Chatting with Gore Verbinski about ‘Rango’
You may be familiar with a guy named Gore Verbinski. Besides having a really cool name, he’s the director who’s responsible for the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies (he’s opted out of the fourth one — you’ll see why in the interview below), cinematic fare like The Ring and is working on bringing...
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Talk About ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’
She says that Zoolander is one of her favorite movies of all time. He prefers the stylings of ’80s standbys like Back to the Future. Ryan Fleck (left) and Anna Boden on the set of ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story’ The “she” in this case is Anna Boden and the “he” is Ryan Fleck...
Asian pop culture tally: the ‘New York, I Love You’ edition
I know I am two weeks behind with this, but it’s not like Asian Americans have been flooding entertainment and pop culture (I’m jus’ sayin…) However, I did finally watch New York, I Love You (a continuation of the much more robust and enjoyable Paris, je t’aime) and despite what some people are saying, there...
Ang Lee finds the ‘Woodstock’ connection
Ang Lee has seamlessly jumped from Jane Austen fare (Sense and Sensibility) to gracefully flying martial artists (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) to giant green comic book superheroes (Hulk) to lovelorn cowboys (Brokeback Mountain) to a film called Lust, Caution (which is basically self-explanatory). With his latest film, Taking Woodstock, Lee shows that his directing chops...
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Park Chan Wook has an irresistible ‘Thirst’
If you’re expecting to see some angsty teen vampire love a la Edward Cullen or some racy vampiric hotness a la Bill Compton and Sookie in Park Chan Wook’s new film Thirst, the you might get more than you bargained for. In fact, you might get all that lovelorn raciness, but with a lot more...
Late Wednesday night movie trailer: ‘Away We Go’
This is definitely looks like another good “test of a relationship” movie by Mr. Sam Mendes. I’m already diggin’ the chemistry between John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph. It ain’t no Revolutionary Road – that’s fo’ DAMN sho.
