[Note: When we first ran this interview Jan 12, our pal Craig Kennedy's and Anna Paquin could count themselves among the lucky few who had seen Margaret. With yesterday's release of the Blu-ray DVD combo featuring two versions of the film, now feels like a good time to re-play their great conversation.] True Blood star Anna Paquin talks about her role in Kenneth Lonergan’s...
Tom Cruise is peeved because The Master implies L. Ron Hubbard concocted the tenets of Scientology out of thin air. Via The Playlist, The New York Daily News has the story: “The Master” is said to be loosely based on the life of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, and stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd, the founder of a 1950s religious movement called...
14-minute sampler of Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack whoomp whoomp whoompoompoomps the pulse of snapping batwing adrenaline. If you’re like me, you will now seek someone to do sex with you during the track we hear at 05:40. Or if you’re at work you can wallow around in a generous 50 pages of production notes at The Dark Knight Rises site. ...
Leading the list of Oscar hopefuls with high Broadcast Film Critics scores for 2012 are Beasts of the Southern Wild and Moonrise Kingdom, while The Avengers, Prometheus, Brave and The Hunger Games represent the top-rated genre offerings. In recent years, since the switch to 10 nominees, we’ve generally seen at least four movies from spring and summer making the...