Every time I see John McTiernan prepping a new film, I wonder why the hell he isn’t in jail for lying to federal prosecutors about his employment of noted wiretapper-to-the-stars Anthony Pellicano. Did he ever serve time for this? Or did he get the Paris Hilton discount? If directing a formulaic sounding thriller like High … Continue reading
Yesterday, Devin debuted the resoundingly deja-vutastic I Am Legend theatrical poster. The one-sheet is uninspiring, doing nothing more than advertising "Hey! A Will Smith movie! And he’s carrying a satchel!" Fortunately, hot on its CMYK comes the trailer, which is still Spartan in its execution– but in a way that’s won my love. Wisely (and … Continue reading
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Oddly, and sadly, enough, I found myself musing a few days ago as to what happened to Dr. Uwe Boll. A thoroughly untalented, yet determined filmmaker, Boll has earned a special status as the Ed Wood of our times with his almost unbelievably shitty body of videogame movies, all financed through some odd Ponzi scheme … Continue reading
Would you like to be commander of your fate, captain of your own destiny? Harmonix has made public a little submission form you can use to bombard them with suggestions for songs you’d like to play in their upcoming co-op music game Rock Band. The link is here. There’s no promises attached to this form; … Continue reading
Earlier today, I thought I’d amuse myself by liveblogging the series premiere of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, if only to get even with the sitcom for its incessant advertising campaign that nearly ruined the NBA Eastern Conference Finals (thank god, then, for LeBron James and Boobie Gibson). So I settled in with a Racer … Continue reading
I can’t make any bones about my feelings for Tideland, and I don’t think anyone would argue with me that The Brothers Grimm is barely watchable, much less Terry Gilliam himself. But those two projects don’t change the fact that Gilliam is among the most interesting filmmakers alive, and I get a little thrill every … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner BrothersMSRP: $23.99RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 447 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: none. The Pitch Hoosiers meets White Men Can’t Jump. The Humans Reggie Miller, Rik Smits, Dale Davis, Antonio Davis, Patrick Ewing’s sweat, Larry Bird, Spike Lee, Mark Jackson, Larry Brown, John Starks, Pat Riley, Michael Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Travis Best, … Continue reading
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass may be done with the Bourne franchise, but they are far from done with each other. The pair are planning their third collaboration – their first of the non-summer blockbuster variety – with an adaptation of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s account of the United States’ catastrophic … Continue reading
Sometimes you’ll look back at a movie that’s a few years old and have a real head-thumping moment of realization. Like, in 2001 I saw Jump, Tomorrow which at the time was a well-written, slightly too self-aware indie in the same mold as so many other well-written, self-aware indies. Now I look at it and … Continue reading