Look, I understand Live Free or Die Hard is doing well and may, in fact, go on to be the biggest earner of the franchise. I get that. But are people really chalking this up to the sterling direction of Len Wiseman? Did they take his name off the embarrassingly bad Underworld flicks? The answer … Continue reading
For computer geeks my age, the entrée to 3-D PC gaming generally came through one of two properties: Castle Wolfenstein 3-D or Doom. When you’re a young teen and the hardest choice you have to make in any given night is whether to kill Nazis or monsters, life is pretty good, right? These two simplistic, … Continue reading
Here’s what I know after watching the trailer for the new Ryan Reynolds’ movie The Nines: It’s like The Number 23, but only thirty-nine percent as much. At no point is there a reference to a German girl being raped. So I’m going to have to subtract two stars up front… Hope Davis does creepy … Continue reading
It certainly isn’t even close to being the most anticipated of the upcoming comic book movie adaptations, but Frank Miller’s The Spirit will be one of the more important ones when all is said and done, I think. Although flashier modern-day titles from X-Men to Blade have made lots of dough and spun off franchises, … Continue reading
These are dark days for America. We live in a time where “habeas corpus” has been thrown aside, and the government can now detain anyone, citizen or non-citizen, for any reason – or none at all – and that person can be held and interrogated with “enhanced techniques” indefinitely without any access to counsel or … Continue reading
While reading CHUD’s interview with Robert Downey Jr., I was struck by Downey’s insight on how the trailers for big time movies have become just as important as the film itself, if not moreso. And I found myself immediately thinking about 1-18-08/Cloverfield and the record time in which it went from heavily-anticipate to “We’re tired … Continue reading
Ok, Judd Apatow is greatness. This we know. I can’t phrase that any more interestingly or creatively than Dev or Beaks. And thanks to a MySpace-run screening that was chaos incarnate, I didn’t even get to see Superbad yet, so I can’t rhapsodize about that either, though the glee from those who have seen it … Continue reading
How strong is the Maxim brand these days? I know there was a time a couple of years ago when it was neat to check out the young actresses and pop tart music starlets of today in seriously over-Photoshopped cheesecake layouts. But now that they’ve run through every conceivable Jessica and her contemporaries 2-3 times … Continue reading
Sticking with the girl that brought it to the dance, the new Hellboy 2: The Golden Army teaser poster is the definition of basic with its distinctive Mike Mignola visuals. But as it premiered at this weekend’s Comic-Con, it’s clear it was only meant for fans anyway. Good stuff, in any case.