Devin Faraci

COOGAN AND WINTERBOTTOM GET SERIOUS

I loved Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, so I couldn’t be more pleased that star Steve Coogan is reuniting with director Michael Winterbottom for another film, which would be their third together (24 Hour Party people came first). What I like a little bit less is that it’s going to be a serious … Continue reading

THIS IS GETTING SIRIUS

What the fuck is going on with the new Harry Potter movie? This is a question you have to ask, since Gary Oldman’s manager has been making it pretty clear that the actor is, as of now, not in the movie, despite what Warner Bros and the press are saying. This is kind of a … Continue reading

GO WEST, YOUNG MANGOLD

James Mangold, currently basking in far too much adulation for the merely good Walk the Line, may have received the inspiration for his next film from one of Johnny Cash’s albums, Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West – he’s remaking the classic western 3:10 to Yuma. The original is very High Noon-ian … Continue reading

GET BLOWN AWAY BY RUNNING SCARED

I won’t lie to you – I want you to go see Running Scared this weekend. I think it’s a blast of a film, a fun, intense, insane movie that will become a serious cult classic. We’ll be featuring some Running Scared coverage this week, including exclusive interviews with star Paul Walker and director Wayne … Continue reading

THERE WILL BE A SCRIPT REVIEW

Any Paul Thomas Anderson movie is going to get me excited; hell, I was completely psyched for a PTA movie starring Adam Sandler, for God’s sake. Add in the fact that the new film is a sprawling epic and I get even more excited. Cast Daniel Day Lewis in the lead and I would be … Continue reading