Dave Davis

DAILY GRABOID 10.25.05

I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading

THE WEINSTEINS KNOW KUNG FU

We already learned valuable economics lessons at hero school with the X-Men movies and Disney’s minor hit Sky High, but it must be time to focus on the martial arts curriculum.  Sure, Asian films have already thoroughly covered such territory with Volcano High and My Schoolmate the Barbarian and others, but now the Weinsteins want in on … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: ELEVEN FOURTEEN

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: New LineMSRP: $19.99RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 86 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary• Featurette• Deleted Scenes The Pitch “It’s Crash without the self-importance!” The Humans Hilary Swank (The Core, Sometimes They Come Back… Again), Henry Thomas (ET, Hijacking Hollywood), Patrick Swayze (Black Dog, Uncommon Valor), Rachael Leigh Cook (Antitrust, The Big Empty), Shawn … Continue reading

THOR’S COMIC COLUMN

First Look: Writer Brian Azzarello Brings a Noir Sensibility to the Western in “Loveless” By Sean Fahey As genres go, the Western is more versatile than most people give it credit.  It’s more about themes than conventions.  Renewal.  Independence.  A frontier where you can reinvent yourself and escape your past.  Makes no difference whether that … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 10.24.05

I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Doom $15,300,000 $15,300,000 1 2 Dreamer $9,300,000 $9,300,000 1 3 Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit $8,700,000 $44,000,000 3 4 The Fog $7,300,000 $21,500,000 2 5 North Country $6,400,000 $6,400,000 1 6 Elizabethtown $5,700,000 $18,900,000 2 7 Flightplan $4,700,000 $77,200,000 5 8 In Her Shoes $3,900,000 … Continue reading

HITMAN TARGETS A WRITER

Just yesterday I talked about The Rock venturing from films to the videogame industry, while today we’ll talk about Vin Diesel going in the opposite direction, converting polygons to motion pictures. We heard a few months back that Diesel would label his melon with the barcode of Hitman, based on the multimillion-selling game franchise.  And now … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 10.21.05

I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading

THE ROCK GETS RELEASED FROM THE ZOO

Charisma machine The Rock is still looking for that cinematic smash in his post-grappling career, and while The Rundown got the most checkmarks on the quality scoresheet, it didn’t light up the box office for some reason.  Doom may have sufficient guns and monsters to bust open the vault door, and Southland Tales will probably … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 10.20.05

I’ve started fresh with the Graboid, going for a more polished and tougher perspective. If you get them from now on it’ll be because you’re an astute fan of movies. I’m not going to make it easy and it’s going to be from something I either like or find it fun to put on the … Continue reading