Ever mindful of keeping his options open, Tony Scott has added to his stable of post-Taking of the Pelham One Two Three projects with an untitled biopic on the life of Don Aronow, a construction millionaire whose passion for speedboat racing spawned the obnoxious Cigarette Boat – which became the go-to go-fast boat for South … Continue reading
It’s a bit premature to declare the post-9/11 Middle East drama a complete non-starter for American audiences (it used to be that baseball films were considered commercial poison), but one more box office disappointment (like, say, Robert Redford’s Lions for Lambs) could cause a citywide greenlight outage. This is why, looming WGA strike be damned … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Anchor BayMSRP: $14.98RATED: NRSPECIAL FEATURES:· Aural Madness: The Making of Sounds Like· A Cacophony of Sounds Like: A Look Behind the Special Effects· Audio Commentary with writer/director Brad Anderson· Photo Gallery and ScreenplayThe Pitch A call center manager goes buggy after he loses his son and his ears develop … Continue reading
Clint Eastwood’s getting his actors in line for The Changeling, the movie he’s making that isn’t a remake of the fun George C. Scott ghost flick from the 1980. (And not to be confused with Changeling sans the definite article, a film whose titular status will probably live up to its original title, which won’t … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $27.98RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 81 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Character Confessionals Gallery• The Search for an Idol: Dr. Richard Hammer’s Quest• Additional Scenes• Mushroomhead Simple Survival Music Video The Pitch “Excuse me sir. You’ve got some Indiana Jones in my House on Haunted Hill.” The Humans Amanda Righetti, Cerina Vincent, Erik … Continue reading
From the official Star Trek casting breakdown we ran back in August: [LEONARD(BONES)MCCOY] – 28-32 Medic on the Enterprise. Smart, clever and a bit danger-loving. Dark hair, blue eyes. And, now, Karl Urban’s vitals: Age: 35Hair: DarkEyes: Definitely not blue.Danger Threshold: LowFavorite Monkee: Peter Tork This is very near to an outrage, J.J. Abrams. And … Continue reading
To drum up interest in 30 Days Of Night, which opens at the end of the week, Sam Raimi took part in a press conference today to discuss the film and also to say that, basically, that he’s not currently involved in the films you’d probably like him to be doing (Spider-Man 4, The Hobbit) … Continue reading
I have a handful of copies of the DVD of Severance waiting for lucky Chewers out there who have a hankering to obtain a copy of one of the more beloved horror films in recent memory. The premise: "A team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe goes horribly wrong for the sales division of … Continue reading