Every time I go to Vegas, I stroke my fiscally responsible ego by watching the blank faces of middle America as they yank slot handles with one hand and suck smoke/cradle their imbibery with the other. Sillies. Don’t they know slots are for kids? The odds favor the blackjack tables. They also favored a bunch … Continue reading
The long rumored, oft-delayed big screen adaptation of the IO/Eidos video game Hitman is up and running. With the recent announcement Luc Besson will be co-producing, (I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again- he’s everywhere! Those underpants you’re wearing? Besson actually produced them), fans of the series will see garrote-centered action much sooner … Continue reading
You’ve got to wonder what agents and the actors who follow them are thinking when they sign up for certain projects. Take lovely lady lumped Queen Latifah, for example. She won the hearts of Academy voting boxes with an Oscar nomination for her role in Chicago and things looked as if she was destined for … Continue reading
Catherine Hardwick, known for her alternative youth culture knack (naughty girl subpolitics of Thirteen, edge riding trendsetters at the dawn of skateboarding in Lords of Dogtown and teen pregnancy in The Nativity), is looking to add some righteous recognition to the environmentalist movement by helming the film adaptation of The Monkey Wrench Gang. Gang centers … Continue reading
Any time I see the term “ferocious” combined with “bidding battles”, I envision nothing short of severed limbs slapping to the floor, eyeballs hanging from the danglies and stuffy old executives leaping at obnoxious young executives in a battle to the death. A situation way cooler than the usual anxiety-driven melee of phone calls and … Continue reading
There’s nothing like beating a topic into oblivion to send the “who gives a shit meter” into the red. So, I’m sorry and thanks for reading. Amidst all the recent ratings fuss, ex MPAA head and current advocate of the silver haired blackened brow club, Jack Valenti has jumped to the defense the ratings system … Continue reading
Travelling through Utah back in the day must have been the worst. If the elements didn’t get you, the Mormons would. If, you know, you happened to be traveling through the sage and snakes of Southern Utah territory in an Arkansas wagon train named “Fancher” in 1857. Back in August, Devin wrote a piece about … Continue reading
As a legal and tax paying Utah resident, I put up with a lot of abuse. Rage-inducing driving, bitter cold winters and heaps of condescending “You live in Utah!?” mockery. But when January rolls around and the Sundance Film Festival turns Park City into a sea of furry boots, big-ass sunglasses and drunken, star-watching revery, … Continue reading
The last few weeks, we’ve seen a lot of 300. The studio is churning things out so fast, it’s hard to keep up. One poster iteration after another after a new trailer after another poster after another trailer. I’ve worried about overkill in posting these, but 300 is pretty highly anticipated by a lot of … Continue reading
As the first big ol’ movie to kick off the summer season, Spider-Man 3 is only three and a half months away. As the the line of demarcation between May 4 and Spidey fans grows thinner, the Spider-Man 3 website grows fatter. And by fatter I mean filled with all kinds of webby Spider-Fan minutia. … Continue reading