Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest blew the roof off of the all-time best opening weekend numbers (most often made geek joke this weekend: “Pirates beat Aquaman!” I should know, I made it like 200 times), it seems likely that the third film will not be the last one. But in the meantime, 3 … Continue reading
I’m off to the airport right now, but first I wanted to show you this awesome poster for the film that won the Prize for Best First Feature at the Venice International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. It opens July 28th in New York City before rolling out across the country. … Continue reading
Sorry, Superman. This weekend Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest will be your kryptonite. The buzz and excitement for the movie is approaching phenomenon levels – nerds even camped out last night to see the midnight show. And all of this came from a theme park ride.The guys who turned that theme park ride … Continue reading
I don’t think I have to say much about this great poster, except to ask is Sam L holding a taser or is he bringing the Force down on the derrieres of these serpents?
2006 is the resurgence of Edward Norton! If you don’t count his part in Kingdom of Heaven (which was like a cameo in the 2005 version anyway), Norton’s immense talent hasn’t been on our screens since 2003. Earlier this year he was in Down in the Valley, a movie that sits on my current top … Continue reading
Keanu Reeves is the star of A Scanner Darkly, but the movie is really all about Robert Downey Jr, who gives what would be for any other actor the performance of a lifetime. For Downey it’s more like a little better than usual; the guy is easily one of the great living actors, and the … Continue reading
There are two things that make fans of ABC’s Lost very, very nervous: the possibility of a Hurley nude scene and the show being dragged out forever, constantly having to come up with newer and stupider mysteries just to keep the show chugging along on the network’s schedule. It turns out Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof … Continue reading
The death of George Reeves, the actor who played Superman on the Adventures of Superman TV show, remains one of the great fascinating Hollywood stories. The official version is suicide, but rumors, scuttlebutt and damning evidence point to murder. Hollywoodland is a film based on the investigation into Reeves’ death, a sort of LA Confidential in … Continue reading
You can say that Philip K Dick movie adaptations are ubiquitous. And they could soon get Ubik-uitous. And interactive.The next Dick film (and probably the most faithful ever) is Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly, which finally opens in selected cities this weekend. Today was the New York City press day for the film, and producer/animator … Continue reading
In Factotum Matt Dillon plays a character based on Charles Bukowski – this means that if he and Mickey Rourke ever teamed up for a sequel to Rumblefish it could also be sold as Crisis on Infinite Drunkards (this one goes out to the nerds in the house: picture the cover of Flash #123, with … Continue reading