Official Trailer for the Upcoming Matt Damon vs Christian Bale film "Ford vs Ferrari"

20th Century Fox recently released the official for their upcoming film "Ford vs Ferrari". the film stars Matt Damon, Christian Bale, Jon Bernthal, Caitriona Balfe, Tracy Letts.

"Ford vs Ferrari" hits theaters on November 15th.

For more information on this film, you can goto: www.FORDvFERRARI.com

Plot Synopsis:

Academy Award-winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in FORD v FERRARI, based on the remarkable true story of the visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and the fearless British-born driver Ken Miles (Bale), who together battled corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the dominating race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

 "Ford vs Ferrari": Official Trailer

"Hostiles" Review by Tim Hellman

'HOSTILES': Four Stars (Out of Five)

A western about a U.S. cavalry officer who's tasked with escorting a Cheyenne war chief, and his family (against his will), to Montana in 1892. It stars Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Rory Cochrane, Ben Foster, Stephen Lang, Jesse Plemons, Timothee Chalamet, Adam Beach and Q'orianka Kilcher. The film was written and directed by Scott Cooper, who also helmed 'CRAZY HEART' and 'OUT OF THE FURNACE' (also starring Bale), and it's received mostly positive reviews from critics so far. I found it to be well made, and emotionally interesting (at times), but it's also really slow-paced.

The story is set in Fort Berringer, New Mexico, in 1892. Captain Joseph J. Blocker (Bale) has had a lot of war experience, and he's also built up an extreme amount of hate for Native Americans because of it. So when he's asked to escort a dying Cheyenne war chief, named Yellow Hawk (Studi), and his family, to Montana, he passionately refuses. His commanding officer, Colonel Abraham Biggs (Lang), informs him that it's a direct order from the President though, and Blocker's approaching retirement will be threatened if he doesn't comply. So Blocker reluctantly follows his orders. Along the way he meets a suicidal widow, named Rosalie Quaid (Pike), who's family was just killed by Comanche Indians. Blocker and his men are soon attacked by the same Comanche party.

The movie is beautifully shot, and acted, and parts of it seem like they should be really emotional. Still the movie is just way too long and slow-paced. I wouldn't have a problem with the length though, if there was just a little more going on. The couple in front of me (at the theater) asked me what I thought of it, after it was over, and I said 'pretty good'. They replied "it was just so boring though, I was expecting a lot more excitement". I'm so used to slow-paced Oscar bait, that I'm pretty used to watching boring movies like this, and I'm not overly critical of them (for it) either. The movie is definitely a challenge to sit through though. It's well made, and Bale is once again amazing in the lead, but you have to have a lot of patience to really enjoy it (I'd say).

"The Big Short" Review by Tim Hellman

'THE BIG SHORT': Four and a Half Stars (Out of Five)

Critically acclaimed comedy-drama flick; about the financial crisis, of 2007 to 2010, and the clever businessmen who were able to profit from it. The film was directed by Adam McKay (who's helmed such other comedy classics as 'ANCHORMAN', 'STEP BROTHERS' and 'THE OTHER GUYS'), and it was written by McKay and Charles Randolph. The movie stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, John Magaro, Finn Wittrock, Jeremy Strong, Hamish Linklater, Rafe Spall and Brad Pitt. Along with it being impressively critically rated, the film is also expected to be nominated for multiple Academy Awards (including Best Picture). I found it to be a very insightful, and highly entertaining, movie.

The story begins in 2005, when Michael Burry (Bale), a socially awkward hedge fund manager, predicts the upcoming financial crisis (due to the unstable housing market) and decides to bet against it. Burry creates a 'credit default swap market', much to the dismay of many of his investors. Multiple other businessmen catch wind of Burry's plan, and decide to pursue similar financial ventures. They include trader Jared Vennett (Gosling), hedge fund manager Mark Baum (Carell) and retired banker Ben Rickert (Pitt). The true story follows three different groups of people; as they follow their American dream, of becoming rich (while everyone else's dreams collapse).

The movie is very informative, about what caused the economy to fail (in 2007). It's also very detailed, and educational (in it's explanations), while trying to remain entertaining; at the same time. I still got lost, multiple times, but I also learned a lot too. Besides being politically fascinating, the movie is hilarious, and full of complex characters. It's a lot more insightful, than anything McKay has done before. What's really odd about the film, is that it almost has you rooting for the U.S. economy to fail; just to prove it's likable characters right (I especially like Bale's character, Michael Burry). The film is a must see!

