Our good friend Ron Ashley is back at it again as he had the chance to catch the Deborah Scranton directed documentary “Earth Made of Glass” at this years Tribeca Film Festival. This will be documentary time on TheMovieBanter as we will soon put up a review of Alex Gibney’s (Enron: The Smartest Guys [...]
It rose about 40 degrees in one day and the steam is rising in Hollywood with anticipation for the beginning of the summer season. In past years, Memorial Day weekend typically was the beginning of the summer blockbuster season. It’s usually when life guards begin their watch at the beach, summer Friday’s start for some [...]
The 2010 Edward Burns project is entitled Nice Guy Johnny. It has been such a hit at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival that additional screenings have been added to the schedule. Burns wrote and directed the movie, and he also is one of the film’s stars. Burns’ co-star is Matt Bush (Adventureland), who actually plays [...]
Twitter is the new Google when it comes to finding up to date news. I find out all of my information on Twitter before any real news source. Even when the Michael Jackson death news broke out, it hit Twitter before I checked out CNN.com. The same can be said about movies, and I typically [...]
Our good friend Ron Ashley is back at it again as he had the chance to catch the Deborah Scranton directed documentary “Earth Made of Glass” at this years Tribeca Film Festival. This will be documentary time on TheMovieBanter as we will soon put up a review of Alex Gibney’s (Enron: The Smartest Guys [...]
It rose about 40 degrees in one day and the steam is rising in Hollywood with anticipation for the beginning of the summer season. In past years, Memorial Day weekend typically was the beginning of the summer blockbuster season. It’s usually when life guards begin their watch at the beach, summer Friday’s start for some [...]
The 2010 Edward Burns project is entitled Nice Guy Johnny. It has been such a hit at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival that additional screenings have been added to the schedule. Burns wrote and directed the movie, and he also is one of the film’s stars. Burns’ co-star is Matt Bush (Adventureland), who actually plays [...]
Nick Ondras’s review of THE LOSERS.
Twitter is the new Google when it comes to finding up to date news. I find out all of my information on Twitter before any real news source. Even when the Michael Jackson death news broke out, it hit Twitter before I checked out CNN.com. The same can be said about movies, and I typically [...]
Our good friend Ron Ashley is back at it again as he had the chance to catch the Deborah Scranton directed documentary “Earth Made of Glass” at this years Tribeca Film Festival. This will be documentary time on TheMovieBanter as we will soon put up a review of Alex Gibney’s (Enron: The Smartest Guys [...]
It rose about 40 degrees in one day and the steam is rising in Hollywood with anticipation for the beginning of the summer season. In past years, Memorial Day weekend typically was the beginning of the summer blockbuster season. It’s usually when life guards begin their watch at the beach, summer Friday’s start for some [...]
The 2010 Edward Burns project is entitled Nice Guy Johnny. It has been such a hit at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival that additional screenings have been added to the schedule. Burns wrote and directed the movie, and he also is one of the film’s stars. Burns’ co-star is Matt Bush (Adventureland), who actually plays [...]
Twitter is the new Google when it comes to finding up to date news. I find out all of my information on Twitter before any real news source. Even when the Michael Jackson death news broke out, it hit Twitter before I checked out CNN.com. The same can be said about movies, and I typically [...]
Here is my Interview with Guy Pearce from the red carpet of the screening For the 10th anniversary of the cult classic film, and Christopher Nolan’s first huge hit, Memento, the Tribeca Film Festival screened a special viewing of the film with the cast and crew. For those who don’t know, Memento is about a [...]
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON continues its #1 reign in Nick Ondras’s box office report.
Interview with Jeff Zimbalist, writer and director of The Two Escobars. See below the video for the full review. Jeff and Michael Zimbalist tell the engaging story of Pablo and Andres Escobar and their impact on Colombia in the mid 1990′s. I had the pleasure of attending the premiere of the film and was also [...]
