I’m absolutely dating myself here, but I remember when there was a time when major animated films weren’t completely riddled with major Hollywood stars. I mean, the big names for, say, Transformers: The Movie were Leonard Nimoy, Robert Stack, and Orson Welles, and this wasn’t anywhere near the prime of the career of any of … Continue reading
One of the more unique casts in recent memory, for a theatrical film at least, is coming together for the adaptation of a story from Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, entitled The Midnight Meat Train. The film is the story of a subway killer who in turn gets stalked by a down-on-his-luck photographer looking to … Continue reading
Warner Bros. has every right to be confident in their tentpole pic for 2008, Speed Racer. It has name-brand recognition, though of what variety, it remains to be seen. It’s being written and directed by the Wachowskis, who still have a lot of clout despite the disappointment in the Matrix sequels and the merely respectable … Continue reading
Everyone knows that Hollywood limousine liberals have a September 10th mentality, or at least everyone that listens to AM talk radio and watches Fox News knows that. I mean, we’re talking scientific fact, people. Proof positive comes in the form of a new indie feature that takes place in those rosy pre-9/11 days when our … Continue reading
When people first started talking about Rob Schneider and what a sensation he was on the comedy circuit, I shook my head in disbelief as…wait a minute. No one has ever talked about Rob Schnieder being any kind of sensation, save for perhaps a burning one. The guy has just never been funny. Ever. He … Continue reading
When people first started talking about Katt Williams and what a sensation he was on the comedy circuit, I shook my head in disbelief as I’d only been exposed to his appearances as cast member on Nick Cannon’s terminally unfunny MTV “freestyle comedy show” Wild ‘N Out and his incessant commercials for pimp ringtones that … Continue reading
“From the director of Nutty Professor II and the Adam Sandler remake of The Longest Yard.” I don’t care what genre of movie we’re talking about, that ain’t a good starting point. And yet, that’s exactly where New Line Cinema decided around this time last year they wanted to kick off their movie version of … Continue reading
Following today’s theme of developing stories we first reported on a few weeks back, Woody Allen spoke to the Spanish press this week about his upcoming untitled romantic drama set there and he mentioned that he’d like to add to the already cast Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz with his favorite muse as of late, … Continue reading
Making Manga into live action films has always been a dubious concept to me. The fantasy worlds of martial artists, giant robots, school love, and everything else in between just don’t seem to work as well when you don’t have the benefit of creating motion lines behind rigid stances to convey action. And no, I’m … Continue reading