If you want an object lesson in miscasting, look no further than Derailed. The two leads are playing roles they aren’t suited for, and what’s worse is that the only chemistry between them is what happens when an acid and a base meet. The soggy thriller is set in Chicago, except that no one seems … Continue reading
I hate The Goonies. I tend to hate the genre that the film exemplifies: the screaming kids genre. That sort of film is typically just a series of set pieces that young actors scream their way through. It gives me a headache. But I love Zathura, and that’s certainly part of the screaming kids genre. … Continue reading
Here’s a spelling word for you: fatuous. Bee Season is a terrible and smug film, a movie that made me actually angry. If that was the effect it was going for I would call it a masterpiece, but since I am pretty sure that inchoate rage is the exact opposite of what the filmmakers are … Continue reading
One of the cool things about seeing movies early is that sometimes you walk in not knowing much about it. That was the case with Pride & Prejudice. All I knew was that it starred Keira Knightey and that it was based on the Jane Austen novel. So when the film’s Mr. Darcy was introduced, … Continue reading
Joss Whedon showed up at Whedonesque, a blog that fanatically keeps track of all things Whedon related (and which will probably be miffed that I said fanatic), and dropped some sweet info on the masses. There was talk of a new Serenity/Firefly comic, set during the time period of the TV show (which means certain … Continue reading
Julian McMahon is going to have bad things happen to him, and they have nothing to do with Latveria. The actor, who played the mortal enemy of the Fantastic Four this summer, will next be seen in Premonition, a thriller starring Sandra Bullock. Sort of like, “I have a premonition Sandra Bullock’s career isn’t going … Continue reading
The machines are rising again, and this time on the Fox Network. The broadcast channel has made a pilot commitment to a new series spinning off from the Terminator films. Yup, a Terminator series. Except without a Terminator. The show will be called The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and will take place after the events of … Continue reading
Be warned in advance: this interview ends on a cliffhanger! At the very end of this interview, Rob Zombie confesses that he has not yet seen Oldboy, and on my urging says he will watch it tonight (that’s November 9th, for you at home – CHUD.com, turning around interviews faster than anybody else!). Did he? … Continue reading
Be warned in advance: this interview ends on a cliffhanger! At the very end of this interview, Rob Zombie confesses that he has not yet seen Oldboy, and on my urging says he will watch it tonight (that’s November 9th, for you at home – CHUD.com, turning around interviews faster than anybody else!). Did he? … Continue reading
I have been dying to see more footage from Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain ever since ComicCon. Now there’s a new internet-only trailer, and while it doesn’t have a ton of new stuff, it does place things I had seen in fascinating context, and the newer material looks dazzling. What I like best is that it … Continue reading