I’m coming to you from Park City Utah, home of the Sundance Film Festival… and of me, for the next ten days. I’ve been in town for the last four hours and I have learned something important about this tiny ski community: It is so fucking cold. It’s 11 degrees right now, and it just … Continue reading →
For many, the notion that John Carpenter is actually going to direct his first feature in seven years will come as a huge surprise; for me, the only shock is that he’s going to shoot it during the NBA Playoffs. Fucker must really like this script. According to ShockTillYouDrop.com, John Carpenter’s return to ‘Scope* is … Continue reading →
You’ll get a better look at her tomorrow (i.e. if you go to see Cloverfield), but here’s your very first glimpse of J.J. Abrams’s Starship Enterprise (via Moviefone). As expected, the ship appears to be a little antiquated compared to later models (turbines, huh?), but, otherwise, it looks roughly like every other Enterprise up top. … Continue reading →
Oh, you thought this was going to be the teaser trailer for Star Trek, didn’t you? Nope. But. With Cloverfield‘s release upon us, the flick’s teaser web site is up and running, which in turn is likely where those who don’t pay for Abrams’ big monster flick will see the Trek teaser trailer sometime next … Continue reading →
Am I ready for the return of The X-Files? Oh, yeah. I just hope you’re not expecting a continuation of the show’s alien colonization narrative. According to Carter, "We spent a lot of time on [the mythology] and wrapped up a lot of threads. We want a stand-alone movie, not a mythology conspiracy one." This … Continue reading →
Call me a big ‘mo, but I kinda liked what Chris Columbus did with Rent. All told, it was probably his best work since Adventures in Babysitting. Nearly twenty years separate those films, so I have a feeling it’ll be a while before Columbus fucks up and makes another good movie. In the meantime, we’re … Continue reading →
Time to pop open a can of smashed assholes. David Twohy’s next movie is a go! Looking over David Twohy’s oeuvre, I see nothing but a bunch of movies I like: Pitch Black, The Arrival, Below and The Chronicles of Riddick. I wouldn’t categorize any of these as classics, but they are thoroughly entertaining B … Continue reading →
If you were dreading the birth of George Miller’s High School Musical version of The Justice League of America, time for a sigh of relief. If you were hoping to draw a paycheck from the production, on the other hand, it’s time to look for work. But you knew that, since (as IESB reports) meetings … Continue reading →
Even if Cloverfield does not crack $40 million this weekend (as at least one box office observer expects), it’s safe to say the Martin Luther King holiday has been transformed from an opportune spot on the schedule for MTV Films’ latest teen skewing piece of shit to a legitimate off-season launching pad for… tough-to-market, modestly … Continue reading →