John Carpenter’s The Thing has been the subject of lots of talk for the last few years – remakes and sequels have been discussed, and they actually made a video game for the film. Nothing has come to pass… yet. And yes, that’s supposed to be an ominous pause right there. The latest word in … Continue reading
I did not see Tony Jaa’s film Tom Yum Goong in its original form, but there was no way to miss the bleeding gashes inflicted on the movie by the Weinstein Company as they turned it into The Protector. The film is often completely incoherent, with characters dropping in and out of the story at … Continue reading
This contains spoilers for the finale of Battlestar season 2. Don’t read it if you haven’t seen all the episodes. I feel like an alcoholic who swallowed a little bit of mouth wash. I thought that I was handling the long hiatus between seasons of Battlestar Galactica quite well, even after all the hubbub at … Continue reading
Last year I had dinner with Frank Miller. It was an interesting experience, and will one day make for a good page or two in my memoirs. Frank was funny, and nice, and vocal about being more hawkish than Donald Rumsfeld. He also threatened to fight me when I said I saw the influence of … Continue reading
Here’s a personal note to Russ Lucas, who’s heading up to the Toronto Film Festival but couldn’t get tickets to Werner Herzog’s Rescue Dawn: You probably won’t be the only guy missing it, buddy. There was a rumor floating around over the weekend that has been getting more and more solidified that the film will … Continue reading
It turns out that this year’s most interesting Superman movie has the Man of Steel’s brains painting the walls of his Los Angeles bedroom. Hollywoodland, once known by the far superior title Truth, Justice and the American Way before Warner Bros shit their red underoos, tells the story of the rise and death of 1950s … Continue reading
I’m willing to bet that David Slade never had an awkward silence in his life. The guy can TALK, and talk he does on the new video “webisodes” about the pre-production of his Vampire$ vs Northern Exposure film, 30 Days of Night. Slade is, of course, the director of kiddie rape/revenge picture Hard Candy. His … Continue reading
Last week I told you about The Battle in Seattle, a movie that sounds like it would be about boxing but is in fact about the 1999 anti-WTO protests in Starbucks City. Charlize Theron was the first name attached to the film, which makes some sense, as her boyfriend Stuart Townsend is writing and directing. … Continue reading
Growing up, I never realized that the Godzilla I watched on Saturday afternoon TV – the black and white original film – wasn’t the same movie Japanese audiences had seen. The Japanese film Gojira had been recut for American audiences, and Raymond Burr had been inserted into the action to give us gaijin someone to … Continue reading
Darren Aronofsky’s masterpiece, The Fountain, made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival to a truly baffling reception – it got boos. Who were the morons in attendance who booed this amazing work? Look, I’ll give leeway for personal taste and admit that The Fountain may not be for everyone, but to boo it? … Continue reading