As much crap as I have given JJ Abrams about his bizarre casting choices on Star Trek XI, I must extend congratulations when he gets some casting right. But why is it that the only time he’s worthy of praise is when he’s casting the small roles? The latest good choice is Ben Cross, whose … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago Moviehole brought us the news that Zack Snyder had gotten Warner Bros to cough up the dough to allow him to shoot the Tales of the Black Freighter segments from Watchmen. This pirate comic within a comic are not integral to the main plot of Watchmen, but rather comment on … Continue reading
Welcome to a new Special Edition. The banner you see above the column was designed by message board poster Litmus Configuration. I think it looks pretty cool. Also, be on the lookout on Thanksgiving Day for a Black Friday Bargain Bin special edition. New Releases The biggest mainstream release for the week is Live Free … Continue reading
I can’t believe I’m sourcing an article from Fox News, but when the Google Alert goes off, you’ve got to heed the call. So, wincing, I read this tidbit about new Bond casting. It’s still more rumor than anything else — I’ve got too much built-in suspicion to buy wholesale into a story that Fox411 … Continue reading
When last we checked in on the Harvey Milk biopic race, it appeared that Gus Van Sant was hugging the inside track with his then untitled-and-unfunded project based on a screenplay by Dustin Lance Black (best known as a staff writer for HBO’s Big Love). Well, now that script has a title (Milk), producers (Dan … Continue reading
Ricky Gervais earned enormous cred with The Office and packed away a bit of additional investment with Extras, but to say he’s been squandering it in features is a gross understatement. A Night At The Museum and For Your Consideration do nothing for his resume, though no one would have predicted the latter as an … Continue reading
David Twohy was one of the reasons I started The List of Dumb on the site, because it baffles me that the intelligent and quite imaginative filmmaker isn’t near the top of the lists for films that are big and need a savvy helmer who isn’t a pile of mammal shit. Yeah, many of his … Continue reading
Yeah, it’s manipulative. Yeah, J.J. Abrams and crew milked their fanboys a little too hard. Yeah, viral marketing has already gotten stale. Yeah, the film’s two months away and they still ain’t shown us jack shit. But I’m sold. The new teaser trailer for Cloverfield has finally eclipsed its shaky and hideous YouTube origins having … Continue reading
Jonathan Mostow is about as high functioning a hack as there is working in Hollywood today; while his three major studio pictures – Breakdown, U-571 and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines – are completely anonymous, they’re just a tad more proficient in the execution than your random Hollywood programmer. Mostow has chops, and he … Continue reading
While it’s entirely plausible that Oliver Stone’s Pinkville, a sprawling ensemble drama centered on the My Lai Massacre, has been temporarily halted due to the writer-director’s inability to rewrite throughout production (with co-writer Mikko Alanne), how was this not a major consideration during the completed-last-week casting process which rounded up no fewer than six name … Continue reading