There is a very specific joy about McG’s new film, We Are Marshall – seeing Ian McShane and David Straitharn sharing scenes together. The film is based on the true story of a 1971 plane crash that killed the entire Marshall University football team and coaching staff, as well as many prominent fans and citizens … Continue reading
When you visit a movie set you hear all kinds of stuff from the people involved. Often they seem to have an idea of what the movie will be that bears no relation to the real film that gets released in theaters. When I was on the set of Michael Bay’ Transformers I heard that … Continue reading
Bob Lee Swagger, what did they do to you? Swagger is the hero of Stephen Hunter’s excellent action novel Point of Impact, which has been adapted into the movie Shooter, starring Mark Wahlberg. In the book Swagger is a Southern boy from Arkansas – and this isn’t just a detail. It’s integral to who Swagger … Continue reading
Over the last couple of weeks I have been seeing as many movies as possible – first because I needed to be up to speed for voting in the New York Film Critics Online awards, but also because I wanted to be able to have a decent Top Fifteen at the end of the year. … Continue reading
2006 was an amazing year because it saw three geniuses from Mexico at the top of their moviemaking game, all releasing films within months of each other. And they’re all good friends. The trio is, of course, Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth), Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) and Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel). They’ve been buddies … Continue reading
We recently showed you the international teaser poster for Eli Roth’s Hostel: Part II, which consisted of a giant close-up of nasty, nasty meat. The full size image made me more than just a little queasy, but I figured I would only have to deal with it on a computer screen – after all, there … Continue reading
Remember when I told you that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was great and then you missed it in theaters and caught in on DVD and realized I was right? Remember when the same thing happened with Brick? And Slither? Don’t let it happen with Children of Men. Do yourself a favor and make sure you … Continue reading
It’s taken years, but Robert Rodriguez is finally getting his Madman movie. The filmmaker has been lusting after Michael Allred’s comic book character for at least as long as I’ve been writing pithy news stories on the internet and now Dimension Films has made the deal to turn him into a live-action character. But Rodriguez … Continue reading
McG is like a salesman, and his product is the New McG. “I selected this picture because I want to grow as a filmmaker,” he says at the New York City press junket for We Are Marshall. Later he says, “I want to continue to grow. Before Clint could do Mystic River he had to … Continue reading