It won’t be long, folks: once The Foot Fist Way opens this April 11th, you will finally know the power and the glory of Mr. Danny McBride. And then you’ll understand why I am now actively looking forward to Will Ferrell’s spoof-ified redo of The Land of the Lost. Granted, I wasn’t exactly desperate to … Continue reading
Once you watch the trailer for Neil Marshall’s Doomsday, I think you’ll agree that they should ditch the trite title and go with Gratuitous Close-Ups of Rhona Mitra’s Ass instead (see minute 1.43). Dear me. As a follow-up to The Descent, I’ll give credit to Marshall for opening things up a bit (my standards are … Continue reading
You know what I love most about Oscar season? The outrage. And you can generally expect that the foreign film and documentary branches will supply plenty of it. We’ve already been through the bitter disappointment of Seth Gordon’s King of Kong missing the Documentary Feature shortlist, but that was kind of a fait accompli; Gordon’s … Continue reading
Principal photography has already started on Scott Derrickson’s "reinvention" of The Day the Earth Stood Still, but there’s some eleventh hour casting news to report: Jaden "Son of Will" Smith will play the "rebellious" eight-year-old stepson of Jennifer Connelly’s scientist character. This will be a quite the stretch for Jaden: he’s due to turn ten … Continue reading
It’s difficult to tell with this smallish version, but there’s more going on in the above picture than you might think. Lots more. And the only way to properly sleuth the photo is to head over to Comingsoon, which scored this latest Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (*brow wipe*) exclusive. But … Continue reading
Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a relentlessly bleak read like pretty much everything else he’s written, which means John Hilcoat is both a perfect and wrongheaded choice for director. In a way, Hilcoat’s The Proposition was an ideal, rigorously one-note warm-up for the misery of The Road. Not only does he possess a vivid, diseased … Continue reading
I’m not going to try to sell you on this one ‘cuz, frankly, Lionsgate ain’t trying either! The trailer for Roger Donaldson’s The Bank Job – inventive title, that – plays like a tribute reel to Ocean’s Eleven, Sexy Beast, Layer Cake, The Italian Job (original or remake), Scandal and Inside Man. Among others. And … Continue reading
For those of you who dared to believe that Ice Cube would sand down the rough, rusted, tetanus-inducing edges of Welcome Back Kotter… motherfucker, does he have some words for you: "There’s a script. We’ve got the same characters, they’re just re-vamped to suit the times, totally different. It’s, like, flipped. With me playing Kotter, … Continue reading
I love Michel Gondry for his imagination and seemingly boundless talent, but I wonder how frustrating it would be to have him for a father. Does he ever let up on the whimsy? Does he invest, say, the taking out of the trash with the same exhaustive inventiveness he throws into his sometimes brilliant (Eternal … Continue reading
Roller derby is in the midst of yet another kitsch-happy revival, so I guess this means it’s time for someone to try and outdo Kansas City Bomber. That person is, uh, Drew Barrymore? And her Raquel Welch is… Ellen Page? Based on the young adult novel Derby Girl by Shauna Cross, Whip It will mark … Continue reading