How can a poster so well represent the movie it’s for and yet suck so badly? Oh, right…that would mean the movie’s a mess, too. I didn’t want to believe it given the oddly interesting and diverse cast paired with Richard Kelly at the helm, but the word on this flick has been nothing short … Continue reading
It was just a week ago that original Tron director Steven Lisberger returned from oblivion to helm a new futuristic sci-fi film called Soul Code about people downloading memories into other bodies. Apparently, the news made Disney execs remember that the property was still viable and relevant because they’ve just appointed a director for a … Continue reading
Despite Sylvester Stallone’s surprisingly successful Rocky Balboa, it’s still a little too early to say he’s on a comeback. And part of problem, at least for me, is the Millennium Films-funded, almost buzz-less John Rambo, which just seems like a creaky throwback when placed next to the big-budget action extravaganzas and smaller-scale insane action movies … Continue reading
CHUD’s got a good number of columns that cover a pretty wide chunk of the film spectrum. Beaks gives you the prestige, along with liberal helpings of wit and brilliance. Devin’s all over the place with great movie and TV-related rants. Jason Pollock spotlights the obscurities. Nick heaps sarcasm and hate on the survivors. So … Continue reading
It just isn’t safe anymore. It’s not safe to make a joke about a videogame, however shitty and obscure, becoming a motion picture. Same goes for whatever cheesy cartoons you watched as a young’un. Hollywood these days don’t give a fuck, son. They will adapt that shit in a second. I half-jokingly noted in an … Continue reading
The startlingly anemic grosses of Uwe Boll’s theatrical output in America (I think Leona Helmsley’s dog inherited more money than their profits combined. Actually, I think Nick made more from banner ads in the past seven minutes than their profits combined.) might lead a rational person to a few seemingly obvious conclusions about the future … Continue reading
I’ll admit that I’ve never been the biggest horror fan, but when I do dip my toes in those waters, I try to make it count by avoiding crap as much as possible. Thus, all I ever…err, saw of the Saw films was the UMD version of the first movie which I stopped halfway through … Continue reading
It’s generally accepted now that a big part of the success of Casino Royale’s reboot of the Bond franchise was its shameless aping of the tone and feel of the Bourne movies, specifically the Paul Greengrass-directed The Bourne Supremacy. Of course, this isn’t a particularly new facet of the franchise. Throughout the decades, Bond flicks … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: SonyMSRP: $24.96RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 94 agonizing minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: Making of Documentary The Pitch It’s North by Northwest with 100 percent less wit, class, and style and 100 percent more dermal topography. The Humans Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Flemyng, Keith Carradine, Olivia Wilde. It may take decades, but eventually … Continue reading
I thought we were done with this Japanese horror film remake bullshit after they demonized every conceivable inanimate object (e.g. water, houses, VHS tapes, computers, tentacles…wait a minute….) and then managed to get American producers to pay for the privilege of redoing it. After all, we’re already well into backlash against the wave that followed … Continue reading