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INDIANA JONES AND THE UPDATE OF DOOM
My ban on writing Indiana Jones IV-related pieces didn’t last long, huh? I have to admit – I never thought I would see this picture actually getting off the ground, but on the first day of this glorious New Year, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford backed up what George Lucas said at the Rose Parade … Continue reading
LEAK LETTERS #52
Indy Lovely? (RESPONSE TO THIS ARTICLE) (SEND A LETTER) Lee: Dude, come the hell down. He did say that it will be the best one yet on that very same AP press report, but you somehow ‘forgot’ to mention that. So just chill and don’t try to bring everyone else down with you. Nick: That’s … Continue reading
KILLING THE HOST
Buried at the end of a fawning Variety profile of Roy Lee, the guy behind pretty many of the shitty Asian film remakes that have hit America over the last few years, is a sentence that proves that the planned Universal remake of the fantastic Korean monster movie The Host will be completely neutered: Having … Continue reading
DVD REVIEW: WALT DISNEY TREASURES – THE COMPLETE PLUTO VOL. 2
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney VideoMSRP: $32.99RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 227 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Animation commentaries by Randy Cartwright and Andreas Deja• Animation tests• Art galleries• Certificate of authenticity• Color photo card• Eight page booklet• Pencil testsThe PitchAn anthropomorphized mouse keeps a dog for a pet that continually gets in trouble thanks to its … Continue reading
DVD REVIEW: LADY IN THE WATER
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $28.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 109 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Making-of featurettes• Gag and audition reels• DVD-ROM content The Pitch "It’s a take on the possession of one of the Muses, only with less sex and blood, and more goodwill." The Humans Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, The Nutshell … Continue reading
GREAT MINDS DESIGN POSTERS ALIKE, I GUESS
I was recently in Times Square, and the massive outdoor posters for Apocalypto and Stomp the Yard are very close together on the north side of 42nd Street just off 8th Avenue. Moments later I came across the poster for Night at the Museum, and it was hard to not notice that these three posters … Continue reading
REVIEW: BABEL
Babel is what Crash could have been if Paul Haggis were a better director. Alejandro González Iñárritu and longtime partner Guillermo Arriaga once again bring a fractured narrative to an otherwise straightforward story that contains supposedly deep commentary about the human condition. This is probably the last time they’ll be doing this, since Arriaga and … Continue reading
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT
Rank Title Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Weeks in Release 1 Night at the Museum $37,800,000 $116,855,000 2 2 The Pursuit of Happyness $19,300,000 $98,346,000 3 3 Dreamgirls $15,500,000 $38,464,000 4 4 Charlotte’s Web $12,000,000 $52,858,000 3 5 Rocky Balboa $11,350,000 $48,822,000 2 6 The Good Shepherd $11,245,000 $35,311,000 2 7 Eragon $8,475,000 $56,689,000 3 8 … Continue reading
THE YEAR THE FLOPPIES DIED
I didn’t plan on quitting reading monthly comics in 2006, it just sort of happened that way. This is probably something that happened to a lot of people this past year, and the reason for many of us are certainly the same: Marvel and DC Comics. Before this year I had been reading comics for … Continue reading