Just the other day I got the invite for the I Am Legend junket here in Los Angeles at the end of the month. They’ll be showing us the film, obviously, but it sounds like they’re going to have to go double time in the editing room to get it finished: I have confirmed that … Continue reading
Frank Darabont still wants to film Stephen King’s novella The Long Walk, and if there’s anything right with the world, he’ll get to do it. Set in a vague but obviously dystopian future, the story is about an annual contest in which 100 randomly selected young male applicants walk until only one is left. Most … Continue reading
At some point, every fantastical tome littering "Young Adult" shelves in bookstores all over the world will be in development at one studio or another, and I’ll no longer have to spend twenty minutes browsing through reviews in order to ascertain whether each series is halfway original or, as is typically the case, hopelessly derivative. … Continue reading
The "e" was dropped when it was discovered Seagal didn’t own a tie. BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Sony PicturesMSRP: $24.96RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 96 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• None The Pitch Out for Justice on half the budget. The Humans Steven Seagal (My Giant), Eddie Griffin (The Last Boy Scout), Kirk B.R. Woller (Minority Report), … Continue reading
Where the hell was I when the Jewsploitation genre began to burgeon? I thought it was just a jokey term invented for the marketing of Jonathan Kesselman’s Semetic Shaft comedy, The Hebrew Hammer. Now it’s a full-blown movement? And Judd Apatow had nothing to do with it? As a huge fan of the chosen people, … Continue reading
And this, you’ll agree, is preferable to ruining The Flash. It’s surprising that, with all the frenzied pre-strike activity of September and October, we weren’t completely bombarded with news of the next spirit-hollowing projects from the clods of the industry – i.e. our pals Adam Shankman, Marc Lawrence, Howard Deutch and so on. Or maybe … Continue reading
What follows is a scattershot bit of random thoughts, links, and images that showcase the lunacy that exists in the entertainment world and beyond. Folks who remember my old missives from the old Steady Leak articles should find this kind of stuff familiar. Folks seemed to get a kick out of the first installment, and … Continue reading
Bad ass. That’s one way to describe No Country for Old Men, my #1 movie of the year by a good stretch and one of many recent films that go a long way towards illustrating something I’ve been trying to tell you people for a long time: Josh Brolin is one of the best things … Continue reading
Two weeks ago I brought you the exclusive description of the trailer for and the title of the JJ Abrams produced monster movie being released on 1-18-08. I told you that the film was called Cloverfield. I walked you through the trailer scene by scene. Now the trailer is debuting in front of Beowulf, and … Continue reading