My brother is pretty bummed out about the whole thing with The Flash, where Shawn Levy has somehow gotten to be the director of the film version of his favorite comic book character. Maybe he can take some comfort in knowing that a decent actor – Ian McShane in this case – is attached to … Continue reading
The LA Times is ending months of fan speculation and tension by reporting that the Sci Fi Channel will pick up Battlestar Galactica for a fourth season – but one only 13 episodes long. The show, which is completely fucking great but also the most expensive on the otherwise useless channel, has been hard hit … Continue reading
There’s a David Mamet TV show on the air and it isn’t a huge hit. I just wanted to get that out there, because it sort of baffles me. It baffles me because I know that the news I am about to report will be met with excitement by many people, and yet Mamet’s The … Continue reading
My review of Wolfgang Petersen’s Troy is lost somewhere in the archives from before our last make-over, but I was generally favorable to it. I don’t hate the movie as much as some people do, although I would never say that it’s a great film. It’s already a long movie, but not long enough, I … Continue reading
It’s been a tough start for the fledgling Weinstein Company. The Bros W made their mark at Miramax where they came in from under the radar and rewrote not just the rules of the indie world but of Oscar campaigning. When they left the company they created, they brought with them high expectations – none … Continue reading
I expend a lot of pixels singing the praises of people like Judd Apatow and Adam McKay, but one of the funniest and ballsiest people in the business often goes under the radar. I’m talking about the genius of Larry Charles, who has been instrumental in things ranging from Curb Your Enthusiasm to Entourage to … Continue reading
If you suffer from epilepsy, it’s best that you bow out now. Read any further and you might be tempted to click on the link below, which is like a one-way ticket to a grand mal. If you don’t think you have epilepsy, you may be about to find out the truth. I know that … Continue reading
Robert DeNiro brought his latest directorial effort, The Good Shepherd, to Berlinale, where it’s in competition for the Golden Bear. The movie was very enthusiastically received apparently, and in the press conference afterwards, DeNiro expanded on his ambition for follow-up movies. "I’d love to do a second part, from 1961 when the Berlin Wall went … Continue reading
Here’s one movie where I’m sort of praying to be swallowed by Development Hell: 300 producer Gianni Nunnari has hired Sylvain White to direct an adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel Ronin. Ronin is not about car chases – rather it’s set in a near future dystopian New York where a masterless samurai from feudal … Continue reading
Now that astronauts on the run are in the news, the time is truly ripe for a remake of Peter Hyams’ Capricorn One, a movie that sort of swept up after the wave of paranoid thrillers of the 70s. In the film a group of astronauts are about to go to Mars when, oops!, they … Continue reading