LI Contest: Win One of Three Copies of State of Play
Written by: Ryan the Admin at 5:11 pm on Feb 29, 2008
Literary Illusions is proud to be giving away three copies of State of Play on DVD. To enter all you need to do is leave us a comment. Please be sure to only leave one. Comments are moderated to avoid spam, so it will not show up right away. People who leave multiple comments will [...]
Written by: Ryan the Admin at 4:25 pm on Feb 28, 2008
In order to celebrate George Carlin’s newest exclusive, HBO Special, Literary Illusions is proud to be giving away five SIGNED posters of George Carlin. Please make sure you read the rules because this contest is a little bit different then our other contests. This time around you need to leave a comment with your favorite [...]
Written by: Ashtyn at 11:27 pm on Feb 27, 2008
Writer: Milos Forman, Jean-Claude Carriere
Director: Milos Forman
Cast: Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard, Randy Quaid
Rating: R
Studio: Sony Home Entertainment
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Historical movies are always incredibly interesting to me because I am a huge history buff. While movies like Goya’s Ghosts are not necessarily entirely factual, the chances of similar stories existing in similar [...]
Written by: Shayne at 3:23 am on Feb 27, 2008
Writer: Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Ray Winstone, Robin Wright Penn, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Crispin Glover
Rating: Unrated
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: February 26, 2008
I had been looking forward to reviewing Beowulf from the moment I heard it was set to be released on film. I’m a lover of classic literature. The story of [...]
Written by: Dominick at 4:43 pm on Feb 26, 2008
Writer: Stan Berkowitz, Darwyn Cooke
Director: Dave Bullock
Cast: David Boreanaz, Miguel Ferrer, Neil Patrick Harris, John Heard, Kyle MacLachlan, Kyra Sedgwick, Lucy Lawless, Vicki Lewis, Brooke Shields, Jeremy Sisto
Rating: PG-13
Studio: Warner Bros.
Release Date: February 26, 2008
I’m incredibly picky about the superhero cartoons I like. This includes the various Justice League television shows and movies that have [...]
Written by: Ashtyn at 9:35 pm on Feb 25, 2008
Writer: Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Amara Karan, Wallace Wolodarsky
Rating: R
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: February 26, 2008
The Darjeeling Limited is one of those rare movies that I have wanted to see for months and yet I knew as close to nothing about it, as possible. It wasn’t [...]
Written by: Ashtyn at 2:38 pm on Feb 24, 2008
Writer: Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Ray Winstone, Robin Wright Penn, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich
Rating: Unrated
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Beowulf is one of those films that will have critics with mixed emotions. There is really no middle ground on this one. You will love it or you will hate it. I [...]
Written by: Ashtyn at 4:21 pm on Feb 23, 2008
Writer: Anthony Hopkins
Director: Anthony Hopkins
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Michael Clarke Duncan, Stella Arroyave, Camryn Manheim
Rating: R
Studio: Sony Home Entertainment
Release Date: February 26, 2008
When it comes to actors there are few that can draw out my admiration like the great Anthony Hopkins. It seems that everything he does has been amazing. Of course, that is until very [...]
Written by: Dominick at 5:44 pm on Feb 22, 2008
Writers: Tomm Coker, David Elliot
Directors: Tomm Coker, David Elliot
Cast: Shannyn Sossamon, Pink, Emil Hostina, Sandi Dragoi, Mihai Stanescu, Cabral Ibacka, Radu Andrei Micu, Cain Manoli, DJ Kosta
Rating: Unrated
Studio: Lionsgate
Release Date: February 19, 2008
The thing I hate most about the horror genre is when a story has promise, but just doesn’t live up to its expectations. [...]
Written by: Shayne at 3:37 pm on Feb 22, 2008
Writer: Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, George Bernard Shaw, JM Barrie, William Wycherley, Christopher Hampton
Director: Anthony Page, Cedric Messina, Donald McWhinnie, Stuart Burge
Cast: Helen Mirren, Stanley Baker, Brian Cox, Peter Barkworth, Trevor Baxter, Nigel Davenport, Ian Ogilvy, Anthony Andrews, Bernard Cribbins, James Bolam, Charles Gray, Colin Higgins, Amanda Knott
Rating: Unrated
Studio: BBC
Release Date: February 19, 2008
Helen Mirren [...]
Written by: Ashtyn at 11:09 pm on Feb 21, 2008
Writer: Noah Baumbach
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jack Black, Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Rating: R
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: February 19, 2008
It takes a brave and knowledgeable director to take a smart story and run with it without forcing the depths that the audience sees in the beginning moments. It takes strength for that director to allow things [...]
Written by: Dominick at 10:13 pm on Feb 21, 2008
Writer: Paul Haggis
Director: Paul Haggis
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco, Barry Corbin, Josh Brolin, Wes Chatham, Jake McLaughlin, Mehcad Brooks, Jonathan Tucker, Wayne Duvall, Victor Wolf
Rating: R
Studio: Warner Home Video
strong>Release Date: February 19, 2008
I like to watch movies that move me. I like to feel some sort of emotional [...]