When I was offered the opportunity to talk to Judd Apatow on the phone I jumped at it. His TV show Freaks & Geeks (buy it here!) is one of my all-time favorite things – not just favorite TV show, but just anything at all. He followed that show – which was cancelled way too … Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe $67,000,000 $67,000,000 1 2 Syriana $12,000,000 $13,500,000 3 3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire $10,300,000 $244,100,000 4 4 Walk the Line $5,700,000 $77,000,000 4 5 Yours Mine and Ours $5,100,000 $40,900,000 3 6 Aeon Flux $4,600,000 $20,200,000 2 … Continue reading
Sometimes you think an upcoming movie is so cool already that no force on Earth could make it cooler. How could A Scanner Darkly, a movie based on a Philip K Dick story, directed by Richard Linklater, done in the awesome animated style of Waking Life and starring Robert Downey Jr, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $19.97RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 107 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Featurettes• Deleted scenes• Outtakes Given the success of all the recent film versions of TV series, a Dukes of Hazzard movie was unavoidable. But the show somehow ran for six seasons — how could a mere feature-length movie manage to convey … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: New LineMSRP: $19.98RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 81 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Animation Gallery• G-Unit Photo Shoot• Trailer• “Making Of” Segments Looking for the perfect holiday stocking-stuffer for dad? Fret not, because 50 Cent: Refuse 2 Die is here, in all its “gritty, unauthorized and unrated” glory. Using a myriad of media including … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $49.98RATED: N/ARUNNING TIME: 1327 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: See below. The Pitch “You a diehard Knicks fan? Get some tissues and make sure you’re alone.” The Humans Willis Reed, Walt “Clyde” Frazier, Bill Bradley, Earl “The Pearl” Monroe, Phil Jackson, Dave Dubusschere, Mark Jackson, Patrick Ewing and a ton … Continue reading
So, Mission: Impossible 3, the film that no one thought (or really cared) would get made, actually finished principal photography earlier last week and is well on its way to making its May 5th release to kickoff the summer movie season of ’06 (despite the fact that summer actually begins in mid June… science weeps). … Continue reading
There’s a shortage of quality science-fiction on the air, but Andy Cosby’s looking to change that with his upcoming Sci-Fi Channel series Eureka. The show won’t hit the airwaves until the summer (along with new episodes of Battlestar Galactica), but we’ve got a brief glimpse of what’s in store. Normally we don’t cover a lot … Continue reading
BUY IT: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: One World StudiosMSRP: $24.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 93 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Deleted Scenes• Full-color Booklet The Pitch “What’s more fun that watching a generic motorcycle show on television? Watching a bunch of jerks video tape their own motorcycle adventures!”The Humans Rico Fodrey, Kitty Noteboom, James Intvled and a special guest appearance by … Continue reading
I hated Ju-On, and I hated the remake, The Grudge. Both were directed by Takashi Shimizu, who has made a cottage industry of retelling the same story about a ghostly curse in various sequels and direct to TV films. I hated Ju-On because I felt like I wasn’t needed – the film has utterly no … Continue reading