The first ten years of the Millennium are quickly turning into the decade of the Young Adult fiction. "The beloved _______, soon to be a major motion picture" novel cover just can’t get enough of itself as book after book takes a swing at making it the C.S. Lewis/Potter way. And thus, my apologies to … Continue reading
We all know that there’s one thing a superhero sequel can’t have enough of: characters! And a scooper to Coming Soon has confirmed a long running rumor about yet another character who appears in The Dark Knight: The Scarecrow. Said scooper claims to have seen Cillian Murphy on the Chicago set of the bat-sequel, where … Continue reading
After one of the stronger debuts – Kicking and Screaming is now a Criterion DVD (and no, not the Will Ferrell one) – Noah Baumbach made some more excellent movies that never quite hit the popular consciousness and then faded away for a couple of years. Co-writing The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou with Wes … Continue reading
1408 is not a sequel, or prequel, to 2046. Such a shame, really. THE MOST INTERESTING FILM OF THE WEEKLast summer Universal unleashed Miami Vice on the world. It was given a mixed reception, with some (such as myself) falling all over it, while others found it to be a tad too… dull? Anemic, story-wise? … Continue reading
There’s going to be big Star Trek casting news in the weeks to come, with lots of info hitting the web before Comic Con, or so I’ve been told. But if a gossip story running in the New York Daily News is to be believed, one name you won’t be hearing in the cast list … Continue reading
I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK is playing as part of the New York Asian Film Festival. You can see the movie on Sunday, June 24 at 6:20pm at the IFC Center, or Saturday, June 30 at 8:15pm at the IFC Center. Click here to buy tickets. Every filmmaker eventually fumbles. It’s just the odds … Continue reading
In real life, Kate Hudson ended her marriage with faithful neo-hippie singer Chris Robinson when she got a taste of the supposed Butterscoth Stallion AKA Owen Wilson. Apparently, there’s a karmic price to pay for that because she’s just signed up to be the new ‘tang for Dane Cook in his upcoming romcom Bachelor No. … Continue reading
Last night during the AFI’s tenth anniversary of 100 Movies, 100 Years (isn’t that 110 years?), Warner Bros aired an ad for Blade Runner: The Final Cut. There’s been a lot of secrecy about this project, but I can tell you that as someone who isn’t even a big fan of the movie that this … Continue reading
I’m grateful to be living in a golden age of sorts for geek material, but the flipside of that is not unlike the flipside when music scenes have exploded. When the Seattle music scene blew up in the early 90s, we got to enjoy the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains….and … Continue reading
In the normal Marvel Universe, Nick Fury is a WWII vet with one eye, a cigar habit and a big flying ship called the Helicarrier. That last item comes to him as part of his job* as the director of SHIELD**. In the Ultimate Universe, Marvel’s rebooted line of comics designed to appeal to modern … Continue reading