How badly does Flightplan stink? I’ve been sitting here coming up with lists of stinky cheeses and which athletes probably had the stinkiest feet, and I am still not finding anything comparable to the great stench that Flightplan will be laying in theaters starting this weekend. Interestingly it’s not the worst movie of the year, … Continue reading
I come to you not knowing how to take Dear Wendy, the new film written by Lars von Trier and directed by Thomas Vinterberg, the cofounders of the Dogme movement. More than Dogme, though, von Trier is best known these days for his films Dogville and Manderlay, which are both hypercritical of America – and … Continue reading
I guess it makes sense that New Line would want a sequel to this summer’s comedy smash The Wedding Crashers, but much like the other comedy blockbuster The 40 Year Old Virgin, the film just doesn’t seem to lend itself to sequalization. But I’m probably just not thinking big enough. Maybe a Wedding Crashers sequel … 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
With guys like Steve Carell carrying the comic baton, Jim Carrey seems to be working on retiring his manic shtick and becoming all actorly. Joining the guy who gave him orange hair and squeezed him into a green body sock might not seem like the best way to go about it, but read on! Carrey … Continue reading
Did you catch the first half of my one on one interview with Joss Whedon? You can still read it by clicking right here. In that first part we talked about his new film, Serenity, which came out of the cancelled TV series Firefly. I have to say thanks to the people who had some … Continue reading
Despite all the grousing we do around here about Hollywood’s reliance on the past, there are occasionally movies that could conceivably benefit from an update. For example, the 80s flick The Star Chamber had a great premise but ended up being a pretty mediocre film. G’head, remake it! Let’s Get Harry? Put it back on … Continue reading
Did you catch the first half of my one on one interview with Joss Whedon? You can still read it by clicking right here. In that first part we talked about his new film, Serenity, which came out of the cancelled TV series Firefly. I have to say thanks to the people who had some … Continue reading
I just came from a press screening of the new Park Chanwook film, the third in his revenge-themed trilogy that began with Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and continued with Oldboy. Until today the new film was to be known in the United States as Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, but just before my screening Tartan, who … Continue reading
Master multitasker Robert Rodriguez’s 3-D flick The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl came and went early this summer, briefly stopping to hurl random CGI creations at audiences, but now here’s another chance to see what Rodriguez slapped together based on ideas from his own young son’s mind. The movie revolves around a misfit lad whose … Continue reading