Post Tagged with: "Michael Fassbender"

by / on April 30, 2013 at 3:36 pm / in News

FASSBENDER + PORTMAN + MACBETH = AWESOME

You know who Michael Fassbender is. You know who Natalie Portman is. Now how about the two of them together in a new version of Macbeth? Awesome, I know. The film is scheduled to shoot later this year. No release [...]

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by / on August 2, 2012 at 10:32 am / in News

MORE PROMETHEUS ON ITS WAY

But will it be called Prometheuses? Promethei? 2 Fast 2 Prometheus? Speaking with THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, Fox president of production Emma Watts confirmed that the film is officially on track, with an eye toward a 2014 or 2015 release. Ridley Scott [...]

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by / on July 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm / in Everything Else, Man, I Love Funny

MICHAEL FASSBENDER TO RUIN HIS CAREER EARLY BY STARRING IN ASSASSIN’S CREED

Michael Fassbender’s rise to fame either started with 300 or Inglorious Basterds. That much, we know. And while the debate on which one truly birthed his career can rage on, his attachment to the film adaptation of Assassin’s Creed marks [...]

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by / on June 13, 2012 at 10:03 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

ALTERNATE TAKE: PROMETHEUS

In anticipation of the release of Prometheus my friends and I dove into the first two Alien movies again, seeking some context for the prequel. Now, while I had always considered myself more of an Aliens guy to Alien, I [...]

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by / on May 24, 2012 at 3:00 am / in Horror Thursday, Reviews

HORROR THURSDAY: EDEN LAKE

The second to last Reader’s Pick film is one that’s been on my radar for awhile, but I never got around to it. Thanks to someone suggesting it, I decided to jump in all the way and see what the [...]

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by / on March 31, 2012 at 6:00 pm / in DVD Reviews, Reviews

DVD REVIEW: A DANGEROUS METHOD

I knew really nothing about this movie going into it except it was a historical drama about Freud and Jung. I like me some psychology, so I thought it would be, at the very least, interesting–if not mildly dull at [...]

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by / on December 30, 2011 at 3:28 pm / in Reviews, Theatrical Reviews

NEW RELEASE REVIEW: SHAME

Movies like to make assumptions. It’s not their fault – as a medium they have been conditioned to have a few certain components that make having a point of view or an answer seem like a necessity. A story about [...]

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by / on December 21, 2011 at 2:28 pm / in News

MICHAEL FASSBENDER KEEPS HIMSELF BUSY IN THE COMING YEAR

When we look back on the cinematic landscape of 2011, it will most likely be known as the Year Of Jessica Chastain. However, if we look back again, it will probably also be known as the Year Of Michael Fassbender. [...]

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by / on October 26, 2011 at 12:28 pm / in News

SHAME RECEIVES NC-17 RATING, WEARS IT WITH PRIDE

Ever since it was created, the NC-17 rating has been something of a Kiss of Death to films. Requiem for a Dream got the rating and, in spite of its critical acclaim, did poorly at the box office. Blue Valentine [...]

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by / on October 14, 2011 at 9:39 am / in Trailers

SHAME GETS AN EVOCATIVE, INTRIGUING TRAILER

Steve McQueen, the director of critically acclaimed and deeply affecting Hunger, made waves earlier this year with the premiere of his newest film, Shame. The film, starring Hunger‘s Michael Fassbender and Drive‘s Carey Mulligan, is about a successful 30-something New [...]

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