For a little while now, newly minted rap-tor David Banner has been spreading the word that he’s been gunning for a part in The Dark Knight, specifically for a criminal goon known as Gamble. Between MTV and various hip-hop websites spreading the news, you’d think it was all but a sure thing, but they aren’t … Continue reading
About 95% of my belongings are in boxes right now, and I’m hoping that a couple of grand makes its way from my saving account at one bank to my checking account at another so that my payment to the moving company (I’m using ‘moving pods’ – if the experience is good, the company will … Continue reading
Dogs will play with anything.
Sidney Lumet’s last attempt at a "comeback" feature (Find Me Guilty) ended with Vin Diesel growing his hair out while tanking in glorious fashion at both the domestic and international box office. DVD sales fared even worse. Still, as the old adage goes, what better way to bounce back from the last comeback failure than … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Tartan VideoMSRP: $22.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 109 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Deleted scenes and alternate ending• "Making-of" featurette• Outtakes• TrailersThe Pitch"What if Arthur C. Clarke tried to write a ghost story?"The HumansChang Chen, Yosuke Eguchi, Karena Lam, Barbie Usu.The NutshellA diabetic research scientist named Hashimoto has been working for years to harness … Continue reading
You know it’s a slow news day when you’re reporting on no news coming from the anticipation of news from an event promising all kinds of news that’s still 3 weeks away. Of course, I refer to the upcoming Comic-Con taking place in the kiln-fired heat of a San Diego July. As for news there … Continue reading
Hollywood may be on Operation Holiday Shutdown, but the town is still abuzz over some breaking bit of news over at Variety: Transformers has made some money. A whole bunch of it, actually. And inside sources at Dreamworks/Paramount are indicating that more money will be made throughout the week. Debuting all over the country last … Continue reading
The Saw films are mystery movies. See, there’s a general consensus of their crappiness and interest seems to be waning, but damned if they don’t make a haul every time. Either everyone’s lying and the films deserve their own Anonymous Guilty Pleasure thread or the films have a Paris Hilton-esque case of shortest backlash half-life … Continue reading
Spike Lee does a lot of talking. In the past, this has gotten him into a lot of trouble; he is an intemperate conversationalist who too often sees a proffered microphone as an opportunity to vent about whatever’s bothering him at that precise moment. For example, at an Ohio University lecture back in the 90s, … Continue reading
In The Traveler, John Twelve Hawks introduced readers to a dangerous world inspired by the modern technology that monitors our lives. Under constant surveillance of the ‘Vast Machine,’ a sophisticated computer network run by a ruthless group, society is mostly unaware of its own imprisonment. Gabriel and Michael Corrigan, brothers who were raised "off the … Continue reading