Last night I snarked a little bit about Scott Collura’s encounter with Mark Steven Johnson published in IGN, which ended with a tease about forthcoming Preacher news. Scott took it well, and has already emailed with a link to the Preacher article. (Which had actually been published when I wrote the article last night — … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: MiramaxMSRP: $29.99RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 98 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary by director Ward Serrill• Deleted scenes with director commentary• "The Making of The Heart of the Game"• "Beyond The Heart of the Game" The Pitch Girls have hoop dreams too. The Humans Bill Resler, Darnellia Russell, Ludacris (Hustle & Flow), … Continue reading
More contests! Just you try and escape our generosity. A little while ago, I got the chance to review this great disc from Lurker Films’ HP Lovecraft collection. The company’s doing such a great job of promoting films from weird masters; we just had to get in on that. The fine folks over there have … Continue reading
While not the most important news in the gaming world, here are some tidbits that may have fallen through the cracks from the past few days: Originally filed under “Inevitable” at the Sony records office, Sony President Ryoji Chubachi acknowledged that Sony will not rule out the possibility of lowering the price of the PS3 … Continue reading
I’m one of the few people, I think, that genuinely likes The Last Man On Earth, the 1964 film version of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend shot in Italy and starring Vincent Price. Sure, The Omega Man is fun to watch with a group, but the first act of Last Man is a good depiction … Continue reading
There’s no place to be a journalist, especially a freelance one, like New York City. The sheer number of ‘press events’ held to promote everything from movies to DVDs to flat screen TVs, phones and video games is staggering. And they’ve all got free food and alcohol. Seriously, it’s like going to ‘brunch’ by hitting … Continue reading
What do you want from a movie featuring Danny Ocean and friends? Are you looking for a clockwork heist, or a light glimpse into the cult of personality that surrounds Clooney, Pitt, et al? Stung by the dismissal of Ocean’s Twelve, Soderbergh and company have gone light on the self-referential jokes (though they’re still here, … Continue reading
What’s your favorite Steve Miner movie? Is it Friday the 13th Part II or Part III? House or Warlock? Lake Placid or Texas Rangers? All joking aside (my apologies if you’re actually pondering the above query), Miner did direct one minor classic: the first season Christmas episode of The Wonder Years in which Jason Hervey … Continue reading
Just when you think Martin Campbell is ready to make the leap to A-list director status, he takes a pure for-hire gig that reminds you he’s just a high operating hack. In a way, you’ve got to respect that. What if Martin Brest would’ve limited himself to character-driven comedies like Going in Style or Midnight … Continue reading
The second half of this review is loaded with spoilers. Please avoid scrolling to the end if you haven’t seen the movie. The final grade for this film is an 8. Eli Roth faced a dilemma when making Hostel Part II: we were in on it already. What made the first film work was how … Continue reading