If you frequent our message boards, you may have noticed that things have been wonky for a couple of days – especially if you’re using Internet Explorer as your browser. We also had some database issues with the site, but those have been cleared up; now we’re waiting for the tech types to figure out … Continue reading
“This is madness!” ”THIS… IS… A…COMPETITION!” Coming in a few weeks is Zack Snyder’s take on Frank Miller’s 300 – the epic story of 300 Spartans who stand between Greece and a massive invading army of Persians. Snyder has taken Miller’s imagery and reproduced it onscreen, much like Miller and Robert Rodriguez did with Sin … Continue reading
After the announcement that Shawn “I hate and shit upon the very concept of cinema” Levy would be directing a movie based on The Flash, many comic nerds thought we had reached rock bottom. Oh, how naïve. There’s always worse. Like Joel Schumacher directing a movie based on Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. Don’t worry, it won’t … Continue reading
Who doesn’t love serial killers? And doesn’t everybody adore World’s Fairs? So it stands to reason that putting the two of them together would be a slam dunk. That’s what Erik Larson (no Savage Dragon) did with his nonfiction book The Devil in the White City, which parallels the stories of the architect of the … Continue reading
Oliver Stone did his 9/11 movie and lo, it stunk. I rewatched World Trade Center recently, and then again with Stone’s commentary, and the banality of the whole thing was evident. Stone took a story suited for a TV movie and never figured out how to do anything more with it. In fact, while watching … Continue reading
Is Warwick Davis plotting against Peter Dinklage? Once upon a time if a character in a movie was a dwarf or a halfling or a midget or even just a tiny monster, Davis was the guy who got the call. Now it’s all about Dinklage. Actually, this is not a bad idea for a movie … Continue reading
Rian Johnson’s follow-up to Brick has been slowly percolating behind the scenes. Months ago we learned that Rachel Weisz had signed on to The Brothers Bloom, Johnson’s take on a con man movie. Now there’s finally new casting, and it was worth the wait. Rian emails us from freezing cold Belgrade (it’s not so warm … Continue reading
If you’ve been hanging around these parts for a little while, you’ll remember that I did extensive interviews with Paul Greengrass when he was set to direct an adaptation of Watchmen (way back when it was still set up at Paramount). When that project didn’t happen we stayed in touch and I ended up doing … Continue reading
Sometimes you have to leave a good thing alone. Sometimes once is enough. Sometimes you really can’t go home again. Tell that to Dan Aykroyd, who made an appearance on a country music station and announced that a Ghostbusters III is happening. Despite Ghostbusters II. Aykroyd told the DJ that the new film would be … Continue reading
I told you all, but you wouldn’t listen. You whined about David Goyer on The Flash. You celebrated his departure. And while your backs were turned, Warner Bros was dropping a roofie in your drink so they could assrape you for the next few years. The assraping comes in the form of Shawn Levy being … Continue reading