Jeff Wells often pisses off the readers of his blog, Hollywood Elsewhere, by blatantly spoiling films that he’s seen very early. Recently he caused a ruckus by discussing an aspect of the ending of No Country For Old Men, which he saw at Cannes. This week he had his readers in paroxysms of rage when … Continue reading
With Hostel’s "not quite what we expected" performance this weekend (Dellamorte explains), I’ve heard such talk as this: bloviation that Hostel II‘s opening return is an indicator of big opening horror having run its course. Will 2006/2007 mark the high in horror until the next Scream makes it fashionable again? Or is it all just … Continue reading
Pete Doctor did such a splendid job guiding Monsters Inc. to the screen that I’m going to pretend his next directorial effort, Up, doesn’t sound like a joke project. I mean, what are we supposed to do with a premise that has a seventy-year-old joining forces with a "wilderness ranger" to fight "beasts and villains"? … Continue reading
I have meddled with the primal forces of nature, and Ned Beatty will not have it. Escape As Game 2 of the least competitive NBA Finals since 2002 lumbered its way to tip-off at 6 PM PST, I was anxiously aware that television history was being made on HBO’s East Coast feed. But, being a … Continue reading
For almost a year now I’ve been doing weekly appearances on Playboy Radio on Sirius (website), discussing the new releases, chit-chatting with the hosts and Playmates, and on one occasion in studio, not touching the exposed beautiful breast of a naked cover girl. Pussy be thy name. It’s been a lot of fun working without … Continue reading
For almost a year now I’ve been doing weekly appearances on Playboy Radio on Sirius (website), discussing the new releases, chit-chatting with the hosts and Playmates, and on one occasion in studio, not touching the exposed beautiful breast of a naked cover girl. Pussy be thy name. It’s been a lot of fun working without … Continue reading
If you told me there was a movie starring Frank Langella and Elliot Gould hitting theaters, I would have to assume that it was a rerelease of a film that came out some time in the 70s, when both those guys were really big. Especially if you told me that the movie was about a … Continue reading
Last summer, before going to Comic Con, I did a pit stop in Las Vegas to visit the set of Zak Penn’s The Grand, a new improv comedy set in the world of poker tournaments. Zak’s first film, Incident At Loch Ness, was pretty brilliant, and the cast he had lined up this time – … Continue reading
The most surprising thing about Steve Martin teaming with barely sentient director Harald Zwart (One Night at McCool’s, Agent Cody Banks) for the sequel to the Pink Panther remake is how much it still hurts; I should have given up caring a long time ago. Which Martin sure seems to have done – it’s hard … Continue reading