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7 articles from 2008

11 July 2008 1:25 PM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Watch the latest movie trailer from the upcoming film “Death Race” by director Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Jason Statham (Transporter 3, Crank 2: High Voltage), Ian McShane and Joan Allen. Plot: Three-time speedway champion Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) is an expert at survival in the harsh landscape that has become our country. Just as he thinks he has turned his life around, the ex-con is framed for a gruesome murder he didn’t commit. Forced to don the mask of the mythical driver Frankenstein—a crowd favorite who seems impossible to kill—Ames is given an easy choice by Terminal Island’s warden (Joan Allen): suit up or rot away in a cell. His face hidden by a metallic mask, one convict will be [...]

Brian Corder

26 June 2008 8:49 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Take a look at the first official movie poster from the upcoming “Death Race” remake by director Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Jason Statham (Transporter 3, Crank 2), Joan Allen and Ian McShane (Kung Fu Panda). Synopsis: Three-time speedway champion Jensen Ames (Jason Statham) is an expert at survival in the harsh landscape that has become our country. Just as he thinks he has turned his life around, the ex-con is framed for a gruesome murder he didn’t commit. Forced to [...]

Brian Corder

23 June 2008 8:09 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Neil Pedley

As the temperature rises, romance blooms amongst the geriatric set, "Mary Poppins" goes Bollywood, and parents will get their first chance to lay eyes on that which will likely have them driving to Toys "R" Us all summer long.

"Elsa and Fred"

Seeing anyone under 30 fall in love on screen is elusive these days, and so director Marcos Carnevale's gentle and endearing tale of romance between a couple with a real-life combined age of 176 is quite the breath of fresh air. In a role that nabbed several awards in his native Spain, Manuel Alexandre stars as Fred, an embittered widower whose chance encounter with Elsa (China Zorilla), a mischievous Fellini fanatic, leads the pair to Italy to fulfill her dream of reenacting the famous Trevi Fountain scene from Fellini's "La Dolce Vita." In Spanish with subtitles.

Opens in limited release.

"Finding Amanda"

Fans of the small

Neil Pedley

13 June 2008 2:48 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Our quick thoughts: Yahoo! Movies today premiered the first trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson’s upcoming action flick “Death Race,” which opens nationwide Aug. 22 and stars Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson and Joan Allen.

The story focuses on an ex-con (Statham) who’s forced to participate in a risky car race in which inmates must kill each other to snatch the victory. Joan Allen plays the tough warden who created the race.

Wild cars, hot chicks, and Statham doing what he always does… what else do you want? This first trailer includes some nice action moments, which is probably all there is to enjoy in the movie. Don’t count on a solid, captivating story. But if it’s fun to watch and not too monotonous, why not give it a shot?

Freaky quote: “What just happened?“ – Joan Allen

Click Here to watch the trailer, or watch it below.

Franck Tabouring

10 June 2008 12:05 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Jeremy Irons is returning to the New York stage next year for the first time in 25 years.

The British actor will star alongside Joan Allen in a production of Michael Jacobs' new play Impressionism.

The show, about the relationship between a photojournalist and the owner of a New York art gallery, will open in Spring 2009.

Irons last appeared on Broadway in The Real Thing in 1984, a role that won him a Tony Award.

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3 June 2008 12:27 AM, PDT | From bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news

Today we posted our full report from the set of Paul W.S. Anderson's Death Race, which stars Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Joan Allen, John Fallon, Ian McShane, Natalie Martinez, Max Ryan, Jason Clarke and Fred Koehler. In addition to finding loads of brand new images, at the bottom of the report you'll find various links to interviews with the cast and crew of the remake, which is slated for release on August 22 from Universal Pictures. Jason Statham leads the cast of an action-thriller set in the post-industrial wasteland of tomorrow, with the worlds most brutal sporting event as its backdrop. A penitentiary full of felons has inspired the jailers to create a grisly pastime ripe for lucrative kickbacks. Now, adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for televised violence and a spectacular arena come together to form the Death Race.

1 April 2008 6:53 AM, PDT | From ifc.com | See recent IFC news

By Michael Atkinson

On its surface, Ang Lee's career has been distinguished by a seemingly aimless ricochet between nations and milieus (Taiwan, New York, Wyoming, Devon, Shanghai, Connecticut, etc.), and between adapted disparate source materials (Jane Austen, Rick Moody, Annie Proulx, Wang Du Lu, Stan Lee) . and from both perspectives, you can find something to carp about. Indeed, Lee is rarely considered in serious debates about contemporary heavyweights, and his cultural rootlessness (read: opportunism) and dependence on literature may well be the reasons. We commonly like our auteurs to come packaged as purebred cultural expressors, and as artists largely independent of old narrative voices. But Lee's case can also demonstrate, movie by movie, the irrelevance of location, and the depth-finding force of deft adaptation.

"The Ice Storm" (1997), newly Criterionized, makes the point with a cudgel: Lee may have been Taiwanese, but his first all-American movie couldn't have been more American.

Michael Atkinson

7 articles from 2008