This past weekend I had a chance to see Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain again. When I first saw the film in a small private screening at the Warner Bros offices before the summer, I was awestruck. The film moved me emotionally and stirred me intellectually and filled me with huge philosophical ideas about life, death … Continue reading
There’s a brand new DVD of Reservoir Dogs on shelves, the 15th anniversary edition. Jesus, has it really been 15 years? Well, technically, no – it’s been 14 years since the movie came out, but when you are dying to rerelease a DVD in a case shaped like a gas can, nothing as paltry as … Continue reading
The Ben Affleck Rehabilitation Project is underway! And this time it’s not about substance abuse – it’s all about getting that career back on track. The first step was choosing decent films and not always insisting on being the lead, and it went well: Affleck got many kudos – and a Venice Film Festival award! … Continue reading
Great moments in junket history #2743: Eva Green, star of Casino Royale, turns to Ed Douglas from Coming Soon and says, “You’re kind of a pervert, aren’t you?” She’s beautiful, she’s sassy and The Dreamers proved that there’s no aspect of her body she won’t let us look at. She’s also quite good in Casino … Continue reading
Rank Title Weekend Gross Total Gross Weeks in Release 1 Borat $29,000,000 $67,840,000 2 2 Santa Clause 3 $16,893,000 $41,052,000 2 3 Flushed Away $16,710,000 $39,931,000 2 4 Stranger Than Fiction $14,100,000 $14,100,000 1 5 Saw III $6,600,000 $69,879,000 3 6 Babel $5,651,000 $7,488,000 3 7 The Departed $5,240,000 $109,778,000 6 8 The Return $4,776,000 … Continue reading
I’m not going to waste much of your time other than to say that this looks incredible: The trailer for Spider-Man 3!!!
Zack Snyder’s been taking some footage from his new film, Frank Miller’s 300, around to journalists and wowing them (I see the footage next week). He’s also been talking up his next project – Watchmen. It seems that Snyder and his screenwriter Alex Tse have cracked the graphic novel in their own way. He told … Continue reading
I’ve been reading Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy in a big hardcover omnibus, and the guy makes me want to quit writing. Some writers tell great stories. Some writers create luminous, eternal characters. Some writers use language with beautiful, vivid grace. McCarthy does all three. These qualities make McCarthy’s novels perfect for big screen – Billy … Continue reading
Frank Darabont’s career has been closely associated with Stephen King – his first two directorial efforts, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile (coming next week on a 2 disc DVD you can buy here), were King adaptations. After a go-round with Jim Carrey in The Majestic, Darabont is returning to King territory with a … Continue reading
Barbara Broccoli, producer of Casino Royale, the 21st James Bond movie, put a reassuring hand on my shoulder and told me to just forget about continuity when it came to her franchise. That said, she does view this film, which is essentially Bond’s origin story (we even see him get his double oh status in … Continue reading