It sounds like Mark Wahlberg is starring in the sequel to Unbreakable, but that’s not what Invincible is about. Also, Invincible is a Disney movie, and those people are out of the M Night business. No, Invincible is a football movie, and it’s one aimed at agening people like me (33 this year! Jeez) who … Continue reading
It’s hard to think of a better week than the one that began just before and ended right after this year’s Comic Con. It was an unbelievable eight or nine days where I was able to conduct some of the best and most interesting interviews of my career and meet some of the most amazing … Continue reading
Demetri Martin is, in the opinion of this humble reporter, the current weak link on The Daily Show. His “Trendspotting” pieces just aren’t up to par with the rest of the stuff John Stewart et al produce, even though there has been a steady increase in quality for Martin over the last few months. Maybe … Continue reading
I don’t know what the video game Dead or Alive is about (and frankly, if it doesn’t feature you as Dennis Quaid, I don’t care), but I do know that it somehow involves busty girls playing volleyball. The fact that busty pixel girls playing volleyball so thoroughly excites the video game world makes me wonder … Continue reading
There are two kinds of musician biopics: the one where the young talent struggles to the top of the pops, only to succumb to alcohol and/or drug abuse before inspirationally overcoming, and the one where the young talent struggles to the top of the pops, only to succumb to alcohol and/or drug abuse before tragically … Continue reading
When I interviewed Brett Ratner in Vegas last month, he sent some mixed messages about remakes: “Hollywood is unfortunately built on the sequels right now – it’s all about the sequels and the remakes, and that’s a challenge. There’s not as much ingenuity in the 60s and 70s when filmmakers were like inventing genres, creating … Continue reading
When you’re on a set it’s in your blood – if you know dick all about filmmaking – not to make a peep. As a guest of the filmmakers, you want to ingratiate yourself by trying to be as invisible as possible. It’s just a simple courtesy to not screw things up when "the magic" … Continue reading
Today I had a chance to interview The Rock, and while preparing I looked over his IMDB listing and it dawned on me that this guy has been in a lot of crummy movies. The Scorpion King, Be Cool, Doom – not one of these movies are particularly defensible or worth a second look. There’s … Continue reading
After the press conference for World Trade Center, I went up to Oliver Stone and told him that his films are one of the main reasons I was sitting with the press corps that day – Stone’s movies were one of the crucial links between film as fun and film as something meaningful for me. … Continue reading
I take what they say and use it against them. What I do is jujitsu. They say something ridiculous and I subject them to scorn and ridicule. That’s my job. – Al Franken Here’s a film that won’t play so well in the red states (we still have the red state/blue state divide, right? Even … Continue reading