Any movie that features Seth Rogen in a prominent role is, by definition, a good movie. Rogen was, of course, one of the cast members of Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, two of the failed TV shows that director Judd Apatow ran before making the move to the big screen. The 40 Year-Old Virgin marks … Continue reading
Valiant surely seemed a good idea in the planning stage. A CGI feature about homing pigeons in WWII battling it out with evil German falcons? The basis is there for a nice little cartoon. Add voices like Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, John Hurt, John Cleese and Hugh Lurie and it sounds like something worth seeing. … Continue reading
I get a lot of emails pushing the web based games and e-postcards and whatever else that are used to promote movies. I usually ignore them, but sometimes the movie is so good, or the game is so good (I try to play em all! It’s "work," doncha know) that I like to pass it … Continue reading
If you haven’t read Spike Mike Slackers & Dykes yet, I’ll wait while you click here and buy it through CHUD. The book is about John Pierson’s career as the Godfather of the indie film movement. He gave Spike Lee money to finish his first film. He discovered Kevin Smith, Michael Moore, Richard Linklater and … Continue reading
If you haven’t read Spike Mike Slackers & Dykes yet, I’ll wait while you click here and buy it through CHUD. The book is about John Pierson’s career as the Godfather of the indie film movement. He gave Spike Lee money to finish his first film. He discovered Kevin Smith, Michael Moore, Richard Linklater and … Continue reading
I am reading Steve Martin’s Shopgirl right now. I may in fact be done with it by the time you read this, as it’s a very slight book – but also very lovely. It’s a sweet and funny and most of all honest story about people trying to make their lives fit together. It’s been … Continue reading
Showtime’s groundbreaking show Queer as Folk is coming to an end with season 5, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late for you to get in on the critically acclaimed hit. We’re giving away five copies of the first season on DVD, which is, numerically speaking, the exact right place to start watching a TV … Continue reading
The terrorists have won! Maybe. Warner Bros has pushed V For Vendetta back to 2006, for reasons they wouldn’t specify. Of course, speculation will run rampant (starting here, I hope!) that the reasoning for the delay is the London bombings of a month ago, which had an uncanny lack of resemblance to the events of … Continue reading
I came to the Regency Hotel on Park Avenue to do interviews with the folks behind the new IFC block of programming on Friday nights, which includes Hopeless Pictures, a cartoon created by Bob Balaban and starring Michael McKean, and a resurrected Greg the Bunny. When I came to the hotel I saw Dan Epstein, … Continue reading
Welcome to the third annual Shout at the Devil! column. It’s your opportunity to be heard, to let me know what you’re thinking, as well as what deep seated mental problems you have. One quick thing before we start this latest edition – you should know how to get in touch with me. Or with … Continue reading