Month: January 2013
Interview with David Chase, writer/director/producer of Not Fade Away
With all of David Chase’s monstrous success from creating, producing, and writing the disturbingly popular show The Sopranos, I expected to meet someone larger than life. With his first feature film, Not Fade Away, which he also wrote, produced, and directed being released across the nationwide, I am ready for David Chase to jump out of his skin at any given second. Instead, I find a quiet humble ...[Read More]
Box Office Weekend: Violence Brings in the New Year as Texas Chainsaw and Django Unchained Lead
Be it chopping off limbs or…threatening to chop off certain limbs, there is no shortage of moviegoers starting 2013 by seeing plenty of blood and gore, whether it was that this week’s big winner (but critical loser) Texas Chainsaw 3D with an estimated $23 million or critical winner Django Unchained with an estimated $20.1 million. Django Unchained is still not director Quentin Tarantino’s most suc...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: All Aboard a Spooky Soviet Submarine in Phantom
Happy New Year’s, everyone! Now that we’ve finished our holiday celebrations, it’s time to look ahead to 2013, which looks like it could be another awesome year for movies. And this week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at the upcoming submarine thriller Phantom. Premise: The captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. On a se...[Read More]