I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Walt Disney Home VideoMSRP: $14.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 194 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: None The Pitch “Let’s capitalize on the growing Flipper craze with an animated series about Flipper and some kid who can breathe underwater!” The Humans Keith Scott (voice) is the only person with any billing on Amazon or IMDB. … Continue reading
Brad Pitt is currently filming his adaptation of the book The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (which I anticipate will get a name change), in which he plays the infamous Old West bandit who ultimately gets gunned down by his chum (played, appropriately, by Pitt’s chum Casey Affleck). Winnipeg (of all places) … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: New Line Home EntertainmentMSRP: $19.97RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 88 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Trailers The Pitch “Excessive Force was excessively forceful, but what if we forced some more force into it? It’s so crazy it just might work!” The Humans Stacie Randall (Trancers 4 & 5), Dan Gauthier, Jay Patterson (McBain) and … Continue reading
It’s gotta be pretty neat being Johnny Depp now, especially since his presence in Pirates of the Caribbean is (rightfully) perceived as a major reason for that flick’s colossal success. Now if Depp wants to adapt a book for the screen, he gets top treatment. The book is called Shantaram, and the treatment will come from … Continue reading
Chiwetel Ejiofor is having a hell of a year for a guy whose name is Chiwetel Ejiofor. I mean, back in the day he would have changed his monicker to something like Chuck Eiger. But in 2005 he was able to keep his name and still be one of the leads in Woody Allen’s Melinda … Continue reading
A scooper has told Coming Soon! that one of the roles in Quentin Tarantino’s half of the upcoming film Grindhouse may have been cast. Grindhouse is a neat experiment of a movie – Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez will both direct one hour segments based on the kind of movies you would have once seen at … Continue reading
Way back when I had a chance to sit down with Matthew Vaughn, and he talked about how he wanted to direct an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Stardust. Here’s what he had to say back when his gangster film and directorial debut, Layer Cake, was being released in the States: Vaughn: I’m doing a feature … Continue reading
So here’s the second half of my adventures in Potterland, in which Harry, Ron and Hermione (aka Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint) faced the press for their fourth time around – a scary thought, considering the first time they jumped on the promotional treadmill they were about 10 years old. As much as … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 562 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Best Bits of Bel-Air• Bel-Air Bloopers There have been several ethnic comedies on the air in the past few decades. The first, Amos & Andy, was more of a minstrel show than a sitcom, and was understandably met with protest. The 70s … Continue reading