This year’s Butt-Numb-A-Thon seemed to have a modestly lackluster line-up*, but something really interesting happened during one of the premieres: the audience obviously and strongly turned against the movie. The film in question is The Poughkeepsie Tapes, a mockumentary about a serial killer that has been making the rounds of film festivals for the last … Continue reading
I hate being in a position where I have to eat my words, but I’ll chow down like Herzog on leather when it’s called for. After dismissing Tim Burton as a hamster on a treadmill for the past decade, Sweeney Todd has forced me to admit that he’s got energy left to burn. His work … Continue reading
What’s this? A Paul Rudd/Jason Segel vehicle not produced by Judd Apatow? Is that even possible? Just as Seth Rogen can leave the fold to co-star in a Kevin Smith movie, Rudd and Segel are evidently free to work with other people sans fear of punitive spanking from The Apatow. Actually, Rudd already does plenty … Continue reading
After seeing I Am Legend I’m not sure I want Will Smith to be hunting anything but the monsters in Jada Pinkett’s past. But that’s not stopping him from guiding a flick called Monster Hunter for Sony. Starring Hitch co-criminal Kevin James, the flick is about a child psychologist able to see the monsters that … Continue reading
Well, John Singleton is directing The A-Team movie. I know there are people out there who really like The A-Team, and while I don’t get that – even as a kid I found the show unbearably cheesy – I can accept it. The thing about the A-Team is that Singleton is such a perfect director … Continue reading
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been talking with the folks at Warner Bros and G4 about doing something a little fun, and it’s coming to fruition tomorrow, live on television. G4 and CHUD will be premiering the trailer for 10,000 BC, with me presenting it live on Attack of the Show. I’m pretty … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON! CLICK HERESTUDIO: Sony PicturesMSRP: $28.95RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 82 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Feature available in Original B&W and Color (Chromachoice to toggle between B&W and Color)• Remembering 20 Million Miles to EarthCommentary with Ray Harryhausen, Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett & Arnold Kunert• Digital Sneak Peek of 20 Million Miles More Comic … Continue reading
The Crop: Year One The Studio: Columbia Pictures The Director: Harold Ramis The Writers: Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg (based on a story by Ramis) The Cast: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Vinnie Jones and Juno Temple The Premise: It’s an historical conflation of Biblical distortions! When two … Continue reading
2007: The year that Chinese toymakers couldn’t do anything right*. First they’re poisoning children and probably ruining Christmas, then thanks to less than stringent security at Hasbro’s Chinese facility, they’re spoiling Iron Man, too. Don’t read the next paragraph or click the link if you really want to know no more about the film than … Continue reading
When I revealed the title of Cloverfield and ran an early description of the trailer, I got a lot of attention from my friends at Paramount*. I also got a lot of attention from the people playing the ‘Alternate Reality Game’ for Cloverfield – ie, the poor dumb bastards spending more time going through clues … Continue reading