This review contains fairly large spoilers. Check out Nick’s spoiler-free review here. There are going to be those who will say that my long held belief that Joss Whedon’s Serenity will not do that well at the box is coloring my review of that film. All I can say is that it’s not, and that … Continue reading
I haven’t seen all the movies that will be vying for awards attention at the end of the year, but I have seen a bunch. And it’s hard for me to imagine that any of the ones coming up will contain a performance as immersive and impressive as Philip Seymour Hoffman’s in Capote. He takes … Continue reading
I haven’t seen all the movies that will be vying for awards attention at the end of the year, but I have seen a bunch. And it’s hard for me to imagine that any of the ones coming up will contain a performance as immersive and impressive as Philip Seymour Hoffman’s in Capote. He takes … Continue reading
A note to readers in screening cities:As I spent the better part of four hours today going through envelopes sent in from various cities, the realization sunk in for the millionth time in the past several years. This needs to change.When I was the guy supplying the envelopes and stamps and hours to get the … Continue reading
*Note from Dave: Devin originally reported this on Monday 9/26, but apparently a lot of our readers missed it, judging by the number of news submissions for it that we’ve received since then. Once again, with less feeling: Sam Raimi has struggled mightily to keep the lid on just who the villains are for the … Continue reading
People often say to me, they say, “Dave, you need to do more of your Underground columns, because my foreign cinema selections live and die by your very word!” Or something along those lines. But the truth is, lately there just haven’t been that many new movies from overseas (that I’ve been able to get … Continue reading
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
You knew this was going to happen – with The 40 Year Old Virgin pulling in $100 million and Wedding Crashers catching twice that, every lemming studio exec is groping for a raunchy (and more importantly, inexpensive) R-rated comedy they can turn into box office Cialis. New Line has firmly placed their covetous hands on … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lion’s GateMSRP: $19.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 78 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Original Screen Test• Photo Gallery• Rolling Stone Article• TV Interview• An Inside Look The Pitch “Remember when a Best of SNL compilation meant something?“ The Humans The Not Ready For Prime Time Players, plus Elliot Gould, O.J. Simpson, Robert Klein, Michael … Continue reading
Shia LaBeouf is obsessed with cred, which is weird coming from a guy who got his start on Even Stevens. Or maybe it’s not – LaBeouf comes across as an angry young man (count how many actors he slags in this interview! DeNiro, for one!), which is actually kind of cool. In his new film, … Continue reading