I have been a longtime Indiana Jones IV atheist – I thought the sequel would remain forever vaporcinema. But it looks like forces have begun to align making Indy IV something a little more real. Spielberg was supposed to shoot an Abe Lincoln biopic with Liam Neeson (note: not an American! Scandal) in the lead … Continue reading
It’s interesting watching James Cameron come out of his decade long slumber, getting ready to start on his next film, the mysterious Project 880 (which we’re all pretty sure is Avatar, a script he abandoned a couple of years back… or so we thought! DUN DUN DUN). He’s making the rounds and dropping hints and … Continue reading
I guess Baz Luhrmann has finally conceded that his Alexander the Great movie is dead, dead, dead, since he’s moved on to a new project – an epic love story set in WWII Australia. How big is the movie going to be? It stars Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe, and is being compared to Gone … Continue reading
Good, if not unexpected news – Gary Oldman and David Thewlis are returning for the fifth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I have to admit to being a touch concerned, since it has always seemed like the producers were a touch lackadaisical in regards to signing their supporting actors … Continue reading
Do you remember when you would come to school and do your homework for the day in your homeroom? That’s exactly what When A Stranger Calls is like – sloppy and lazy filmmaking that’s so terrible you wish Simon West would have just claimed his dog ate the movie. The movie was ill-fated from the … Continue reading
If you had told me Friday morning that Running Scared – the new Paul Walker movie – was going to be a blast, I would have never believed you. But Friday afternoon I saw the film and I can report back that I really enjoyed it. Running Scared is an insane, over the top, patently … Continue reading
David Cronenberg, cruelly snubbed in the Oscar nominations in favor of a man named for blood sausage, has finally decided on his next project, and it’s going to be Bruce Wagner’s Maps to the Stars. The Canuck auteur has been trying to figure out what the hell he would film after A History of Violence … Continue reading
Wong Kar-Wai, the masterful Chinese director behind films like In the Mood For Love, 2046, Chungking Express and Happy Together, is coming to America. He wants to make a movie based on Hurricane Katrina, based on true stories in and around the massive disaster. Wong wanted to shoot the film in New Orleans, and went … Continue reading
James Cromwell has joined the cast of Spider-Man 3 as Captain Stacy, Gwen’s doomed cop father. Doomed in the comics, at any rate – what happens to him in the movie is up for grabs. As is much else. Last week Rich Johnston’s semi-reliable comics gossip column Lying in the Gutters revealed that Theresa Russell … Continue reading
Friends, Romans, Lost fans, I bring you the news you may have been waiting for – according to reports the annoying character of Ana Lucia is being knocked off ASAP. That’s the story from “NineMSN,” which I guess is MSN News for people in Australia. The site claims that actress Michelle Rodriguez’s “diva-like behaviour is … Continue reading