This news item is mostly for those who have read the Harry Potter books – if you’re just following the movies you’ll find some pretty large spoilers to come. You’ve been warned.Harry Potter villain Jason Isaacs recently talked to SciFi Wire about how glad he was to have more to do in the fifth film, … Continue reading
Charlie Kaufman, the writer of films like Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Adaptation, is making the plunge into directing with Synecdoche, New York, which is about a theater director/playwright who tries to put on a play inside a life size model of New York City inside a warehouse. Yup, sounds … Continue reading
Special Topics in Calamity Physics is a book I have been jonesing to read, but I have not been sold on the idea of buying it in hardcover. And now I feel like I’ve waited long enough that the trade will be out soon enough. If I wait a little while longer, I may be … Continue reading
It seems like it was just four news items ago that Dan reported to you that Mamma Mia!, the musical that uses 22 ABBA songs and has grossed well over a billion dollars on stages all over the globe, is being made into a movie. How time flies, because here I am with more information … Continue reading
Do you live in LA or the LA area? Do you like free movies? Would you like to go to a free screening of Platinum Dunes’ and Rogue’s remake of The Hitcher, starring Sophia Bush and Sean Bean? Well, you’re in luck – we’re giving away five pairs of tickets to just such a thing. … Continue reading
JJ Abrams has a vision for his new Star Trek film. It’s a vision of a movie that isn’t just for the Star Trek nerds. As you know by now, Abrams, the creator of Alias and Lost and the director of the tepid Mission: Impossible III, has been brought on board by Paramount as a … Continue reading
Every time I think Zyzzyx Road is over, it pulls me back in. The latest iteration of Zyzzyx Fever can probably best be called Zyzzyx vs Zzyzx. As Leo Grillo mentioned in our interview, when he was working on his fated to earn 30 bucks movie, Zyzzyx Road, another film with a similar title – … Continue reading
If you thought that the brouhaha between Peter Jackson and New Line was weird – the two parties are enmeshed in a lawsuit, Jackson claims that the studio wanted to include him directing The Hobbit as part of the suit, Jackson got very public about it – it just got weirder. And maybe angrier. Bob … Continue reading
Every year has its share of fads. In the past there has been goldfish swallowing, phone booth stuffing, pole sitting, hula hooping, and every couple of years, cocaine. In 2006 it was cocaine again. But another fad was suing Sacha Baron Cohen and Fox over being “fooled” into being racist, sexist or just dumb-looking in … Continue reading
It’s easy to compartmentalize foreign films into certain types – after all, we only see a handful of the movies made for and released in foreign countries every year. As a result, the most knowledge most people have of Thai cinema is Tony Jaa – which isn’t technically a bad thing, but is obviously not … Continue reading