Just got a heads up that Michele Gondry (Eternal Sunshine, The Science of Sleep) will be in the fair city of Manhattan next Friday, January 11th to promote his new movie Be Kind Rewind. If you’ve missed our articles on it before (Devin’s or Jeremy’s), Be Kind Rewind stars Jack Black and Mos Def as … Continue reading
BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: SonyMSRP: $19.94RATING: NRRUNNING TIME: 114 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary with Alex & Stephen Kendrick Alex & Stephen Kendrick discuss their new film Fireproof The Making of Flywheel Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, & Bloopers Special Message Butch Bowers & Jay Austin TV spots The Pitch The first film by the makers of … Continue reading
Okay, you need to stop whatever you’re doing and set your TiVos and DVRs to record Turner Classic Movies tonight (1/4/07 or tomorrow, 1/5/07, if you’re on the east coast) at 2:00 AM EST/11:00 PM PST: Otto Preminger’s rarely screened, never-released-to-video Skidoo is going to air! If you’ve never heard of Skidoo, this is the … Continue reading
BUY THE GAME AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: WiiESRB RATING: EPUBLISHER: NintendoDEVELOPER: Nintendo When watching Nintendo’s E3 presentation I was amazed by the idea of the Wii Zapper. A perfect accessory to a console that is perfect for shooting games. I couldn’t wait for it to hit the market. After my holiday hiatus (meaning: let someone else, for once, foot … Continue reading
BUY FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: New Line Home VideoMSRP: $34.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 91 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Feature Commentary by Director Brett Ratner• Theatrical Trailer• Outtake Reel• Deleted Scenes Including Commentary by Director Brett Ratner• Making Rush Hour 3• Le Rush Hour Trois Production Diary The Pitch "Brett Ratner gets Jackie Chan’s old ass … Continue reading
One of this year’s most intriguing projects is Steven Soderbergh’s two-part Che Guevara biopic, which, given its scope, should fire up more heated debate about the life of the revolutionary than 2004’s muted The Motorcycle Diaries. Though I’ve grown disenchanted with Soderbergh’s filmmaking of late (way too studied and joyless*), his rigorously intellectual approach could … Continue reading
I know I’ve seen the original film version of One Missed Call, directed in 2003 by Takashi Miike. But I don’t remember much of it and won’t even try to dig up my DVD copy to compare it to the American remake, directed with corporate video elan by French helmer Eric Valette. Both feature cell … Continue reading
There ain’t no Nielsen, there ain’t no disco, there ain’t no heads rollin’ ’round! UGO has scored the first look at Screen Gems’ PG-13 Prom Night remake, and it’s just about what you’d expect: a little glitz, a little sex and not a whole lot of blood. Directed by television veteran Nelson McCormick (he’s worked … Continue reading
I’m sick of wrapping after Christmas, so let’s do this down and dirty. Film (duh) Domestic Total Opening Weekend International Gross 1 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303 $151,116,516 $554,341,323 2 Shrek the Third $322,719,944 $121,629,270 $475,014,677 3 Transformers $319,246,193 $70,502,384 $387,225,386 4 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End $309,420,425 $114,732,820 $651,582,238 5 Harry Potter and the … Continue reading
If you’re an Xbox 360 owner, chances are you’re aware of how crappy the service has been over the last few weeks. At times it’s been impossible to connect to the network at all, and it couldn’t have happened at a worse time. Most people were off from work/school and loaded with gifts from the … Continue reading