No fucking way I’m restating my thesis again. This is "Part III", homes. Ain’t no Season of the Witch goin’ on up in here. You gots to read the other entries if’n you want this shit to make any kind of sense. And if you do, by chance, locate the connective tissue, shoot me an … Continue reading
There are so many degrees of wrongdoing in the Valarie Plame outing case that I can’t imagine a two hour film doing the subject justice – especially in the hands of Rod Lurie, who’s prepping a fictional account of the scandal with Nothing But the Truth. It’s not just about a covert CIA operative having … Continue reading
If it weren’t already obvious enough that Harvey Weinstein is desperately trying to duplicate the success of Chicago with the company’s forthcoming stage-to-screen transfer of Maury Yeston’s Nine, the old Troll of Tribeca just made his aspirations official by hiring the highly regarded Michael Tolkin to flesh out the musical’s book for director Rob Marshall. … Continue reading
John Leguizamo may be a great actor, but his presence in a movie is not a guarantor of quality; for every Carlito’s Way there are far too many Spawns. So while the idea of Leguizamo teaming up with Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel on M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening might sound promising, remember that some … Continue reading
I have not read Claire Messud’s novel, The Emperor’s Children, but even if it is a terrible book, it seems like there is the skeleton of a good movie here. You don’t have to be an Ivy Leaguer to relate to the idea of three Brown University grads who, years after moving to New York … Continue reading
If you didn’t read the first part of this now three-part series, it’ll look like I’m just randomly categorizing 2007 movies. If you did read the first part of this now three-part series, you’ll know I’m just randomly categorizing 2007 movies. You can go back and catch up if you want, but, because I know … Continue reading
Now that twenty-eight-year-old Sarah Polley has established herself as a filmmaker of some talent with the deeply affecting Away from Her, I’d love to see her apply an equal degree of discernment when it comes to taking acting gigs. Polley is incredibly smart. She obviously knows from good material. So there’s no earthly excuse for … Continue reading
No need to inveigh against the Weinsteins for once again acquiring a quality film and shelving it due to marketing neglect/ineptitude; whatever harm they did to All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, it’ll be undone by the good folks at Senator U.S., which will distribute the brainy take on the slasher flick in early 2008 … Continue reading
I sure hope Elisha Cuthbert lived in a bottle this weekend. It’s bad enough to have a movie sold on the entertainment value of your unremitting torture and eventual murder; I can’t imagine how much it would suck to be rewarded for such willful self-degradation with a paltry $1.5 million opening on over 1,000 screens … Continue reading