Red Carpet Footage from the premiere of Beware the Gonzo Interviews with – Jesse McCartney, Brian Goluboff (Writer/Director), Steve Kaplan, James Urbaniak Interview with – Judah Friedlander Guest Review by Ron Ashley I was fortunate enough to attend last night’s world premiere of BEWARE THE GONZO, written and directed by Bryan Goluboff, at the 2010 [...]
Andy Serkis (Gollum from Lord of the Rings) plays the British punk rocker Ian Dury in the Matt Whitecross directed film, “Sex and Drugs and Rock & Roll” (“SDRR”). SDRR is a very stylistic film that shows the wild ride of ups and downs that Dury faced on the road to taking his band, The [...]
With all the crappy movies and weak 3D movie attempts being pushed out in Hollywood today to make a quick and easy buck, it’s nice to see some hidden gems break out. Every year it seems that independent movies break through and generate excellent word of mouth to push it to the mainstream audience, and [...]
For our NY metropolitan area fans, we hope you get a chance to make it out to the Tribeca Film Festival. For all other fans, there is an online library for you to watch the films. Please go to tribecafilmfest.com for more information about ticket info, blurbs on all the films, and scheduling. Here are [...]
Kick-Ass is an adaption of the great graphic novel of the same name, about a dorky kid named Dave (Johnson) who creates this persona Kick-Ass to fight crime. With no powers or skills at all, he ends up getting his ass kicked, but through viral videos, becomes a sensation. He then teams with real hero’s [...]
Nick Ondras’s box office report: DreamWorks’ HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON surprisingly toppled Matthew Vaughn’s awaited KICK-ASS.
It’s not the Cantor Exchange, but a film futures exchange has been approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). The Wall Street Journal has reported that the CFTC granted approval for Media Derivatives Inc. to launch its Trend Exchange, which seeks to launch futures and options on box-office receipts in the third quarter. This [...]
Young French actress Astrid Bergès-Frisbey has been selected by producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall to star in the key role of Syrena, a beautiful and alluring young mermaid, in the next installment of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean series. The title of the film is “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.” Berges-Frisbey [...]
Source: Cenia.org By seeing Disneynature OCEANS during opening week, moviegoers can Make a Wave and make a meaningful difference for our world’s oceans and the species that depend on them for survival. In honor of each moviegoer, Disneynature, through the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, will help establish new marine protected areas in The Bahamas with [...]
How quickly could we repair the environment if we all joined forces across the world to aid in green-themed efforts. Lets say we took the initiative instead of waiting for our respective governments to do something. Directed by Brian Hill and narrated by Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton, Climate of Change touches upon this subject [...]
Source: I Watch Stuff If you are a fan of the movie rental service Netflix, you may not be a fan of the deals they have been making lately. Recently they solidified a deal with Warner Bros where Netflix would delay the release of brand new DVD’s for 28 days, so the studio has a [...]
Mahmud Nasir considers himself a true Muslim. He may not pray 5 times a day towards Mecca, but in his heart Allah lives. His son wants to marry this girl, who’s stepfather is an Islamic extremist. So Mahmud’s son needs his father to be convincingly Muslim so that he can get his soon-to-be wife’s stepfather’s [...]
DATE NIGHT edged out CLASH OF THE TITANS after being neck-and-neck all weekend in my box office report.
Anti-Piracy is a big issue in Hollywood as the studios are potentially losing millions each year when users illegally download their movies online . It’s hard to believe when we hear movies like Avatar are breaking financial milestones and Hollywood seems to be up despite terrible movies coming out. But the truth is, technology is [...]
Summer 2010 is coming, and it’s coming quickly. Here’s ten flicks that are not to be missed.
The Tribeca Film Festival (“TFF”) begins in two weeks (April 21st) and will be opened up by the Shrek 4 premiere. In order for you to properly prepare for TFF, we at themoviebanter.com wanted to share with you some of the highly anticipated movies at this year’s festival. As such we will be running multiple [...]
There are so many incredible basketball movies, and every person has their own unique love to an individual movie. For the highs and lo’s which sports is, nothing is better than watching this type of movie transcended onto the big screen. March madness is a great time of year for all sports fan. Filling out [...]
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