Here’s something that almost never happens: I have friends calling me up and telling me I have to go see Little Miss Sunshine, that I’ll love it. It’s not that my friends don’t recommend things to me, it’s just that usually I see movies weeks or even months before they do, and so I’m always … Continue reading
Oh, 21st century. The wonders you continue to give us. Wonders such as X-Treme fishing. That’s what Mike Iaconelli does, and it’s made him the hip hop star of the professional bass fishing circuit. Oh, 20th century. How kind of you to give us professional fucking sport fishing. Iaconelli wrote a memoir, Fishing on the … Continue reading
Modern Japan’s relationship with WWII is pretty fascinating. The island nation has never quite come to terms with their loss of the war, which ended for them 61 years ago yesterday. The Emperor’s radio address to his people didn’t mention “defeat” or “surrender,” but rather “enduring the unendurable,” a wonderfully Japanese turn of phrase. Through … Continue reading
Lauren Shuler Donner, producer of the X-Men films, talked to the LA Daily News about the future of the franchise and the spin-offs. The big thing holding X-Men 4 back (besides the fact that they totally promised us that the third one was the last one and they would never go against their word, right?) … Continue reading
Will Simon Pegg soon be too big for nerds like us? His career is really taking off lately, and that’s not even counting the fact that he stole M:I:III from its rightful star. Pegg’s latest foree into starring vehicles will find him learning How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, a movie trying to cash … Continue reading
There’s been a lot of talk on our message boards about the future of the Superman franchise. At this point the talk isn’t about where the series will go but rather will there even be a series? I’m not feeling the positivity – the film cost too much and underperformed too much to make a … Continue reading
Mike Judge’s experience on Office Space was incredibly negative, with the studio not getting the movie he delivered and essentially killing it like a Chinese family who finds themselves with a baby girl. Now he’s reliving that experience, as his next film, the unbelievably long-awaited Idiocracy, has been taken off the release schedule. We were … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Paramount Home VideoMSRP: $54.99 RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 540 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: Commentary on the pilotDeleted ScenesBehind the Scenes DocumentariesThe Pitch It’s The X-Files rejiggered for the indiscriminate genre fans who keep Stargate and her spin-offs on the air. The Humans Carla Gugino (seen once running in her nightgown), Peter … Continue reading
The word got out this week – Marvel is planning an Avengers movie, and Zak Penn, one half of the writing team on X-Men: The Last Stand and the writer of the upcoming Incredible Hulk, will be doing the screenwriting chores. I contacted Zak to ask him for some more info about what his vision … Continue reading
Charlie Kaufman is making his directorial debut, and it’ll be interesting to see what the writer has learned from his partnerships with Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry. The movie is one that he’s written (of course) called Synecdoche, and it’s about “an anguished playwright and the several women in his life.” I guess after you’ve … Continue reading