Exclusive Interview: BATTLE: LA director Jonathan Liebesman is combat ready
Director Jonathan Liebesman may have got his start working on the horror films DARKNESS FALLS and THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING, but he’s now moved up to the big budget action leagues with BATTLE: LA. The ambitious and impressive alien invasion flick follows a global alien attack, with Los Angeles being the last hope at victory as a ragtag platoon of marines try to figure out what these aliens are made of and what they want. ASSIGNMENT X recently spoke with Liebesman in this exclusive interview as he talks about filming the movie and teases about what he hopes […]Read On »
Exclusive Interview: Ramon Rodriguez prepares for BATTLE: LA
Most actors prefer the perks of being a star, but for Ramon Rodriguez he enjoys the hard work that goes into the role. In BATTLE: LA, he had the most strenuous experience to date playing 2nd Lt. William Martinez who finds him and his Marine platoon knee-deep in an alien battle against Earth. He not only had the chance to prepare by going to boot camp prior to filming, but he gained an even bigger respect for the military once the project was through. In this exclusive interview with ASSIGNMENT X, Rodriguez talks about his role, as well as looking […]Read On »
Movie Review: THE EAGLE
Rating: PG-13 Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim, Denis O’Hare Writer: Jeremy Brock, based on the novel THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH by Rosemary Sutcliff Director: Kevin Macdonald Distributor: Focus Features Release Date: February 11, 2011 Director Kevin Macdonald and screenwriter Jeremy Brock, the team that previously brought us THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND, now set a tale in actual, albeit ancient, Scotland. Although THE EAGLE is much more steeped in legend and natural beauty (the film was shot in Scotland and Hungary), the filmmakers manage to bring the moral ambiguity levels impressively high, even […]Read On »
The X List: PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 one of the Highlights to DVD/Blu-ray Releases This Week
Your time is short. We know this. So in order to expedite your buying and Netflix decision making, we provide you with a list of the cool and not-so-cool titles coming out for movies, television and everything in-between. So put your feet up, grab some popcorn and check out this week’s selections. Movies PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2 – This will probably be the most in-demand film this week – the follow-up to the low budget ghost horror film all caught on tape. While this one also continues to prove that you don’t need high special effects budgets to make a good […]Read On »
Super Bowl Commercial Review: LIMITLESS trailer
With Super Bowl Sunday here, ASSIGNMENT X has decided to review the movie trailer commercials in between the game to see how well the studios are using their mega-dollars they’re spending to draw people into theaters. LIMITLESS Release Date: March 18, 2011 Stars: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish What Is it? A new sci-fi thriller about a drug that allows you to tap into all of the potential of your brain – and apparently makes you smarter than Robert De Niro. But hey, you don’t need a pill to make you smart enough to avoid starring in LITTLE […]Read On »
Super Bowl Commercial Review: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES trailer (and watch it too!)
With Super Bowl Sunday here, ASSIGNMENT X has decided to review the movie trailer commercials in between the game to see how well the studios are using their mega-dollars they’re spending to draw people into theaters. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES Release Date: May 20, 2011 Stars: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz What Is it? The fourth sequel in the PIRATES saga, this time solely focused on Depp’s Jack Sparrow. Want To See Factor: Anyone who’s seen the previous released trailer, has seen this one, except crammed into a tighter spot. Does it make you want to see it? […]Read On »
Super Bowl Commercial Review: FAST FIVE trailer (and watch it too!)
With Super Bowl Sunday here, ASSIGNMENT X has decided to review the movie trailer commercials in between the game to see how well the studios are using the mega-dollars they’re spending to draw people into theaters. FAST FIVE Release Date: April 29 Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker What Is It: The fifth sequel in THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS franchise Want To See Factor: The action looks good, but it’s the fifth movie, so it’s more of the same. Super Bowl Points: Some nice explosions, great car action and a couple impressive stunts. A little sex appeal in the beginning […]Read On »
CD Review: 48 HRS. soundtrack
While James Horner showed he could go where no Enterprise scorer had gone before with his breakthrough, nautical-styled space adventure for 1982’s STAR TREK II, it would be that year’s 48 HRS. which truly showed him off as being far from a one-note composer. If audiences hadn’t seen this kind of hilariously foul-mouthed, squib-filled “buddy cop” movie before, then they certainly hadn’t heard the vibrant, ethnic spin that Horner put on the genre – a ferociously energetic approach that made KHAN’s musical wrath sound positively sedate by comparison. Horner likely keyed off of the manic urban energy that filled Eddie […]Read On »
Movie Review: THE MECHANIC
Rating: R Stars: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Tony Goldwyn Writers: Richard Wenk and Lewis John Carlino, story by Lewis John Carlino Director: Simon West Distributor: CBS Films Release Date: Jan. 28, 2011 The 1972 original film THE MECHANIC starred Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent and Keenan Wynn. The 2011 remake has Jason Statham, Ben Foster and Donald Sutherland, respectively, in the roles. Writer Richard Wenk updated the screenplay, which is also credited to original writer Lewis John Carlino, who gets story credit. The structure is sharp and under Simon West’s direction, the plentiful action is punchy, including one vehicular sequence […]Read On »
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