You have to give Aaron Sorkin credit: The man loves TV even when it’s not loving him back right now. I wasn’t too sad to see the scattershot Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip suffer a surprisingly quick and quiet demise, and neither were that many of you. But rather than rush back to the … Continue reading
Man, I get hit with a simple plague, and look what happens when I’m on my back having fevered dreams about punching Psychobilly Freakout in the face?For starters, when I last hit the pillow, Manhunt 2 had just been denied a rating by the British Film Council, and been stuck with a death knell AO … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner HomeMSRP: $29.98RATED: Not ratedIn 1953, The Robe, the first feature film shot in Cinemascope, was released. Its enormous success inspired over ten years’ worth of widescreen ‘sword-and-sandal’ epics. They varied widely in quality and ambition, from Steve Reeves’ silly Hercules films to masterpieces like Spartacus and Ben-Hur. This … Continue reading
I might be straying into alarmist territory here, but is consenting to work with the director of Wild Hogs, a pair of Scientologists and Robin Williams (whose impressive/depressing five-film 2006 output remains wholly unseen by me) evidence of a death wish? I’m only asking because, prior to taking a role in the worse-than-dining-on-newborns* You, Me … Continue reading
It’s not often that Variety‘s foreign box office recap moves me to tears, but this week’s column pulverized me as if it were the final chapters of Great Expectations. Be prepared to have your heart ripped from your chest cavity and stomped on like it just insolently requested the services of your shine box: "With … Continue reading
I haven’t had a chance to write my review of La Vie En Rose, the Edith Piaf musical biopic, but when I was watching it I couldn’t help but think about Walk Hard, the spoof musical biopic from producer and co-writer Judd Apatow and director co-writer Jake Kasdan; even a French film about a big … Continue reading
What a tangled series of references it takes to bring you an Oh Don Piano story about Kill Bill Parts 3 and 4 – a UPI story that references Chinese news site crienglish.com that references Hangzhou-based ‘City Paper’ quotes producer Bennett Walsh saying that not only is Quentin Tarantino pondering doing the two sequels, but … Continue reading
When I hung out with Brett Ratner briefly in Vegas last summer, he asked me if I had read the pick-up artist book The Game. It was, he told me, his favorite book, and not just because he’s in it (he told me what page numbers, but I don’t remember them anymore). Brett Ratner’s definitely … Continue reading
Justin watches pieces of 10th & Wolf, When a Stranger Calls, and Bikini Chain Gang.
Le Film Le Gross Le Per Screen Le Freak, say chic 1 Evian Almighty $32,112,000 $8,910 $32,112,000 2 1408 $20,175,000 $7,533 $20,175,000 3 Le Fantastic Four: Rise’ of le Silver Surfer $20,150,000 (-65.3%) $5,084 $97,604,000 4 Ocean’s Treize $11,345,000 (-42.5%) $3,288 $91,013,000 5 Un Knocked Up $10,636,000 (-24.4%) $3,575 $108,982,000 6 Le Pirates of Le … Continue reading