Why rob just one bank when you can rob two?
The latest entry in the "Crime is hilarious/Criminals are endearing" subgenre of comedy is "Flypaper," the chronicle of a double-bank heist starring Patrick Dempsey, Tim Blake Nelson, Mekhi Phifer and Pruitt Taylor Vince as the lovable robbers and Ashley Judd as their cute bank teller hostage.
This should not be confused, of course, with the other "Flypaper," the 1997 Tarantino-wannabe starring Robert Loggia, Lucy Liu, Sadie Frost and a score of others as various Los Angelenos lurking about being dark and quirky.
This new "Flypaper" looks to be scores better than its same-name predecessor -- and look at how far Dempsey has come from his dorky "Can't Buy Me Love" days! It's hard to believe this is even still the same guy responsible for spreading the nasty monkey virus in "Outbreak."
"Flypaper" is directed by Rob Minkoff, who last gave us "The Forbidden Kingdom,...
The latest entry in the "Crime is hilarious/Criminals are endearing" subgenre of comedy is "Flypaper," the chronicle of a double-bank heist starring Patrick Dempsey, Tim Blake Nelson, Mekhi Phifer and Pruitt Taylor Vince as the lovable robbers and Ashley Judd as their cute bank teller hostage.
This should not be confused, of course, with the other "Flypaper," the 1997 Tarantino-wannabe starring Robert Loggia, Lucy Liu, Sadie Frost and a score of others as various Los Angelenos lurking about being dark and quirky.
This new "Flypaper" looks to be scores better than its same-name predecessor -- and look at how far Dempsey has come from his dorky "Can't Buy Me Love" days! It's hard to believe this is even still the same guy responsible for spreading the nasty monkey virus in "Outbreak."
"Flypaper" is directed by Rob Minkoff, who last gave us "The Forbidden Kingdom,...
- 6/20/2011
- by Bryan Enk
- NextMovie
Machine Gun Preacher
Opens: 2011
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker
Director: Marc Forster
Summary: After finding God, drug-dealing biker Sam Childers renounces his outlaw ways and embarks on a spiritual path, becoming a crusader for hundreds of desperate and helpless children who were being forced to become soldiers in war-torn southern Sudan.
Analysis: Despite taking the freshly rejuvenated James Bond franchise and nearly destroying it with the very disappointing "Quantum of Solace", German-Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster still has a decent amount of good will left thanks to strong earlier efforts like "Monster's Ball," "Finding Neverland," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "The Kite Runner".
Now, in his first film since that Bond outing, Forster returns to serious drama with this true story tale of a biker who became a humanitarian crusader for children in the Sudan. The story itself is fascinating, the born again Sam Childers and...
Opens: 2011
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker
Director: Marc Forster
Summary: After finding God, drug-dealing biker Sam Childers renounces his outlaw ways and embarks on a spiritual path, becoming a crusader for hundreds of desperate and helpless children who were being forced to become soldiers in war-torn southern Sudan.
Analysis: Despite taking the freshly rejuvenated James Bond franchise and nearly destroying it with the very disappointing "Quantum of Solace", German-Swiss filmmaker Marc Forster still has a decent amount of good will left thanks to strong earlier efforts like "Monster's Ball," "Finding Neverland," "Stranger Than Fiction" and "The Kite Runner".
Now, in his first film since that Bond outing, Forster returns to serious drama with this true story tale of a biker who became a humanitarian crusader for children in the Sudan. The story itself is fascinating, the born again Sam Childers and...
- 1/17/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Kaboom
Opens: 2011
Cast: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Juno Temple, Kelly Lynch, James Duval
Director: Gregg Araki
Summary: Smith's everyday life in the dorm - hanging out with his arty, sarcastic best friend Stella, hooking up with a beautiful free spirit named London, lusting for his gorgeous but dim surfer roommate Thor - all gets turned upside-down after one fateful, terrifying night.
Analysis: A year after "Thelma and Louise" came "The Living End", an independent film which had a similar premise but made the protagonists two gay HIV+ men. It was raw, intense and signalled the arrival of a new talent in the form of filmmaker Gregg Araki. In the subsequent two decades, he's delivered several trippy films involving young, good-looking omnisexual people having lots of graphic sex and dealing with some wacky cobbled together plot shenanigans.
The tone has ranged the light-hearted "Splendor" and "Nowhere" to the darker "Mysterious Skin...
Opens: 2011
Cast: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Juno Temple, Kelly Lynch, James Duval
Director: Gregg Araki
Summary: Smith's everyday life in the dorm - hanging out with his arty, sarcastic best friend Stella, hooking up with a beautiful free spirit named London, lusting for his gorgeous but dim surfer roommate Thor - all gets turned upside-down after one fateful, terrifying night.
Analysis: A year after "Thelma and Louise" came "The Living End", an independent film which had a similar premise but made the protagonists two gay HIV+ men. It was raw, intense and signalled the arrival of a new talent in the form of filmmaker Gregg Araki. In the subsequent two decades, he's delivered several trippy films involving young, good-looking omnisexual people having lots of graphic sex and dealing with some wacky cobbled together plot shenanigans.
The tone has ranged the light-hearted "Splendor" and "Nowhere" to the darker "Mysterious Skin...
- 1/12/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Factory
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King...
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King...
- 12/31/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Factory
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King...
Opens: 2011
Cast: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Ksenia Solo, Mae Whitman, Sonya Walger
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Summary: An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, New York. When his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any pretension and professional restraint he might have to get the killer.
Analysis: Shot almost three years ago now, Dark Castle had originally planned to release this thriller back in late 2009. However for reasons unspecified, it has been sitting on a shelf for some time and keeps getting delayed. In cases like these, the most obvious reason is usually the correct one - it stinks (eg. "Case 39"). The company certainly has had its fair share of box-office duds lately including "Whiteout," "Ninja Assassin," "The Losers," "Orphan" and "Splice".
Yet Cusack generally has good taste in projects, his last venture into horror was the surprisingly effective Stephen King...
- 12/31/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Update - Entertainment Weeklyis reporting that Patrick Dempsey has been confirmed as a new cast member in Transformers 3.
Pre-production will begin soon on the next Transformers movie soon in Chicago and Moscow according to the last update from Michael Bay’s website. Now our friends over /Film has found some obscure interviews with actors Patrick Dempsey and Jamie Kennedy that reveal they both could have roles in Transformers 3.
Dempsey gave an interview to a Brazilian website called Boh where he gaveaway the tidbit about his next film,
“Flypaper, I start filming later this month, and Transformers 3 where he played a character who is more “dark” than others.”
I wonder if he will be playing a douchbag politician or something of that nature perhaps a human working with the Decepticons.
The Jamie Kennedy information comes via the TFW2005 and said that Kennedy stated in an interview with an...
Pre-production will begin soon on the next Transformers movie soon in Chicago and Moscow according to the last update from Michael Bay’s website. Now our friends over /Film has found some obscure interviews with actors Patrick Dempsey and Jamie Kennedy that reveal they both could have roles in Transformers 3.
Dempsey gave an interview to a Brazilian website called Boh where he gaveaway the tidbit about his next film,
“Flypaper, I start filming later this month, and Transformers 3 where he played a character who is more “dark” than others.”
I wonder if he will be playing a douchbag politician or something of that nature perhaps a human working with the Decepticons.
The Jamie Kennedy information comes via the TFW2005 and said that Kennedy stated in an interview with an...
- 5/4/2010
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
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