How do you refresh a folk story so well known, a Disney classic so well-loved? If you’re director Kenneth Branagh and screenwriter Chris Weitz, you do it one character at a time, rethinking and reimagining […]
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‘Midnight Rider’ Creators Settle Wrongful Death Suit
Apparently the assholes that were trying to produce “Midnight Rider” have managed to pay off the family of the deceased Sarah Jones, a camera assistant on the aforementioned Gregg Allman biopic, who was killed during […]
Zac Efron Poised To Escape Being ‘Zac Efron’?
Okay, let’s just face it…when you think “Zac Efron”, what comes to mind? Do you picture Oscars, powerful performances, roles right alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest? I don’t know about you, all I […]
Oscar nominated scribe tapped to adapt ‘The Goldfinch’
Oscar nominated scribe tapped to adapt ‘The Goldfinch’ under the roof of the Brothers Warner. Peter Straughn (‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’, ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats’) has been called upon to adapt the Pulitzer […]
Arri Alexa On “Elementary”
Working with ALEXA: ELEMENTARY Recently renewed for a third season, ELEMENTARY is a U.S. crime drama series that puts a contemporary spin on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes characters, with Lucy Liu playing a […]
PANAVISION ROLLS OUT PRIMO 70 LENSES
PANAVISION ROLLS OUT PRIMO 70 LENSES AT CAMERIMAGE | Panavision. BYDGOSZCZ, POLAND (November 13, 2014) – Panavision, the company behind the world’s best cinema lenses for 60 years, is showcasing their new line of Primo 70 […]
LAFR Independent Film Awards Announced
Welcome to the 2015 Los Angeles Film Review Independent Filmmaker Awards! We here at LAFR love film and filmmaking, and the vast majority of our editorial staff have either previously, or still do work in […]
Black Magic Drops Fusion 7 For FREE
Blackmagic Design Revolutionizes the Visual Effects Industry with Fusion 7. Fremont, CA – November 10, 2014 – Blackmagic Design today announced that Fusion 7, the world’s most advanced visual effects and motion graphics software, is […]
Arri on “John Wick”
ALEXA XT on JOHN WICK Keanu Reeves plays the title character in JOHN WICK, portraying a former hit-man who is drawn back to his past life after being violently attacked in his own home. Directed […]
‘Guardians of the Galaxy” on Alexa XT
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY One of the most critically and commercially successful films of 2014, Marvel Studios’ GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY relays the adventures of a disparate group of intergalactic misfits, on the run […]
The Look of “Fargo”
Inspired by the Coen brothers’ 1996 film of the same name, FARGO is an Emmy® Award-winning U.S. comedy drama series about a hapless insurance salesman in northern Minnesota who gets drawn into a world […]
Arri Alexa On ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’
Risqué business From Travis Bickle to Henry Hill, director Martin Scorsese has brought some of the most memorable, larger-than-life characters to the big screen. In WOLF OF WALL STREET, Scorsese brings us Jordan Belfort (played […]
Alexa Sup 9.1 and Arc 3.0 Available
As technology evolves, ARRI continues to sustain and improve the performance of the ALEXA family of cameras with the release of ALEXA Software Update Packet (SUP) 9.1 and the ARRIRAW Converter (ARC) 3.0. The ARRIRAW […]
Oscar Winners Choose Arri
Oscar Winners Choose Arri. ARRI film and digital cameras dominated as the capture tools of the Oscar winners at the 86th Annual Academy Awards. Best Picture honors went to 12 YEARS A SLAVE, directed by […]
50 Shades of Nope
Christian Grey is going to require some re-casting as cable TV heartthrob Charlie Hunnam has apparently backed out of playing the BDSM obsessed lead character from the hit novel by E.L. James. While we’ll probably […]
Captain Kirk Set For ‘Horrible Bosses 2’
Dammit Jim, he’s an actor! And, the new face of Captain Kirk is now set to be a boss much closer to home than his usual position commanding a space ship out on the final […]
Another Pass On ‘Stretch Armstrong’
Relativity Media seems to have bounced ‘Stretch Armstrong’ back to the “no” pile. The only question left in my mind is: “why was this even considered in the first place?” The devoted reader might notice […]
‘Gravity’ 3D Puts 35+ Demo In Theater Seats
Warner’s ‘Gravity’ keeps its hot streak alive as more and more revenue comes in from 3D ticket sales. It’s interesting to note that the Warner exec in the Variety article attributed the rise in box […]
Sony Brings Ellie Kemper On Board ‘Sex Tape’
Television start Ellie Kemper (‘The Mindy Projcet’) has signed on to play opposite Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel in Sony’s latest formulaic popcorn comedy film. Perhaps best remembered as a bit storyline in ‘Trainspotting’, the […]
Salinger Doc Opens Strong Limited
The Weinstein Company opened ‘Salinger’ (dir. Shane Solerno) in a couple of markets after a strong premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. It will be interesting to see what kind of legs the doc can […]
Affleck as Batman? Oh Brother.
Don’t get me wrong. I like the guy. I really do. But Batman? I just can’t see it. Call this my first prediction of the new Batman / Superman movie being a “disappointment”. Or, maybe call […]
Medical Cannabis Stops Child’s Deadly Seizures
Okay, so we’re a film industry site. We write biting lines on entertainment headlines and give honest film reviews (coming soon 😉 ). But, this is important and we call on our (admittedly) small readership […]
George Clooney Chides Money Man
Hats off to Mr. George Clooney for pointing the obvious hypocrisy in statements made by hedge fund asshole Daniel Loeb. I mean, seriously, these finance people are probably the biggest scumbags ever in the history […]
Werner Herzog Public Service Documentary
It’s nice to see the offbeat Mr. Herzog applying his directing prowess to something bigger than his usual auteur faire. As far as I’m concerned, this is probably one of the most dangerous activities that people routinely […]
Hollywood Struggles Continue In China
The Chinese film authorities seem bent on keeping American releases out of the country. Even in the face of the recent easing of restrictions on imported films, several major tent pole films have been […]
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