I haven’t had a chance to write my review of La Vie En Rose, the Edith Piaf musical biopic, but when I was watching it I couldn’t help but think about Walk Hard, the spoof musical biopic from producer and co-writer Judd Apatow and director co-writer Jake Kasdan; even a French film about a big … Continue reading
What a tangled series of references it takes to bring you an Oh Don Piano story about Kill Bill Parts 3 and 4 – a UPI story that references Chinese news site crienglish.com that references Hangzhou-based ‘City Paper’ quotes producer Bennett Walsh saying that not only is Quentin Tarantino pondering doing the two sequels, but … Continue reading
When I hung out with Brett Ratner briefly in Vegas last summer, he asked me if I had read the pick-up artist book The Game. It was, he told me, his favorite book, and not just because he’s in it (he told me what page numbers, but I don’t remember them anymore). Brett Ratner’s definitely … Continue reading
Justin watches pieces of 10th & Wolf, When a Stranger Calls, and Bikini Chain Gang.
Le Film Le Gross Le Per Screen Le Freak, say chic 1 Evian Almighty $32,112,000 $8,910 $32,112,000 2 1408 $20,175,000 $7,533 $20,175,000 3 Le Fantastic Four: Rise’ of le Silver Surfer $20,150,000 (-65.3%) $5,084 $97,604,000 4 Ocean’s Treize $11,345,000 (-42.5%) $3,288 $91,013,000 5 Un Knocked Up $10,636,000 (-24.4%) $3,575 $108,982,000 6 Le Pirates of Le … Continue reading
You’re not crazy, it’s been forever since the last installment of this five part series, which I told you would play out over the course of a week. Now, maybe on Earth-C* a week lasts this long, but here on Earth Prime this is way late. Sorry. My original intention was to do this as … Continue reading
In 2001, Warners Brothers held a double screening of their upcoming summer movies A.I. and Cats & Dogs at the Steven J. Ross Theater on the Warners lot. They did this because the hype around A.I. had reached a fever pitch and they knew that the press would do anything to see the movie – … Continue reading
It’s been easy sport since the 2002 publication of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film to lambaste David Thomson for losing touch with the modern cinema. There’s his continuing aversion to horror filmmakers (appraisals of Joe Dante, Mario Bava and John Landis are elided in favor of useless entries for barely average hacks like Arthur … Continue reading
If you’ve been reading the front page, you know that Hollywood has been considering a variety of options to firm up box office revenue and thwart the looming threat of piracy. One of the most controversial is the “premiere” day-and-date release which would see major blockbusters available for cable PPV purchase prices in the $30-$50 … Continue reading
What determines the quality of a life? Longevity? Material wealth? Your cache of friends? Your legacy? What exactly do you have to or acquire to make your existence worthwhile? We’ve struggled with these questions for about as long as we’ve drawn breath, and I certainly don’t pretend to have “the” answer, if there is just … Continue reading