"Exodus: Gods and Kings" Review - Written by Jim Herling

It seems like there's an awful lot to say about Exodus: Gods and Kings. For example, there's the controversy over the "whitewashed" main cast (which is admittedly distracting), but I don't want to talk about that. There's also all the hubbub over the glaring historical and even more glaring biblical inaccuracies (both of which are just mind-boggling, especially considering director Ridley Scott had a four-person writing team to work with, consisting of Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jeffrey Caine, and Steven Zaillian, none of whom had the sense to point out the inaccuracies apparently), but I don't want to talk about those things either. All the controversies, while interesting and worthy of discussion on their own, have little to do with the quality of the movie itself, which is what I'm here to talk about.

And the quality, in this case, is pretty damn bad.

The only thing I can say for Ridley Scott's latest work is that it is a visually stunning movie. Which is no surprise, really; Scott's movies are always treats for the eyes, shot and framed beautifully, with top-notch effects, and this one is no exception. The Red Sea sequence is particularly breathtaking. But, as Jay said towards the end of Clerks, "what's a good plate with nothing on it?"

When it comes to what's on this plate, the answer is precious little. Inconsistence is the least of the plot's sins; for example, the movie is just boring as hell. It has a very similar structure and story to one of Scott's masterpieces, Gladiator (which should be a clue as to just how far afield from the historical narratives the story blunders), but it lacks that film's cohesion, and its action. Action pieces are short and few and far between. Even the Red Sea finale is anticlimactic, boiling down not to an epic battle or even a thrilling chase but a distant standoff between Moses (Christian Bale) and his "brother" Ramses (Joel Edgerton) that is as ponderous and awkward as the rest of their performances. And they're not alone; whitewashing is a far less problem of this cast than their obvious discomfort with the whole production. From Bale and Edgerton down through the line to Ben Kingsley and John Turturro, this is a talented cast having no fun and clearly not putting their heart into their characters. The most glaring cast misstep is Aaron Paul as Joshua, one of Moses' lieutenants. Joshua does nothing but glare and stare, shouting his handful of lines that all consist of one variation or another of "Come on!" or "Let's go!" The swagger that usually makes Paul's performances compelling is nonexistent, and it's a disappointing microcosm of how disappointing the movie is as a whole.

I'm giving Exodus: Gods and Kings one star or of five for cinematography. The rest of the movie is as bad as a plague of locusts.

Final Trailer for Ridley Scott's Upcoming Film "Exodus: Gods and Kings"

20th Century Fox recently released the final trailer for Ridley Scott's latest film "Exodus: Gods and Kings". The upcoming film stars Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, John Turturro, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Mendelsohn and Ben Kingsley. "Exodus: Gods and Kings" hits theaters on December 12th.

For more information on this film, you can visit the film's official website at: www.exodusgodsandkings.com.

"Exodus: God and Kings": Final Trailer

Anthony T's #TBT: "The Dark Knight

Welcome to this week's edition of Anthony T's #TBT. This week with Christopher Nolan's"Interstellar" heading into theaters and IMAX this week, I decided to go back into the vaults and find my review of his 2008 "The Dark Knight". With all the superhero movies out there today, "The Dark Knight" still ranks up there as one of the best superhero films ever made. It also garnered a Best Supporting Actor win for Heath Ledger, who was great in this film and still deserves his Oscar for that film to this day.

Repost from 7/27/08 with minor changes

The Dark Knight is the second film in Warner Bros' re-energized Batman franchise but most of the film’s hype has been surrounding the death of Heath Ledger. This is his last completed film before he passed away this past January from a drug overdose of prescribed drugs.

The Dark Knight is set one year after the events of Batman Begins, where Batman’s (Christian Bale) crusade to rid Gotham City of crime has been going very well, with the help of Lt. James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and the city's newly appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart). Everything is fine until a new sadistic villain known as The Joker (Heath Ledger) starts creating chaos in Gotham City. In the amidst of this, his alter-ego Bruce Wayne is caught up in love triangle with his childhood friend Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who is in love with Harvey Dent even though he still has feeling for her. Now Bruce Wayne must put side this romantic triangle aside, as his alter ego Batman must use every means necessary to stop the Joker before his reign of terror burns Gotham City down and turns it into a city of chaos. Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Eric Roberts also co-star in this film.

