ONLY GOD FORGIVES may have gotten mixed reviews at Cannes, but I’m still excited for the Ryan Gosling starring, Nicolas Winding Refn directed film. I always find Cannes reactions humorous anyway, especially when it comes to the audience cheering or booing a film. For ONLY GOD FORGIVES, I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt [...]
About a month ago we shared a poster of Ryan Gosling in a blue tinted poster for ONLY GOD FORGIVES (click the link to view). Now we have the new red tinted poster from the film written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn featuring Kristin Scott Thomas. This is still one of my more anticipated [...]
While others are excited about MAN OF STEEL or maybe this weekend’s THE GREAT GATSBY, my most anticipated movie of the summer is the reteaming of DRIVE star Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn in ONLY GOD FORGIVES. Refn recently admitted the film has style similar to DRIVE and VALHALLA RISING and I don’t [...]
Either you watched Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn’s last film, DRIVE, and you loved the stylized violence, or you watched it and wished it was more like FAST FIVE. If you’re in the former group, then you should be excited about their next film, ONLY GOD FORGIVES. For proof, check out these three new [...]
I was really disappointed in 2011 with the complete lack of marketing for director Nicolas Winding-Refn’s DRIVE. I felt it was one of the best movies of the year and the fact that it barely pulled in $35 million at the box office was severely disappointing. So although I was elated when I learned that [...]
DRIVE was one of my favorite films from 2011. So it is with great excitement and anticipation to present the new teaser poster from the next collaboration of director Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling in ONLY GOD FORGIVES. You have to respect the marketing team behind the film for leaving their big star Ryan [...]
Believe it or not, I was actually worried that Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling‘s second teaming, ONLY GOD FORGIVES wouldn’t be enough like their first outing, DRIVE. I was a huge fan of DRIVE and I was hoping we’d get more of the same, maybe even a little more grit with their second film [...]
I’d be shocked if Nicolas Winding Refn’s ONLY GOD FORGIVES doesn’t hit the festival circuit this year, but as it is, we haven’t seen much from his DRIVE follow-up yet. A lot of fans are looking forward to his reteaming with his DRIVE star Ryan Gosling and after the found a lot of success at [...]
When I compiled my list of movies I’m most looking forward to in 2013, I left off Nicolas Winding Refn’s ONLY GOD FORGIVES. Refn and star Ryan Gosling teamed up for DRIVE, which was my favorite movie of 2011 and I’m extremely excited about ONLY GOD FORGIVES, but without a release date and not even [...]
There’s no denying that Ryan Gosling is one of the most popular actors in Hollywood right now, not only because of his fantastic acting skills but also because he is quite good looking. Sadly, this new image from director Nicolas Winding Refn’s film ONLY GOD FORGIVES doesn’t really show off that lovely face from Ryan [...]
In what would be the third film with the actor Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn, it’s been reported that Ryan Gosling has left the project LOGAN’S RUN somewhat recently. There’s no word on why the two parted ways (darn you Twitter and your 140 character limit), but if one had to guess it [...]
So far, 2012 has been a quiet year for Ryan Gosling, at least when you compare it to the great year he had in 2011. I can’t remember an actor that had more impressive performances and took on more fans in as short of a time period as Gosling from July, 2011 to October, 2011, [...]
DRIVE was easily my favorite movie of 2011, so my man-crush on star Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn is in full swing. If you were as impressed with the film as I was, then you’ll be happy to know that the dynamic duo have a few films in the pipeline and have already [...]
We are regularly inundated with violence and gore. That’s not a value statement, simply an observation about society today versus 30-40 years ago. I don’t know which is the better way to live but I do know that I am not squeamish about a lot of things that used to freak me out. Through pop [...]
