This review contains lots of spoilers.By the end of Poseidon the eponymous cruise ship lies on the bottom of the ocean, and so, I hope, does the reputation of director Wolfgang Petersen. The man made a fantastic movie (mini-series really) 21 years ago – Das Boot – and has been coasting on it ever since. … Continue reading
I have failed you. I didn’t ask Jacinda Barrett about either Night Man or The Real World. I know, you’re disappointed in me. I promise to do better next time. Speaking of the real world, Jacinda Barrett is quite tall in it. And getting quite sick, which is ironic as she was one of the … Continue reading
Wolfgang Peterson serves soup on his set every day at 11 AM. That was reiterated to me by many people when I visited the set of Poseidon last summer – it’s the small things that make a big difference on a movie set, it seems. One not so small thing was the fact that Wolfgang, … Continue reading
My friend Abbie recently got a job over at Larry Flynt Publications. No, not that kind of a publication (but I would totally buy it in a heartbeat) – she’s writing for Video Games Tips & Tricks Magazine. I think the new subtitle of that magazine is actually Please Don’t Go to GameFAQS. Anyway, her … Continue reading
Recently I was feeling the urge to write an editorial about film criticism. Someone had written me a nasty email about the numerical ratings in my reviews, which they felt didn’t match up with what I had written. The person said he wouldn’t take my reviews seriously anymore. I was a little dumbstruck. People take … Continue reading
Recently I was feeling the urge to write an editorial about film criticism. Someone had written me a nasty email about the numerical ratings in my reviews, which they felt didn’t match up with what I had written. The person said he wouldn’t take my reviews seriously anymore. I was a little dumbstruck. People take … Continue reading
Back when the whole Pixar/Disney tug of war was going on, the evil masterminds at the Mouse House put a third Toy Story movie into production in-house, leaving Pixar out. When the dust from that cleared and John Lasseter and Steve Jobs emerged as the Kings of Disney, it seemed like Toy Story 3 might … Continue reading
When I Google search my name (which, yeah, I do, and yeah, I know it’s one of the more egregiously self-absorbed things you can do in the modern world) I am pleased to see people quoting my Rotten Tomatoes blurb for Get Rich or Die Tryin’, the 50 Cent “biopic”:"50 spends the film with one … Continue reading
Walking spunk-magnet Ali Larter has signed on to star in Resident Evil 3: Eck Stink Shun, the next movie in the series that has consistently lowered the bar for video game adaptations to the point that I ended up giving Doom a good review last year. Larter plays Claire, a character who I read was … Continue reading
Coming Soon has the exclusive first look at the poster of a movie I’ve been anticipating for some time – The Great New Wonderful. It’s got a great cast – Tony Shalhoub, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Judy Greer, Edie Falco, Olympia Dukakis – and it’s about New Yorkers living a year after 9/11. And it’s directed by … Continue reading