SPOILER UPDATE AT THE END OF THIS ARTICLE! I thought that Spider-Man 3 was finished shooting in New York City, but it turns out I was wrong – yesterday Sam Raimi and crew were at the main branch of the New York Public Library, a location you may remember from the first film, when Uncle … Continue reading
Truth, justice and the American way. It’s essentially Superman’s motto. Warner Bros certainly thinks so – they sued a film about the last days of TV Superman George Reeves that used that phrase for a title; the movie is now known as the far less evocative Hollywoodland. Truth and justice make appearances in Bryan Singer’s … Continue reading
Black Film is reporting that Will Smith’s I Am Legend has found its bad guy – none other than Johnny Depp. The site claims that Depp will be playing one of the film’s vampires, and quite probably Will Smith’s neighbor, who becomes the head vampire. I Am Legend is, of course, based on the Richard … Continue reading
The Lord God, who goes by the professional name Yaweh, reached down from the heavens Wednesday and smote Rob Schneider, giving the “comedian” a serious warning to cut it the fuck out with all the shitty movies already. The smoting occurred on the set of Big Stan, on which Schneider is making his directorial debut. … Continue reading
Usually I don’t interview someone until after I’ve seen their movie, but in the case of Bill Nighy and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest that was impossible. I wish I had seen the film first, though, because I would have been floored when Nighy told me that no part of his Davy Jones … Continue reading
The teaser trailer for Michael Bay’s Transformers movie is up at the official site right now, a couple of days ahead of the expected July 4th launch (what the heck are we going to get at Comic Con at this rate?). I had been actually getting a little interested in this movie over the last … Continue reading
Richard Kelly’s follow up to Donnie Darko, Southland Tales, received an incredibly venomous reception at the Cannes Film Festival this year – you get the impression that a video of a Chinese woman in high heels stamping on kittens would have gone over better. The film was said to be too long and boring and … Continue reading
On July 18 Ren & Stimpy fans are getting a real treat: the release of Ren & Stimpy: The Lost Episodes on DVD. Spike TV commissioned a new Ren & Stimpy series from creator John Kricfalusi but the episodes –which included a two parter were Ren knocks up Stimpy – were considered way too raunchy … Continue reading
Is history repeating itself? Once upon a time Sean Connery left the James Bond franchise, saying he would never again play the role. Roger Moore was brought in for an increasingly campy series of films, but 12 years later Connery was back as Bond in Never Say Never Again. Only it wasn’t part of the … Continue reading
Timothy Leary lived one of the great lives of the late 20th century. His journey from psychologist to drug guru and countercultural figurehead is fascinating. Leonardo DiCaprio certainly seems to think so – his production company, Appian Way, has hired Obie-winning playwright Craig Lucas and Timothy Leary archivist Michael Horowitz to write a biopic about … Continue reading