Last year I interviewed Ellen Barkin for the Todd Solondz movie Palindromes (I loved it, Dave Davis hatedhatedhated it), and she didn’t realize that her top was very unbuttoned and her boobs spilled out. Now she’s an older lady, but she’s a sexy older lady – truly a MILF – and this turn of events … Continue reading
You may not know Michael Pellerin’s name off the top of your head, but I would be willing to bet you own some of his work. Pellerin is the DVD producer behind such great discs as the Toy Story Toy Box, Tron, and Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Extended Editions. Pellerin started working with … Continue reading
I was told to meet Henry Rollins at his office, not far off Sunset Boulevard, to interview him about his new show on IFC, premiering April 1st (check out the site here). Last year’s show, Henry’s Film Corner, had been a big success for the network, so they brought him back in a retooled format, … Continue reading
I was told to meet Henry Rollins at his office, not far off Sunset Boulevard, to interview him about his new show on IFC, premiering April 1st (check out the site here). Last year’s show, Henry’s Film Corner, had been a big success for the network, so they brought him back in a retooled format, … Continue reading
Years ago I read the infamous Sam Hamm script for Watchmen, the one that opens with The Watchmen battling terrorists at the Statue of Liberty. Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the graphic novel would recoil in horror at such a thought. I believed that the original comic could never be brought to the … Continue reading
What is a low budget, independent movie anymore anyway? Randy Quaid may find out for all of us in a court of law – he’s suing the producers of Brokeback Mountain. He claims that he waived his usual fee for Brokeback because he had been assured it was "a low-budget, art-house film, with no prospect … Continue reading
Animals continue to be on the rampage in the new millenium – this time it’s penguins. Samuel L Jackson, who will be sassing serpents in the “it jumped over the shark/no it didn’t/yes it did” Snakes on a Plane this summer will be doing his best Morgan Freeman when he narrates Farce of the Penguins.The … Continue reading
What is going on with Dave Chappelle’s Block Party? It’s not just a good movie – it’s a great movie, and yet people aren’t going to see it. It’s fun, it’s funny, it’s energetic, it’s a feel good extravaganza. I am baffled by how easily Americans will disregard true quality as they march to see … Continue reading
Last week I had a chance to chat with Paul Greengrass, the director of the recently retitled United 93, the first film to directly address the events of 9/11. Paul was getting his final cut together, but he was – as always – friendly and chatty and happy to talk. A lot. We talked quite … Continue reading
Opening this weekend, Stay Alive mixes horror films, video games and Frankie Muniz into the kind of movie they don’t screen for critics. I haven’t seen it yet, but I can tell you that the minds behind it – co-writers William Bell and Matt Petersen (Bell also directed) – are real home team guys, the … Continue reading