Last week I told you about The Battle in Seattle, a movie that sounds like it would be about boxing but is in fact about the 1999 anti-WTO protests in Starbucks City. Charlize Theron was the first name attached to the film, which makes some sense, as her boyfriend Stuart Townsend is writing and directing. … Continue reading
Growing up, I never realized that the Godzilla I watched on Saturday afternoon TV – the black and white original film – wasn’t the same movie Japanese audiences had seen. The Japanese film Gojira had been recut for American audiences, and Raymond Burr had been inserted into the action to give us gaijin someone to … Continue reading
Well, we all have to return to work tomorrow. In the meantime, check out what you can pick up afterwards. Like A Good Neighbor Much is made of Akira Kurosawa’s towering masterpiece Shichinin no samurai, aka Seven Samurai. It’s been said that a DVD collection isn’t fully complete without it (check), it’s been called one … Continue reading
Darren Aronofsky’s masterpiece, The Fountain, made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival to a truly baffling reception – it got boos. Who were the morons in attendance who booed this amazing work? Look, I’ll give leeway for personal taste and admit that The Fountain may not be for everyone, but to boo it? … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: WarnerMSRP: $24.98RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 187 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Retrospective Documentary: Examining Sybil• Sybil Therapy Session• The Paintings of Sybil The Pitch “She’s a million-in-one girl!” The Humans Sally Field, Joanne Woodward, Brad DavisThe Nutshell Sybil Dorsett (Field) knows she has a problem. She’s chaperoning a school field trip in … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Universal/FocusMSRP: $29.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 110 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Deleted and Extended Scenes• The Inside Track: Casting the Roles• Feature Commentary by Cast and Filmmakers The Pitch You read this site and you don’t know? Check out Devin’s interviews with the writer/director. Pre-release HERE, post-release HERE.The Humans Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, … Continue reading
When I put my name on the print ads for Talladega Nights with the quote “Funniest Movie of the Year!,” I knew I was taking a calculated risk. There was one movie I hadn’t seen yet that stood a good chance of actually competing for that title. That movie is Borat: Cultural Learnings of America … Continue reading
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They haven’t been in a movie together for 12 years, and now Mask co-stars Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz are re-uniting in A Little Game Without Consequence, the next film from Gabriele Muccino (the Italian director of early Oscar buzzer The Pursuit of Happyness and L’Ultimo Bacio, which has been remade in next week’s Zach … Continue reading
Fuse is televising the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, a horror award show decided by the fans. Which is cool, right? Sure, except when one of the awards should be decided by a mathematician and not a fan vote. That award is up for a fan vote, though, and that means fans who can actually count must … Continue reading