One of Sony’s big Oscar guns has been pulled at the last minute, and has now been rescheduled for a full year later. All the King’s Men, a remake (sort of? What’s the real nomenclature for remakes of movies that are based on books in the first place, but the movie is way more famous?) … Continue reading
The fourth Harry Potter movie – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – is less than a month away and, as with all things Hogwarts related, speculation is rife as to how this latest chapter will move the story forwards and how faitful it will be to the best-selling book.I was lucky enough to … Continue reading
UPDATE: This trailer is now available in Quicktime as well! Praise the Mouse! Click here to visit, and it’s under View XTra Large Trailer.There’s a new trailer for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, and if the shitty AOL Media stuttering and stopping doesn’t send you into a foaming, twitching … Continue reading
Last week I had the distinct pleasure of hanging out with Garth Franklin, the inestimable man behind the movie site juggernaut Dark Horizons. Garth and I have hung out a couple of times (he has seen me in about as bad shape as I have ever been, as I approached alcohol poisoning in Berlin on … Continue reading
Dakota Fanning has received new programming. Her instructions now: do the voice of the lead character in Henry Selick’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. Fanning, who is on the cusp of being too old for Dave Davis, will be a girl who discovers a hidden door in her house that leads to an alternate reality … Continue reading
I generally don’t care about remakes. They are what they are, and sometimes – see Cronenberg’s The Fly and Carpenter’s The Thing – they’re better than the originals. But the very concept behind Warner Bros’ proposed remake of Creepshow is sort of baffling. The original, directed with wonderfully cartoony flair by George Romero and based … Continue reading
If I have as much fun in a theater with another movie this year as I had with Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, 2005 will go down in history as the greatest year for cinema ever. Shane Black, best known for his high-octane buddy pictures like Lethal Weapon and The Long Kiss Goodnight, makes his directorial … Continue reading
If I have as much fun in a theater with another movie this year as I had with Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, 2005 will go down in history as the greatest year for cinema ever. Shane Black, best known for his high-octane buddy pictures like Lethal Weapon and The Long Kiss Goodnight, makes his directorial … Continue reading
The issue film seems to have been relegated to TV for the last few years, but every now and then one rears its head and lumbers to the Academy Awards – The Insider, or Erin Brockovich or Boys Don’t Cry. For 2005 it’s North Country, a fictioned up version of true events that led up … Continue reading
Every couple of years the other Steve Martin emerges from his hole, blearily blinks his eyes, makes a good movie, and then goes back to sleep again. While that Steve Martin sleeps there’s a different guy who runs around making shitty and broad comedies like Bringing Down the House and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. … Continue reading