The world doesn't necessarily need another found-footage horror film, but Barry Levinson's well-crafted The Bay reminds us why there are so many of them to begin with. The format does precisely what it's supposed to here, ramping up the dread through the illusion of reality. Combine that with Levinson's commitment to (relative) plausibility and incisive…
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It's July 4 and a coastal playground in the Northeastern US is under attack from something that comes from the water. Familiar as that premise sounds to Jaws fans, this is something different. The Bay is from Barry Levinson (Wag the Dog, Rain Man) and is a found-footage assembly that looks at what happens when…
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"This is the best bad idea we have, sir, by far." Here's the trailer for Argo, Ben Affleck's third film as director. The film follows the efforts of an operation to rescue six diplomats hiding in Tehran during the Iranian revolution in 1979. The trailer begins in serious political thriller mode before the real plan…
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Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe aren't the only former Harry Potter stars getting their post-Hogwarts careers on. After the jump, Rupert Grint and Tom Felton find new roles, along with Chloe Grace Moretz and Keira Knightley in this mostly British edition of Casting Bits. Rupert Grint and Chloe Grace Moretz will rock out with Aaron…
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Warner Bros has sent out the obligatory press release to announce the commencement of filming on Ben Affleck's third film as director, Argo. We've known most of the cast for a while: Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, and John Goodman, with more recent additions Kyle Chandler, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane and Taylor Schilling. Now we've…
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Late last year we heard that Barry Levinson (Good Morning Vietnam, Rain Man) was going into production on a low-budget 'eco-horror' film that was originally referred to as Isopod. The basic story for what became called The Bay was said to feature “the aftermath of a viral outbreak on the Eastern Seaboard" and it sounded…
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