How did Underworld ever get popular enough to justify a non-direct-to-DVD prequel helmed by Patrick Tatopoulos, the guy who designed the worst-looking Godzilla of all time? And why are great actors like Bill Nighy and Michael Sheen sullying their filmographies with this crap while the franchise’s creator, Len Wiseman, has moved on to Gears of … Continue reading
At this point in his career, John Travolta is much more effective as a villain than as a bland everyman (or a woman under thirty pounds of latex). For whatever reason, he seems to have lost the ability to portray a normal human being. The last time I bought him in a conventional dramatic role … Continue reading
Where the author tells you of the many things out there that make him want to become a master thief with an exceptionally large basement to hoard the myriad material things worth owning and loving. Installment One.Installment Two.Installment Three.Installment Four.Installment Five.Installment Six.Installment Seven.Message Board Discussion. Good day. The love of consumption is a shameful yet … Continue reading
Where the author tells you of the many things out there that make him want to become a master thief with an exceptionally large basement to hoard the myriad material things worth owning and loving. Installment One.Installment Two.Installment Three.Installment Four.Installment Five.Installment Six.Installment Seven.Message Board Discussion. Good day. The love of consumption is a shameful yet … Continue reading
One of the things that has weighed on the minds of Watchmen fans is how Zack Snyder intends to deal with the end of the story. A number of previous drafts of the script have leaked, and they change the ending in ways that some feel are major, and that some feel ruin the thematic … Continue reading
Grizzly Park is lumbering closer to theaters, its fur matted with blood and the gristle of human flesh decaying in the cracks of its claws. Yum! American World Pictures has acquired the film debut of director Tom Skull and is getting its distribution plans together and the first couple of tangible results of their relationship … Continue reading
I know some of you want to read my scathing indictments of my new hometown of Los Angeles and its citizens, but when you read what follows, you’ll see why I’m finding myself pretty OK with the City of Angels. Edgar Wright is going to be presenting his own film festival at LA’s wonderful New … Continue reading
The trailer for Dan In Real Life set Jeremy off a little bit when it debuted; click here to read his original write-up wherein he bemoans the casting of Juliette Binoche as Dane Cook’s girlfriend. Some weeks later Jeremy and I were at a screening and ran into Drew McWeeny, aka Moriarty of Ain’t It … Continue reading