It’s hard to get up in arms about a remake of The Thing when John Carpenter’s masterpiece was, technically, a remake itself (it’s really more of a re-adaptation of the original source material, Who Goes There?, but I don’t think most people see the distinction when you get down to it). Except for the fact … Continue reading
Daniel Craig came into my roundtable room at the Park Avenue Regency looking quite dashing in a blue suit. The assembled press had just seen Casino Royale the night before, and in that film Craig fully became Bond. But in real life, Craig was still the same guy I had interviewed last year for Layer … Continue reading
I won’t lie to you – I usually don’t like Bond films. I can stomach the older ones because they tend to be campy, but in general I find Bond dull – a collection of clichés and conceits instead of characterization. It isn’t any secret that your hero will always triumph at the end of … Continue reading
I don’t think Bob Odenkirk remembered, but this was the second time I interviewed him about Let’s Go to Prison. The first time was a couple of months ago, when I did a phoner with him and Will Arnett for Mean Magazine (on stands now! It’s the issue with Tenacious D on the cover). What … Continue reading
The trailer for David Fincher’s new film, Zodiac, is on the web. Click here to see it. I would tell you what I thought about this trailer, but after trying to watch it three times and having it turn into a narrated slideshow each time, I gave up. I’ll wait for the Quicktime. I’m on … Continue reading
I don’t know where Garth Franklin gets all his links from. Dark Horizons links to the most obscure corners of the net, which I love – it makes the site one of my daily must-reads. Otherwise how would I ever know that “MyVideoStore.com” is reporting that Paramount is thinking about adapting the new Godfather novels … Continue reading
Peter Weir, who last directed the vastly underrated Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, is getting nautical again with his next film, Shadow Divers. A long in development movie – once rumored to be Ridley Scott’s – it’s based on a book of the same title (with the additional subtitle “The True … Continue reading
I have to upfront with you people – I am no longer impartial when it comes to Dax Shepard. When I interviewed him in the W Hotel in Los Angeles last weekend he told me he liked my beard, which has grown to Old Testament proportions. “Some of my friends don’t like it as much,” … Continue reading
Voldemort, you snake-faced bastard! The first teaser poster for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* has been loosed upon the world (below!), and it makes it look like things are going to be pretty dark for our heroes this time around. Actually, if you’ve read the book you know that things get very, … Continue reading
We haven’t even had Christmas 2006 and already the 2007 holiday movies are strutting their stuff. Thankfully the ’07 Christmas film that’s running a teaser happens to be one I’m actually looking forward to: Fred Claus. It’s about Santa Claus’ brother Fred, played by Vince Vaughn. The teaser is exclusive to MySpace and looks like … Continue reading