The French maestro has always been a skilled, thrilling crafter of images and sequences but much like Lucas, Cameron, and Bay, his writing sometimes dilutes the power of his visions.

With his new film Rampart (which ranked #4 on my Top 10 of 2011 list), writer-director Oren Moverman took the corrupt-cop genre and twisted it just like he did with The Messenger‘s soldier-PTSD story.  He’s one of the more exciting …

Following his interview with Jason Statham, Steve had a chance yesterday to speak with the other star of The Mechanic, Ben Foster.  It just so happened that Foster had been announced as a cast member of Fernando Meirelles’ 360 about …

When we first reported that The Messenger writer/director Oren Moverman had signed on to rewrite and helm a Kurt Cobain biopic, Steve (a Messenger devotee) responded thusly: I’m incredibly excited to see Moverman land the Cobain project.  I don’t want …

Universal’s biopic about Kurt Cobain just got interesting.  That’s because writer-director Oren Moverman (The Messenger) has signed on to rework the David Benioff (Brothers) script and also direct the project as well.  While many of you have probably not seen …

The National Board of Review has chosen Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air as the Best Picture of 2009, but as Anne Thompson states, the National Board of Review tends to be a bellwether of where Oscar momentum is heading, …

Sometimes dreams really do come true and the amazing Ben Foster, one of the best actors not headline movies, is finally headlining movies.  He was the only draw for me to see “Pandorum” and if the response to that movie …

I’ve been a fan of Ben Foster’s work for awhile now. So when I was offered a chance to talk with the great actor for a few minutes at this year’s Comic-Con, I didn’t hesitate in saying yes. The reason …