BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: TouchstoneMSRP: $39.99RATED: TV-PGRUNNING TIME: 625 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: "Thank You For Being A Friend" featurette The Pitch "Picture this: You’re eight years old. You get up in the middle of the night because you need a drink of water. As you pass the guest bedroom where your grandparents are staying … Continue reading
It’s always kind of tough doing a preview of any sort for a Woody Allen film because he tends to keep plot details and such close to the vest. He starts with a central concept and an idea of the pic’s tone, and you generally don’t get much more until it’s done. Today’s story is … Continue reading
While the Wii remote’s motion- and location-sensing technologies are nearly inextricable from the console’s games, Johnny-Come-Later Sony’s SIXAXIS functionality seems generally an afterthought. Putting that hypothesis to the test, Ars Technica ran this article comparing how the PS3 controller’s tech contributed to those games which have been released thus far. Their opinions won’t shock anyone, … Continue reading
Korean Wave, (Hallyu)- the term used to describe, in part, the popularity of South Korean film, is making huge headway beyond its native asian birthplace as more folks are exposed to movies like upcoming The Host, CHUD-fave Old Boy and international export My Sassy Girl.Among the breakout stars is obviously director Chan- Wook Park (Park … Continue reading
I really, really hated Running With Scissors, the film debut of Ryan “Nip/Tuck” Murphy, but I have to admit that it was well shot. And when Nip/Tuck was at its creative peak, it was a fine show. So I’m not writing Murphy off yet, especially not when I hear he is planning on making a … Continue reading
As a big fan of Jason Reitman’s sadly overlooked Thank You For Smoking, I was really hoping to see him directing a movie sooner rather than later. Fortunately, his next project Juno just started filming. It’s the story of a young girl (Ellen Page) who gets knocked up and has to deal with the consequences. … Continue reading
I don’t much like writing about the videogame violence debate, because the discourse tends to land squarely in the territory of pure politics — that is, politics for politics’ sake, used as a talking point to further the agendas of senators and lawyers and people who give no indication of caring for those people involved … Continue reading
This week marks the start of production on the Frank Darabont-helmed adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist for Dimension Films. Thomas Jane, Andre Braugher, and Laurie Holden have already been cast as townsfolk holed up in a supermarket as monstrous menaces brought in by a supernatural storm threaten their idyllic Maine town (Despite Stevie’s iconic … Continue reading
With the financial success, critical recognition, and likely Oscar bounty of his superior crime flick The Departed, Martin Scorsese is riding high now. He’s got his pick of what to do next as he’s attached to several properties including Silence, an adaptation of the Shusaku Endo novel about two 17th century Jesuit priests spreading Christianity … Continue reading