The trailer for Gus Van Sant‘s new drama – and definite Oscar contender – Promised Land has arrived, starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski. Damon and Krasinski collaborated on the screenplay for this fracking feature, the most high-profile depiction of the controversial subject since Josh Fox‘s Oscar-nominated documentary Gasland. A corporate salesman (Damon) works at convincing a struggling […]
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Taylor Lautner teams with Gus Van Sant on indie project
November 3, 2011 
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Known for his Hollywood blockbusters, Taylor Lautner is apparently ready to move into independent films. According to THR, he is in the midst of striking a deal with director Gus Van Sant. Last seen in the dismal Abduction, and hitting our screens next in the penultimate instalment of The Twilight Saga, Lautner has shocked many […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part One
September 14, 2011 0 Comments
The official trailer for The Twilight Saga – Breaking Dawn Part One has debuted online, featuring all the hot human/vampire action you’ve been waiting for! Like the teaser before it, this new trailer gives us a good glimpse of Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward’s (Robert Pattinson) nuptials – and, of course, the honeymoon- before hinting […]
Continue readingGus Van Sant talks about his failed Breaking Dawn audition
May 19, 2011 1 Comment
Remember last year when it was reported that Summit Entertainment were looking at hiring some esteemed, Oscar nominated directors to helm the fourth and fifth instalments of their Twilight series? Yeah, it was a weird time. Even though Dreamgirls director Bill Condon was placed in charge of Breaking Dawn Part 1 and 2, it was claimed […]
Continue reading2011 Cannes lineup announced!
April 15, 2011 2 Comments
A bunch of exciting, controversial and most-likely confounding feature films will compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year. The competition lineup was announced yesterday, confirming rumours that Terence Malick’s The Tree of Life and Lars von Trier’s Melancholia would make their debut on The Croisette. Other big names debuting their […]
Continue readingOscar nominated directors tapped for Breaking Dawn
March 17, 2010 1 Comment
So, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner presented at this year’s Oscars. But could they potentially be Academy Award contenders in 2011 for their work in the Twilight Saga? No, of course not. Nonetheless, Summit Entertainment are reportedly courting three Oscar-nominated directors to helm the fourth (and potentially fifth) installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. […]
Continue readingKurt Cobain biopic to be helmed by Oscar nominee
February 19, 2010 0 Comments
source: thr.com A long-gestating Kurt Cobain biopic has been given a fresh lease on life. (Poor taste?) Oscar nominated filmmaker Oren Moverman is in negotiations to rewrite the screenplay of a Cobain biopic and also direct it. Moverman made his directorial debut last year with The Messenger, a film about war vets who are charged […]
Continue readingHere to recruit you – Milk review
January 28, 2009 1 Comment
Milk – Starring Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, James Franco and Emile Hirsch. Directed by Gus Van Sant. Rated M for mature themes, coarse language, sexual references. 128 mins. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. In 1970, at the age of 40, he had nothing at all to […]
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