The Departed, Martin Scorsese’s "remake" of 2002’s fantastic Hong Kong crime/drama Infernal Affairs has finally gotten some images to accompany the chatter and anticipation. Why did I quote the word remake? Well apparently, according to the blog just jared dot com, Marty informed reporters on the set: "It’s not a remake. It’s inspired by Infernal … Continue reading
Daniel Craig, the craggy faced Craig from Layer Cake, will be joining Nicole Kidman in the sci fi film Invasion, to be directed by Downfall‘s Oliver Hirschbiegel. In the film a mysterious epidemic is affecting the behavior of people, and Washington DC psychiatrist Kidman finds out that the virus comes from outer space. The film began … Continue reading
Any movie that features Seth Rogen in a prominent role is, by definition, a good movie. Rogen was, of course, one of the cast members of Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, two of the failed TV shows that director Judd Apatow ran before making the move to the big screen. The 40 Year-Old Virgin marks … 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
Valiant surely seemed a good idea in the planning stage. A CGI feature about homing pigeons in WWII battling it out with evil German falcons? The basis is there for a nice little cartoon. Add voices like Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, John Hurt, John Cleese and Hugh Lurie and it sounds like something worth seeing. … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE! STUDIO: Warner Home Video MSRP: $39.98 RATED: PG-13 RUNNING TIME: 132 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • Full Soundtrack on disc 3 • Born To Fight • Producers Round 15 • James Lipton Takes on Three If I were living in a different time, Million Dollar Baby would probably become my … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $27.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 88 min.SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary The Pitch “As if rap itself were not embarrassing enough…” The Humans Damon Dash (The Woodsman – WTF!?), Mariah Carey (Glitter – Possibly the best film about the mentally retarded, ever!), ODB (Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $39.98RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 500 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Interactive Menus• Episode of Alf Tales• Episode of Alf’s Animated Adventures Back in the day I was a big Alf fan. Maybe, in the least disgusting way possible, I had something for furry muppet aliens with phallic noses (I’m a big … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!LABEL: EMI Music KoreaMSRP: $26.49TRACKS: 24MUSIC BY: Yeong-wook JoNote: We first discussed the idea of music reviews a few months ago, but I had writer’s block back then, so it sat on the backburner until Chan-wook Park’s classy stunner approached its US DVD debut, which gave us the perfect time … Continue reading
Most people, when they get into this business, have one holy grail — the person they’d most like to interview. For me, it was David Cronenberg. He’s a great director, one of the current masters, with a consistent yet evolving style and gripping thematic ideas. More important, he always seems genial and extremely articulate. I … Continue reading