Del Toro. Navarro. Now Guillermo Arriaga, writer of Babel and 21 Grams, is set to get behind the camera for his first feature directing gig, based on his own script The Burning Plain. Call me curious; I’d be less interested in Arriaga if he hadn’t written the amazing Amores Perros and The Three Burials Of … Continue reading
Those go-getters over at MTV have the trailer premiere for Stop Loss, the flick starring Ryan Philippe as a solider given new marching orders back to Iraq on the day he was meant to be discharged. If you’ve missed the past couple years of news, ‘stop-loss’ is the name for a policy which retains troops … Continue reading
Lionsgate might be mimicking the Sin City key art with the lashing rain and red title, but, overall, that’s about all I need from a John Rambo: To Hell and Back poster. And since they’ve put the poster out there, I’m going to guess that Rambo is the final title. It’s for the best, really. … Continue reading
Now that Gavin Hood is almost free and clear of his Rendition duties (unlikely Oscar push notwithstanding), it’s time for the South African filmmaker to get serious about his next project, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. (Yes, they’re going with that dreadfully cumbersome subtitle, which is just Fox’s way of reaffirming their contempt for the intelligence of … Continue reading
The Electric Church is a confident novel, full of ideas and fresh takes on familliar ideas in science fiction. Jeff Somers is a refreshingly honest and genuine guy. You get the sense that he’s just excited about thinking up cool ideas and writing them as a reader would be flipping through the pages. Funny too, … Continue reading
The biggest news of the week was broke by Devin concerning the announcement of the release of Hearts of Darkness on DVD. For those not in the know, Hearts of Darkness was taken the name of the novel Apocalypse Now was based on and was the documentary that followed the creation of that film. While Apocalypse Now was … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $39.98RATED: Not ratedSPECIAL FEATURE:• Larger Than Life: Brigitte Bardot and the Mythology of the Sex Symbol The Pitch In the late 1950s, actress Brigitte Bardot gained great acclaim playing uninhibited, independent young women in mainstream French movies. Her curvy, pillowy beauty and lack of self-consciousness (and clothes) … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: CBS/ParamountMSRP: $54.99RATED: US = Nil, Canada = PGRUNNING TIME: 24 episodes (17 hrs., 9 min.)SPECIAL FEATURES: • Cast and Crew Commentaries• Crunching NUMB3RS: Season 3• Eppes Central• Blooper Reel• Set House Tour*The PitchIt’s A Beautiful Mind meets CSI, I guess, except everyone’s nicer, except for the bad guys, who … Continue reading
Rarely outside of the ouvre of Michael Bay has a movie looked so good and been so well shot and yet been so completely, thoroughly moronic. 30 Days of Night is a stupid, stupid film, a disaster at the script and casting stages. It’s like a turd covered in tasty Ghirardelli chocolate – as soon … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Wellspring MediaMSRP: $24.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 96 minSPECIAL FEATURES: Behind the Scenes Deleted Scenes Bloopers The Pitch It’s 30 Days of Night with the wit of An American Werewolf The Humans Petra Nielsen, Grete Havneskold, Emma Aberg, Jonas Karlstrom, Mans Nathanaelson, Carl-Ake Eriksson, Mikael Goransson, Anna Lindholm Rosendahl The Nutshell … Continue reading