We’ve been over this. The Writers Guild, in their killjoy obstinance (don’t you fuckers understand that the longer you hold out, the less trendy it is to support you), drove a picket through the enlarged heart of Hollywood’s drunkest night. What were we left with? A ballroom full of publicists hooting and hollering for their … Continue reading
The Crop: Jennifer’s Body The Production Company: Fox Atomic The Director: Karyn Kusama The Writer: Diablo Cody The Actors: Megan Fox The Premise: A beautiful and popular teenage girl gets transformed into a flesh eating demon who feasts on the bodies of teenage boys, and only her adoring best friend can stop her. The Context: … Continue reading
When I was in high school, I interviewed a woman who was taken hostage by John Dillinger. I have no idea what happened to the text of our conversation, but I remember her talking about getting blindfolded and held out on the running board as they sped out of Bluffton, Ohio. She felt she was … Continue reading
This is a helluva way to come back from a maternity leave. Undoubtedly, Salma Hayek is one of the sexiest women alive. Feel free to dispute this, and feel free to know that you are wrong. So I’m thrilled that she’s finally returning to the big screen after taking time off to do the whole … Continue reading
I love Alan Arkin. Even though I really wanted Eddie Murphy to win Best Supporting Actor for Dreamgirls last year, it was still wonderful to see one of our most underappreciated comedic performers earn some well overdue recognition from his peers. Bean had it comin’. Now that Arkin’s got his Oscar, I guess it’s back … Continue reading
What the hell has gotten into Jessica Biel? First, she turns down the opportunity to play Wonder Woman in George Miller’s sure-to-be-monumental Justice League of America; now, she’s appearing in an Ealing Studios production of a Noel Coward play with a bunch of boring Brits like Ben Barnes and Colin Firth? Hey, standards are all … Continue reading
Ashley Tisdale, the chick from High School Musical who has yet to endure the humiliation of having nude photos leaked online (well), is set to make her feature debut in something called They Came from Upstairs. It’s a 20th Century Fox "adventure comedy" directed by the man responsible for Like Mike, Drive Me Crazy and … Continue reading
In a perfect world, this news item would pertain to the casting of Paul Bettany as Dr. Bradford Crane in the Olivier Assayas-directed remake of The Swarm. Yes, Olivier Assayas. Anyone who’ll admit to Film Comment that they adore The Cannonball Run must have a deep and abiding affection for Irwin Allen’s killer bee epic. … Continue reading
After earning favorable-to-ecstatic notices at major film festivals like Cannes, Toronto and New York, the Yahoo! debut of this trailer indicates that Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park is now ready for its obligatory NY/LA release from IFC Films. Okay, I’m being unduly sarcastic; it’ll probably play in Chicago, too. And Portland as well, since that’s … Continue reading
Head over to composer Brian Tyler’s MySpace page, and, if you grew up watching Rambo movies, you’ll hear a very welcome music cue. And if you’ve been worried about a lack of Jerry Goldsmith in Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo, your fears are about to be allayed. Though I enjoyed the excessively violent first look at Rambo, … Continue reading