BREAKING! Multiple bits of Hot Fuzz news! Mr. Edgar Wright has sent us an email* containing an invitation for all the goodly Londoners out there: Myself, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will be signing copies of the Hot Fuzz soundtrack on Wednesday 28th February at 17.30 in the Virgin Megastores Picadilly London. All welcome.Hardly hardhitting … Continue reading
No matter what happened at the Oscars this year, Children of Men was one of the very best movies of 2006 – hell of the last decade. And fuck you if you disagree. One of the things that makes the film so damn great is how immersive the world is, and that’s partially achieved through … Continue reading
David Fincher’s Zodiac is a masterpiece, a truly great movie that is setting 2007 off on as strong a footing as any film in memory. Part of the movie’s greatness comes from two amazing performances – Robert Downey Jr’s portrayal of San Francisco Chronicle reporter Paul Avery and Mark Ruffalo as detective Dave Toschi. Toschi … Continue reading
It’s William Monahan Day in the trades, it seems – not only has the shaggy writer and recent Oscar winner for The Departed just signed on to his next film with Martin Scorsese, he’s also inked himself into a film with Leonardo DiCaprio. Looks like somebody’s about to install an herbal Jacuzzi at his new … Continue reading
Walking out of the office yesterday I saw the above poster on the side of a phone kiosk. Then I went home and suffered through another episode of Heroes, and the commercial embedded below came on. The official Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer advertising campaign has begun! Most interesting from the commercial – … Continue reading
Fresh off their wins at the Academy Awards last night, Martin Scorsese and William Monahan have reteamed to jam on The Long Play – a movie that spans forty years of popular music history. The movie started with Mick Jagger’s Jagged Pictures, based on an idea by the pillow-lipped street fightin’ man himself. The Long … Continue reading
If you’ve ever looked at Lena Headey’s ass and said, ‘I could eat a meal off that,’ you are very much in luck today, my friend. We’re giving away another round of 300 goodies, including a set of four collectable 300 plates, perfect for the nights you’re dining in hell. 300 opens next week and … Continue reading
Here’s the new entertainment journalist sport – trick an actor into revealing more about an upcoming movie than they should. It’s called Dunsting, and Aaron Eckhart hath been Dunsted, at least a little. MTV News caught up with Eckhart at the Independent Spirit Awards (this year’s motto: “Throwing Away All Our Credibility With a Bunch … Continue reading
The official announcement of JJ Abrams as the director of the Star Trek prequel would bring a flurry of more news, I predicted over the weekend. If IGN’s scoopers are correct, my prediction could be about to come true – the site claims to have the names of the five front runners for roles in … Continue reading
Southerners make the best storytellers. Craig Brewer is one of those storytellers. This interview happened in an office in Midtown Manhattan on one of the coldest days of the year, but the feeling was like sitting on a front porch in the Southern summer heat, drinking beers. Black Snake Moan is Brewer’s third film. His … Continue reading