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STEPHEN CHOW RUNS A MANGA HUSTLE

If I ever watched an episode of Dragonball Z, it certainly wasn’t on purpose. And if I ever did this detestable thing, I definitely didn’t enjoy it. And I know this to be the Non’s honest truth because, last I checked, Hayao Miyazaki, Satoshi Kon, Mamoru Oshii and Katsuhiro Otomo never put their name to … Continue reading

JADA MAKES THE LEAP

Fresh off a couple years of doing not very much at all*, Jada Pinkett Smith is about to beef up a couple of the less obvious columns in her IMDB profile. One is ‘writer’, as JPS penned a script called The Human Contract; the second column will be ‘director’, as she’s slated to direct the … Continue reading

MO-MO-MOLOCH THE MY-MY- MYSTIC

Edgar William Jacobi, also known as Edgar William Vaughn, also known as William Edgar Bright, also known as Moloch the Mystic will be played by Max Headroom, also known as Matt Frewer (also known as Gene Kranz!). Okay, so it’s not a terribly pivotal role in Zack Snyder’s film version of Watchmen, but there is … Continue reading

BOND’S GOT A BABE

Bond Girls are a phenomenon of their own devising. They come with enormous hype at casting time, but when it’s all said and done, their roles never seem to leave a mark beyond the film’s expiration date and the Bond-verse they inhabit. As such, their casting isn’t as much news as it is the Babe … Continue reading

RIDLEY’S GOT STONES

This is Spinal Tap completely ruined the mystery of Stonehenge for me, but I’ll give the elaborately stacked group of rocks another shot if Ridley Scott’s interested in divining their purpose. The big question here is "if", since Scott has a tendency to attach himself to more projects than he actually makes. Stones, based on … Continue reading