My friend Brady Hall is a filmmaker in the Pacific Northwest. He has three low budget features under his belt so far – I’m not wild about his first two Troma-esque films Polterchrist and Jerkbeast, but his latest, June & July, is a really great little film. It’s about a brother and sister living in … Continue reading
My friend Brady Hall is a filmmaker in the Pacific Northwest. He has three low budget features under his belt so far – I’m not wild about his first two Troma-esque films Polterchrist and Jerkbeast, but his latest, June & July, is a really great little film. It’s about a brother and sister living in … Continue reading
If the new Comedy Revolution has a Rasputin, I think the case could be made that it’s Mike White, and not just for his ginormous wang. He’s worked with all the current major comedy factions, except maybe The State, and he’s almost always hilarious. Except when he’s being incredibly creepy, like in Chuck & Buck, … Continue reading
After 7 years and 4 Emmys for Best Series, The West Wing is coming to an end at the conclusion of this season with the swearing in of a new president. The show has been on the edge of cancellation for some time, and the recent move to Sundays, a night owned by ABC, certainly … Continue reading
Albert Brooks films are like little treats. They come along every four or five years, and even when they’re not great, they’re worth seeing. If only more people would see them – I feel like Defending Your Life is the last Brooks film that was seen by anything approaching a wide audience. And I fear … Continue reading
Imagine a project that gave the greatest horror filmmakers some money and one hour to do whatever they wanted? Wouldn’t that be the coolest thing ever? If you’re saying to yourself, ‘We have that, Devin, and it’s called Masters of Horror, airing on Showtime,’ you’d be wrong. It turns out that even Showtime’s series has … Continue reading
The biggest pro of 16 Blocks is its simple concept – a old cop (Bruce Willis equipped with one world class poon broom) must take a wiseass perp (Mos Def, happy to have survived Hitchhiker’s) 16 blocks to NYPD’s 1st Precinct at 100 Centre Street. And of course along the way all kinds of madness … Continue reading
A Scanner Darkly could be a very cool film, and is almost certainly exactly what Richard Linklater needs post-Bad News Bears. The only problem with the movie is that it seems like it’s never coming out. The release date keeps getting pushed back further and further – now the film is scheduled to hit July … Continue reading
Last week I headed over to Newark International Airport to see the last day of principal photography of Paul Greengrass’ 9/11 film, Flight 93. It was a great opportunity to finally meet Paul, with whom I spent a number of hours on the phone in 2005. Paul’s one of the friendliest, most gregarious people of … Continue reading
Last week I headed over to Newark International Airport to see the last day of principal photography of Paul Greengrass’ 9/11 film, Flight 93. It was a great opportunity to finally meet Paul, with whom I spent a number of hours on the phone in 2005. Paul’s one of the friendliest, most gregarious people of … Continue reading