Before I go into my review of this film, this is definitely not a film that your seven or eight year old kid should see as this is very violent and the subject matter may frighten them. So take them to go see Wall-E or Space Chimps instead.

With that said, I remember watching the review on Ebert & Roeper that Richard Roeper said that “The Dark Knight” was the best superhero movie ever and a film that should be nominated for Best Picture with Heath Ledger being nominated for Best Supporting Actor. My thought at the time that the Oscar talk that Roeper talked about was absolutely so far fetched. Also when I heard that Health Ledger was cast as the Joker sometime last year, I didn’t think that it was good casting. Man, was I totally wrong with both the casting of Ledger and Roeper’s highly praised review of the film. This is definitely a film that we might be talking about during Oscar season.

The Dark Knight is truly the year’s best film so far. Director Christopher Nolan does a great job again with the direction. I liked how he goes for a more realistic approach with the action. He achieves that in the way he directs the action scenes and the actors. The action scenes was realistic and includes one the best chase scenes since the shootout in Michael Mann’s Heat. The acting felt top-notch. This was something that you would see in an Oscar caliber film. Christian Bale turns in a very good performance again as Bruce Wayne, but the main star of this film is the late Heath Ledger. This is a performance that I would be still talking in this manner, if he was still living today. His performance as the Joker is up there with Sergi Lopez’s Captain Vidal in Pan’s Labyrinth as the most sinister performance ever. It’s definitely an Oscar-worthy performance, as the performance was terrorizing and frightening. The supporting cast was also good. Aaron Eckhart was very good as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, playing two variations of one character, as the character was likeable one minute and unlikable the next. Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Michael Caine are also back from the first film along with Maggie Gyllenhaal taking over for Katie Holmes role in the first film.

The screenplay written Christopher Nolan and his brother Jonathan Nolan was very good. I would even go to the lengths to say that both of them should get an Oscar nomination for this screenplay. The reason I say that because this film didn’t feel like your average superhero movie. It felt like an epic crime film like “Heat” and “The Departed”. The Nolan Brothers did a very good job writing the characters here, as each of them were different from one another. They also do a great job with the Joker in this film. He was more sadistic and frightening which makes the character more better than in Tim Burton’s Batman where the character seemed comic-bookish and comes off as a prankster than a heartless villain. The Nolan brothers also do a great job developing the themes and the characters. They do explore the society of Gotham through some of themes that are currently happening today like surveillance, terrorism and the media. It's done effectively well here as it added to the film’s dark tone. The character development was also very good, as it added to the whole Batman mythology. But what made this film different from Batman Begins was the fact the story had a lot of twists and turns. Those were done very well, as it kept me on the edge of my seat.

Please note that this is not the last time you’re going to hear me talk about this film. "The Dark Knight" is truly the best film of 08 so far and yes, I’ll say it like Richard Roeper did - “It’s the best superhero movie ever.”

Review Rating: 5 Stars

Official Trailer for the Upcoming Ridley Scott Film "Exodus: Gods and Kings"

20th Century Fox recently released a new trailer for the upcoming Ridley Scott film "Exodus: Gods and Kings". The upcoming film stars Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, John Turturro, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Mendelsohn and Ben Kingsley. "Exodus: Gods and Kings" hits theaters on December 12th.

For more information on this film, you can visit the film's official website at: www.exodusgodsandkings.com.

Plot Synopsis:

From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes the epic adventure “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” the story of one man’s daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses (Christian Bale) as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 400,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

"Exodus: Gods and Kings": Official Trailer

First Trailer for Ridley Scott's Newest Film "Exodus: Gods and Kings"

20th Century Fox recently released the first trailer for the upcoming film "Exodus: Gods and Kings". The upcoming film is the latest from director Ridley Scott and stars Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, John Turturro, Sigourney Weaver and Ben Kingsley. "Exodus: Gods and Kings" hits theaters on December 12th.

For more information on this film, you can visit the film's official website at: www.exodusgodsandkings.com

Plot Synopsis:

From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Prometheus) comes the epic adventure “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” the story of one man’s daring courage to take on the might of an empire. Using state of the art visual effects and 3D immersion, Scott brings new life to the story of the defiant leader Moses (Christian Bale) as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.

"Exodus: Gods and Kings": Official Trailer