Every time I interview someone who was in The State, the seminal sketch comedy group that had a classic show on MTV, I ask them about the supposedly impending DVD release of the series. This has been going on for a long time now, and every time I get the same answer: “They’re on the … Continue reading
In the last 24 hours two internet-generated news stories have proven what’s wrong with the way we all do business. First it was Frosty’s story on Collider.com about the color of the Hulk in the soon to be filming sequel – he said that Avi Arad let it leak that the Hulk would be grey. … Continue reading
Quint at Aint It Cool has received a picture that is claimed to be a make-up test for the Joker in The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins. I don’t know if this picture is the real deal or not – it doesn’t even look that much like Heath Ledger to me – but … Continue reading
Over the last few years documentaries have found a small amount of mainstream acceptance, part of which comes from the fact that documentary filmmakers have been approaching their movies as entertaining narratives and not dry educational lectures. I keep seeing docs that I think would make for great narrative features (the latest was Crazy Love, … Continue reading
James Cameron’s 3D space war epic, Avatar, is currently scheduled for a Memorial Day 2009 release. The distance between now and then isn’t only important for Cameron to actually make the damn thing, but for enough theaters to be equipped with the kind of 3D display technology needed to actually show it. There are about … Continue reading
When the Incredible Hulk made his first appearance in a Marvel comic, he was grey. That look was quickly ditched and by the second issue of his title he was green, and everybody pretended that the Hulk had always been that color. But with the world of comic books being endlessly self-referential, like a four … Continue reading
The title of this article is a real plea for understanding. I need to know what the fuck is wrong with Box Office Mojo’s Scott Holleran, because if it turns out that someone once stuck their dick so far into his ear that he suffered massive brain damage, I’ll lay off him. But if the … Continue reading
If you’re a movie fan worth your salt, you’re excited about The Brothers Bloom, Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his fantastic debut film, Brick. The Brothers Bloom is a con man movie about two brothers, one of whom wants out of the life, and Johnson has assembled an amazing cast so far: Adrien Brody and Mark … Continue reading
As Simon and Edgar mention in this interview, most press junkets happen in some non-descript hotel conference room. The New York leg of the Hot Fuzz tour (which would take the three geniuses behind Shaun of the Dead to a bunch of American cities where they’d show their new movie and do consistently entertaining Q&As) … Continue reading
Nimrod Antal’s first film, Kontroll, was one of the better movies I saw in 2005 (read my original review right here). Set in the strange world of subway ticket inspectors in Budapest, it was a movie that announced Antal as a major talent. After that film Antal, who was born in the US but had … Continue reading