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RIDLEY SCOTT DOES NOT PASS GO

As Sir Ridley Scott gets older, he attaches himself to more and more projects, including ones that are quite simply ludicrous, like a movie version of Monopoly. Recently Scott sat down with the LA Times to talk about his current projects, and the subject of the Monopoly movie came up. Monopoly is still the most … Continue reading

MAN OF STEEL: MULTIPLE BAD GUY EDITION?

With all of the recent furor over the Batman films on the boards, I’ve seen oft-regurgitated slams on the Schumacher films for being so overtly gay and non-serious. But I just don’t see the complaints as much when it comes to what Bryan Singer did with Superman Returns. After all, he turned the franchise relaunch … Continue reading

DELLAMORTE’S BO WRAP UP 8/3/07

A joke about the film’s title Weekended Gross Per Screen Total 1 The Bourne Ultimatum $70,181,000 $19,175 $70,181,000 2 The Simpsons Movie $25,600,000 (-65.4%) $6,520 $128,550,000 3 Underdog $3,985 $12,009,000 4 I Now Pronounce You Bruce and Bruce $10,528,000 (-45.0%) $3,200 $91,697,000 5 Hairspray $9,325,000 (-41.4%) $2,993 $78,954,000 6 Harry Potter and the Order of … Continue reading

IS HANKS BURNIN’ FOR DARABONT?

Though I think Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles is much more relevant to the state of the world today in terms of story and theme, I’ll gladly take a Fahrenheit 451 written and directed by Frank Darabont. I read Darabont’s adaptation several years ago (when Mel Gibson was set to star), and felt it was … Continue reading

BOOK OF STUPID

I’m all for cute, conflated credits that brand particular aesthetics like "The Coen Brothers" or "ZAZ", but what in the hell have the horrendously untalented Cormac and Marianne Wibberley done to deserve the official, WGA-approved appellation, "The Wibberleys"? Unless it’s intended as a Mr. Yuck warning to more attentive filmgoers, this is nothing more than … Continue reading

FOR NO GOOD REASON: NO MORE EXITS

Brought to you by Slusho, the fictitious product you’d like to bore into J.J. Abrams’s head Regarding Henry-style. Farewell to Beauty "In [L’Avventura] Antonioni stands quite apart from the Italian neorealists. He does not try to show life "as it is" but as he sees it. In the sense that his films are intensely personal … Continue reading

BLUNDERWORLD: DEVOLUTION

Look, I understand Live Free or Die Hard is doing well and may, in fact, go on to be the biggest earner of the franchise. I get that. But are people really chalking this up to the sterling direction of Len Wiseman? Did they take his name off the embarrassingly bad Underworld flicks? The answer … Continue reading