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We could simply cut and paste stories from Variety, but we don’t. We’re too amazing for that. We RETYPE articles from Variety…

A TEASE OF TEETH AND A TIARA

I visited the set of Screen Gems’ Prom Night last summer (coverage coming soon!), but, to be honest, a few hours spent watching a group of high school kids traipse into a ballroom wasn’t terribly indicative of how the PG-13 remake might turn out. The set was certainly running smoothly under Nelson McCormick’s direction, whose … Continue reading

ANTS? WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ANTS?

In every Indiana Jones movie, Indy comes up against some sort of vermin or creepy crawly: snakes, slimy bugs, rats. So what’s in store for him in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Ants, according to Lego. And possibly giant ones. Dennis Bruhn, who says he has one of the largest collection … Continue reading

A CLASH OF EXTRAORDINARY TITANS

After retreating to the safety/sanity of creature effects sculpting in the wake of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Stephen Norrington is ready to try directing again. Really ready. Like Clash of the Titans remake ready. I don’t know what kind of budget Warner Brothers is thinking of lavishing on this project, but they must be … Continue reading

ALMODOVAR HUGS CRUZ

If you’re not already familiar with the films of Pedro Almodovar, this is a good time to update your lame, anemic Netflix queue. The guy makes movies that are often amazing and always worth seeing and his stuff is all too frequently overlooked in the United States. Maybe his next movie will get more attention, … Continue reading

GOOD WILL HUNTING DEER

It’s the latest thing in movie marketing: show the audience a big clip from the beginning of the movie. This obviously only works if the beginning of your movie is strong, and I think they’re fudging it anyway – the AVP-R clip was the first ten minutes crammed into five, and the new clip from … Continue reading

WAIT, WHO IS THIS MOVIE ABOUT?

You know Eva Cassidy, right? Singer…she died a few years back…cover over ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow"….anyone? No, me neither. In 1996 Cassidy, a performer from Washington, D.C., died from melanoma. She was 33, with a thin discography that included just one unreleased studio album. But critical praise was impressive and the posthumous collection Songbird eventually … Continue reading