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Tag Archives: Jeremy Kibler
Because we were all wondering what the “Wolfpack” and Mr. Chow were doing in the interim, “The Hangover Part III” is meant to send the gang out in style. Box-office success was enough incentive, apparently, to turn 2009′s “The Hangover”—a … Continue reading
After scoring with Haywire and Magic Mike just last year, eclectic and prolific director Steven Soderbergh insists that Side Effects will be his last theatrical film before retirement. That’s too bad because his latest, an icy, craftily constructed pharmaceutical mystery-thriller, is … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Drama, Features, Thriller
Tagged Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, Jeremy Kibler, Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Side Effects, Steven Soderbergh
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If you ever wondered how 1972′s Deliverance would play out with women—minus the inbred banjo players—on a smaller, cost-effective budget, Black Rock would be the result. But that comparison undersells what this film has going for it. With the story conceived … Continue reading
Posted in Drama, Features, Thriller
Tagged Black Rock, Deliverance, Jeremy Kibler, Kate Bosworth, Katie Aselton, Lake Bell, Mark Duplass
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Courtesy of Spielbergian wunderkind J.J. Abrams and crew, 2009′s Star Trek rejuvenated original creator Gene Roddenberry’s franchise out of the cheesy, for-Trekkers-only black hole and into a prequel-cum-reboot that was more accessible to even the uninitiated. Moving at a warp speed … Continue reading
How do you even begin to explain a film as unconventional as Upstream Color that defies categorization, description, and total understanding? Let’s start here: Shane Carruth, an engineer turned self-taught, multi-hyphenate filmmaker, only had a $7,000 budget when he first made … Continue reading
Posted in Drama, Features, Independent Films, Indie Features, Sci Fi
Tagged Amy Seimetz, Andrew Sensenig, Jeremy Kibler, Primer, Shane Carruth, Upstream Color
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F. Scott Fitzgerald probably had no idea his 1925 “Great American Novel” would receive three more film adaptations after 1926′s silent version. If any director could bring Gatsby’s rich, decadent, and grandiose lifestyle to the screen, it would thought to … Continue reading
At this point, any film presented, written or directed by “Splat Pack” horror guru Eli Roth (2006′s Hostel and 2007′s Hostel: Part II) prevents us from wanting to vacation to another continent ever. Aftershock, his latest independently funded project—which he co-wrote, produced, … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Thriller
Tagged Aftershock, Andrea Osvart, Eli Roth, Hostel, Jeremy Kibler, Lorenza Izzo, Nicolas Lopez
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Fervent readers of author Lee Child’s popular series may have trouble with the discrepancy of title character Jack Reacher being 6’5″ and built like a 250-pound brick shithouse and the casting of the 5’7″ Tom Cruise. But so what if … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Comedy, Features
Tagged David Oyelowo, Jack Reacher, Jeremy Kibler, Lee Child, Richard Jenkins, Rosamund Pike, Tom Cruise, Werner Herzog
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There must be some unwritten rule in Hollywood that the summer tentpole season begins the first weekend in May. The third and allegedly final Big Event in the man-and-machine franchise, Iron Man 3 officially kicks off the summer. Looking back, 2008′s Iron … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Comedy, Features
Tagged Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man 3, Jeremy Kibler, Marvel, Rebecca Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Shane Black, The Avengers
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