“Why is this day different from all others?” is a question every Jewish family hears at the Passover seder. “Why is this biopic different from all others?” is a question that no one seems to hear in Hollywood. Factory Girl is the latest in a string of disposable and interchangeable biopics about people whose lives … Continue reading
I don’t know what this site would be today without Smilin’ Jack Ruby. Working the screening and junket circuit in LA, he helped the site straddle the line between fanboyism and professionalism, and many of the contacts I have today in the film business started with him. Without his lead, I don’t know if I … Continue reading
Now I have a new date I must survive until – July 21, 2007. That’s the day when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is released into stores – the seventh and final Harry Potter novel. Thankfully this is a week before San Diego Comic Con – you try getting a Harry Potter book in … Continue reading
There’s not been much news on the Wonder Woman front for some time now. There was a flurry of excitement when it was announced that fanboy fave Joss Whedon would be writing and directing the movie version of comic books’ most famous Amazonian dominatrix, but that was almost two years ago. Since then, besides occasional … Continue reading
Nothing says modern America like casting Robin Hood as the bad guy. After all, he is stealing, right? This is Bush’s America, and you only are allowed to steal if you’re a higher up in a political party, not if you’re just some ponce running around in Sherwood Schwartz Forest. So Ethan Reiff and Cyrus … Continue reading
“You want to take this outside?” Frank Miller says to me. Dinner’s over, and so is the visit to the set of 300. The visiting journalists have been taken to dinner at a French place a couple of frozen, icy blocks away from the hotel*, and we were joined by the producers and Frank Miller. … Continue reading
I see all group social interaction through the lens of high school cliques and structures. I don’t think this is all that off-base a way to look at the world, since I don’t think many of us ever really make it past high school – either our best days were there or we still bear … Continue reading
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle was a pretty good little movie, despite many claims otherwise. It’s not a work of great art, and it’s not the best film in the doped up minorities genre (although how could it be, with Cheech & Chong basically owning that field?), and it’s a little tamer than … Continue reading
First those Aint It Cool News bastards get a long cut of Knocked Up, the new Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen comedy, for their Butt-Numb-A-Thon. Now they have three exclusive poster premieres – two domestic and one international. I am so jealous!It’s no secret that I worship at the altar of Apatow – from Freaks and Geeks … Continue reading
How do you make a sequel to a movie where almost every main character is killed off in the end? (SPOILERS!!!!) That’s the dilemma facing William Monahan, who has been quietly toying with a sequel to the smash hit Martin Scorsese crime film The Departed. The Departed is based on the Hong Kong movie Infernal … Continue reading