I’ll admit that I’ve never been the biggest horror fan, but when I do dip my toes in those waters, I try to make it count by avoiding crap as much as possible. Thus, all I ever…err, saw of the Saw films was the UMD version of the first movie which I stopped halfway through … Continue reading →
It’s generally accepted now that a big part of the success of Casino Royale’s reboot of the Bond franchise was its shameless aping of the tone and feel of the Bourne movies, specifically the Paul Greengrass-directed The Bourne Supremacy. Of course, this isn’t a particularly new facet of the franchise. Throughout the decades, Bond flicks … Continue reading →
Righteous Kill is a movie I might have gotten excited about if: – Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes, Red Corner) wasn’t directing and– Jeremy hadn’t savaged the script in a recent Crop Report. But both of these things occurred, so the reteaming of Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro fills me only with the standard dread … Continue reading →
UPDATED! Skip to the end for a look at the casting sides for Justice League! It looks like the Justice League movie is actually moving ahead in a real way – according to Obsessed With Film, Warner Bros has hired casting agents in Vancouver, Toronto and New York to put together honest to God humans … Continue reading →
Happy Labor Day from Los Angeles! It’s hotter than Appalachian State up in this piece! Why Does Hollywood Hate Labor Day? (The setting: Labor Day weekend, 1983. The place: A home not far from yours.) Man: A long weekend. Thank Christ! What’s new at the movies, dear? Woman: Mortuary and Deathstalker. Man: You have found … Continue reading →
When I interviewed Seann William Scott for The Dukes of Hazzard, he had already finished his work on Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales and was wondering when anyone would see the movie. Since then a straight to DVD sequel to Hazzard has come out, but still no Southland Tales. That’s supposedly changing this fall. While you’re … Continue reading →
I did not get a chance to use the titular argument during my latest appearance on Attack of the Show, where I debated the merits of banning smoking from movies aimed at younger people. I did, however, get to deny recent claims that I am an international spy. This was my third appearance on G4’s … Continue reading →
I thought we were done with this Japanese horror film remake bullshit after they demonized every conceivable inanimate object (e.g. water, houses, VHS tapes, computers, tentacles…wait a minute….) and then managed to get American producers to pay for the privilege of redoing it. After all, we’re already well into backlash against the wave that followed … Continue reading →
A little while ago my esteemed colleague Jeremy Smith brought you confirmation of what Aint It Cool’s Moriarty discovered about the plot of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek (read it here). Jeremy finds this concept intriguing, but I have to say that it makes me sort of shake my head and say, ‘Why?’ What’s the point … Continue reading →