Robert Hanssen is a fascinating man. A patriotic American and FBI agent, Hanssen sold secrets to the Russians for over twenty years. A devout and strict Catholic and family man, Hanssen carried on an affair with a stripper and secretly videotaped sex with his wife. When he was finally arrested in 2001, Hanssen was one … Continue reading
I’ve been eagerly awaiting Zack Snyder’s take on Frank Miller’s 300 ever since I visited the set in December of 2005 and saw the concept video that he used to sell himself to Warner Bros. I had doubts that this would be as special as everyone was claiming, but that video – which was done … Continue reading
The great, great grandson of Rambo, Rambo IV: Pearl of the Cobra (I won’t even touch that) has added broken armed Army Ranger and evil doctor/orchid-loving Anaconda bait Matthew Marsden to its ranks.Matthew hops in the boots of a mercenary who joins forces with the "save them missionaries!" Christian warrior previously known as Rambo, the … Continue reading
Batman gotta have a girlfriend. I don’t know why, but this is a pretty big deal for Hollywood. Every Batman movie has had a love interest, and for all the talk about Christopher Nolan doing the best Batman movie (he didn’t), he still kept with this lame, lame tradition. He is breaking tradition, though, by … Continue reading
The Civil War is one of those periods in history films visit, but seldom visit well or often enough. Ted Turner churned out a couple bank-busting epics with Gettysburg and Gods and Generals (and by epics I mean Lunesta-replacing boring). The last emotionally involving Civil War film I can think of was Glory— and that … Continue reading
A little earlier this week, Dev reported on the new fantasy movie The Dark is Rising, which is based on a five-book series, some of which is derived from Arthurian Legends. Ian McShane was cast as the mystical mentor to the young protagonist (Alexander Ludwig) in his quest to travel back and forth through time to vanquish … Continue reading
There’s a single image that inspires me to submit to further Star Wars punishment. It’s not even an image from in-game. It’s a piece of concept art, which is probably even more misleading than the doctored screenshots often used to advertise games. It’s this image over there to the right. You can see the entire … Continue reading
You haven’t been to a high school party until you’ve been to a high school party that turns into a three hour stand off with the police and then gets pointlessly memorialized in a New York Magazine* article by a young 20s wunderkind writer. If you want to really have that party be memorable, have … Continue reading
Jim Cameron showed where his heart is by calling Harry Knowles for Valentine’s Day and delivering some scoops on his next movie, Avatar, which is apparently filming without a director of photography. I always thought that Cameron would do away with the human cast before he did away with the DP. You should head over … Continue reading