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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…

ANG LEE DON’T NEED NO R RATING

It didn’t happen to his Brokeback Mountain, and it didn’t happen to Paul Verhoeven’s Black Book, but now Lust, Caution, Ang Lee’s follow-up to his culturally significant homo opus has been tagged with the four characters that newspapers and Blockbuster love to use as excuse to pretend movies don’t exist: NC-17. It’s been a minute … Continue reading

TERENCE HOWARD IS A STREET FIGHTING MAN

Dito Montiel’s follow-up to his strong debut film, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, is just looking better and better. First he added Channing Tatum to the untitled film about a ticket scalper who gets involved in the underground world of New York City streetfighting; Tatum is one of the most exciting and talented up … Continue reading

HE’S BRINGING HOCKEY BACK?

How did the NHL lose touch with my generation? When I was in college, EA’s NHL games were more popular than Madden; they boasted the easiest controls and the most fluid game play. And people were learning new names (Jaromir Jagr, Joe Sakic and Sergei Fedorov), while playing with established greats (Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux … Continue reading

BACK SO SOON, MOTTOLA?

Just so you know, Greg Mottola is not upset at a perceived lack of credit for Superbad‘s success – even though some folks have tried to spin this blurb at New York Magazine‘s "Vulture" blog as evidence of hostility toward an allegedly credit-glomming Judd Apatow (who, I’m sure, has never glommed a thing in his … Continue reading

THE BEAKS CANON VOL. 2: PRE-CODE

(If you’re looking for my preamble, and recommendations for the silent era, click here.) When your grandparents used to complain about Hollywood "not makin’ ’em like they used to", they really meant "not makin’ ’em like they were forced to make ’em as a result of the Production Code" – or "The Hays Code". Though … Continue reading