I didn’t bother running this story earlier because I just didn’t care, but boy, you guys do. I’ve gotten this one submitted a zillion times, so I guess the readers demand to know that Peter Jackson is producing a remake of the WWII film Dam Busters. Jackson’s name had been attached to the film earlier … Continue reading
Are you going to the Toronto Film Festival this year? Want to make it through customs unmolested on your way home? Maybe you should consider skipping the screening of DOAP – no, it’s not Dugongs on a Plane. It’s Death of a President. And it’s a mockumentary about the assassination of George W Bush. Now … Continue reading
Everything this week feels like it’s related to the Transformers set visit (including these damn crabs!). While hanging out in downtown LA waiting for shots to be set up, many of us would get to talking, and the talk would often turn to nerdy subjects. I talked to producer Tom DeSanto (seriously – if the … Continue reading
There’s this new indie movie opening this weekend that I wanted to hate, because it’s all about Williamsburg hipsters, but I ended up really liking. The film is called Mutual Appreciation, and one of the reasons I dug the movie was the star, an actor/musician named Justin Rice. He’s funny and loose onscreen, and felt … Continue reading
I just got an email from a friend asking me if Harold Perrineau’s character on Lost has been killed off. Not yet that I know of, but that’s not a terrible assumption considering that the guy has just signed on to star in 28 Weeks Later, the hacky sounding sequel to 28 Days Later, which … Continue reading
It’s interesting that even after a couple of years of high profile movies getting spoiled all over the internet that the big studios still haven’t figured out how to stem the tide. The thing is that the production of a big movie has so many ancillary aspects – from FX to merchandising – that it’s … Continue reading
As we get closer to the ultra-lame limited theatrical release of John Gulager’s Feast, a trailer has hit the web, and it’s gooey, gory and good. You probably remember that this is the film that was made on the last season of Project Greenlight and has been sitting on a shelf for a couple of … Continue reading
I never thought that I would stand for another Halloween DVD dip (what would this be, the Decalogue Dip?), but it turns out that sometimes unforeseen circumstances can lead to you buying a movie yet again and being happy about it. In this case it’s because of a truly historic find – “pretty much all … Continue reading
Ann Coulter has demanded that a great scene where she gets her skinny ass handed to her be cut from the documentary Al Franken: God Spoke. The film, which follows Franken’s book tour for Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, his involvement in liberal radio … Continue reading
Kirby Dick has the kind of name that would probably draw the wrath of the MPAA – the “voluntary” film rating board in America – even if he hadn’t made This Film is Not Yet Rated. Dick did the unthinkable: he hired a private investigator to discover who the secret members of the MPAA’s ratings … Continue reading