The poster for Flushed Away pretty much says it all: The last chance desperation of the Shrek and Madagascar references, the threatening tag line and prophetic title. Now word is out that the partnership between Aardman (the home studio of Academy Award winners Wallace and Grommit) and Dreamworks is over. See, Dreamworks likes to make … Continue reading
Directed by: Claudio FaehStarring: Peter Facinelli (The Scorpion King), Laura Regan (They), Christian Slater (Alone in the Dark)Buy it from Amazon! THE FLICK It’s Hollow Man! With a 2! And Christian Slater! What’s that? You need MORE information? *sigh* Fine. Christian Slater plays Michael Griffin, a former government assassin turned invisible rogue agent, thanks to … Continue reading
To think- a few years ago people were prognosticating on the demise of the book. Psssshaw. Hollywood would collapse as we know it, that’s for sure. — With an ability to pull off poignancy and action, Paul Greengrass has rooted himself in the terra firma of solid, immediate filmmaking. He’ll further extend those roots with … Continue reading
This ain’t no trailer. This ain’t no leaked clip. This is the full-bore, Direct To Google Video nightmare mashup of bikinis, blue hair and slap fighting, available for your viewing…pleasure? That’s right. DTGV is the new cinema hell. Ever since My Name Is Earl opened my eyes to both of Jaime Pressley’s charms, I’ve debased … Continue reading
I see all group social interaction through the lens of high school cliques and structures. I don’t think this is all that off-base a way to look at the world, since I don’t think many of us ever really make it past high school – either our best days were there or we still bear … Continue reading
Some of the most cherished myths are also those that most need to be busted.
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: The TV Show! is all kinds of serious about taking a big league crack at your viewership and TV advertising dollars. Having recently announced plans (read the story here) to make the Pitt/Jolie movie a boob tube adaption of the insanely good-looking super-assasins just trying to get by with a l’il … Continue reading
I remember liking Meet the Parents when I saw it in the theater. Ben Stiller had yet to become omnipresent in motion picture comedy. At the time, DeNiro was taken more seriously as he had come off of Ronin and Jackie Brown. Owen Wilson was still a supporting player. Finally, Teri Polo was rescued from … Continue reading
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle was a pretty good little movie, despite many claims otherwise. It’s not a work of great art, and it’s not the best film in the doped up minorities genre (although how could it be, with Cheech & Chong basically owning that field?), and it’s a little tamer than … Continue reading
A few days ago, an announcement went out about a new Mario Bello/Ray Liotta movie called Downloading Nancy in which she would play a suicidal woman who meets a man over the Internet and hires him to kill her. Unfortunately, they actually develop a relationship and he doesn’t have a PayPal account, so problems happen. … Continue reading