“What kind of park is this?” “It’s right up your alley,” says Dr. John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), answering a skeptical yet intrigued Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) early on in the updated 3-D version of Stephen Spielberg’s 1993 dinosaurs-run-amok classic Jurassic Park.
Psychic rage returns this week in the world of trailers as we get a first look at the remake of Brian De Palma’s classic horror film Carrie with Chloe Grace Moretz taking on the role of the troubled teen. Then, moving on from playing a troubled teen in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Logan Lerman reverts back to his blockbuster franchise with Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.
Danny Boyle’s latest movie, Trance has hit theaters over the weekend. We got a movie about the mind, that twisted and turned constantly during its running time. To celebrate let us look at some of the most mind bending movies ever made, with a mix of blockbusters, independent movies and art-house offerings.
R.I.P. Roger Ebert (1942-2013) You shall be missed…
Movies rendered in 3-D through the processes of post-production conversion or other means are growing in number, but shrinking in sales. James Cameron remains as the epic visual storyteller from his 2009 3-D blockbuster movie Avatar. But with audiences getting bored and 3-D popping up in theaters like flowers, is the trend still worth the effort?
Danny Boyle has had a bumper few years, earning an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire, making his dream project, 127 Hours and earned massive praise for the 2012 London Olympic opening ceremony. After years away, he has returned to making a British set movie with Trance, which pleases as both a mainstream crime-thriller and a more cerebral psychological thriller.
A slower week for news doesn’t slow down The Plot Hole because as you know we always keep digging. As such we get energized and peeved in turn with our Damn You, Hell Yes! segment where we’ll cover everything from Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar to some developments on the long-time-coming Deadpool film.
