Forty five minutes outside of Budapest, the capital of Hungary, sits an abandoned limestone quarry. Deep inside this quarry, hidden behind a giant clockwork door, is a legendary Troll Market, with stalls tucked into every nook and cranny and vendors selling everything from roasted cats to tadpoles to giant wooden replacement limbs. Scurrying about the … Continue reading
I’ve been hearing about this one for a while now, and I guess this means it’s becoming official: Tony Scott is going to be doing a remake of the CHUD Essential Movie The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, about the hijacking of a New York City subway train by none other than Robert Shaw. … Continue reading
Maybe it’s because I’m getting old, or maybe it’s because I’m a big nerd, but after a couple of hours at my friend’s house drinking whiskey last night, I began petitioning to download classic Star Trek episodes from XBox Live. My friend has an HDTV that he’s never used for HD, and my other friend … Continue reading
Flying coach from Los Angeles to Europe is sure to bring out your most primitive instincts. Jammed into the back of a giant airplane with only a few square inches to yourself for almost eleven hours, you become completely aware of every molecule that is in your personal space. Your senses become heightened to the … Continue reading
It seems like I brought some of Ireland home with me. 24 hours after landing at LAX, it’s raining like crazy here in Los Angeles, which is making the transition from a nice, damp climate to an arid desert easier to make. I got damp during the taking of these pictures, as there was an … Continue reading
Before I flew off to Europe last week, I made my way down to the Fox lot to see The Darjeeling Limited, the new Wes Anderson film. I can’t say much about it now (although I will say that India complements Anderson’s visual style perfectly, while also adding a messy and chaotic aspect that he … Continue reading
If you live in New York or Los Angeles the ONLY movie on your radar tonight should be The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. A masterwork by Andrew Dominik, the film is gorgeous and gripping from beginning to end. Jesse James isn’t a film for those who are tempted to see … Continue reading
I never thought I would see Brad Pitt and Darren Aronofsky working together again. Pitt was once going to star in The Fountain – going so far as to grow a big long beard – before dropping out at the last minute, an event that saw the picture get shut down. Aronofsky managed to get … Continue reading
While I was in Budapest for the Hellboy II set visit*, I was talking to some of the Universal publicists about movies we thought should have hit bigger, and one of them was James Gunn’s Slither, a film that’s so good on every single level and yet had a hard time finding an audience in … Continue reading
My plan had been to update daily with pictures of my trip, and then follow that with a travelogue which would be a day or two behind my current adventures; sadly two things conspired to stop that: my hotel in Belfast had an internet blackout while my hotel in Dublin has internet that is too … Continue reading