‘Paul’ Director Greg Mottola on Making the Geekiest Alien Movie Ever
Filed under: Celebrity Interviews, Behind the Scenes, Hot Topic, SXSW Film Festival, New Releases, Sci-Fi, Cinematical, Festivals Throughout almost all of his career as a filmmaker, Greg Mottola has told stories that celebrate the sweet, funny and sometimes hard process of coming of age. In his latest film, 'Paul,' he does the same, but for two decidedly different characters (or at least...
Read More‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Review: A Film That Offers a Thrilling But Bumpy Ride
Filed under: Reviews, New Releases, Cinematical 'The Lincoln Lawyer' makes it clear from the start that we're miles -- or at least zip codes -- away from most buttoned-up courtroom dramas. Defense attorney Mick Haller (Matthew McConaughey) uses the backseat of his old Lincoln as a makeshift office as his driver Earl (Laurence Mason) takes him back and forth across town to appointments....
Read More‘Beastly’ Review: Dramatically Inert and Technically Incompetent
Filed under: Reviews, New Releases, Cinematical There's a moment in the new movie 'Beastly' when Lindy, a manic pixie dream girl played by Vanessa Hudgens, describes the appeal of Kyle, a ultradouche classmate played by the eminently fetching Alex Pettyfer, where she hints at the hidden depths of emotion beneath his glossy, gorgeous surface. But she dismisses her thoughts as "catnip for...
Read More‘Rango’ Review: Must Be Something in the Water
Filed under: Reviews, New Releases, Cinematical With 'Rango,' the only thing more astonishing than its subversive sense of humor and general anarchy is the fact that a studio is putting it in wide release. It's a cartoon about talking animals, but I don't know if kids will like it. I'm not even sure it's intended for them. Some of the jokes are surprisingly grown-up. The story has direct...
Read More‘Unknown’ Review: Pulpy and Absurd But Utterly Watchable
Filed under: Reviews, New Releases, Cinematical I'm starting to become convinced that if Liam Neeson released one action thriller every February from now until kingdom come, the first quarter of every moviegoing year would be much more consistently interesting than it currently is. Neeson has transformed himself from the austere thespian who once appeared in 'Schindler's List' and...
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