EMPIRE – MARCH ’07 The biggest and best movie magazine in the world. Made in the UK. Huge. That’s all you need to know. This issue’s strong points: 80’s action star retrospective featuring current interviews with Lundgren, Seagal, Stallone, and Van Damme. This alone is worth a perfect score, even if the rest of the … Continue reading
Walden media, home of one hit wonder Narnia (not for long- Prince Caspian hits this year) and wholesome family underperformers (Charlotte’s Web, How to Eat Fried Worms and, possibly, Bridge to Tarabithia) is going back to its Christian moneymaker by announcing its next project: C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. If you thought Narnia was a … Continue reading
There’s not been much news on the Wonder Woman front for some time now. There was a flurry of excitement when it was announced that fanboy fave Joss Whedon would be writing and directing the movie version of comic books’ most famous Amazonian dominatrix, but that was almost two years ago. Since then, besides occasional … Continue reading
Nothing says modern America like casting Robin Hood as the bad guy. After all, he is stealing, right? This is Bush’s America, and you only are allowed to steal if you’re a higher up in a political party, not if you’re just some ponce running around in Sherwood Schwartz Forest. So Ethan Reiff and Cyrus … Continue reading
China is currentyl receiving their first legal dose of Bond uncut and uncesnored. Casino Royale premiered on Monday and despite pirated DVDs being preemptively available for weeks, the whole thing is going over like 007’s fingers on a brastrap.Amidst all the hubbub, director Martin Campbell killed speculation rumors and let the crowd know he would … Continue reading
Do you dream of being a writer? (I do!) In their most recent podcast, Gamasutra got the chance to sit down with video game writer Susan O’Conner, who contributed to what little narrative there was in Gears of War as well as the potentially more-involved BioShock. The discussion of the role of games in narrative, … Continue reading
Forget Diane Lane’s long and well-regarded acting career, that woman ranked on VH1s Hottest Celebrity Bodies. I don’t remember what she was ranked, but she’s in there. Anyone else could have retired with that honor, but to her credit as a career professional, she keeps on keepin’ on.Next on her list? Untraceable, where Ms. Lane … Continue reading
If you’re one of 11 people on the planet who haven’t experienced only the sonic incarnation of Ron Perlman, here’s your chance… Hellboy came to pulsing 2-D life in the Sword of Storms ‘toon, and it’s just around the corner on your chosen format of DVD. What’s it about? Read on… In this first animated … Continue reading
“You want to take this outside?” Frank Miller says to me. Dinner’s over, and so is the visit to the set of 300. The visiting journalists have been taken to dinner at a French place a couple of frozen, icy blocks away from the hotel*, and we were joined by the producers and Frank Miller. … Continue reading
There’s been a lot of crappy sci fi comedies over the years. Men in Black sequels, Pluto Nash, Underworld and Ultraviolet. But at least none of them ever featured the horrible gimmick of a time traveling port-a-potty. Until now. Dreamworks has picked up Gullible’s Travels, the story of the most gullible man in all the … Continue reading