All of Paul Greengrass’ films deal with two thematic elements: the state of the world today and what he likes to call asymmetrical warfare, whether it be the IRA versus the British in Bloody Sunday, the 9/11 hijackers in United 93 or Jason Bourne against the CIA in the Bourne films, but there’s been a … Continue reading
It’s been said that James Mangold’s 3:10 To Yuma remake is as much of a straight-up, no frills, no bullshit action western as we’re going to see any time soon. And I’m perfectly OK with that. So why is the poster so packed with frills and bullshit? Did an ancient letterpress see The Mangler on … Continue reading
My familiarity with the Jonah Hex character is mostly limited to the episode of Batman: The Animated Series that focused exclusively on Hex squaring off with Ra’s al Ghul in the Old West over a crazy domination scheme involving fancy dirigible technology. But from what I understand, that’s pretty much the character in a nutshell. … Continue reading
Although there’s been a good bit of anticipation for it, substantial looks at Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited has been hard to come by. We’ve gotten a photo here and a poster there, but even the plot details aren’t fully illuminated at this point (though word on the script is not good, it seems), and … Continue reading
Among the many comic book adaptations gestating in Hollywood right now, Y: The Last Man has collected a bit more dust than most. Based on the Brian K. Vaughn comic, the story of a young man who manages to survive a virus that wipes out everything else on the planet with a Y chromosome was … Continue reading
Doing this the right way, counting back as it was back in the day. One a day. Discuss it right here. Previous deaths: 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77. Enjoy!* # 76 – Deep Rising Once again … Continue reading
It’s been four years since Carl Franklin directed his last feature, the above-average thriller Out of Time (worth watching for its crackerjack second act alone). Though toplined by Denzel Washington, the film limped to a $40 million domestic gross, i.e. $10 million short of the production budget. Factor in tepid foreign box office, and it’s … Continue reading
"I had to stand up for myself alone. And you know what they did to me. Until all men stand up for what they believe in, the same damn thing can happen to any one of you!"– B. Pusser The in-depth speculation which has fast-tracked this four-part series to Pulitzer glory will henceforth be replaced … Continue reading
Warning: the following story may be 100% fake. Over on the ARG message board at unfiction.com, there’s a poster who claims to have seen…a poster. But no mere one-sheet, this. The image in question, hung for sale between Transformers and 30 Days of Night posters, features the Statue Of Liberty sans head, with (supposedly — … Continue reading
A year after hosting the panel of the 2006 San Diego Comic Con (and two months after launching the biggest film to date of 2007), you’d expect Sony to cut back on their Spider-Man plans for this year’s big geek festivities (btw, Saturday is completely sold out, so tough luck if you were planning to … Continue reading