It looks like JJ Abrams made up his mind, and the decision he came to was, “Yes, thank you, I would like to direct Star Trek after all.” And thus ends months of back and forth and speculation and rumors and inaccurate reports. Thus Gail Berman is proved right. The new film will be a … Continue reading
[Note: Wild Tigers I Have Known is set for a limited theatrical release starting February 23. IFC’s website has full release information.] This is the sort of film that draws memories out of its audience. In a critical landscape in which unquantifiable things, such as what experiences a given viewer brings to the theater, can’t … Continue reading
The trailer for the Philip K Dick adaptation Next* is here, and it looks like this could be the third in Nicolas Cage’s trifecta of the truly terrible. His trilogy of trash began with Wicker Man, continued last week with Ghost Rider, and if we’re lucky, will be concluded on April 27 with Next. In … Continue reading
George Clooney will be lending the mellifluous tones of the sexiest vocal chords alive to the lead character in Wes Anderson’s stop motion version of Roald Dahl’s The Fantastic Mr. Fox. And joining him from the post-war Germany of The Good German is the lovely Cate Blanchett. Clooney will play Mr. Fox, and Blanchett will … Continue reading
I really liked Robert DeNiro’s second directorial effort, The Good Shepherd*, a movie that was smart, classy and old-fashioned. So from now on I am going to try and keep that movie in mind every time there’s new announcements of DeNiro being cast in yet another loud, stupid comedy. This time he’s coming back for … Continue reading
When I was a kid, my mother often told me that I had eyes bigger than my stomach, which resulted in a couple of years during which I thought that I could let anyone punch me in the gut because, hey, my stomach was the size of an eyeball and wouldn’t get hurt. The poing … Continue reading
Could the next superhero franchise that Warner Bros grotesquely mishandles be the biggest one of all for them – the Justice League? The studio has hired Kiernan and Michele Mulroney to write a script for a movie featuring DC Comics’ legendary superteam. But there are some big questions around the film. Which characters from League … Continue reading
On the Lot, the reality show that’s had aspiring filmmakers buzzing for months and would-be-writers getting asked “why don’t you enter that there contest?” by their out-of-touch relatives who don’t get the difference between a director and a screenwriter for months will premiere alongside American Idol on May 16th. The series, which follows 16 contestants … Continue reading