Dave Davis

CATCHING THE DEVIL

The devil hasn’t had an easy time in movies. He’s either trapped in a green tube underneath a church, or forced to wear the skin of people like Gabriel Byrne or Al Pacino or Peter Stormare (or Elizabeth Hurley, which is better), or stuck in a car chasing James Brolin, and he almost always winds … Continue reading

A SIGN OF THE APOCALYPTO

We’ll have to wait a few months longer to witness the dusty lost culture of the Mayans. Apocalypto, the upcoming film from hunky actor turned crazy bearded filmmaker Mel Gibson, is one of the first major releases to shift its release date. Originally slated for an August release, the Disney movie will now sacrifice humans … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 4.17.06

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

CONTEST: NATURAL CITY DVD

We’re continuing our ongoing devotion to all things Tartan (catch up with our reviews HERE!) with another contest, this time for the snazzy Blade Runner-ish futuristic flick Natural City. It’s got super-powered cyborg killing machines literally dismantling human soldiers using high-tech weapons and insane martial arts. You know you wanna see it. The official synopsis: … Continue reading

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Scary Movie 4 $41,000,000 $41,000,000 1 2 Ice Age: The Meltdown $20,000,000 $147,100,000 3 3 The Benchwarmers $10,000,000 $35,900,000 2 4 The Wild $9,500,000 $9,500,000 1 5 Take the Lead $6,700,000 $22,500,000 2 6 Inside Man $6,200,000 $75,200,000 4 7 Lucky Number Slevin $4,600,000 $14,100,000 2 8 … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 4.14.06

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 POWER OF SHAZAM COMPELS HIM

The Longest Yard director Peter Segal, whose Sandleriffic career also includes 50 First Dates and Anger Management has been handed the unenviable task of trying to make Shazam into an interesting modern motion picture for New Line. The story involves dorky teenager Billy Batson, who meets an ancient wizard/pedophile and is granted the superpowers and … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 4.13.06

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

HOT FUZZ GOES ROGUE

Outstanding news! The Shaun of the Dead guys just started filming their follow-up Hot Fuzz, but they’ve already got their domestic distribution sorted. And who better than the folks who handled Shaun? Yep, Rogue Pictures (the genre arm of Focus Features, itself a subsection of Universal) will bring the Brit flick to the US as … Continue reading

MORE TENTACLES!

Take a moment and think of all the movies that could be improved by the inclusion of tentacles. Hell, I’d even tolerate another Big Momma’s House sequel if it featured random victims being invaded by slimy hidden appendages (I mean, these people are already in a Martin Lawrence fat-suit movie, so any further humiliation seems … Continue reading