I obviously bookmark the wrong blogs because I missed the fact that, last week, Michael Showalter used My Old Kentucky Blog to announce the reformation of the much-missed comedy troupe The State, and that the comedians would be making a movie. "I’d like to be the first to announce on My Old Kentucky Blog that … Continue reading
The Golden Compass is New Line’s Hail Mary pass* for the holidays. It’s a big, super expensive film without stars and whose storyline is difficult to summarize in a blurb. So how do you sell it? FIGHTING POLAR BEARS! Below is a clip from a fight between the good guy polar bear and the bad … Continue reading
In the next couple of hours you’ll be seeing positive reviews for Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist popping up on the site (mine will be the one that found the ending awesome, not emotionally shattering. I may be screwed up in the head), but in the meantime enjoy the strangest press release … Continue reading
It’s early yet, but the current critical unanimity over at Rotten Tomatoes suggests that Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis has a legitimate shot at being one of this year’s best reviewed films. Based on Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novels, Persepolis is the animated, black-and-white account of a young Iranian girl growing up amid the turmoil of the Islamic … Continue reading
BUY IT HERE AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!PLATFORM: Xbox360, PC, PS3 on 12/10ESRB RATING: TPUBLISHER:: MidwayDEVELOPER: Midway Studios Austin Blacksite: Area 51 is the video game equivalent of watching a younger sibling grow up to be a criminal. You feel bad at what’s going on, fight and argue with it to stop its downward spiral, but … Continue reading
As the 2007 WGA strike enters its third week, the studios are still losing the PR war; now, they’re losing movies. Though Mira Nair’s Shantaram (starring Johnny Depp) and Rob Marshall’s Nine (a big-screen rendition of the popular Broadway musical) may be acceptable (and presumably temporary) losses, their postponement comes right on the heels of … Continue reading
On Thursday when that turducken is being passed around your dinner table, take a quiet moment to thank Tony Todd for a truly great announcement from Hollywood: David R Ellis is returning to the Final Destination series. You’ll recall that Ellis was the man behind Final Destination 2, not only the best film in the … Continue reading
The first casting for GI Joe has been announced and I have to admit that I don’t fully get it. According to Variety, Sienna Miller has been cast as ‘the female lead,’ a character they describe as ‘a raven-haired baroness and sexy femme fatale skilled in espionage.’ A baroness? Or The Baroness? But how on … Continue reading
One of the big questions about Tim Burton’s adaptation of Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd has been how Johnny Depp would hold up as a singer. We’ve seen the guy acting in all kinds of roles with all kinds of accents, but can he sing? To make things dicier, the rebellious thesp opted not to take … Continue reading