Casey Affleck is going to kill Brad Pitt. Now that’s a career move. Casey, suddenly the most desireable Affleck, has been cast as Robert Ford, one of the two titular characters in the Western The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Ford is well known as the guy who shot the famed … Continue reading
Boyz N the Hood was released in 1991, a generally momumental year for me. I graduated high school that year. Nirvana brought the music I had been listening to to the mainstream. By the time ’91 had rolled around I had lost a lot of interest I once had in film. I had stopped even … Continue reading
When I was a kid August meant a couple of things – the "back to school" commercials started airing on TV, bumming me out, and all the good movies were already playing. This summer is no different. Except I’m not bummed out about the "back to school" commercials, and Dave Davis is made positively tumescent … Continue reading
I have run some cool contests here, but I think this might just be among the coolest. At least if you live in the New York area. There’s a very excellent movie theater nestled in the heart of midtown Manhattan called The ImaginAsian, New York’s only theater dedicated to showing Asian films (check out their … Continue reading
I’m a huge Johnny Knoxville fan. I think that the Jackass movie is actual genius. And I don’t mean that in some kind of hyperbole way (I would direct you to my DVD review, but I think it got overwritten by a review of the TV show on DVD. Curses!). Knoxville himself is affable, with a … Continue reading
All that stands between you and certain doom is Vin Diesel. I know, not a comforting thought, but that’s the premise of his next film, The Retriever. It’s being produced by German tax dodge Equity Pictures, the folks behind Rambo IV. Here’s what they have to say about the new Vin film on their website … Continue reading
There were rumors – and I can’t back these up – that director Walter Salles was unhappy with his latest film, Dark Water. Which makes sense, as it mostly sucked. But the guy has real talent, as his wonderful The Motorcycle Diaries shows. And now he’s getting back on the road with another hard travelling picture … Continue reading
Seann William Scott came to my roundtable with his head shaved for his next film, Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales. I would love to tell you that I have information about this ambitious film for you, but that would be lying. I meant to ask Scott about the movie, but sometimes it just don’t work out … Continue reading
It’s not hard to imagine the characters Bill Murray playing today as the older versions of the characters he played in the 70s and 80s. The younger characters often approached the world with a detached hipness and sarcasm which at some point in their lives, after Meatballs and Ghostbusters II ended, stopped being hipness and … Continue reading
True story: Jim Lee spoiled The Fountain for me. While we were in San Diego, Warner Bros had a very cool cocktail party for the film, with Darren "Genius" Aronofsky (check out Nick’s exclusive interview with the guy from Comic Con by clicking here) and Rachel Weisz in attendance. Also at the party – a … Continue reading