This morning at the press junket for his new film Four Brothers (yet another movie I liked better than Batman Begins!), John Singleton briefly talked about his possible adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Luke Cage, Power Man. When asked if Jamie Foxx would be playing Luke Cage, as rumored, Singleton said, "Jamie was supposed to be … Continue reading
Gus Van Sant is a difficult filmmaker to pin down. Over the course of his career he’s made some of the boldest low budget films of our time and has also made one of the worst, most cynically commercial pieces of crap – Finding Forrester. Which is the real Van Sant? The answer, I think, … Continue reading
I am going out on a limb here – if Terence Howard doesn’t get an Oscar nomination either for his work in Crash or (preferably) Hustle & Flow, I am calling bullshit on the whole Academy. Between these two roles this year, Howard has shown himself to be an actor of stunning range and ability. … Continue reading
I believed that Kurt Cobain was going to change the world. After suffering through years of shitty hair metal and poor pop rap, Cobain and Nirvana blasted open the doors of the culture with Nevermind and ushered in what looked like an invasion of the great underground I knew had been percolating for years. But … Continue reading
Terence Howard dominates every moment of the new film Hustle & Flow with the intensity that Robert DeNiro left behind decades ago. As the hustler-turning-rapper DJay, Howard delivers the kind of performance that will have real film lovers screaming bloody murder when it’s overlooked at Oscar time. Hustle & Flow is one of those rare … Continue reading
The proverbial twenty-four hour director, Richard Linklater has made masterpieces out of seemingly clichéd material: strolls through Paris (Before Sunset), raucous end-of-school festivities (Dazed and Confused), and generation definition (Slacker). He turns his light hand to remakes with Bad News Bears, a terrifically entertaining flick that spans a season, not a day. It also boasts … Continue reading
Just when you thought Blade Trinity (which I unashamedly liked, and which I think people will come around to in a couple of years, as they often do with delightful bad movies) had staked the franchise through its Daywalking heart, David Goyer goes and announces it’s moving to television. Sort of. I mean, it depends … Continue reading
After a screening of Rob Zombie’s new film The Devil’s Rejects, one of my fellow critics complained that the movie was “amoral, sociopathic, sadistic and fascistic.” He’s completely right, of course, but can you hold it against the movie when that’s exactly what it wants to be? Rejects is a sequel to Zombie’s debut film House … Continue reading
The web site for Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny has launched. While there’s not a whole lot of content there right now they do have a very funny video segment of The Hell O’Clock News – the news broadcast of the Underworld. This is just the beginning of a whirlwind of rock that … Continue reading
I’m happy to be able to announce some contest winners here, since my inbox has been getting pounded with entries for some time. I won’t be able to announce winners for all of our open contests – my policy is to NOT announce winners until prizes are in hand and we don’t have full prize … Continue reading