This is how you interview Paul Greengrass: get out of his way. The man has things to say, and you just keep up with him. He’s excited, and it’s exciting to listen to him, especially when he hits on a topic that he has obviously thought a lot about – like the post-9/11 world. The … Continue reading
The screen’s least likely leading man comes from Queens, not too far from where I spent some of my childhood. In another world, Adrien Brody and I could have been best friends. But the Oscar winner and I never met until the King Kong press junket in New York City, where he answered questions slowly … Continue reading
V For Vendetta played this past weekend at Aint It Cool’s Butt-Numb-A-Thon and it was a huge hit. Best film of the year, some people said. Fuck those people. OK, that’s jealousy talking. Unfuck those people. I just can’t wait to see this movie, and now that the trailer is here, I can’t wait even … Continue reading
V For Vendetta played this past weekend at Aint It Cool’s Butt-Numb-A-Thon and it was a huge hit. Best film of the year, some people said. Fuck those people. OK, that’s jealousy talking. Unfuck those people. I just can’t wait to see this movie, and now that the trailer is here, I can’t wait even … Continue reading
I almost don’t want to run this transcript because it just can’t capture the hilarity of Roger Bart and Gary Beach in person. They riff, they do impressions, they gesture and make faces. It was a show unto itself. You may know Roger Bart from Desperate Housewives, but both he and Gary Beach originated the … Continue reading
Sony has moved Ghost Rider seven whole months from July 14th, 2006, to February 16th, 2007. Uh oh. The studio says that the move is a positive one – that the summer is crowded, that between Sony’s five divisions they have more than enough movies to think about ("I think everybody is looking at their … Continue reading
The trends of horror have finally come back to what I like. For too long horror films were tongue in cheek – even low-budget films didn’t take themselves too seriously. I thought that the death knell had finally been sounded for horror when PG-13 movies became all the craze. But it turns out that maybe … Continue reading
Don’t you hate it when someone comes out of the shower and walks around the house before they dried off? I mean, it’s so rude to leave wet footprints all over the place, plus they drip everywhere. Try sitting on the couch after them. Yuck! This, despite appearances, is not what M Night Shyamalan’s next … Continue reading
I belong to NYFCO, the New York Film Critics Online, and we had our annual awards meeting this past weekend. At the meeting someone nominated Andy Serkis for supporting actor for his work in King Kong. An argument broke out – is the guy really a supporting actor when he’s playing the titular ape? Unless … Continue reading
“The biggest cover up in the history of man.” These words are spoken over an image of Tom Hanks in a wooly hairpiece. Who said trailer editors don’t have a sense of humor? The trailer in question is The DaVinci Code, Sony/Columbia’s big picture for 2006. It’s based on the Dan Brown book, which is … Continue reading