What could possibly be the point of a Last House on the Left remake? The brand name only means something to those who’ve seen it, and those who’ve seen it will have little interest in watching a watered-down studio version of a movie that was flawed in the first place (maybe you got more mileage … Continue reading
We’ll have to wait to see what happens to Good Luck Chuck (directed by the editor of the magnificent Stone Cold), but it looks like Dane Cook’s career as a comedic lead will be limited to Lionsgate developed vehicles. This is why you don’t steal jokes, kids. A comedian with as much stage presence as … Continue reading
The Crop: Frost/Nixon The Studio: Universal The Director: Opie Cunningham! Opie Cunningham! Opie Cunningham! The Writer: Peter Morgan The Producers: Howard, Brian Grazer, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner The Actors: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones, Matthew Macfadyen The Premise: British talk show host David Frost’s televised interrogation of Richard M. Nixon in … Continue reading
Fresh off of turning down an audience with the Queen of England (humanizing the aloof matriarch was favor enough, if you ask me, AND YOU HAVE!!!), Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren is preparing for a trip to Jordan, where she’ll star in a character-based drama about the always entertaining Israeli-Palestinian conflict – which should be definitively … Continue reading
Earlier this year, Johnny Depp and Michael Mann rushed to set up separate projects centered on the erstwhile Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who perished in London from poloniun-210 radiation poisoning. Considering that Litvinenko had been quite critical of the allegedly corrupt reign of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and had fallen ill immediately after taking tea … Continue reading
I trust Dane Cook needs no introduction. The white hot stand-up comedian has, in the last two years, released a platinum-selling CD (Retaliation), received his own HBO behind-the-scenes series (Tourgasm) and sold out arena shows all over the country like a latter day Andrew Dice Clay. He is ubiquitous and seemingly unstoppable. He’s also controversial … Continue reading
Though perceived as the front runner for the 2007 Palme d’Or headed into today’s Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony, The Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men was clothes-hangered by Cristian Mungiu’s rapturously received abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Terminating the Coens’ hopes was festival president Stephen Frears, backed up by … Continue reading
The Untouchables: Capone Rising has been dealt a significant setback: due to a scheduling conflict, Nicolas Cage has turned down the opportunity to play Al Capone opposite Gerard Butler’s Jimmy Malone. This is a big problem. Cage’s casting lent the prequel legitimacy; now, the Brian De Palma-directed prequel is in desperate need of a name … Continue reading
Citing a "trusted source", Frosty at Collider is reporting that producer Jerry Bruckheimer has targeted The Lone Ranger for blockbuster reinvention; Frosty’s also insinuating that the Pirates of the Caribbean team – director Gore Verbinski and writers Ted Elliott & Terry "The Incinerator" Rossio – have been enlisted to give the vintage serial a hip, … Continue reading
I resisted the Harry Potter craze in print, but, after Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire, I’ve become a full-fledged fan of the franchise. If I can change… and you can change… then maybe we all can find value in the unfortunately monikered, but nonetheless purchased by Warner Brothers Skulduggery Pleasant, a kid-skewing novel … Continue reading