Dave Davis

TIME FOR CLOCK TOWER

We continue to wait for a top-notch movie based on a videogame (and sadly, Silent Hill was certainly not it), but South American director Jorge Olguin doesn’t want to keep us in suspense. Until he keeps us in suspense, that is. The red hot Chile pepper will direct a flick based on Capcom’s Clock Tower … Continue reading

WHAT’S AT STAKE

With so many ghosts busted and vampires dusted, Hollywood needs more supernatural entities to slaughter. Up next, the witch! Director Dave Meyers, who’s currently replacing Hauer power with Bean badness in New Line’s remake of The Hitcher, is already setting his sights on Witch Hunters, a project rewritten by Joe Ballarini (from a spec called Witchfinders … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 6.21.06

What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading

THE ROCK ISN’T MADE OF IT

Jeez, I just talked about this movie the other day RIGHT HERE (an excuse to search for pics of Roselyn Sanchez, really), and it’s already getting delayed before shooting even starts. No, it’s not another case of the CHUD curse (see: Slither, Murderball, Running Scared, etc.) but simply physical limitations being exceeded. Dwayne "The Rock" … Continue reading

OWEN WILSON IS A TOOL

Considering Devin’s indefatigable adulation for all things Apatow (and Rogen), it feels odd writing about this, like I’m wearing his underwear or something. Oh, man… Now I have to go scrub my mind. Okay, I’m back. So Owen Wilson is starring in a new high-concept comedy (not one of those really complex ones we always … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 6.20.06

What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading

THOR’S COMIC COLUMN

You Got Your Tentacles in my Comic Book: Cthulhu Tales By Elgin Carver Most of the classic pulp writers who are popular, are not just great story tellers but great craftsmen as well. They don’t just paint vivid word pictures but write with such competency and skill that the stories and characters are easily transferable … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 6.19.06

What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Cars $31,100,000 $114,500,000 2 2 Nacho Libre $27,500,000 $27,500,000 1 3 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift $24,000,000 $24,000,000 1 4 The Lake House $13,600,000 $13,600,000 1 5 The Break-Up $9,500,000 $91,900,000 3 6 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties $7,200,000 $7,200,000 1 7 X-Men: The … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS

BUY IT FROM AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $27.99RATING: RRUNNING TIME: 108 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:– Featurette– Music video THE PITCH “It’s West Side Story meets Fight Club, with soccer!” THE HUMANS Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, Marc Warren, the British punched THE NUTSHELL Matt Buckner (Wood) gets booted out of Harvard after taking a drug … Continue reading