There’s something about Baltimore that really brings out the baldie in Bruce Willis. He filmed 12 Monkeys there, and he went totally bald. Now he’s back in town for Live Free or Die Hard (a title so spectacularly awful that I am coming to really like it), and he’s letting his chrome dome flag fly … Continue reading
I had three opening sentences for this review, and I couldn’t decide between them, so please just use your favorite one: I didn’t think The Guardian was too long and had too many endings until those hobbits started jumping up and down on Kevin Costner’s bed. I was enjoying the new Kevin Costner movie, The … Continue reading
Aint It Cool News* is reporting that Robert Downey Jr has been hired to play Tony Stark, aka the guy inside the Iron Man costume, in Jon Favreau’s movie version of the Marvel comic book. If true (see the previous asterisk), this is a major indicator of where Favreau is going with the film (well, … Continue reading
This film is playing at the 44th New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. It’s the opening night film, and it’s playing Friday, September 29th at 8:15 (Alice Tully Hall) and 9 (Avery Fisher Hall). For information on how to get tickets, click here. Be aware that even if a show is sold out there … Continue reading
Note from Devin: Thanks to Travis, a volunteer at this year’s Fantastic Fest, for taking some time to write up what he’s seen. Many films at Fantastic Fest don’t get wider releases, which means I won’t be seeing them at press screenings, so it’s great to have an early word on some interesting and weird … Continue reading
Congratulations to Guillermo Del Toro and his excellent new film, Pan’s Labyrinth: this morning at the New York Film Festival (Pan is closing the Festival this year) it was announced that Pan was Mexico’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. I talked to Guillermo this weekend about just such an eventuality, specifically because … Continue reading
Let’s get this out of the way – I have no clue what the fuck anyone in the new trailer for Park Chanwook’s next film, I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK, is saying. At all. But who cares when the movie looks so gorgeous, with powerful colors just popping out and traditional South Korean ragtime … Continue reading
Stealth was the flop that sort of embodied Sony’s bad 2005. It seemed like the glossy, vacuous style that director Rob Cohen had perfected in The Fast and the Furious and xXx had finally failed, and many wondered if Cohen, not exactly a visionary, would just fade away. Not so fast! He’s back with a … Continue reading
I pity the poor actor who gets notes from Tony Jaa on set. I’ve seen directors yelling at the cast before, but I’ve never seen them get pummeled in a rain of fists, elbows and knees – Tony Jaa’s specialty. The diminutive Thai actor, recently the star of the nigh-upon-unwatchable The Protector, is moving to … Continue reading
I finally broke down and bought The Golden Compass, the first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. First of all, this is a kid’s book series? I can’t imagine what kind of pale, boring, morose kids must dig this – these must be the kids who watched CSPAN instead of Teletubbies. … Continue reading