In March of 2005 the internet broke the story that Paul Thomas Anderson’s next film would be based on Upton Sinclair’s 1920s novel Oil!, and would star Daniel Day Lewis. That film seemed to fade away – it turns out PTA wasn’t able to raise the funds to make the movie independently. Now it’s back, … Continue reading
There’s a good joke to be found in a time travel movie that’s got a very familiar plot. Universal has picked up a pitch for a movie that sounds like Peggy Sue Got Married Meets Back to the Future, titled How Soon Is Now? (aka, the most sadly overabused and overcovered Smiths song. And my … Continue reading
I was a fan of John Singleton’s ludicrous revenge film Four Brothers, and I have to give him respect for producing Hustle & Flow, but I do have to draw the line somewhere, and that line is drawn where it comes to a movie that might require an actually technically proficient director. The movie, in … Continue reading
I’m not quite ready to eat my words, but Jared Leto looks like he might be willing to. Along with anything else on my plate. The hunk has gained a couple of pounds, it would seem, for his role as John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman in Chapter 27. A month or so ago I … Continue reading
If they’re right – and it sounds like they might be – JoBlo has broken a major scoop about James Cameron’s next film, known until now only as Project 880. People have assumed that the movie is his adaptation of Battle Angel Alita, but it looks like it might actually be a much older script … Continue reading
I am drawn to films that seem to straddle the line between genius and disaster, so the trailer for Idlewild, a film starring OutKast (once known as My Life in Idlewild), has got me very excited. It’s a musical set in the Prohibition, with the band supplying the music – hip hop, but it sounds … Continue reading
Once again the mightiest sites on the internets join forces to bring you exciting film news – in this case a number of posters for the new film Brick, a teenage noir that sounds a little bit like Veronica Mars to me. I haven’t seen that show, but I hear it’s good, so being a … Continue reading
Once again the mightiest sites on the internets join forces to bring you exciting film news – in this case a number of posters for the new film Brick, a teenage noir that sounds a little bit like Veronica Mars to me. I haven’t seen that show, but I hear it’s good, so being a … Continue reading
The story behind Enron’s collapse is at once sickeningly familiar and weirdly confusing. The basic end results are enough to make any reasonable person angry – the nation’s 7th largest company collapses, taking with it the pensions and dreams of its employees while a handful of executives walk away with a billion dollars. On their … Continue reading
It’s nice to see that Jason Statham is sticking with what he does best. Too many actors look to break out of the genres the Lord God intended them to play in, trying to make serious pictures with serious meanings. But not Statham – he knows we’re coming to the cinema expecting to see him … Continue reading