At this point in my career I have had many uncomfortable celebrity moments, but perhaps none so uncomfortable as a bathroom encounter with John Gulager at the Slither premiere afterparty. Even though I was a raving drunk lunatic whose aim may have been off, Gulager was quite nice to me, and expressed nothing but hope … Continue reading
Rian Johnson is a name you need to know. His debut film, Brick, is impossibly assured and great filmmaking, especially when you consider how easy it would have been to fuck up – the movie is essentially a hard boiled noir set in a Southern California high school, where the teens talk like they’ve got … Continue reading
Snakes on a Plane remains the greatest media frenzy since the Lindbergh baby was kidnapped, fuelling serpentmania across this great land of ours. Even G4 TV, the only network with low enough self-esteem to regularly feature me, is getting in on the action. This week is Snakes on a Plane week for them, and we … Continue reading
Hello friends, I come to you today in my pimp mode. What I am pimping is Frightfest 2006, a horror film festival being held in London from August 25th to 28th (although I guess in England you reverse the order of that so it’s 25th to 28th of August). I don’t usually pimp out film … Continue reading
So Bloody Disgusting’s scoop last week about George Clooney being in the Pet Sematary remake didn’t quite pan out, but let’s not hold it against them. Especially when they bring us a story as interesting – and sort of basically plausible – as this one: John Carpenter and Kurt Russell may be reteaming for a … Continue reading
George A Romero has found his next project, and while it’s about the dead, it’s not about the Dead. The movie is called Solitary Isle, and it’s based on a short story by Suzuki Koji, the guy who wrote the original stories for The Ring and Dark Water. Solitary Isle, according to a review of … Continue reading
Battlestar Galactica is surely the biggest television surprise of the last decade – who imagined that a crappy Star Wars rip-off TV series from the 70s could be reimagined in the 21st century as the smartest, most relevant show on any network? It took me a long time to accept that this show could be … Continue reading
On 9/11 I went to a Brooklyn hospital to donate blood. I didn’t know what else to do – the devastation was immense and obvious, and I felt helpless. I wanted to make a difference that day, in even a small way. When I got to the hospital, I was turned away. They didn’t need … Continue reading
Christian Bale, the actor most likely to set a nerd’s secret homoerotic desires afluttering, is looking to make his spurs jingle jangle jingle in James Mangold’s remake of 3:10 to Yuma, a classic Western. The 1957 original has a rancher bringing a captured outlaw into town to catch the titular train to meet a court … Continue reading
If you read to the end of my exclusive interview with Talladega Nights director Adam McKay y you’ll see that we briefly discuss his next project, a movie that will reteam Will Ferrell and John C Reilly, a duo who show a ton of chemistry in their new movie. Adam couldn’t spill much about the … Continue reading