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ALAN ARKIN TO APPEAR IN DAMN DOG MOVIE

I love Alan Arkin. Even though I really wanted Eddie Murphy to win Best Supporting Actor for Dreamgirls last year, it was still wonderful to see one of our most underappreciated comedic performers earn some well overdue recognition from his peers. Bean had it comin’. Now that Arkin’s got his Oscar, I guess it’s back … Continue reading

JESSICA BIEL, EASY VIRTUE, EASY HEADLINE

What the hell has gotten into Jessica Biel? First, she turns down the opportunity to play Wonder Woman in George Miller’s sure-to-be-monumental Justice League of America; now, she’s appearing in an Ealing Studios production of a Noel Coward play with a bunch of boring Brits like Ben Barnes and Colin Firth? Hey, standards are all … Continue reading

A HOST OF MONSTERS PLAGUES SEOUL

A couple weeks ago the news floated up that the inevitable sequel to The Host would actually be a prequel. Without any more details, it was an empty news item; after all, the original film had a prologue that explained, in more or less all the detail required, the monster’s origin. But what the hell … Continue reading

AMY RYAN GOES TO THE GREEN ZONE

Paul Greengrass has been quiet for the last few months about his as yet untitled adaptation of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, which focuses on the Green Zone at the center of occupied Baghdad. The film began production yesterday in Spain, with Matt Damon starring as a military officer who teams with a senior … Continue reading

ASHLEY TISDALE WANTS TO GO UPSTAIRS

Ashley Tisdale, the chick from High School Musical who has yet to endure the humiliation of having nude photos leaked online (well), is set to make her feature debut in something called They Came from Upstairs. It’s a 20th Century Fox "adventure comedy" directed by the man responsible for Like Mike, Drive Me Crazy and … Continue reading

CHIKLIS DEFENDS A NATION

A year ago I never would have believed I’d be actively anticipating D.J. Caruso’s next picture. But Disturbia had a power to get me behind his work that The Salton Sea didn’t, ambitious and occasionally excellent as it was. Caruso and Shia LaBeouf turned out to be a good pair, and their follow-up, Eagle Eye, … Continue reading

THE DEVIN’S ADVOCATE: ANHEDONIAC

Film Threat has published a fascinating list of the 50 greatest lost films of all time – either movies with no known surviving prints, or segments from movies that were deleted and disappeared. Looking over their list you see a lot of very historic films that seemingly no longer exist: the first Marx Brothers film, … Continue reading

BETTANY SAYS, “YES, THE BEES!”

In a perfect world, this news item would pertain to the casting of Paul Bettany as Dr. Bradford Crane in the Olivier Assayas-directed remake of The Swarm. Yes, Olivier Assayas. Anyone who’ll admit to Film Comment that they adore The Cannonball Run must have a deep and abiding affection for Irwin Allen’s killer bee epic. … Continue reading