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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…

CHEV CHELIOS RETURNS

I loved Crank a lot. As excerpted from last year’s "Best Of" list, where it ranked as #11 of 2006: "The most manic and fucking insane major release of the year, this little bastard is amazingly crafted entertainment, fueled by genius and powered by nitrous oxide and semen. Jason Statham spends an hour and a … Continue reading

TODD PHILLIPS NURSES A HANGOVER

It’s all gone wrong for Todd Phillips, hasn’t it? After the scandal of Frat House (the 1998 documentary about college fraternities that allegedly contained staged sequences), Phillips rebounded with the sporadically funny Road Trip and the zeitgeist-capturing Old School. Suddenly, he was redeemed. And just as suddenly, he was back on the canvas following the … Continue reading

DELLAMORTE DOES BOX OFFICE – 10/5/07

The fests keep playing, which would seem to be where all the interesting movies are at, but nowadays October is just a likely to house a winner as loser. But more on that in a minute.DON’T CALL IT A COMEBACKIsn’t it funny how the Farrelly brothers spent ten years pissing away their good will? After … Continue reading

IRON MAN TEASES YOU

The new Iron Man teaser poster just looks like a Transformers 2 poster. It’s like someone at Paramount is just recycling ideas – did the design guy really want to get home early and beat all the traffic on the highway? I would like to donate a concept to Paramount, for free: A black poster. … Continue reading

KITE RUNNING FROM REAL-WORLD DANGER

Studios have often been willing to shift release dates for films that might comment too directly or crassly on current events, but I can’t remember an example of a picture being delayed because it could get several of its lead actors killed. (Not that directors haven’t been killed for the content of their films before: … Continue reading

AARDMAN TAKES THE SHORT ROAD AGAIN

One of these days, I really have to see the Wallace & Gromit movie. Not that I’m exactly concerned about purity when a sorta-indie jumps up to the majors, as Aardman Animation did with Dreamworks, but Chicken Run nearly put me off my feed with respect to the animation house, and I was afraid that … Continue reading

THE DEVIN’S ADVOCATE: ASS TRANSIT

There’s something automatically humbling about riding public transportation in Los Angeles. Your personhood and independence in this town is very closely tied to your vehicle ownership, which means you get a lot of weird looks from people in passing cars when you’re standing at the bus stop. There’s a PSA campaign on the Los Angeles … Continue reading