Before it even officially made it over here, cruelty master Park Chan-Wook’s Lady Vengeance (formerly Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) still made the Best of 2005 lists of Devin (HERE), Russ (HERE) and myself (HERE), because we’re the wily sorts, and prone to cheating. Our friends at Tartan are bringing the tragic tale stateside, and it’ll probably … 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
I guess comic books are still a dependable source for movie material, but studios must now be sifting through the cheapie bins looking for hidden gems. "Hey, what’s this stuck between Bloodpool and D.P.7? Power & Glory? Never heard of it! Looks good, here’s my quarter!" New Line has rescued Howard Chaykin’s comic Power & … Continue reading
Blue Beetle is dead, long live the Blue Beetle! By Graig Kent Ted Kord was like a beloved uncled to me. A goofy beloved uncle who’d stop by from time to time, make me smile and be on his way. Ted knew how to make me smile… he knew how to make everyone smile. Though … 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
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Ice Age: The Meltdown $70,500,000 $70,500,000 1 2 Inside Man $15,600,000 $52,700,000 2 3 ATL $12,500,000 $12,500,000 1 4 Failure to Launch $6,600,000 $73,200,000 4 5 V for Vendetta $6,400,000 $56,800,000 3 6 Stay Alive $4,500,000 $17,300,000 2 7 She’s the Man $4,500,000 $26,700,000 3 8 Slither … Continue reading
I’m about as interested in a live-action Underdog movie as I am in being the owner of randomly imploding molars, but at least a decent actor will wring his hands as diminutive villain Simon Barsinister, whose name is probably the only entertaining aspect of the whole thing. Disney has pocketed Peter Dinklage for the pernicious part … 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
Using some of the mad cash stacks they made from licensing Star Wars and Alien vs. Predator, Dark Horse Comics is knuckling their way through Hollywood with a handful of self-funded indie films, including a new crime thriller called Splinter. The story involves a Latino LA gangbanger with a bullet lodged in his cabeza which, … Continue reading
Along with the original Battle Royale getting a domestic release, the list of things I’d never expect to see coming to our shores would probably include Spanish writer-director-actor Santiago Segura’s sexist cop series Torrente. But New Line got out the Sharpie and scratched that right the hell off the list. Si, hermanos y hermanas: they’re … Continue reading