I’m not going to split any hairs here. I think Alexandre Aja is the next genius in the world of extreme films. He has an astonishing and beautiful vision for the most depraved and disgusting things shown on screen in the last few decades. What Aja has been doing with High Tension and now his … Continue reading
I’m not going to split any hairs here. I think Alexandre Aja is the next genius in the world of extreme films. He has an astonishing and beautiful vision for the most depraved and disgusting things shown on screen in the last few decades. What Aja has been doing with High Tension and now his … Continue reading
You could possibly relate Jarhead to William Broyles Jr’s biggest success, Cast Away. After all, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lonely man stranded in a sandy landscape, yearning for home. That would make Peter Sarsgaard Wilson, by the way. Broyles brings something unique to Jarhead, though, and that’s his own real life experience as a Marine … Continue reading
You could possibly relate Jarhead to William Broyles Jr’s biggest success, Cast Away. After all, Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lonely man stranded in a sandy landscape, yearning for home. That would make Peter Sarsgaard Wilson, by the way. Broyles brings something unique to Jarhead, though, and that’s his own real life experience as a Marine … Continue reading
Last night’s Academy Awards shut out of Munich has sent Steven Spielberg spiraling into a depression, causing the director to take a year off from filmmaking. Well, I made the depression bit up, but in a surprise announcement, Spielberg told some drone from Fox News that he has nothing coming up this year – including … Continue reading
Do you live in LA? Do you want to attend the premiere of Slither? Do you want to finally get to boast that you saw a movie with me? Then you should enter our latest contest – we’re giving away three pairs of tickets to the premiere this Thursday. The premiere that I’ll be attending! … Continue reading
When I was at the New York ComiCon last week, I saw many men in their 30s who live at home with their parents. None of them looked like Matthew McConaughey, People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. But that’s the magic of cinema for you, since in his latest film, Failure to Launch, the mad bongo … Continue reading
The 2-disc special edition DVD of Jarhead isn’t stuffed with the usual fluff that we’ve come to expect on quickly made, poorly thought out DVDs in recent years. The second disc has some truly excellent documentaries, including Semper Fi, a documentary made by Jarhead author Anthony Swofford that examines the lives of Marines who have … Continue reading
The 2-disc special edition DVD of Jarhead isn’t stuffed with the usual fluff that we’ve come to expect on quickly made, poorly thought out DVDs in recent years. The second disc has some truly excellent documentaries, including Semper Fi, a documentary made by Jarhead author Anthony Swofford that examines the lives of Marines who have … Continue reading
I hate to bring you such bad news on the weekend, but it looks like Darren Aronofsky won’t be directing an episode of Lost. At least not this season. The director has dropped out due to his impending fatherhood – look for Rachel Weisz to be preggers at the Oscars tonight. He’s also busy prepping … Continue reading