Ever since departing the ABC mystery drama Lost – and considering how the show has spiraled, especially for supporting characters, she probably left at the perfect time – not a lot has been heard from Maggie Grace. Technically, she had a starring role in the wretched The Fog, but for the sake of this article … Continue reading
South by Southwest has a competition for the best fake exploitation-style trailer, in honor of the Rodriguez/Tarantino Grindhouse. Aint It Cool News has links to all the contestants on YouTube, and while some – like Emmanuel, Prisoner of Frankenstein – are cute or interesting, only one is brilliant. That’s Cong of the Dead, and while … Continue reading
The whole Snakes on a Plane fiasco proved something that should have been obvious long ago (at least as long ago as Shock Treatment, the awful sequel to Rocky Horror Picture Show) – you can’t create a cult film. The marketing campaign can’t tout your movie as a cult film. A cult movie has to … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Image EntertainmentMSRP: $13.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 92 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: None. The Pitch 10 Songs with fake sex and no songs. The Humans Chloe, Dee, Jezebelle Bond, Danny Pape, Angela Davies, Tony Tedeschi. The Nutshell “Sex and Rock & Roll.” The Lowdown Once upon a time, soft-core pornography was quite the … Continue reading
Time for another Special Edition. Look’s like I am up to column number five – a full month into this. Hope you are all enjoying it so far because it’s costing me a lot of money, with me seeing everything coming out and buying everything I can as a result. Ah well, not much else … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros. MSRP: $19.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 105 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • New Featurette: Influence and Controversy• Vintage Featurette: Memo from Turner• Theatrical Trailer The Pitch “You interested in seeing Mick Jagger’s balls? Then this is the film for you!” The Humans James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, Michele Breton The … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros. MSRP: $27.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 118 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary by screenwriter/director Douglas McGrath• Theatrical TrailerThe Pitch“It’s Capote stirred-up and reheated in the microwave! Love that taste!”The HumansToby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, Sigourney Weaver The NutshellSomething about … Continue reading
1. PREMIERE – MARCH ’07 As the biggest, regular US movie mag still out there, this baby strikes a nice balance between pure entertainment and real filmmaking goodness. Unless you’re looking at the odd theme issue, chances are that there will be enough meat from across the Hollywood spectrum to make this worth a buy … Continue reading
Fresh off his feel-good epic abortion documentary, Lake of Fire*, Tony Kaye is seating himself in the director’s chair for Blackwater Transit, a crime film starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L Jackson that will shoot in New Orleans. You might remember Kaye as the director of American History X, which he disowned after Ed Norton … Continue reading