There were two movies last year that I’ve recommended to everyone that would listen; WARRIOR and DRIVE. They’re both fantastic films and it still pains me that neither of them found any success at the box office (DRIVE made $35 million and WARRIOR made $13 million). My only hope at this point is that DRIVE [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant After this summer’s CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE, I think most people were sold on Ryan Gosling. But after watching DRIVE, I officially jumped on the Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling bandwagon. From that movie forward, I’ll watch anything either of them do. And them together? Well, I’d buy my tickets now [...]
by Brad Sturdivant One of the films this year that has gotten enormous critical support is Nicolas Winding Refn’s DRIVE, and rightfully so. There aren’t enough superlatives to describe how enjoyable the film is. But like with many of the critically successful films, DRIVE couldn’t find an audience in theaters and so we’ll have to [...]
From the very beginning of director Nicolas Winding Refn’s DRIVE, it’s clear that this isn’t going to be your typical action film. Whether it be the Euro-tech music from Desiree, College and Electric Youth or the 80’s-retro neon pink lettering, nothing about the filmmaking in DRIVE is familiar. As the film opens, we hear “the [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I’m so excited for DRIVE to be unleashed on American audiences that I can hardly contain myself. I’m sure if you’ve read anything about the movie from anyone that has seen it, you’re probably sick of hearing about it. But this Friday, the film finally hits theaters (people have been talking [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant DRIVE is a film you should go see. Because it’s such a great film, I feel obligated to warn you that if you watch all of these clips, trailers and TV spots, the film is going to get watered down a little bit. Film District is taking an odd approach to [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I don’t know what went down on the set of DRIVE, but whatever it was, it must have been fun since director Nicolas Winding Refn is set to reteam with both Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan. Gosling and Refn have been working on a remake of LOGAN’S RUN for a while [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant I’m extremely excited to see how American audiences react to Nicolas Winding Refn’s “action” film DRIVE. I’m afraid too many people are going to go into it thinking it’s another incarnation of Fast and Furious. But hopefully enough people will want to go see it to understand why Refn won the [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant One of the most talked about films in the last couple of weeks is DRIVE. From director Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling, Christina Hendricks, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman, Bryan Cranston and Albert Brooks, the film follows a Hollywood stunt driver who gets mixed up in some bad business when [...]
Posted by: Zack Bruce The things a man will do for the love of a woman. Isn’t that always the main issue in a film– a female? The damsel in distress may have grown a little stronger over the years but she still makes her presence known. This is what Ryan Gosling has to deal with in Nicolas [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant Even after it debuted at Cannes to rave reviews and eventually won Nicolas Winding Refn the award for best director, I still wasn’t looking forward to this film. DRIVE is about a Hollywood stunt driver that moonlights as a getaway driver for bad guys. But he gets attached to his neighbor [...]
Posted by: Zack Bruce Someone, somewhere will always be trying to get a Wonder Woman movie off the ground. Nicolas Winding Refn, director of the upcoming DRIVE starring Ryan Gosling is one of those people. Refn has had the idea of doing a Wonder Woman film in his head for awhile. The director has explained [...]
Posted by: Kristy Sturdivant Science fiction fans everywhere should be rejoicing as one of Hollywood’s best young actors, Ryan Gosling, is finalizing a deal to board the remake of LOGAN’S RUN.Gosling will be re-teaming with his DRIVE director Nicolas Winding Refn for the film that is described as a “futuristic drama about a man who [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant Nicolas Winding Refn is assembling quite a cast for his upcoming action thriller DRIVE. He already has Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaacs and Bryan Cranston, but today he adds the always entertaining Ron Perlman to the film as well. Given Ron Perlman’s unfortunate but consistent type-casting, [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant Christina Hendricks doesn’t get much face time around here, mainly because she spends most of her time starring in the TV show ‘Mad Men’ rather than doing movies, but it’s a shame because she’s a very beautiful woman with certain physical traits that almost every man likes (I’m talking about the [...]
Posted by: Brad Sturdivant Carey Mulligan looks set to be the female lead opposite Ryan Gosling in the upcoming action film DRIVE. In the movie, Gosling will play a professional stunt driver that moonlights as a heist getaway driver at night. But things get hairy when a contract is put on his life. Mulligan will [...]
