Dave Davis

DVD REVIEW: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Bros.MSRP: $30.97RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 115 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Featurettes• Interactive games Aside from updating archaic special effects with state-of-the-art sizzle, there’s always the question of what else a filmmaker can add to a remake that didn’t exist the first time around. If you’re Tim Burton, you bring… father issues. … Continue reading

ANAKIN’S POKER FACE

I remember Hayden Christensen recently implying he was considering retiring from the Hollywood machine. I suppose if I watched myself in the prequels I’d probably contemplate it too, but handing me a small paper rectangle with several digits printed on it would likely assuage my misgivings.  In fact, Christensen is reuniting with fellow ex-Jedi Sam … Continue reading

THOR’S COMIC COLUMN

“What Were They Thinking?” Indeed, Writers Keith Giffen and Mike Leib Have Fun Dubbing Over an Old World War II War Comic By Sean Fahey Take an old Wally Wood war comic from the 1950’s and add a healthy serving of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” (as dubbed by writer Keith Giffen) and this is what … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 11.7.05

Every single day of the week, a new Graboid 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 as obscure as obscure gets.  So read the news, read the reviews, … Continue reading

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Chicken Little $40,100,000 $40,100,000 1 2 Jarhead $28,700,000 $28,700,000 1 3 Saw II $17,200,000 $60,500,000 2 4 Legend of Zorro $10,000,000 $30,300,000 2 5 Prime $5,200,000 $13,500,000 2 6 Dreamer $4,800,000 $23,800,000 3 7 Good Night and Good Luck $3,100,000 $11,000,000 5 8 The Weather Man $2,900,000 … Continue reading

HELLBOY — THE CARTOON?

Pamcakes! We’d heard a few random rumors that the large red-skinned demon known as Hellboy might continue his monster-fighting exploits in animated form, but apparently it was a lot closer to fact than we realized. An illustration by comic book and concept artist Sean Galloway recently popped up online, along with an explanation as to what to … Continue reading

A FRESH BUNCH OF WILD

Y’know, I’m beyond getting exasperated about Hollywood’s insistence on remakes.  They’re just gonna keep doing them, and they’ll almost never be as good as the originals, which we can always throw in the DVD player anyway.  Besides, to be honest, I’ve got a few ideas of my own for several remakes… So when I hear … Continue reading

TRAILER: MUNICH

Just the other day Devin pondered if Steven Spielberg’s hurried production Munich would make its intended release date of December 23rd (not to mention get completed in time for various award contention), but the date emblazoned on the official site assures us that’s when we’re gonna get it. The trailer certainly seems like one for … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 11.4.05

Every single day of the week, a new Graboid 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 as obscure as obscure gets.  So read the news, read the reviews, … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 11.3.05

Every single day of the week, a new Graboid 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 as obscure as obscure gets.  So read the news, read the reviews, … Continue reading