I was interviewing James Schamus yesterday about Brokeback Mountain, which he produced and which is being distributed by Focus Features, which he heads up, and the definition of what an indie movie is anymore came up. He defined it as costing less than 20 million dollars and being artsy fartsy. I asked him if Silent … Continue reading
I was interviewing James Schamus yesterday about Brokeback Mountain, which he produced and which is being distributed by Focus Features, which he heads up, and the definition of what an indie movie is anymore came up. He defined it as costing less than 20 million dollars and being artsy fartsy. I asked him if Silent … Continue reading
What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading
Oh lord. Oh lord in heaven. I have spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out just why this image of Kelsey Grammer as Beast from X3 is so awful, and I feel like pinpointing one thing is impossible. Part of it is the cheesy pose – it looks like he’s the model on … Continue reading
The Prognosticator has made it a full year – amazing! Thanks to everyone who has kept this column alive with their feedback; it’s what keeps us going until we have the technological know how to start charging for this stuff. You may notice that this column is late. I won’t give you a litany of … Continue reading
The Prognosticator has made it a full year – amazing! Thanks to everyone who has kept this column alive with their feedback; it’s what keeps us going until we have the technological know how to start charging for this stuff. You may notice that this column is late. I won’t give you a litany of … Continue reading
When I met Adam Goldberg I was surprised at how buff he is. It just wasn’t something I expected. I met him at the offices of ThinkFilm, the company distributing his new film, I Love Your Work. It’s a dark film about a movie star – Giovanni Ribisi – who is in the middle of … Continue reading
British secret agents have been thoroughly spoofed in Johnny English, Austin Powers and Die Another Day, so now it’s time for an American spy to get the parody treatment. Warner Bros.’ big-screen remake of the 1960s TV show Get Smart, itself a satire of espionage stories, has found its director – someone who has already … Continue reading
In person Alexander Siddig is filled with energy. In Syriana he plays a much more restrained character, the prince of an unnamed Middle Eastern country who is trying to wean his economy off of oil dependence – and American dependence. This, of course, pisses the Americans off a little bit. I have seen Siddig in … Continue reading
CS Lewis’ fantasy classic, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe comes to theaters this weekend, bringing state of the art effects to the story of four young children in wartime England who are magically transported to the land of Narnia. William Moseley and Anna Popplewell play the oldest of those … Continue reading