Tag Archives: Focus Features

Movie Review: ‘That Awkward Moment’

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Nat Almirall

Zac Effron is Jason, a 20-or-so book-cover designer living in New York with his best friend and co-worker Daniel (The Spectacular Now‘s Miles Teller) and other best friend Mikey (Michael B. Jordan). Mikey discovers his wife canoodling with the lawyer … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Focus Features, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Addison Timlin, Alysia Reiner, Dan Bittner, Emily Meade, Evelina Turen, Focus Features, imogen poots, Jessica Lucas, John Rothman, Josh Pais, Kate Simses, Mackenzie Davis, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, That Awkward Moment, Tina Benko, Victor Slezak, Zac Effron | Comments Off

Movie Review: ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Nat Almirall

The opening, a long tracking shot that follows motor stuntman “Handsome” Luke Glanton (Ryan Gosling), as he makes his way through the carnival, lighting cigarettes, pushing through the crowd, enterting the appointed tent, fastening his helmet, and buzzing in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Reviews | Tagged Ben Mendelsohn, Bradley Cooper, Bruce Greenwood, Dane DeHaan, Derek Cianfrance, emory cohen, Eva Mendes, Focus Features, harris yulin, olga merediz, Ray Liotta, robert clohessy, Rose Byrne, ryan gosing, the place beyond the pines | 1 Comment

Movie Review: ‘Promised Land’

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Nat Almirall

So far as I’ve seen, the kerfuffle surrounding the funding and production of Promised Land has received more attention than the film itself. So in case you haven’t heard, the film portrays the process of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” in … Continue reading →

Posted in Focus Features, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Dave Eggers, Focus Features, fracking, Frances McDormand, Gus Van Sant, Hal Holbrook, John Krasinski, Matt Damon, Promised Land, Rosemarie DeWitt, Scoot McNairy, Terry Kinney, Titus Welliver | Comments Off

New Trailer for ‘A Place Beyond the Pines’ With Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper Arrives

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Joe Gillis

Even though it’s the holidays, some things end up getting released anyway. Often, those things are trailers, which is the case in this, ah, case. In this upcoming thriller, A Place Beyond the Pines, Ryan Gosling plays a pro motorcycle … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, News, Trailers | Tagged Bradley Cooper, Derek Cianfrance, Eva Mendes, Focus Features, Motorcycles, Movies, Rose Byrne, Ryan Gosling, Thrillers, Trailers | 2 Comments

Movie Review: Moonrise Kingdom

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Nat Almirall

I originally was going to write that Moonrise Kingdom was, at 94 minutes, among Wes Anderson’s shortest films, but after researching the running times of his previous work, it actually is right in the middle–shorter than The Life Aquatic (119 … Continue reading →

Posted in Focus Features, Movies, Reviews | Tagged Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Focus Features, Frances McDormand, Jared Gilman, Jason Schwartzman, Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom, Roman Coppola, Tilda Swinton, Wes Anderson | Comments Off

Steve Carell & Keira Knightley Are an Unlikely Pair in the ‘Seeking a Friend for the End of the World’ Trailer

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Matt Raub

Given that the Mayans had a portion of the population convinced that this is the last year on the planet, it makes sense that Hollywood would be willing to exploit the apocalypse by taking it to the world of Romantic … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Drama, Indie, Movies, News, Romance, Sci-Fi, Trailers, Video | Tagged Comedy, Connie Britton, Drama, Focus Features, keira knightley, Lorene Scafaria, Melanie Lynskey, Patton Oswalt, Rob Corddry, Rob Huebel, Romance, Steve Carell, TJ Miller | Comments Off

New ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ Trailer with Gary Oldman Arrives

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

Recently, we had the first trailer for the upcoming adaptation of the John Le Carre espionage novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and lo, it was good. Now, there’s a new trailer that’s just arrived online and it’s even better. With … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, Drama, Movies, News, Trailers | Tagged Benedict Cumberbatch, Focus Features, Gary Oldman, John Hurt, John Le Carre, Mark Strong, Spies, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tom Hardy | Comments Off

Check Out the New Trailer for ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Joe Gillis

A lot of movies these days manage to have one or two interesting actors in them with the rest of the cast being so-so. However, once in a while a movie comes along that had way more than that. In … Continue reading →