Joe Carnahan's THE GREY almost locked

Joe Carnahan has been pretty hit or miss critically since he blast onto the scene with his 2002 feature NARC. Since then, he has directed SMOKIN’ ACES and THE A-TEAM. Both films were met with polarizing opinions, however Carnahan’s filmmaking is rarely the issue. With his next film, THE GREY, he’s looking for a major redemption.

Carnahan took to his Twitter to give us some updates on how the production of THE GREY is coming along. The film is heading towards it’s final edit, which would make it “locked” and he hopes to ease the fears of those who have opposed him. He claims, “Almost locked THE GREY. It’s a monster. Haters prepare. Your hopes will be dashed.”

The film follows a group of Alaskan pipeline workers whose plane goes down, leaving them hunted by a pack of wolves living in the snowy outdoors. Carnahan seems to have a real passion toward this one, that actually could in turn have positive effects on the film. This kind of film certainly doesn’t hit the big screen all that often. His sensibilities certainly make sense for this picture. Continue reading “Joe Carnahan's THE GREY almost locked”

Joe Carnahan wants Bradley Cooper for THE GREY

Joe Carnahan has recently been in the public eye, since he is at the helm of the upcoming A-TEAM film. Mixed reactions came from the trailer, but most agree that the casting is absolutely perfect. Well, it looks like Carnahan enjoyed working with the cast and might want to work with A-TEAM star Bradley Cooper again. Continue reading “Joe Carnahan wants Bradley Cooper for THE GREY”

Blu-ray Review: SMOKIN' ACES 2: ASSASSINS BALL


Film Rating: 5/10
Bluray Rating: 8/10

Director: P.J. Pesce
Writers: Olatunde Osunsanmi, Olumide Odebunmi, Tom Abrams, P.J. Pesce, Joe Carnahan (story & characters)
Cast: Tom Berenger, Tommy Flanagan, Autumn Reeser, Vinnie Jones
Studio: Universal

SMOKIN’ ACES was one of the weirdest, coolest movies to come out in the past couple of years. I honestly never expected a prequel (or sequel), but now we have another crazy assassin-fueled story. But does this prequel film hold up to the original, or are they making a double dip? Continue reading “Blu-ray Review: SMOKIN' ACES 2: ASSASSINS BALL”

Blu-ray Review: SMOKIN' ACES

Bluray Rating: 8/10

Since this is an older film and most people probably already have their opinions on it, I will not be reviewing the actual film itself and instead review the Blu-ray set as a whole.

I went crazy for SMOKIN’ ACES when it first came out. I thought it was fun, insanely clever, and really bad-ass. The avant-garde visual style that they used was incredible and put Joe Carnahan on my directors to watch list. I liked it so much, in fact, that I bought the HD-DVD version (R.I.P.) when it came out. At the time of the initial home video release, Universal was backing HD-DVD exclusively, so it wasn’t until now that we get a Blu-ray version. Continue reading “Blu-ray Review: SMOKIN' ACES”