The Politics of Oscar: David Mamet Turns to the Dark Side

Posted by Sasha Stone on May 30, 2011 in AWARDS CHATTER | 0 comments

The Oscar race is a funny thing.  It is not all that different from any other fairly meaningless contest in our culture.  It is based on momentarily likability.   Your vote is personal.  It was with great interest, then, that I’ve watched this whole “David Mamet becomes conservative” story.

He isn’t really just quietly becoming a conservative, of course, he’s burning down the house – calling liberalism an addiction, a disease and so on and so forth.  Naturally, we liberals are going to take issue with this. My knee-jerk reaction is this: so you finally got sick and tired of paying taxes?  Does this signal a possible shift of more filmmakers taking a major stand against “liberal Hollywood?”

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, red band trailer

Posted by Sasha Stone on May 28, 2011 in AWARDS CHATTER | 6 comments

It’s ‘leaked.’ Not sure how long this camcorder edition of the Red Band trailer for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will remain online, so watch and soak it all in quick, as soon as you can.
(thanks to Yogs!)
(& thanks to Rope of Silicon for preserving a copy to replace the one youtube has removed.)

del Toro presents Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, trailer

Posted by Sasha Stone on May 28, 2011 in Trailers | 0 comments

Presented by Guillermo del Toro, directed by Trey Nixey. (Creepy teaser after the cut.)

Sally Hurst (Bailee Madison), a lonely, withdrawn child, has just arrived in Rhode Island to live with her father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new girlfriend Kim (Katie Holmes) at the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the sprawling estate, the young girl discovers a hidden basement, undisturbed since the strange disappearance of the mansion’s builder a century ago. When Sally unwittingly lets loose a race of ancient, dark-dwelling creatures who conspire to drag her down into the mysterious house’s bottomless depths, she must convince Alex and Kim that it’s not a fantasy—before the evil lurking in the dark consumes them all.

Joseph Gordon Levitt in 50/50, trailer

Posted by Sasha Stone on May 28, 2011 in Trailers | 0 comments

(thanks phantom!)

Extended clip from The Prodigies

Posted by Sasha Stone on May 26, 2011 in CLIPS | 0 comments

NYC, Central Park, 2010. Five young teenagers are violently assaulted. But they’re not your average teenagers… they’re prodigies. The trauma of the assault incites them to lash out against the world in a cold and calculating way. The five chillingly brilliant minds come together to concoct a perfect revenge. The only person aware of the pending doom is Jimbo Farrar, a sixth prodigy, who has gathered them. As long as he fights against his five counterparts with all his might, there’s hope for the world. But should he turn over to their side, it’s only a matter of time before a disaster of apocalyptic proportions ensues…