Mendes Travels to Netherland
Sam Mendes is returning to the literary cannon with another book adaptation but this time, the story in question also involves one of the director’s passions. Reports today are that Mendes’ next...
View ArticleRiley, Mirren and Postlethwaite Visit Brighton
Since his brilliant performance in 2007’s Control, Sam Riley has been keeping himself busy but his film selection has not really panned out. Franklyn sounds like a bit of a mess, and though I’m looking...
View ArticleUp In the Air Promises to Be Great
I was impressed by the first clip from Jason Reitman’s Up In the Air. It suggested a fun film about a guy (Clooney) who lives out of his bag. A travelling salesman of a sort that, rather than selling,...
View ArticleGhosts, Vampires, Italy; Oh My!
So it’s true. Those nasty rumours you’ve heard about me being a Twilight fan…they’re all true. Thankfully, I don’t feel the need to share every tidbit of new information, every little detail, in an...
View ArticleRidley Scott to Take On Vampires
If you follow the book world, you may recall that in 2007 new comer Jordan Ainsley’s 400 page manuscript for a new post-apocalyptic vampire trilogy started a bidding war between publishers. Onlookers...
View ArticleGalifianakis & Roberts On Board for It’s Kind of a Funny Story
News of Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden’s Sugar (our review) follow up It’s Kind of a Funny Story have already excited my little heart but this recent news out of Toronto is sure to catch the attention of a...
View ArticleAndrew Niccol Takes on Stephenie Meyer’s The Host
Not surprisingly, yet another Stephenie Meyer property is being adapted for the big screen. I know what you’re thinking: more sparkly vampires? Luckily (or unluckily depending on which side of the...
View ArticleNew Trailer, Same Good Looks: The Book of Eli
Months ago, a teaser trailer surfaced for The Hughes Brothers’ The Book of Eli. The post apocalyptic story starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman features Denzel as the savior, a man charged with...
View ArticleFrom Sin Nombre to En Amor
Cary Fukunaga is on a roll; his feature debut Sin Nombre (our review) (a film I have yet to see) was extremely well received and he caught my attention with his recent Levi’s commercials. He seems the...
View ArticleReview: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Director: Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass, About a Boy, American Pie) Screenplay: Melissa Rosenberg, Stephenie Meyer (novel) Producer: Wyck Godfrey Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor...
View ArticleSkogland to direct Iranian Prison Drama
I may not have been the biggest fan of Kari Skogland’s 50 Dead Men Walking (our review) and though I was in the minority, I stand by my initial thoughts that the film was simply too scattered to be...
View ArticleQuiz from Leonard Maltin
One of my favourite parts of being involved here at Row Three is when distributors, publishers, artists, directors and even fans let me know about projects that are going on. I am a pretty busy person...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts: Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
I don’t doubt that Rick Riordan’s series is a fabulous read. Full of Greek mythology and more than a little action, it makes for a fast paced tale of adventure but how that translates onto the big...
View ArticleTeaser for Anton Corbijn’s THE AMERICAN staring George Clooney
George Clooney would be enough of an attraction for any film but for me, the real appeal of the upcoming drama The American isn’t Clooney but rather the man behind the camera. Director Anton Corbijn...
View ArticleCover Stories: Available Now
If you don’t listen to the RowThree Cinecast, you might not know that our good buddy (sometimes nemesis) and Cinecast co-host, Matt Gamble, is actually now a published writer. Banding together with...
View ArticleReview: 1
So this is one possible outcome when a film, here a science fiction think-piece, is based on a critical essay? That essay was penned by eastern bloc author Stanislaw Lem perhaps best known as the...
View ArticleIt’s here! Trailer for Cary Fukunaga’s “Jane Eyre”
Is it spring yet? Can it be spring already? Please? Pretty please? Yes, I’m begging for spring for good reason. I promise. That reason? Cary Fukunaga’s follow up to Sin Nombre (review). A take on the...
View ArticleBook Review: Zombies! An Illustrated History of the Undead
Are you one of those folks who complains that zombies do not speak when the increasing legions of zombie fanatics yell ‘Braaaaaiiiins!’ during festival screenings? Or perhaps you are one of those...
View ArticleBook Review: “The Hammer Vault”
Let’s state this right up front: Marcus Hearn’s book The Hammer Vault is a gem. Whether you’re a novice to the horror and thriller film output of Hammer studios from the late 50s through the early 70s...
View ArticleReview: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Director: Stephen Chbosky Screenplay: Stephen Chbosky Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith Starring: Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller, Emma Watson, Paul Rudd MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running...
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