UPDATED! Skip to the end to read the update about which role Bale may be playing. Last week I got a bizarre bit of info from a trusted source. Christian Bale, I was told, is in Terminator Salvation, aka Terminator 4. This scooper is gold, but said that I should try to confirm this one … Continue reading
Todd Haynes’ brilliant new film, I’m Not There, was once subtitled Suppositions on a Film Concerning Bob Dylan. I think that subtitle goes a long way to letting you know what kind of movie this is: non-linear and without a specific through-line… or a through-Dylan. Six actor play Bob, or aspects of him, and there’s … Continue reading
It’s the dumb movie equivalent of getting the Beatles back together*: Jordana Brewster has signed on to reprise her role of Mia, Vin Diesel’s sister, in The Fast and The Furious 4. With this, the old gang, including Diesel and Paul Walker, are back together as we never dared hope they would be. And all … Continue reading
It isn’t just the internet that sometimes gets it completely and totally wrong; earlier this week The Denver Post reported that Robert Knepper, the infamous T-Bag from Prison Break, was going to star in the remake of The Birds for the fine people at Platinum Dunes. The problem is: Platinum Dunes never even met with … Continue reading
G-Force, the upcoming Bruckheimer CGI/live action hybrid whose basic concept really reminds me of Grant Morrison’s WE3 (also in film development) but you know, for kids, now has its lead characters. Or their voices, anyway. Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi and Tracy Morgan (diversity!) have signed on to deliver the nuanced vocals of a group of … Continue reading
I obviously bookmark the wrong blogs because I missed the fact that, last week, Michael Showalter used My Old Kentucky Blog to announce the reformation of the much-missed comedy troupe The State, and that the comedians would be making a movie. "I’d like to be the first to announce on My Old Kentucky Blog that … Continue reading
We’ve seen movies begin taking the loss this week as a result of the strike: Shantaram and Nine are delayed, and if rumors are true, Oliver Stone’s Pinkville is dead, dead, dead forever. One fil that keeps getting mentioned as being right on the edge of getting axed is George Miller’s Justice League, but the … Continue reading
The Golden Compass is New Line’s Hail Mary pass* for the holidays. It’s a big, super expensive film without stars and whose storyline is difficult to summarize in a blurb. So how do you sell it? FIGHTING POLAR BEARS! Below is a clip from a fight between the good guy polar bear and the bad … Continue reading
In the next couple of hours you’ll be seeing positive reviews for Frank Darabont’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist popping up on the site (mine will be the one that found the ending awesome, not emotionally shattering. I may be screwed up in the head), but in the meantime enjoy the strangest press release … Continue reading
It’s early yet, but the current critical unanimity over at Rotten Tomatoes suggests that Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis has a legitimate shot at being one of this year’s best reviewed films. Based on Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novels, Persepolis is the animated, black-and-white account of a young Iranian girl growing up amid the turmoil of the Islamic … Continue reading