Something remarkable happened over the weekend, but it got lost in the hand-wringing over Grindhouse‘s poor box office showing: after years of turning down role after role that might’ve asked him to play a morally ambiguous figure, Harrison Ford quietly agreed to star as a corrupt immigration enforcement agent in Wayne Kramer’s Crossing Over. This … Continue reading
For the next five days until Friday, April 13th, I’ll be watching and reviewing the movies in the Friday the 13th franchise from the very first through Jason X (I’m up in the air about including Freddy vs Jason). I’ll be counting kills, observing the bad behavior that gets teenagers killed at Camp Crystal Lake, … Continue reading
Leonardo DiCaprio, the interesting actor turned teen heartthrob turned interesting actor again, has lined up his next post-Revolutionary Road project, but this time I can goddamn guarantee you that it’s a go picture. The movie is Body of Lies, which used to be known as Penetration, but which is still based on Washington Post columnist … Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. Straight to the column this week. PAYBACK: STRAIGHT UP (DIRECTOR’S CUT) When Payback was released, I remember hearing more about Mel Gibson and Brian Helgeland clashing and Gibson pretty much taking the movie out of Helgeland’s hands and tailoring it more to his liking. Well, talk has centered around what … Continue reading
Film Weekend Gross Per screen B.O. Total 1 Blades of Glory $23,000,000 (-30.3%) $6,744 $68,383,000 2 Meet the Robinsons $17,004,000 (-32.3%) $3,435 $52,235,000 3 Are We Done Yet? $15,000,000 (-New) $2,877 $19,063,000 4 Grindhouse $11,591,000 (-New) $4,417 $11,591,000 5 The Reaping $10,080,000 (-New) $3,872 $12,010,000 6 300 $8,825,000 (-22.8%) $3,300 $193,880,000 7 Wild Hogs $6,838,000 … Continue reading
In recent months for reasons of varying importance, my personal goals have changed in regards to the projects I developing, and I’ve realized that the more you can actually control in this business the better. As a result, the myriad of screenplays on my hard drive collecting cyberdust and the stuff in my lame head … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Sony PicturesMSRP: $19.94RATED: NOT RATEDRUNNING TIME: 78 Minutes/84 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Fuck you THE PITCH A doubleheader harkening back to a kinder, gentler time in the world of baseball: back when the sport still wasn’t fully integrated and instead of steroids the players threw games to appease gamblers. THE HUMANS … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $28.98RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 108 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French • Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), French (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX) • Two new fully animated sequences: Mumble Meets a Blue Whale, A Happy Feet Moment • … Continue reading
For the next six days until Friday, April 13th, I’ll be watching and reviewing the movies in the Friday the 13th franchise from the very first through Jason X (I’m up in the air about including Freddy vs Jason). I’ll be counting kills, observing the bad behavior that gets teenagers killed at Camp Crystal Lake, … Continue reading
(Correction: The Weinstein Company is not the U.S. distributor of Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom, as was originally indicated in this article. TWC is currently the foreign sales representative.) Spirits were high Thursday night at the New Beverly in West Hollywood. A packed house filled with die-hard exploitation fans, who had lined up earlier in … Continue reading