Here’s a movie I don’t understand at all: the dramatic re-working of Grey Gardens, the Maysles Brother’s amazing documentary portrait of the two Edith Beales, who lived in a decrepit mansion in East Hampton, NY. First-time feature guy Michael Sucsy is behind the ‘remake’, which has already cast Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore as Big … Continue reading
Jump to end of the piece for an update that includes direct quotes from Timothy Olyphant. Devin just phoned in with a blast from the Hitman press day, essentially confirming details from his Hitman Gets Hit story. [UPDATED] The following statement [in pink], picked up by some news outlets, was written before the comical tone … Continue reading
Hope you like your new Iron Man footage in the popular for centuries postage stamp size. Leave it to an international site to disseminate new moving images from one of the most wanted flicks of 2008, but to do so with the resolution of a Polaroid i-zone image. If that’s not enough, the tiny clip … Continue reading
Peter Jackson and Neil Blomkamp Get Over HaloSource: Variety Nothing makes me happier than the death of Peter Jackson’s version of Halo. We need the Kiwi making more Heavenly Creatures and Lovely Bones (or, hell, more Forgotten Silver) instead of great big monster truck blockbusters. So I’m actually excited for more news of District 9, … Continue reading
"We have 48 hours. We don’t want to strike. What we really want to do is negotiate." That’s WGA negotiating committee chairman John Bowman speaking about the union’s statement that 12,000 members will officially go on strike as of Monday morning. DVD residuals and an extension of the current residual formula to permanent electronic transactions … Continue reading
The films of Jim Jarmusch never burn up the charts, but they garner enough critical and arthouse attention that he manages to get the green light one way or another. His last, Broken Flowers (which, as a fan of Jarmusch, Bill Murray and the Ethiopiques music collection I feel like a criminal for not having … Continue reading
The New York Times just published a good rundown of the whole Pablo Escobar biopic entanglement. For the new kids: Joe Carnahan and the team of Antoine Fuqua and Oliver Stone (with backing from the Yari Film Group and J2 Pictures, respectively) each want to make films about the late drug lord, and we’re all … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERESTUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $29.99RATED: GRUNNING TIME: 54 Minutes SPECIAL FEATURES: • A Short History of Pixar• Director Commentaries• Four Sesame Street shorts featuring Luxo Jr. The Pitch Everyone likes cartoons, even if they’re drawn by computers! Now give us thirty bucks. The Humans Director(s): John Lasseter; Jan Pinkava; Ralph Eggleston; Pete … Continue reading