Devin Faraci

ASS-KICKING SYRIANA TRAILER

Holy crap! The trailer for Syriana is here, and the movie, which was one I was very excited about before, has suddenly become my most-anticipated for the rest of the year. Just look at this cast:George ClooneyMatt Damon Chris CooperJeffrey WrightChristopher PlummerWilliam HurtAmanda PeetThat guy from Star Trek: Deep Space NineTim Blake Nelson (probably playing … Continue reading

THUD SPECIAL: WELL FRAK ME

I don’t feel bad for having missed the new Battlestar Galactica when it premiered on the SciFi Channel. First off, everything on that network sucks. It’s possibly the biggest wasteland on television, as far as I’m concerned, filled with generally low rent garbage and the occasional old campy TV show or movie. Secondly, the new … Continue reading

THE MOST INTRIGUING BAD IDEA EVER

I recently rewatched Network, one of my favorite films of all time, and it just didn’t seem funny anymore. It didn’t seem over the top. It seemed a little tame, in fact. George Clooney saw the same reaction from a group of young people when he screened the film for them (there are no more … Continue reading

SYMBIOTE’S SARTORIAL SLIP-UP

This doesn’t make me happy. Freeze Dried Movies, the first site to reveal the identities of Spider-Man 3’s villains (since confirmed), has a new scoop – and it’s ugly. Ugly as in, the costumes for Venom and Hobgoblin are ugly. “The first problem is with Venom’s costume, which Spiderman wears first. Instead of being pure … Continue reading

PUBERTY: THE MOTION PICTURE

“Everything is about to change” is actually a pretty decent tagline for the fourth Harry Potter movie. In fact, maybe it’s a touch on the nose – it almost reads like code for “He’s getting hair down there.” As the release date for the film nears I find myself getting more and more excited. Mike … Continue reading

DOUG LIMAN PLANS A HEIST

I have not yet seen all of Doug Liman’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith. This is due to a couple of reasons, but the biggest one is that Fox doesn’t always like to invite me to their press screenings. I did catch some of it on a plane, a couple of weeks back, and while I … Continue reading