Dave Davis

WEINSTEINS WILL FINALLY RELEASE ASIAN HOSTAGES

The Weinsteins’ approach to collecting Asian movies has been comparable to a 6-year-old kid who mimics cool things adults do without actually knowing why it’s cool. But now after years of hording massive amounts of Asian films, they’re finally releasing them under a new label called Dragon Dynasty. Was this their secret plan all along, … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 5.24.06

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

TRAILER: GHOST RIDER

After years of kneeling before the comic book gods (I think Dormammu was maybe in there somewhere), little Nicky Coppola’s prayers were finally answered, and thus he was set aflame. Marvel’s Ghost Rider has been sputtering to the starting line for a long time, but now the fiery seeker of vengeance has been fully realized through dubious … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: HOLLOW MAN 2

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: SonyMSRP: $24.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 91 min.SPECIAL FEATURES: Featurettes The Pitch “Twice the invisibleness of Hollow Man, and half as interesting!” The Humans Peter Facinelli, Christian Slater (ostensibly), Laura Regan Th Nutshell Some time after the crazy-Bacon results of the first Hollow Man experiment, a secret government “think tank” has … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 5.23.06

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

Dark, Disturbing “War-Fix” One of ‘06’s Best By Mark Wheaton “March 2003 – the Iraqis were firing scuds at our base camp almost every night.  You’d hear the sirens.  You’d see the streak of light. You’d cower in your bunker, waiting and wondering…is this the end?  You’re scared.  You’re lonely and mad.  But there’s more.  … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 5.22.06

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 The Da Vinci Code $77,000,000 $77,000,000 1 2 Over the Hedge $37,300,000 $37,300,000 1 3 Mission: Impossible III $11,000,000 $103,200,000 3 4 Poseidon $9,200,000 $36,700,000 2 5 RV $5,100,000 $50,400,000 4 6 See No Evil $4,300,000 $4,300,000 1 7 Just My Luck $3,700,000 $10,400,000 2 8 An … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: HOODWINKED

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: The Weinstein Co.MSRP: $29.99RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 81 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary• Featurette• Deleted Scenes The Pitch “It’s Grimm’s Fairy Tales meet Rashomon, with less rape!” The Humans The throats of Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton, Xzibit, Jim Belushi, Andy Dick, and other unanimated humanoids surrounded by countless gigabytes of … Continue reading

THE HOUSE WILL GRIND LATER

Anyone who’s been following our coverage of Grind House (catch up RIGHT HERE!) knows who they can expect to see killing and/or killed by the crazed zombies of Robert Rodriguez’s Project Terror (which the trade is still calling Planet Terror, but we’re pretty sure it’s Project), but the news has finally arrived in an official … Continue reading