Jim Carrey’s career has taken a surprising, and negative turn – not only have his movies been underperforming for the last couple of years, but he’s been having projects canceled or delayed on him because of the cost. And part of that cost is his huge – and increasingly unjustifiable – paycheck. Meanwhile, he hasn’t … Continue reading
This news makes me wanna shoop. (And I’ll venture that Eddy Curry’s very pleased with it, too.) Harold Ramis shouldn’t need the assistance of Judd Apatow to get his next project greenlit, but after the hugely underrated The Ice Harvest sputtered at the box office in 2005 (following the critically and commercially unloved duo of … Continue reading
Da Film Da Gross Da Per Screen Da Total 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: A.W.E. $43,188,000 (-62.4%) $9,900 $216,527,000 2 Knocked Up $29,284,000 $10,199 $29,284,000 3 Shrek the Third $26,704,000 (-49.7%) $6,498 $254,611,000 4 Mr. Brooks $10,020,000 $4,084 $10,020,000 5 Spider-Man 3 $7,500,000 (-47.7%) $2,204 $318,264,000 6 Waitress $2,025,000 (-34.2%) $3,347 $9,454,000 7 Gracie $1,363,000 … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: Anchor BayMSRP: $19.98RATED: Not ratedRUNNING TIME: 89 minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Raising the Dead: The Making of Dead and Deader• Commentary by writer Steve Krizere and producer Mark Altman• Still gallery• DVD-ROM script feature The Pitch Zombies like to eat people. Go figure. The Humans Dean Cain, Guy Torry, … Continue reading
So Knocked Up is great, huh. And it made almost thirty million clams this past weekend. A wise person would indicate that the winds are shifting in onscreen comedy. Original comedy is happening, reliable creators have arrived (Apatow and McKay come to mind), ones that deliver jokes that don’t insult their audience AND make a … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $30.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 694 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Unaired scenes• Behind-the-scenes featurette• Gag reelThe Pitch"It’s Homicide meets House, with a bit more of that ol’ Southern charm."The HumansKyra Sedgwick, J.K. Simmons, Robert Gossett, Raymond Cruz, Jon Tenney.The NutshellDeputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson (Sedgwick) is in charge of a Special … Continue reading
A month ago I wrote a news item about Bertrand Tavernier’s new movie, in which I proclaimed his Coup de Torchon to be the best (and my favorite) Jim Thompson film adaptation. But everyone has to have the last word, and a few brought up the notion that I might be overlooking something. What about … Continue reading
Quoth Todd McFarlane, "I can make a spooky, suspenseful thriller that will scare the crap out of you." If it has to do with plunking down hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase Mark McGwire’s and Sammy Sosa’s now valueless home run balls, I’ll bet you can, sir. But if it’s a self-financed Spawn 2 … Continue reading
Jodie Foster has made a pretty good career of being the quintessential everywoman -that-you-reeeeaallly-don’t -wanna-fuck-with, and despite many other notable actresses dipping their toes in the waters, she’s still probably the queen of that sort of role, both in terms of credibility and bankability. If you so much as harm a hair on the head … Continue reading
June 8th is only a week away, but for Lionsgate and Eli Roth, it must feel like an eternity. That a bootleg of Hostel: Part II has leaked to the internet isn’t unprecedented; every year, a few studios suffer the headache of an advance copy of a major release making the rounds weeks in advance. … Continue reading