When you hear that Oliver Stone is going to be making a 9/11 movie, the first thing you may think of is the possibility of him tackling all the endless (and it seems to me, baseless) conspiracy theories about the buildings imploding. But in fact Stone will be making a 9/11 movie on a smaller … Continue reading
Tomorrow I board a jet airplane and head out West. I’ll be spending some days in LA catching up with friends before going south to attend the San Diego Comic-Con – a massive event where you’ll also find CHUD.com’s Nick Nunziata and Dave Davis. I’m sure there will be a more formal call to arms … Continue reading
Are you excited about the movie being touted as the "smart Michael Bay film?" Can’t wait to see The Island, starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson? The good news is that Dreamworks is doing a massive sneak preview tomorrow night – they sent me a list of 200 theaters. That’s more theaters than some of … Continue reading
Have I used that headline already? Possibly. With this gig there’s really only so many witty headlines you can come up with in relation to a single news story, but the same news stories will often surface again and again. Two biggies are both related to the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels – that Chow … Continue reading
Wheelchair rugby. It sounds like a contradiction in terms. The game is played in post-apocalyptic wheelchairs on basketball courts, as squads of quadriplegic smash into each other to get possession of a ball and deliver it to the other team’s goal line. Fast and brutal, the sport once known as Murderball is thrilling and scary. … Continue reading
Movies are like alchemy. If they were like chemistry, you could add the right ingredients – great actors, a promising director with visual style – and get what you would expect, a good movie. But because movies need some transmutive magic the end result is never obvious. Take for example Dark Water, a movie that, … Continue reading
What is the journalist’s responsibility? Is it to get the best story or is it to help people? This is the question that haunts John Leguizamo in his first Spanish speaking role in Cronicas. A hotshot reporter for a pan-Latin America news station, Leguizamo and his team are in Ecuador doing follow up interviews about … Continue reading
The press day for Fantastic Four was just Wednesday afternoon – not a lot of turnaround time for a movie that’s coming out on Friday. But being the intrepid reporter I am, I dutifully made sure that you got all the goods – and this time I think it was worth it. I am on … Continue reading
The press day for Fantastic Four was just Wednesday afternoon – not a lot of turnaround time for a movie that’s coming out on Friday. But being the intrepid reporter I am, I dutifully made sure that you got all the goods – and this time I think it was worth it. I am on … Continue reading