I like Daniel Craig quite a bit (aces in Layer Cake, or at least superior to his Tomb Raider work) and I think he’s an intriguing choice to play suave superspy James Bond, but that’s where my excitement level for Casino Royale expires like a henchman filled with silenced PPK rounds. The past few exhaustingly … Continue reading
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
Aussie filmmaker Peter Weir takes his sweet time between projects (five years from Truman Show to Master and Commander), and now he’ll be delaying again — he’s just left Johnny Depp’s Shantaram and did not allow the door to strike his buttocks upon exiting. Can you guess why Weir departed the production despite at least … Continue reading
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
Like plenty of other people, Will Smith is preparing himself for a global pandemic. The big difference is that Will’s is a work of fiction. Smith is getting ready for battle with bloodseeking mutants in the upcoming adaptation of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend, and in the quest for authenticity he (along with director Francis … Continue reading
While the general consensus seems to be that Cars isn’t quite up to the standards of genius presented by previous Pixar efforts, their next comes from director Brad Bird, who already holds a perfect record for animated masterpieces (Iron Giant and The Incredibles). The story of Ratatouille, based on a short by Pixar regular Jan Pinkava, … Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Cars $68,800,000 $62,800,000 1 2 The Break-Up $20,400,000 $74,000,000 2 3 X-Men: The Last Stand $15,500,000 $201,700,000 3 4 The Omen $15,400,000 $35,700,000 1 5 Over the Hedge $10,300,000 $130,200,000 4 6 The Da Vinci Code $10,300,000 $189,000,000 4 7 A Prairie Home Companion $4,600,000 $4,600,000 1 … Continue reading
This news has actually been kicking around the internet for a few days, and if I had any interest whatsoever in Alien vs. Predator 2, I would’ve immediately dropped the candy and chloroform, exited the playground area and reported the info with all alacrity. Unfortunately I’m about as interested in another AvP as I am … Continue reading
The days of studios throwing mad sums of money at every comic that comes along may be fading away, but when you’ve got a hot property on your hands like our boys at Boom!, the moviemakers sit up and take notice. Then write a nice check. Universal has wrapped their fingers around Boom!’s new book … Continue reading
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