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ZELLWEGER MOUNTS ED HARRIS’S APPALOOSA

How were we with Ed Harris’s Pollock? I thought his directorial debut was an emotionally astute examination of the volatile abstract artist – though Martin Scorsese covered that ground better and more tersely in "Life Lessons" (his segment of the hit-miss-hit omnibus New York Stories). I haven’t felt compelled to revisit Harris’s film since its … Continue reading

SEARCHING FOR SOHRAB

FYI, I’m a big enough sap to look at this poster and get all teary over the invocation of a completely different movie. And while I doubt it was anyone’s intention to get me wondering when Paramount Home Entertainment is going to cough up a Searching for Bobby Fischer SE, that’s primarily what the above … Continue reading

THE SHAPE AND AGE AND ATTRIBUTES OF TREK(S) TO COME

Casting. The Desperate Frontier. This is the phase of pre-production currently faced by J.J. Abrams and the other creatives behind Paramount’s Star Trek reboot. Their hopefully-no-longer -than-one-month mission: to assemble an attractive group of twenty/thirtysomethings who a) remind us of our favorite original Trek characters without b) coming off as banally handsome facsimiles. To achieve … Continue reading

DOZENS OF DICK DRAWINGS

Hey, look what ‘leaked’ on to the internet – a three minute clip from the profanely hilarious (and incredibly smart and sweet) Superbad, the next film from the people behind The 40-Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up. It’s a great scene where Jonah Hill’s character explains why he doesn’t like the girl who Michael Cera’s … Continue reading

RUNNING SCARED OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS

When I first heard of Crossing Over, I wondered why anyone thought a feature-length film about communicating with the dead would work. About two milliseconds later when I actually read the description of it, I thought the border/immigration drama starring Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, and Sean Penn would be notable given the convenient rehashing of … Continue reading

A GUIDE TO BEATING UP YOUR SAINTS

Hi, I’m Devin Faraci, and I’m the guy who is always saying how good an actor Channing Tatum could be if he was given the right roles, despite his Tiger Beat image. This kid is the goods*. Now Tatum is reteaming with the director who got the most out of him, Dito Montiel. Dito wrote … Continue reading