Devin Faraci

DVD REVIEW: STAIRCASE, THE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: New Video GroupMSRP: $39.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 360 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: – Step by Step: The Making of The Staircase– Filmmaker insights– Filmmaker biographies– Limited edition illustrated booklet– Michael Peterson follow-up interview– Never-before-seen family interviews The Pitch ”It’s Law & Order… but for real!” The Humans Some guy who may or may not have killed … Continue reading

DVD REVIEW: LOST SEASON ONE

BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Buena Vista Home EntertainmentMSRP: $59.99RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 1068 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary by executive producers J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Bryan Burk on the pilot• Commentary by executive producer Jack Bender, co-executive producer David Fury, and actor Terry O’Quinn on Walkabout• Commentary by executive producers Damon Lindelof and Bryan … Continue reading

ROGEN WINS!

Could the years in the wilderness suffered by fans of Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared finally be coming to an end? Judd Apatow, one of the main men behind both those sadly cancelled series, has just had a big success with his first feature, The 40 Year Old Virgin. As we reported earlier, Universal has … Continue reading

TERRY AND COLIN: BFF!

Somebody slow Terence Malick down! He’s just finishing up post on his last film, The New World, and he’s already getting ready for his next one! Don’t you want to take a decade there, buddy? The new movie will be called The Tree of Life, and as of now it looks like Terry liked his … Continue reading

TREAT HIM TO A DRINK AT THE ROADHOUSE

Roadhouse 2: Last Call is, apparently, really happening. It feels like a fever dream, but you have to remember that I live in a town where there’s an off-Broadway Roadhouse: The Musical. Anything can happen, people. Somehow it seems that Roadhouse 2 can’t secure Patrick Swayze, who seemed poised to return to the screen after … Continue reading

GEORGE CLOONEY VS JOE MCCARTHY

In a time when the supposedly liberal media just rolls over and accepts everything that the current administration tells them, it’s almost impossible to imagine someone with the balls of Edward R Murrow going on the air and specifically denouncing the witch hunt tactics of Senator Joe McCarthy. It’s an amazing story, and now it’s … Continue reading

PESCI’S BACK!

Don’t tell me you didn’t notice that Joe Pesci has been gone from movie screens since 1998’s Lethal Weapon 4. And hey, being in that movie would have sent me into hiding as well. But it looked like he was done with acting, especially after all those bribes to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts … Continue reading

INTERVIEW: RACHEL WEISZ (THE CONSTANT GARDENER)

In The Constant Gardener, based on the novel by John LeCarre, Rachel Weisz plays Tess, a radical activist who falls in love with Ralph Fiennes’ buttoned-up diplomat. Together they head to Africa, and while there she uncovers a vast conspiracy between governments and the pharmaceutical industry, with poor and sick Africans as the victims. Directed … Continue reading

INTERVIEW: RACHEL WEISZ (THE CONSTANT GARDENER)

In The Constant Gardener, based on the novel by John LeCarre, Rachel Weisz plays Tess, a radical activist who falls in love with Ralph Fiennes’ buttoned-up diplomat. Together they head to Africa, and while there she uncovers a vast conspiracy between governments and the pharmaceutical industry, with poor and sick Africans as the victims. Directed … Continue reading