Zack Snyder knows how this game works. He’s high up on lists right now based on the success of 300, but Watchmen could change things really fast, either for the better or worse. So he’s already got a couple projects lined up for after Watchmen: Army of the Dead and Sucker Punch, both of which … 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.Message Board Discussion. Good day. The love of consumption is a shameful yet glorious thing … Continue reading
Simon Pegg is going to play Scotty in the new Star Trek film. You remember Scotty, the Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise in that little-seen show about the people in space who did stuff? Simon Pegg is stepping into his shoes for J.J. Abrams’ prequel into the world of Captain Kirk and his beloved … Continue reading
(Impressions from a Thursday, October 11th cocktail reception at Il Cielo in Beverly Hills.) SPOILERS FOR EASTERN PROMISES DIVULGED!David Cronenberg does not look back. He may appreciate the multitude of plaudits he receives to this day for classics like Dead Ringers, The Fly, The Brood, Videodrome and The Dead Zone, but he is too busy … Continue reading
The week in video games: First Impression – The Orange Box: Half-Life 2 It may come as a shock, but I’m not a PC gamer. Growing up in a Mac family, I turned to the consoles for my gaming needs. I didn’t even own a PC (which is the same one I use today) until … Continue reading
Apparently, I get to review all of the screenplays for upcoming films featuring combat veterans with loose screws… Having recently revisited the Rambo franchise, I was surprised by a couple of things. 1) Despite its superior pedigree (and by that, I mean to say that James Cameron toiled on the screenplay, was tossed, changed the Cong … Continue reading
Justin watches the Suzanne Somers potboiler Seduced by Evil.
BUY FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $19.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 60 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Short Film: Wherever You Are The Pitch Prepare to have a Bible verse smashed over your head over and over and over … The Humans Max Lucado, Katherine Fisher, Eric Williams The Nutshell Max Lucado uses the Bible verse of John 3:16 to … Continue reading
This afternoon Sony had a group of journalists come by the Burt Lancaster Theater on the studio lot to see about twenty minutes of footage from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and do a Q&A with producer Judd Apatow, director Jake Kasdan and star John C Reilly. Reilly was on his lunch break from … Continue reading
Charlie Wilson’s War is going to be a wittier, zippier film than the timidly political picture being sold by this theatrical trailer, so the question before Universal now is how do they more effectively play up the screwball buoyancy of Sorkin’s screenplay. Because they’ve got to. Otherwise, the film will continue to look like a … Continue reading