The good* news: New Line and Platinum Dunes are going ahead with another Friday the 13th flick. But you knew that. The bad news: CHUD alum Smilin’ Jack Ruby’s script ain’t the blueprint. But you knew that, too. The ugly news: a director has been signed, and it’s Marcus Nispel. Is that actually good news? … Continue reading
There’s been an upswell of interest in Ghostbusters lately, culminating in that phony grim n’ gritty Ghostbusters game that made the rounds waaaay back in January (Jesus, 2007 jetted right past me. I remember being annoyed at that like it was yesterday). It seems that someone has been paying attention, since the official Ghostbusters franchise … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: CBS/ParamountMSRP: $38.99RATED: US = Not Rated, Canada = PGRUNNING TIME: 14 episodes (11 hrs., 47 min.)SPECIAL FEATURES: • "Lucy the Gun Moll" episode of The Lucy Show The Pitch Now, thirty to fifty years later, we can call it The Sopranos meets the A-Team (usually in the third act, … Continue reading
I’ve had a friendly attitude towards Thomas Jane since I interviewed him for The Punisher. No other actor has sat through an interview constantly sipping from a bottle of whiskey; call it a comment on my interviewing skills if you want, but the fact is that most actors now seem like pussies. Tom Jane does … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Buena VistaMSRP: $59.99RATED: TV-14RUNNING TIME: 1024 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Exclusive Unaired Episode With Introduction By Show Creator Dana Stevens• Calling All Friends: The Story of What About Brian• What About 3: The Season That Never Was• Audio Commentaries by Writer/Director Dana Stevens The Pitch “So, what’s your new series about?""It’s … Continue reading
INT. LOS FELIZ BAR – NIGHT The girl leaning all over me claims to be a striking comedy writer. I don’t mean she’s leaning all over me in the good way; it’s all elbows and annoyance. I’m at a local place chatting with a lovely lady friend, and this drunken twit is unable to stand … Continue reading
It’s weird to see the roles older actors take. Sure, there are not a lot of parts for guys over 60 that aren’t grandfather roles (or going to Nicholson), but you have to ask yourself why guys like Peter O’Toole make shitty family films. Is it because he has saved absolutely no money from his … Continue reading
The cast list for Star Trek XI reads like a joke, especially the inclusion of Winona Ryder as Spock’s mom (who knew that Sarek was a rocker in his early days?), but the newest casting news almost brings a smile to my face. And then I realized that JJ Abrams is only doing strong casting … Continue reading
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Please send letters. Trevor Writes: What about Lord of the Rings? And I know you loved the first two Pirates movies; I would count that in as a very consistent trilogy from recent memory. Nick Replies: Trevor’s referring to my comment in my Ocean’s Thirteen DVD review about that series being the most consistent in … Continue reading