Sacha Baron Cohen calls into Australian talk show, The Project, as his latest character, the Supreme Leader Admiral General Aladeen. He discusses his views in Western politics, dictatorship and Megan Fox, all in the name of promoting his new film ‘The Dictator’, which will be released in May. Click the link below to watch the [...]
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The Dictator interview on The Project
Posted by StephenHill on April 27th, 2012
Posted in Movie News, Movies, News 
Tags: Australian, interview, Sacha Baron Cohen, The Dictator, The Project 
No Comments »Silent House – Film Review
Posted by StephenHill on April 25th, 2012
Director(s): Chris Kentis, Laura Lau Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, and Eric Sheffer Stevens Distributor: Open Road Films Why, Hollywood, why? Why would you take a perfectly good horror film and then subject it to Americanization? It’s bad enough when the film is altered in such a way that it becomes a CGI heavy mess [...]
Posted in Cinema, Movies, Reviews Tags: Chris Kentis, Elizabeth Olsen, film, ghost story, horror, House, Laura Lau, psychological, remake, review, Silent No Comments »Damsels in Distress – Film Review
Posted by StephenHill on April 11th, 2012
Director: Whit Stillman Starring: Greta Gerwig, Carrie Maclemore, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Analeigh Tipton, Adam Brody and Hugo Becker Distributor: Sony Pictures Whit Stillman is a director with a limited portfolio but a considerable reputation. In his previous films, he is noted for his ability to create worlds, and this is a trait that he similarly applies [...]
Posted in Cinema, Movies, Reviews Tags: Analeigh Tipton, college, comeback, comedy, Damsels, Distress, film, Greta Gerwig, in, indie, quirky, review, the sambola, Walt Stillman 1 Comment »Blackthorn – Film Review
Posted by StephenHill on April 10th, 2012
Director: Mateo Gil Starring: Sam Shepard, Eduardo Noriega and Stephen Rea Distributor: Magnolia Pictures The Western genre appears to making quite a reemergence in recent years. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 3:10 to Yuma and True Grit are just some of the more recent examples. These films all borrow heavily from past [...]
Posted in Cinema, Movies, Reviews Tags: action, Blackthorn, Butch Cassidy, drama, Eduardo Noriega, film, Mateo Gil, review, Sam Shepard, Stephen Rea, subtitled, Sundance Kid, western No Comments »The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – Film Review
Posted by StephenHill on March 12th, 2012
Director(s): Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt Starring: Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Brenden Gleeson, Jeremy Piven, Brian Blessed, Lenny Henry, Salma Hayak and Immelda Staunton Distributor: Sony Pictures Aardman Studios, the animation studio that brought us Wallace and Gromit, are being quite productive lately. It’s only been three months since their last film, the generally well received Arthur Christmas, and [...]
21 Jump Street – Film Review
Posted by StephenHill on March 5th, 2012
Director(s): Phil Lord, Chris Miller Starring: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Dave Franco and Ice Cube Distributor: Sony Pictures It would be naive to think that the great minds of Hollywood are utterly original, capable of producing a limitless number of crowd-pleasing hits that stem from creativity alone. Remakes, sequels and adaptations tend to fill up [...]
Posted in Cinema, Movies, Reviews Tags: 21 Jump Street, Channing Tatum, Chris Miller, comedy, cops, Dave Franco, drugs, film, high school, Ice Cube, Jonah Hill, Korean Jesus, Phil Lord, review, Twenty-one, undercover No Comments »Jack and Jill – Film Review
Posted by StephenHill on January 29th, 2012
Director: Dennis Duggan Starring: Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes and Al Pacino Distributor: Sony Pictures How is it that, at no point in the writing, directing or production of this film, no one stopped to think ‘Hang on, this film is what the Mayans were actually talking about!’ The premise for this movie is so painfully awful [...]
Posted in Cinema, Movies Tags: Adam Sandler, Al Pacino, comedy, Dennis Duggan, drag, katie holmes, movie, review, terrible No Comments »Young Adult – Film Review
Posted by StephenHill on January 24th, 2012
Director: Jason Reitman Starring: Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Collete Wolfe and Elizabeth Reaser Distributor: Paramount Pictures Jason Reitman, of Juno and Up in the Air fame, serves up yet another intelligent comedy, full of witty dialogue and (semi-) relatable situations in this film about grown-ups that haven’t quite grown up yet, and are [...]
Posted in Cinema, Movies Tags: Charlize Theron, comedy, drama, film, Jason Reitman, Mavis Gary, Patrick Wilson, Patton Oswalt, review, Young Adult No Comments »
