. As seen from this new trailer for the film, Big Eyes is probably Tim Burton’s most dramatic film since Big Fish,…
I am absolutely devastated to hear that comedian Robin Williams has died today at the age of 63. While it has not yet been officially confirmed, the reports are that Williams had been suffering from serious depression lately and that his death was an apparent suicide. Robin Williams was a comedian I literally grew up…
Coming out this Halloween, Daniel Radcliffe grows horns in this adaptation of the novel by Joe Hill (aka Stephen King’s son). Directed by Alexandre Aja (Haute tension), Horns is an interesting role for Radcliffe to take, as he continues to branch out in his post-Harry Potter career. Watching the new trailer for the film, I…
30 years after Mad Mad: Beyond Thunderdome, Australian director George Miller returns to his signature franchise with Mad Max: Fury Road. This new film has Tom Hardy taking over from Mel Gibson as the titular Max and also co-stars Charlize Theron (sporting a shaved head), Nicholas Hoult, and Hugh Keays-Byrne (who previous played the villain…
Long on the verge of retiring, cult comedy director Kevin Smith regained the filmmaking bug when he saw a Gumtree ad, where a homeowner was offering a living situation free of charge, under the condition that the lodger dress up as a walrus. While this ad turned out to be a prank by someone, it…
The first trailer has arrived for Dumb and Dumber To, which is arriving 20 years after the original. Dumb and Dumber was one of the films released during Jim Carrey‘s breakthrough year of 1994, which also saw the release of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Mask. In this new film, the now 52 year…
I briefly interrupt my Hot Docs coverage to report the sad news that British actor Bob Hoskins has passed away at the age of 71. Hoskins will always be most remembered by me as private investigator Eddie Valiant from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. He is also the man who got to play…
It is quite sad to hear that Mickey Rooney, one of the longest living Hollywood icons, has passed away yesterday at the age of 93. Born in 1920, Rooney has been acting for practically all his life, beginning with the Mickey McGuire short films from 1927 – 1934. In the late 1930s, he would continue…
The first trailer has arrived for the new Michael Bay-produced reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In this teaser, you get to see Megan Fox as April O’Neal, William Fichtner as The Shredder, as well as some shots of the new Motion Capture CGI turtles in action. I was a big fan of Teenage Mutant…
Here is the first trailer for the film adaptation of the 1993 Newberry Award-winning Young Adult novel The Giver by Lois Lowry. This was a book that I read myself (twice) when I was actually a young adult back in the mid-1990s. The film stars Jeff Bridges as the titular character, who teaches the young…
