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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…

BEOWULF IN 1-D

I could not be any less interested in Robert Zemeckis’s Beowulf than I already am, which is flatline. I like the old tale, think it’s beautiful and timeless and Grendel’s a tough ass and all the requisite respectful nonsense but I still find it almost impossible to fathom the idea of lifting the 3-D glasses … Continue reading

ARE YOU READY FOR A JEREMY PIVEN VEHICLE?

In the recording for the latest podcast (coming soon…we promise!), we got into a discussion of comedians/comedic actors who get trapped into an onscreen persona and are unable to find significant and/or successful work outside of it. Missing from that discussion was Jeremy Piven, whose still-pretty-damn-good turn as Ari on Entourage has been both career-defining … Continue reading

KLAATU BARADA… WHOA!

Now that the social problem picture is fashionable again, why not bring back the thematically aggressive sci-fi movies of yesteryear? We recently got a deeply confused take on The Invasion of the Body Snatchers; surely, it was only a matter of time before The Day the Earth Stood Still was dragged out of drydock. Robert … Continue reading

DELLAMORTE’S B.O. WRAP – 8/24/07

Title (Letting the days go by) Weekend Total (let the water hold me down) Per Screen (Letting the days go by) Total (water flowing undergound 1 Superbad $18,000,000 (-45.5%) $6,105 $68,572,000 2 The Bourne Ultimatum $12,361,000 (-37.8%) $3,359 $185,143,000 3 Rush Hour 3 $12,250,000 (-42.6%) $3,594 $109,013,000 4 Mr. Bean’s Holiday $10,121,000 $5,904 $10,121,000 5 … Continue reading

REQUIEM FOR A FRANCHISE

IGN, a site owned by Fox, has the exclusive red band trailer for Aliens vs Predator: Requiem, the latest awful movie from Fox. Synergy! You can click here to see the trailer slowly buffer on a Rupert Murdoch-owned server (or maybe it’s just me; I’m on a wireless network that could be speedier, I guess) … Continue reading