[Reviewed by: Danny Moltrasi]
“We gotta do somethin'. I can't tell you what it is, you can never ask me about it after we're done, and we're gonna hurt some people.”
Bank heist film, The Town, written, starring and directed byBen Affleck, is a very confidently made movie, with someone who is clearly better director than actor at its helm. Despite an overall well-paced film, and confidence enough to take the foot off the pedal at times to just tell the story, the action sequences do drag the film down. Watching cars fly about and bullets skim police officers just doesn’t cut it when compared to the rest of The Town, which in general, is a good film. (more…)
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Alejandro Brugués Director of the Upcoming Zombie Comedy ‘Juan of the Dead’
Posted: September 30, 2010 in Eric Raymer, Film, NewsTags: alejandro, belongings, brugues, comedy, commentary, cuban, cubans, dawn, Day, de, dead, Director, drama, evil, exclusive, fido, Film, foreign, havana, horde, horror, interview, juan, los, Movie, muertos, of, personal, pontypool, rec, sean, shawn, snow, Social, the, zombie, zombieland
[Posted by: Eric Raymer]
One of the things that continually amazes me about zombie films is that whenever it seems they’ve been completely played out, an innovative director comes along and puts a new spin on the genre. Still, there’s lots of schlock out there, and most of the time I approach a new zombie film much like I would an actual zombie: cautiously. When news about a forthcoming Cuban zombie film called Juan de los Muertos (Juan of the Dead) broke in May, my skepticism-meter was reading pretty high. Fortunately, any doubts I had were erased when I saw the awesome teaser trailers for the film. I recently spoke with director Alejandro Brugués (who was kind enough to take a break from preparing to shoot the film to exchange some emails), and it’s clear that he’s a huge zombie fan who is really happy to be making this film. Keep reading for some exclusive information about the film as well as the teaser trailers. (more…)