Scanned through HDNet Movie’s upcoming schedule this AM and saw that 15 MINUTES is showing later in the week. This reminded me of a story… The director of 15 MINUTES, John Herzfeld, likes to rehearse with his actors – on location – several weeks before the shoot actually starts. This requires a small crew, but … Continue reading
I work – for myself – from home. So I can watch movies in the morning if I darn well feel like it, and still be productive by the time 9 AM rolls around. So today – as I have to do a piece on robots for another site anyway – it was BICENTENNIAL MAN. … Continue reading
Saturday: Curse Of The Golden FlowerSunday: Long Good Friday CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER A few years back the unexpected success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon led some independent film distributors – namely Sony Pictures Classics and the then Weinstein-controlled Miramax – to roll the dice on giving Chinese martial arts films relatively wide domestic … Continue reading
TIM BURTON MAY DIRECT JOHNNY DEPP IN A DARK SHADOWS MOVIE – Please gentlemen – we already know what to expect when you two get together, and it’s sucking the surprise out of your collaborations. If Depp had never been born, whom would you cast, Mr. Burton? Go with that person. (IESB) FRENCHMAN SURRENDERS – … Continue reading
Quoth this NY Times Pixar article in reference to Wall-E: “Wall Street, which closely monitors major animated movies because of their huge cost, is not yet sold on the robot, which was been criticized by some as looking too much like the star of the corny 1986 film ‘Short Circuit.’ ‘I can see how it … Continue reading
I doubt this is anyone’s main news source, but in case you missed it, Universal Studio’s backlot is currently ablaze, with several structures damaged (including a video vault and the King Kong exhibit). No reports of injuries at the moment, thankfully. My thoughts go to the West Coast office of my old company, Focus Features, … Continue reading
Desert Island Question Time: If you were only allowed to watch one genre of film for the rest of your life, what would you choose? For me there’s no contest. Preston Sturges’ Sullivan’s Travels is one of the great “movie movies,” a madcap romp through depression-era America that in part inspired the Coen’s O Brother, … Continue reading
So last night the wife and I caught up with Romero’s DIARY OF THE DEAD, which was authentic in that it really did seem like it was edited by a pretentious college student, what with the monotone over-dramatic voiceover and really awkward pacing (particularly towards the beginning with its long takes full of dead space). … Continue reading
Re-watched HARVEY the other week for the first time in many years. If made today it would be a wacky Steve Carrell comedy (The uptight family man who loosens up after being visited by a 6′ tall talking rabbit that only he can see) or awkward Jim Carrey comeback drama #47 (regular guy fears he’s … Continue reading
Yes, yes, me again. Quickly: no sooner do I start blogging for CHUD than one of comic’s latter-day deities, Warren Ellis, sends out a notice for those with blogs to plug his totally free online webcomic FREAKANGELS. Who am I to object? Many a wondrous comic has sprung forth from his ever-fertile imagination, including THE … Continue reading