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THIS IS (STILL) THE END

One of the things that has weighed on the minds of Watchmen fans is how Zack Snyder intends to deal with the end of the story. A number of previous drafts of the script have leaked, and they change the ending in ways that some feel are major, and that some feel ruin the thematic … Continue reading

GRIZZLY PARK IS COMIN’ ATCHA!

Grizzly Park is lumbering closer to theaters, its fur matted with blood and the gristle of human flesh decaying in the cracks of its claws. Yum! American World Pictures has acquired the film debut of director Tom Skull and is getting its distribution plans together and the first couple of tangible results of their relationship … Continue reading

THE WRIGHT STUFF HITS LOS ANGELES

I know some of you want to read my scathing indictments of my new hometown of Los Angeles and its citizens, but when you read what follows, you’ll see why I’m finding myself pretty OK with the City of Angels. Edgar Wright is going to be presenting his own film festival at LA’s wonderful New … Continue reading

ANGELS & DEMONS & HANKS HAIR

The problem here is twofold: Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code made $758 million worldwide, and the book’s author, Dan Brown, wrote a prequel. There was no avoiding Angels & Demons. And with a strike looming, Sony had no choice but to speed this unwanted film into production, even though it might break what remains … Continue reading

MANN, DE NIRO CRANK UP THE MACHINE

Four months ago, it looked as though Don Winslow’s aging hitman saga, The Winter of Frankie Machine, was going to be the (potentially) perfect coda to the Martin Scorsese/Robert De Niro mobster trio of Mean Streets, Goodfellas and Casino. Alas, it didn’t work out. But, in a semi-inversion of what went down with The Aviator, … Continue reading

THE DEVIL WEARS A SMIRK

I never watched Alexandra Pelosi’s campaign documentary, Journeys with George, but if Steven Zaillian thinks it’s the political world’s equivalent of The Devil Wears Prada, maybe I’ll track it down. Or maybe I’ll just wait for Zaillian and his recently formed production company, Film Rites, to get their fictionalized feature adaptation into theaters. The documentary … Continue reading

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY SPOILERS

This is the first I heard of it, but apparently there’s 14 pages of the Justice League of America script floating around out there. Problem is, they’re fake. At least that’s what Patrick Sauriol, the guy who helped invent this ridiculous job I have, hears from his sources deep inside Annie Sprinkle. Or at least … Continue reading