Devin Faraci

WRECK-TUM

Brad Miska at Bloody Disgusting is reporting two interesting scoops about Cloverfield, the JJ Abrams produced giant monster movie that has been wearing out its welcome online: 1)    The title of the film WAS Monstrous until it hit the web. According to Brad they changed it up when that name became common knowledge. This seems … Continue reading

SCARJO IS FULL OF BRILLIANCE

You know who’s ready for the strike? Scarlett Johansson, that’s who. The actress has the following movies lined up, according to her IMDB profile: The Other Boleyn GirlWoody Allen Spanish ProjectPompeiiHe’s Just Not That Into YouThe SpiritMary Queen of Scots And that’s just what the IMDB knows about. According to MTV Movie Blog, there’s another … Continue reading

THE DEVIN’S ADVOCATE: LOVE TRAIN #4

Holy shit how time flies. It’s the first Tuesday of the month again, which means that I am bringing you the only regularly scheduled feature I have ever been able to pull off (except for that one glorious year of doing The Prognosticator regularly) – the Love Train. This feature was born to counteract the … Continue reading

BRINGING BACK BELLATRIX

With the Harry Potter book series over, I have nothing to look forward to but the final two movie adaptations. And while those are fun, they’re never quite as exciting as a new book. In fact, all I really have to look forward to at this point is that Warner Bros will finally show me … Continue reading

KILLING GETS RIGHTEOUSER

Righteous Kill is a movie I might have gotten excited about if: – Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes, Red Corner) wasn’t directing and– Jeremy hadn’t savaged the script in a recent Crop Report. But both of these things occurred, so the reteaming of Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro fills me only with the standard dread … Continue reading

CASTING ALL HEROES

UPDATED! Skip to the end for a look at the casting sides for Justice League! It looks like the Justice League movie is actually moving ahead in a real way – according to Obsessed With Film, Warner Bros has hired casting agents in Vancouver, Toronto and New York to put together honest to God humans … Continue reading

A LEAK FROM THE SOUTHLAND

When I interviewed Seann William Scott for The Dukes of Hazzard, he had already finished his work on Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales and was wondering when anyone would see the movie. Since then a straight to DVD sequel to Hazzard has come out, but still no Southland Tales. That’s supposedly changing this fall. While you’re … Continue reading

THE DEVIN’S ADVOCATE: HE’S DEAD, JIM

A little while ago my esteemed colleague Jeremy Smith brought you confirmation of what Aint It Cool’s Moriarty discovered about the plot of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek (read it here). Jeremy finds this concept intriguing, but I have to say that it makes me sort of shake my head and say, ‘Why?’ What’s the point … Continue reading