Leave a Comment

Trailer: The Box (Would You Push The Button?)
RealTalkNY Brought To You By Nigel D. — In theaters November 6th.

'The Box' Attempts To Persuade You That Contract Killing Is A Moral Dilemma
NPR Blogs: Monkey See — by Linda Holmes Even if you were not already familiar with the basic structure of The Box, they reveal it to you in the trailer. A young couple (here played by James Marsden and Cameron Diaz) meets a stranger, who gives them a box with a button and tells them that if they push the button, someone they don't know dies and they get a million dollars. This tale, adapted from a Richard Matheson short story called "Button, Button," also became an episode of The Twilight Zone (albeit the 1980s version, not the original). This is, I think, ...

Dead Box (Which I'm Sorry About)
Hollywood Elsewhere — Email here for additions & corrections. Il Grido (Antonioni, 1957 ) The Fortune (Nichols, 1975 ) -30- (Webb, 1959 ) Betrayal (Jones, 1983 ) Play It As It Lays (Perry, 1972 ) The Outfit (Flynn, 1973 ) Alex in Wonderland (Mazursky, 1969 ) The Legend of Lylah Clare (Aldrich, 1968 ) In The Cool of the Day (Stevens, 1963 ) That Cold Day in the Park (Altman, 1969 ) The Fox (Rydell, 1967 ) Thumb Trippin' (Masters, 1972 ) Midas Run (Kjellin, 1969 ) At Long Last ...

Trailer Park: “Precious,” “The Box,” “A Christmas Carol,” “Men Who Stare At Goats”
The Frisky — Thank goodness it’s Friday, because this daylight savings thing has totally killed any motivation to leave the house after 5pm. This will have to change, though, because new movies open this weekend and there are some good ones. If you’re in the mood to be an emotional mess, go see “ Precious ...