I’ve already said/admitted to many things on this site that would greatly endanger my membership in the black race. Here’s another: I don’t and have never watched Girlfriends. In fact, you probably haven’t either, but here’s the deal. It is currently the longest running live-action sitcom on the air. A quiet giant, if you will. … Continue reading
In an unsourced article, Coming Soon is claiming that Tim Burton has dropped off of the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not movie he was to direct with Jim Carrey playing a young and adventuring version of the purveyor of popular trivia and curiosities. According to the site Paramount is currently searching for a new director. … Continue reading
Since we’re all about fanboy wishes this morn, here’s another one we’ll briefly indulge. It wasn’t so long ago that fanboy casting for a Watchmen film ran rampant and in completely different directions than the most recent rumblings of Jackie Earle Haley, Jason Patric, and Patric Patrick Wilson. Wilson seems almost a lock for the … Continue reading
The guys at Gearbox have done all right by their fans, from fill-in work on established series, such as the Half-Life expansion Opposing Force, to their original IP: the Brothers in Arms series of tactical WWII shooters. Now they’re teaming with comic publisher Dynamite to release a series of comics based on the latter franchise. … Continue reading
Recent talk from Brad Bird this weekend has produced some Oh Don Piano vibes manifesting in the form of rumors of a sequel to The Incredibles. Specifically, Bird was quoted during press for Ratatouille regarding that film “I love the world. I love the characters, and if I could come with a story that was … Continue reading
If I were Guy Ritchie, I’d want to be Matthew Vaughn right now. It’s not enough that the Brit filmmaker’s longtime producer has gone on to out-direct and out-marry him (Layer Cake and Claudia Schiffer respectively); now, Vaughn’s MARV Films has just struck a three-year first-look deal with Sony Pictures that could allow him to … Continue reading
What’s with all the non-Judd Apatow comedies being announced tonight? I didn’t know you were allowed to make a comedy in Hollywood without winning the kingpin’s approval. Thankfully, this one sounds much, much better than Man-Witch. Truth be told, I think it sounds downright hilarious. Written by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Freaks and … Continue reading
Disclaimer: Judd Apatow has nothing to do with this comedy. Todd Phillips has had a rough go of it since breaking through with 2003’s Old School. His follow-up, Starsky and Hutch, was extremely light on laughs, while his last film, School for Scoundrels, was seen by few and liked by even fewer. Oh, and then … Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. For those that did not catch it, I released all the Coming Soon news in a separate column last week and this new format will simply be all the releases for this Tuesday. I am hoping it will make it easier for you to navigate through and I am sure … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: Sony PicturesMSRP: $29.95RATED: Not ratedRUNNING TIME: 531 minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: None happening now. The Pitch What was happening then wasn’t so good. The Humans Ernest Thomas, Fred Berry, Haywood Nelson, Shirley Hemphill, Anne-Marie Johnson, Danielle Spencer. Though actually not that great a sitcom, What’s Happening Now did manage to … Continue reading