Phil Owen

SCHWENTKE WILL DIRECT SOME FOOLS

A year and a day ago, I read the headline of an article about Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way beginning preparations for an adaptation of Conspiracy of Fools, about the Enron scandal. I was intrigued. I then read the article itself. Leo would star; sounds good to me. A fictional young whippersnapper would uncover the scandal; … Continue reading

FOX TO (HOPEFULLY) BLOW UP SOME ICE ROADS

I think I’ve seen maybe two episodes of Ice Road Truckers, and what I saw was pretty good. It has a pretty gripping concept, and it’s one that could lend itself very well to a fictional drama. For the uninitiated, Ice Road Truckers is about [crazy] people who drive 18-wheelers over frozen lakes in northern … Continue reading

AMENABAR IS BACK. BACK IN TIME

I happen to be a big fan of superdupersecret film projects; I like not knowing tons of details about a film before I see it. Sometimes, I can avoid the juicy details of a film if I so choose. More often than not, though, someone will volunteer said juicy details before I can cover my … Continue reading

THE WEINSTEINS THINK ABOUT THE THIRD RAIL

So the Weinsteins and Genius Products (which TWC co-owns) are starting up a new specialty division, eh? What’s that? The first film they’re going to release under that label is Diary of the Dead? What’ll it be called? Third Rail Releasing? That’s an intriguing, yet innocuous, title, I guess; what’ll they do? “Release a slate … Continue reading

THIS SUMMER, SEE NIC CAGE GET PANGED

The Pang Brothers are among the few directors I can trust to always do good work. While I don’t know if I would call any of their films I’ve so far seen “great,” I’ve enjoyed all their films, which says something considering stuff like The Eye films and The Messengers exist in a genre I … Continue reading