Over the course of 2 years, Truth On Cinema has generally narrowed its focus to delivering news/reviews/trailers of big blockbuster films (Transformers, Harry Potter, The Dark Knight) and comic book film adaptations (Iron Man, Batman, Spider Man), and although that is my heart and what I love and what I will continue to deliver to the best of my ability, there are some films that catch my attention so much to the point that I feel like I need to share them with you.
Just when you think a franchise has reached its capacity for sequels comes word today that none other than action-hero John McClane could be back to Die Hard for a 5th time. Out doing press for his latest buddy-cop movie Cop Out, Bruce Willis spoke to MTV about the possibility of him ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time....again.
The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides marketing train has been met with mixed reviews and responses, and the overall feelings of the 4th film in the franchise seems to be that of "meh?" First came word of Rob Marshall taking the franchise over and taking the reigns from Gore Verbinski, then we learned that Jack Sparrow would be the only character returning from the previous three films, and of course a couple weeks ago Penelope Cruz jumped on the pirate ship as a confirmed cast, and all of this just makes for really unpredictable expectations...
Truth On Cinema isn't known for the "serious" films that Hollywood produces and that's something I'd like to change. I don't just love comic book movies or big blockbusters or even romantic comedies, there are times when a good "thinking man's film" is just what I need. With that in mind, I am proud to bring you the international trailer for 20th Century Fox's upcoming Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.
As Avatar continues to decimate box office records left and right we are all left wondering what is going to become of the sequel. It's going to be at least 2 to 3 years before we ever see anything in a sequel, but that doesn't mean we have to just leave Pandora. Mega-producer Jon Landau recently told MTV (via /Film) that Cameron plans on writing a novel set within the world of Avatar, a prequel to the story of the film.
So I've had a few days (almost two and a half weeks... I've been busy!) to mull over all the hurtful things I said about Hurt Locker.
Disney has just debuted the 2nd Toy Story 3 trailer and frankly, I couldn't be more excited! I love the concept of Toy Story and have always thought that Pixar defined themselves and set their path of excellence with this franchise. The humor, the action, the story, and the heart behind the rag-tag bunch of toys in Andy's room have blazed the trail for all of the Up's, the Monster Inc.'s, the WALL*E's, and the Incredible's of the world.
In news that can only be described as "huh?!" word has come down from THR (via /Film) that the lovely Penelope Cruz is in negotiations to star opposite Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, that's set to open in the summer of 2011.
This news won't interest everyone that reads or follows Truth On Cinema, but for those that like to find deeper meaning and/or spiritual themes in films, the popular "large multi-faith e-community" Beliefnet kicked off their 5th Annual Beliefnet Film Awards this past Wednesday with some nominees that include some familiar Oscar faces.
It's that time of year again everybody, it's time for AMC's Annual Best Picture Showcase. As you all may remember from last year, I had the biggest contestTruth On Cinema has ever seen that awarded one lucky person the chance to sit with me in a theater for an entire Saturday and watch all 5 of the Oscar nominated Best Picture candidates. If you read our Oscars post from earlier this week, you would have noticed that this year, there are 10 candidates.
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