Spielberg is now up to producing three shows on Fox. Announced a few months ago, On The Lot is an American Idol-like show where young filmmakers compete every week for a one million dollar developmental deal with DreamWorks Pictures. The other two were announced today. First up is a drama set in the world of … Continue reading
Howdy folks! Welcome to this week’s edition of The Trailer Round Up! I’m still working on a logo for this thing. If anyone would like to help, it would be greatly appreciated! Bunch of new stuff this week…MUSIC AND LYRICSStarring: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad GarrettTrailer: http://entertainment.ivillage.com/Summary: Alex Fletcher is a washed-up 80s pop star … Continue reading
Do you remember The Shadow? No, not the old radio series. I’m talking about that 1994 movie where Alec Baldwin starred. Remember when he went to that abandoned lot at the end of the movie (you know, the one that no one had bothered to check yet), and he found that invisible building? Man, that’s … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Universal StudiosMSRP: $29.98RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 110 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES:● Commentary by directors Anthony and Joe Russo. ●Commentary by writer Michael Le Sieur and producer Scott Stuber ●"Dupree’s Memoirs" interactive scrapbook ●Alternate Ending ●Deleted Scenes and Outtakes ●Spoof Trailer The Pitch “It’s [(The Dirty Dozen/Three Kings)(Sixteen Candles/Hard Eight) – (Five … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Inecom Entertainment CompanyMSRP: $24.95RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 112 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:● Trailers● Extended Expert Interviews The Pitch “Its Lawrence of Arabia meets PBS!” The Humans A veritable cast of thousands (Hey, it’s Winston Churchill! And over there, it’s T.E. Lawrence! And isn’t that Edmund Allenby?). The Nutshell The Middle East … Continue reading
Clapping at the movies never made much sense to me. What’s the applause supposed to signify? “Way to project that film!” But that didn’t stop me from applauding wildly at the end of Jennifer Hudson’s “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” smack dab in the middle of Dreamgirls. My applause was involuntary; it … Continue reading
This is probably not a happy holiday season at Kyle Newman’s house. He was the guy who was directing the Revenge of the Nerds remake for two weeks before Fox Atomic pulled the plug on it. Yesterday I was at the We Are Marshall junket, and I spoke with McG, whose Wonderland Sound & Vision … Continue reading
Today the New York Film Critics Online met for their annual awards voting. NYFCO is a motley bunch of critics ranging from Rex Reed to yours truly, and the group is kind of an underdog when it comes to awards season – we won’t get half the attention that the LA Film Critics Association*, who … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: Universal StudiosMSRP: $29.98 RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 170 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • SCARFACE SCOREBOARD: Watch Scarface like never before…keep track of the number of times the "F" word is used and the number of bullets fired.• DELETED SCENES: Over 20 minutes of deleted scenes• MAKING OF SCARFACE: THE VIDEO GAME: Immerse … Continue reading
The internet continues to be the ultimate explanation for why unchecked democracy is a disaster. Rotten Tomatoes has given users the ability to critique the reviews of critics; the basic idea seems kind of redundant – why not us then critique the critique of the critique? – but it has quickly passed from being a … Continue reading