This could be considered to contain spoilers for the end of The Good Shepherd, which opens December 22. I don’t think any information in here would ruin the film for you, but I wanted to give the heads up just in case. Robert DeNiro’s The Good Shepherd follows the CIA from its earliest days as … Continue reading
Here’s my pitch for an Apocalypto video game, which also serves as a synopsis of the movie: We begin the game with a training level so you can get used to the controls. You’re country Mayan Jaguar Paw, and you’re hunting tapir in the Central American jungle. You have to run, jump and use ingenuity … Continue reading
There are a lot of galling things in Blood Diamond, the new Africa in crisis movie, but perhaps the most galling is the way the film insists on making a white guy the lead when the whole thing is the black guy’s story. It’s not even a question – if the film has been set … Continue reading
Happy one year anniversary before the release of The Golden Compass, the first film in the projected His Dark Materials trilogy! In honor of this auspicious occasion, New Line has launched a website for the film, which is filled with a bunch of pictures that haven’t been seen anywhere else, including Gyptians, Lee Scoresby and … Continue reading
The Little Miss Sunshine directing team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are the belles of the ball; their “indie” film is a smash hit and headed for award season kudos. So what’s next for them? It could bean adaptation of Tom Perrotta’s upcoming novel, The Abstinence Teacher. Perrotta wrote the book and screenplay for … Continue reading
The full trailer for 300 is upon us, and it still has that great Nine Inch Nails song on it. I think I’m going to end up disappointed when the film doesn’t have a Trent Reznor soundtrack. It’s repetitive but true – I love this stuff. Every bit of footage from this film has worked … Continue reading
During Apocalypto’s midpoint climax, you might get a glimpse into how difficult it is to be Mel Gibson. As decapitated human sacrifices are thrown from a Mayan pyramid in delirious slow motion, one wonders how it’s possible to spiritually reflect on such barbarism when it looks so goddamned great. Extrapolate that into a dichotomy — … Continue reading
When I talked to Frank Darabont a couple of weeks back about The Green Mile special edition DVD, he mentioned that they were starting casting on The Mist. At the time there was a name that had already come up: part time Punisher Thomas Jane. Recently UGO talked to Jane about The Director’s Cut With … Continue reading
Every week there seems to be new Hot Fuzz promo material in my email inbox, and each week I get a little more excited about the film… which is still like three months away. But how can I not get psyched when three new posters come out, which include the likes of the image above? … Continue reading
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