http://moviepatron.com/blog Film Reviews that Matter Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:55:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en      The Movie Patron Blog HAS MOVED! This site is lying dormant for now. We've teamed up with some other creative people and have regrouped our forces over in the third row. Join us over there for some in depth discussions, daily news items and of course the Cinecast ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/27/were-closed/ this episode: The Cinecast is MOVING!?, Movie review extravaganzza (5 film reviews), DVD picks and tangents. Unwrap the complete Show Notes by clicking on this link... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/20/1066/ Director: Attila Szász Writer: Attila Szász Producer: Dalma Hidasi Starring: Vitéz Ábrahám, Ernõ Fekete, Dóra Létay Country of Origin: Hungary Running time: 30 min     reviewed by Andrew James      When I received the request to take a look at the screener for this short film and give my thoughts on it, the title intrigued me, but I was ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/18/now-you-see-me-now-you-dont/      Wall-E says "Hi." click image for more detail.   http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/16/since-all-we-post-are-posters/      Well, this looks promising...      Technically not movie related, but oh well. "Terminator: The Sarah Connors Chronicles" premiers on Fox for two nights on Jan. 13th and 14th. From worstpreviews, the show focusses on Sarah; Tired of fleeing from both killers from the future and law officers in the present ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/16/the-sarah-connors-chronicles/      Not entirely sure what to make of this. At this point it's just a guy thinking out loud. However, when the person is The Dude, I sit up and take notice. According to Bridges, the idea for a sequel to Tron will probably be pitched to him ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/15/tron-sequel/      Lovin' the new poster for Get Smart - the redux of the popular 60's television show. You know it's Steve Carrell in the movie, so we don't need to see his face in favor of the much more fetching Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). I love how the poster ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/15/new-get-smart-one-sheet/      Buffy started as a fairly campy, albeit loved, film of the early 90s starring Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry. I remember the movie being pretty bad, though I haven't seen it in ages. When a television spin-off was announced, I thought to myself, "seriously!? There were enough ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/15/possibilities-of-a-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-feature-film/      MoviePatron, FilmJunk and MadAboutMovies combine for the ultimate Movie Club Podcast. Episode 2 was a complete success and a great show (at least from my point of view). It also has a new home! You can check out the show and leave comments at movieclubpodcast.blogspot.com. Stop in and ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/12/podcast-reminder/ click for hi-res   http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/12/yo-im-comin-for-you/      As you may have noticed over the past day or two, MoviePatron.com has been having some database issues which cause various aspects of the site to not display properly and/or maybe not at all. We apologize for the inconvenience. This is due to our hosting company switching over ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/09/movie-patron-blog-issues/      Yup, we've learned that the 12 animated features being considered as nomination for the Academy's big night have been announced. The twelve titles submitted are:   http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/09/oscar-news-already/      I have yet to see The Pang Brothers original version of The Eye, (IMDb) even though I own it and I've heard nothing but good things about it. I know they did great things visually with Re-Cycle (MP review), so I'm excited to see The Eye. I am ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/09/the-eye-poster/ this episode: American Gangster, conversations on select topics (fall movies, recent viewings, Splice images, etc), Canadian Sci-fi and of course DVD picks and tangents. Unwrap the complete Show Notes by clicking on this link... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/09/cinecast-episode-67-hero-cookies/      Now this is something I did not see coming in a million years. The great Jack Nicholson, who we all remember played The Joker in Batman '89, has told MTV News that he is "furious" about Heath Ledger playing The Joker in The Dark Knight. Here is some of what ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/08/nicholson-furious-about-the-dark-knight/      The great Edward Norton has scared me lately with his decision to play the title role in the Hulk sequel. I guess everyone needs a paycheck, but seriously, someone as terrific as Norton could surely find something better right? Well thankfully, it looks like he might've sort of ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/04/pride-and-glory-trailer/      I'm not really one to promote piracy or illegal activities, but ya know what? This is 2007, I've been partying all night and I don't care right now... lucky you. I ran across this site today that is very similar to YouTube, except it's all full length movies. ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/04/free-movies/      We stole this comment from another blog (that no longer exists) pertaining to the upcoming writers strike. The blog post was trying to make sense of the strike, what it means to industry personnel and also what it might mean to us: the fans. A commenter, who claims ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/04/an-insider-to-the-strike/     But related to the Writers strike...      For those of you that are deeply into "LOST," as I am, it doesn't sound like the writers strike will directly affect the show... at least for now. ABC's decision to hold off on the season 4 premire until January now looks like a ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/04/speaking-of-the-strike-but-not-movie-related/      It seems we'll have another, highly needed female in the director's chair in Hollywood. From Empire online comes the news that Natalie Portman has signed on to direct A Tale of Love and Darkness. A period film involving basically the birth of Israel revolving around the childhood memoirs ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/02/portman-to-direct/      The first domestic version of the one-sheet for Guillermo Del Toro produced, The Orphanage, has hit the web. The poster doesn't do much for me, but it does reek of Guillermo Del Toro's style, even if he's not directing. New man in town, Juan Antonio Bayona will be ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/02/del-toros-newest/      Though not yet announced officially on the main TAD site, Twitch is declaring Alone (MP review) as the winner for the 2007 audience choice awards. This is very good news. This little Thai horror flick had me nearly gasping for breath with the scares and then totally enthralled ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/01/alone-wins-audience-choice-award-at-tad/      So I stopped by FilmJunk today during my web movie rounds and stumbled upon their movie entitled The Running Tunnel. I guess it's been around for a while and I've neglected my duties in seeing it. Check out the movie below and then head over to FilmJunk and ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/01/the-running-tunnel/      One of the best westerns of the last 25 years is certainly Dances with Wolves. I saw it at least three times in the theater and loved it even as a young man. Costner haters be damned as this film was totally amazing in almost every respect and won ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/01/worst-news-ive-heard-all-week/      Put her in anything and I'm bound to watch; just for the sheer fact that she makes my heart race a little faster than normal. After Buffy and some other fair to mediocre films, Dushku has sort of fallen off the map. But it looks like Joss Whedon ... http://moviepatron.com/blog/2007/11/01/eliza-dushku-is-hot/