Last night’s episode of Lost threw down the gauntlet for all of American television, daring other shows to shake up their status quo in as major and exciting way as they did. But coming a couple of days after the finale of Heroes – a finale that even the show’s zombified fans must see as … Continue reading
Towards the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Captain Barbossa cackles something to the effect of ‘I know the real secret to immortality, me mateys!’ (or something similarly salty dog). Could the secret be ‘Get involved in a seemingly endless series of Disney blockbusters’? Because as POTC: AWE comes to its credits, … Continue reading
I am annoyed by the condescending attitude most of the good reviews of Night Watch had. The writers were not, I felt, judging the film on its own terms but in light of it being made in backwards Russia. The whole thing had a quality of cheering loudly for the kid coming in second at … Continue reading
Before my one on one with William Friedkin began, I was given a warning. ‘Ask intelligent questions,’ I was told. ‘He doesn’t suffer fools lightly.’ That was good news – I hate nothing more than lobbing stock ‘How did you get involved in this project?’ questions at real talents. And William Friedkin is a real … Continue reading
In a rare moment of getting it right, Dino De Laurentiis has hired Robert Rodriguez to direct the remake of the Jane Fonda fever dream of sexuality, Barbarella. Starting with the obvious caveat that no version of the French comic book that is made today can match Roger Vadim’s continental swinger movie from 1968, Rodriguez … Continue reading
As Heroes prepares to complete their horrible rip-off of Watchmen in tonight’s season finale, Aint It Cool News has broken three very big rumors in regard to casting in Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ classic comic book. According to the site’s scooper, Keanu Reeves is being offered the role of Dr. … Continue reading
Just as suddenly as it appeared, IBelieveInHarveyDentToo.com seems to have disappeared, leaving behind just a black page with “Page Not Found.” But if you highlight the entire page you’ll see a long series of ‘Hahahaha’s – and a hidden message Secreted amidst the ha ha has is “See You In December” – possibly referring to … Continue reading
The Indiana Jones IV information keeps rolling in (read last night’s revelation of Shia LaBeouf’s character and the film’s plotline here), thanks to ‘Belloq.’ Our idol-theiving source confirms rumblings I’ve heard from other quarters (and frankly, from common sense): Karen Allen will be reprising the role of Marion Ravenwood in Indiana Jones IV, and she’s … Continue reading
Horror comedies are tricky beasts, and it’s the rare one that’s successful as both comedy and horror film. Severance is one of those. A busload of employees of arms manufacturer Palisade are on a tour of Eastern Europe, selling their wares. At one point they head to a mountain top retreat in some post-Soviet, post-local … Continue reading
Wong Kar Wai. David Cronenberg. Atom Egoyan. Jane Campion. Roman Polanski. Takeshi Kitano. Gus Van Sant. These are some of the people who took the stage at a press conference in Cannes this weekend; all had made one of 33 three minute long ‘Chacun Son Cinema’ (To Each His Own Cinema, Indiewire helpfully decodes) films … Continue reading