Month: November 2008 | FilmBuffOnline

Review: QUANTUM OF SOLACE

November 14, 2008 Rich Drees

Let’s face it. There are a lot of expectations sitting on this movie. When the James Bond franchise reinvented itself in 2006 with Casino Royale, audiences and critics were pleasantly surprised with its new found [click for more]

Forster To Document WORLD WAR Z

November 14, 2008 Rich Drees

Marc Forster, whose Bond installment Quantum Of Solace opens in theaters today, has been hired by Brad Pitt’s production company Plan B to direct their adaptation of the Max Brooks zombie apocalypse novel World War [click for more]

New Releases: November 14

November 14, 2008 Bill Gatevackes

1. Quantum of Solace (3,451 Theaters, 106 Minutes, Rated PG-13): So powerful is Her Majesty’s Secret Service that when Mr. Bond arrives on the scene, all other movie studios give him plenty of room! The [click for more]

Watch New Pixar Short BURN-E Now

November 14, 2008 Rich Drees

UPDATE: OK, maybe not…. One of the great things about DVDs from Pixar is the inclusion of a new short animated film. This coming Tuesday’s release of Pixar’s summer hit Wall-E will feature a short [click for more]

Behold The Second WATCHMEN Trailer

November 14, 2008 Rich Drees

I just got back from an early evening screening of Quantum Of Solace (more on that tomorrow afternoon), where we also got to see the new Watchmen trailer, embedded below. If the first trailer was [click for more]

Michael Moore’s Next Film Takes Aim At The Economy

November 13, 2008 Rich Drees

Documentarian Michael Moore’s work has always depended on the prevailing political climate. It should come as no surprise that Moore’s currently in production next film is changing focus from foreign policy to the current financial [click for more]

DARK KNIGHT Score Knocked From Oscar Contention On Technicality

November 13, 2008 Rich Drees

The executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Science’s music branch has disqualified the score for this past summer’ blockbuster The Dark Knight over what amounts to a technicality. Although composers Hans [click for more]

Pegg And Frost Team For Road Trip In PAUL

November 13, 2008 Rich Drees

Forget Nixon/Frost. I’m more looking forward to the next Pegg/Frost collaboration. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, the stars of Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, are teaming for a third film, Paul, a road [click for more]

Paris Hilton in A Todd Solondz Picture?!!?

November 12, 2008 Rich Drees

Well, here are two people whom I never imagined would show up in the same sentence. Edgy director Todd Solondz has cast the famous-for-no-particularly-good-reason Paris Hilton in his upcoming, Life During Wartime. Hilton will be [click for more]

Thompson Picks MCPHEE Over POTTER

November 12, 2008 Rich Drees

Bad news for those who were looking forward to seeing Professor Trelawney chucking crystal balls at dementors during the final installment of Warner Brothers adaptation of the Harry Potter book series. Emma Thompson, who plays [click for more]