What if the guys from The State and Wet Hot American Summer took on the Ten Commandments? Wonder no more, as Staters David Wain (directing) and Ken Marino (writing, dipping his balls in it) have come up with their own, shorter version of The Decalogue – The Ten. It’s ten connected sketches, each about one … Continue reading
UPDATE! Kelly says that the quotes in the Hot Dog interview are old, from Cannes itself. Skip to the bottom to read what he has to say. If a new interview with Hot Dog Magazine is to be believed, there’s even more trouble in Southland. Richard Kelly’s sprawling sci-fi/action epic, Southland Tales, premiered at Cannes … Continue reading
What exactly happened to Sarah Connor after Terminator 2? She’s already out of the picture by the time 3 rolls around, but apparently she has stories to be told – and they’ll be told on TV. The Sarah Connor Chronicles, a TV show spin-off of the Terminator films, was announced last year, but it’s just … Continue reading
It’s no secret that Michael Bay’s Transformers is being seen by Paramount and friends as the opening salvo in the next big film franchise. So what’s next? No one’s making any sure plans until this film is released and the box office numbers come out (although judging by what I saw, what I have heard, … Continue reading
You know that thing in cartoons where someone sees something unbelievable and they blink a couple of times and rub their eyes? That’s what I had to do when I read that not only was there going to be a movie made about the 1999 Seattle anti-WTO protests-turned-riots, but that Charlize Theron would star in … Continue reading
Downtown LA is under attack by illegal aliens. No, not the ones that do your lawn but giant robot ones who shapeshift into vehicles and really hate humans. At least the evil ones, known as Decepticons, do. Michael Bay’s live action Transformers movie was shooting this weekend on Broadway and 9th, an area of LA … Continue reading
This is barely news, since Sony announced that they wanted to make six Spider-Man films after Spider-Man 2 drenched theaters in its gooey web fluid of love, but new Marvel Studios Kevin Feige (a dude who supposedly is about as big a Marvel comics geek as any guy who spends all day on the Newsarama … Continue reading
Bryan Barber’s making the big leap from music videos to feature films with Idlewild, opening this weekend. But he’s not making it alone – he’s going with Andre Benjamin and Big Boi, his friends from OutKast. Barber and OutKast have already had a prolific and creative partnership with videos like the award-winning Hey Ya. Idlewild … Continue reading
Here’s the great news – George Romero is making a fifth zombie movie! Here’s the less great news – it’s not really an extension of his Dead series, and it definitely is not the proposed sequel to Land of the Dead. Here’s the worst news – it’s being described as Night of the Living Dead … Continue reading
Here’s unexpected news – the Joker in The Dark Knight will not be silly like Cesar Romero! OK, we all saw that coming, but for many it’s comforting to hear it reiterated. Christopher Nolan gave an interview to Mean Magazine (hey, I write for those guys) for The Prestige, but of course things got around … Continue reading