Since one of my friends is an idiot who watches more television than Billy Baldwin in Sliver ("Get a life!"), I got hooked on American Idol during the 2005 season, which boasted what may have been the most talented class of finalists in the show’s history. Of course, the winner was some prematurely graying jackass … Continue reading
For today and maybe today only, I’m going to stow the negative attitude and say something nice about Indiana Jones 4: it’s pretty goddamn cool to see the world’s toughest professor shooting us the ol’ constipated glare for the first time in eighteen years. And while I don’t know for sure what’s got his attention … Continue reading
Peter Jackson’s casting on The Lovely Bones has been note perfect thus far (what with Rachel Weisz and Ryan Gosling snagging the crucial parental roles), so I’m going to trust him on thirteen-year-old Ms. Saoirse Ronan as Susie Salmon (and we’ll be seeing Ronan very soon as the daughter of Michelle Pfeiffer in Amy Heckerling’s … Continue reading
OK, so this E3: not so bad. It’s a drag that it’s small enough that a handful of people I was really looking forward to catching up with (journalists and PR) didn’t come. But it’s also small enough that the crazed rush of years past is gone. Everyone has food in their meeting rooms (such … Continue reading
I’ve got Neil(l) on the brain today. First up was Neill Blompkamp- the Halo director who never was (but might yet be), thrust back into consciousness thanks to Microsoft’s E3 live-action Halo 3 trailer Arms Race (view it here). A few short hours later, I’m thinking about the other Neil (Marshall of Dog Soldiers and … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $44.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 750 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Character design featurette• Music featuretteThe Pitch"What if cartoons became self-aware?"The HumansThe fine vocal stylings of Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Maurice LeMarche, and many more than you could shake a stick at. Go on. I dare you.The NutshellThe Warner Brothers, … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Sony PicturesMSRP: $24.96RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 98 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• "A Look Inside The Contractor"The PitchShooter meets Léon. The HumansWesley Snipes (Passenger 57), Eliza Bennett (Nanny McPhee), Lena Headey (300), Ralph Brown (Alien 3), Charles Dance (Last Action Hero)NutshellSemi-retired expert military marksman James Dial (Snipes) is contracted by CIA agent … Continue reading
The fellow above isn’t pissed because Madmartigan escaped again but because he’s one of many human beings in a world before Christianity and broadband internet access. I’d be angry too. Imagine downloading an episode of Dexter at 14.4 baud or worse yet, while being raped by folks with jutting foreheads. That is life twelve thousand … Continue reading
Kenny Ortega might be known around Hollywood right now as one of the masterminds of the lucrative High School Musical phenomenon, but, in my heart, he’ll always be the director of Newsies. (Look, you can throw Batman Begins, The Prestige and Reign of Fire at me all day long, but Christian Bale was never more … Continue reading
That it’s become cliche to lament the passing of Steve Martin’s credibility leaves me with no option but to curse one of my comedy heroes for hatching an uninspired spy thriller premise that, on its face, wouldn’t pass muster as a made-for-cable movie. If you’re so goddamned determined to wreck movies, Steve, could you at … Continue reading