News, rants and footnotes from this week: Our Top Story: Cho Still Insane Earlier this month, government officials prepared a lengthy report examining the causes of the Virginia Tech Massacre. Apparently, “crazy as balls” doesn’t cut it anymore. While the report most likely ended up in President Bush’s “to do” pile with the “Bin Laden … Continue reading
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVERd. John Badhamc. John Travoltarelease date: September 18, 2007 The movie that helped popularize disco in the 70s and made John Travolta a household name, Saturday Night Fever, will be released in September with a 30th Anniversary collector’s edition. Extras will include a commentary by director John Badham (used on the previous DVD), … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DisneyMSRP: $29.99RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 96 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Commentary w/ director, writer, producer• Commentary w/ cast and producer• "Making-of" production featurette• "Making-of" book adaptation featurette• "Keep Your Mind Wide Open" music videoThe Pitch"It’s like My Girl meets Pan’s Labyrinth! Emotionally devestating for adults and children!"The HumansAdorable AnnaSophia Robb, capable Josh … Continue reading
Yesterday, Nintendo issued a vague press release announcing a program called WiiWare, which seems to have been intended to parallel Microsoft’s XNA framework in allowing garage developers the faint glimmer of hope of having their games available on their respective console’s download service. As an ideal, that sounds good to me, but the details are … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $27.98RATED: NOT RATEDRUNNING TIME: 103 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:– Deleted Scenes (with optional commentary)– Alternate Ending (with optional commentary)– Bible vs. Church (with optional commentary)– Feature Film Commentary with Producer/Writer/Director Amy Berg and Editor/Producer Matthew Cooke– 16×9 Widescreen– 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio– English and Spanish subtitles THE PITCH “Watch lives … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $27.95RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 125 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:o Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French o Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) o Theatrical. Fucking. Trailer. THE PITCH It’s like the 1934 film adaptation of The Painted Veil. But in 2006. THE HUMANS Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Liev Schrieber … Continue reading
In celebration (or dread, realistically) of the impending release of Live Free or Die Hard, the time is ripe to revisit the other three films in the series. In the spirit of great thieves, I’ve blatantly stolen Devin’s 10 Days of 13 format to celebrate John McClane’s previous excursions into octane. So for the next … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Warner Home VideoMSRP: $27.98RATED: RRUNNING TIME: 107 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:– NEIN. THE PITCH Casablanca for a more pessimistic age. THE HUMANS George “The Peacemaker” Clooney, Tobey “The Spiderman” Maguire, Cate “The Veronica Guerin” Blanchett What fanboys wished they got out of a dark Spiderman. OR "The Cider House RULES!" THE NUTSHELL Journalist Jake Geismar … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: DocuramaMSRP: $29.95RATED: NOT RATEDRUNNING TIME: 250 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:– Fuck-all THE PITCH Watch student-filmmakers punish themselves for their art for your enjoyment. THE HUMANS The principles: Alrick Brown, Leah Meyerhoff, and Vincenzo Tripodo. Also some guest lip-flapping from Amy Hecklering, The ‘Rat, Spike Lee, Martin Scorcese and many more. "And then I realized I … Continue reading
There’s not a whole lot to share with you this morning, but I’ll highlight what has my synapses firing today. First off is the trailer for Hitman, which our Jeremy wrote up right here. I’m with him in opinion; it’s a stylish trailer, and the use of classical music is a clever hook. I hope … Continue reading