The Coppola clan is well represented in Marie Antoinette: director Sofia hired her brother Roman to shoot second unit, and she brought in her cousin Jason Schwartzman, son of Francis Ford Coppola’s sister Talia Shire, to play Louis XVI, doomed King of France. In the film Schwartzman has to act like he’s incapable of or … Continue reading
I figured out the ending of The Prestige about halfway through the movie. I don’t tend to be the brightest guy when it comes to solving cinematic puzzles like this, so this probably means that either the film is incredibly obvious or that it just plays extremely fair, giving real clues and not pulling the … Continue reading
Things are getting serious with North Korea. They detonated a nuclear device last week and are threatening to detonate another one. Kim Jong Il believes the world has declared war on his country. Condi Rice has flown to Seoul in a last-ditch attempt to broker some sort of understanding. But how bad is the situation, … Continue reading
When Christopher Nolan said that he wanted to base The Dark Knight’s Joker more on the villain’s early appearances, he wasn’t kidding. It turns out the guy who co-created the Joker may be working on the movie. Daniel Robert Epstein was taking the rings off patient’s fingers at a nursing home when he ran into … Continue reading
In a lot of ways Steven Soderbergh’s new WWII movie The Good German is the quantum mystery in this Oscar season – no one has seen it yet, and so, like Schrodinger’s cat, it remains a contender and not at the same time. Now the box is beginning to really open; first we had that … Continue reading
Sadly, I did not get to see Guillermo del Toro while he was in town for the New York Film Festival, which featured Pan’s Labyrinth as the closing night film. He was just too busy, and by the time he got to the party for his movie on Sunday night he was exhausted. While I … Continue reading
Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton share a child but not a home. They apparently live in two houses, side by side, with each decorating their own place to their own taste. They do seem to share one career more and more, though – Burton has just cast her in the female lead in his … Continue reading
I used to be on Warren Ellis’ email list, but I had to get off of it when it became apparent that this man was going to send me more messages than any group of Nigerians combined. The guy has a mania for keeping in touch with his fans – what was his life like … Continue reading
He’s been a mutated hobbit. He’s been a giant, angry and lovelorn ape. And now he’s the assistant to the man who may have been the greatest scientific genius in history. In The Prestige Andy Serkis gets out from behind the pixels and plays a flesh and blood character: Mr. Alley, the man you have … Continue reading
The world of internet journalism is populated with morons and dipshits. There are some really great people out there doing really fantastic, smart work, but for every one of these people – for every late, lamented Mr Beaks or Stu at thereeler.com or Ed Douglas at Coming Soon or the whole gang at Cinematical – … Continue reading