This week Zack Snyder is going to announce the cast of Watchmen at Comic Con… but who’s going to be surprised? Over the last couple of weeks almost the whole cast has leaked (thanks in part to your friends at CHUD.com!), and now two more names have been added to the cast list. Here’s who … Continue reading →
How do you turn around a career that’s close to bobbing upside down in the sea like a forgotten water wing? Hook up a script with mainstream potential to a producer (Lorenzo di Bonaventura) ready to extend his oeuvre out of genre flicks, attach a director with massive critical love (Terry George) and court a … Continue reading →
Film Gross Per Screen Toto 1 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry $34,775,000 $9,949 $34,775,000 2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix $32,185,000 (-58.3%) $7,511 $207,541,000 3 Hairspray $27,800,000 $8,907 $27,800,000 4 Transformers $20,506,000 (-44.6%) $5,450 $262,969,000 5 Ratatouille $11,000,000 (-38.9%) $3,233 $165,628,000 6 Die Hard in Name Only $7,300,000 (-35.3%) $2,676 … Continue reading →
There’s more plot in this IESB-hosted trailer for Michael Dougherty’s Trick ‘R Treat than there was in the entirety of Superman Returns (which Dougherty co-wrote with Dan Harris): you’ve got Anna Paquin making like Little Red Riding Hood at a costume party (and being stalked down a tree-lined lane), Dylan Baker menacing the fat kid … Continue reading →
I’ll admit it: Seth Rogen landing the lead in Sony’s long-dormant Green Hornet project did not initially strike me as a great idea. Much as I love Seth and believe he’ll be making great comedies for decades to come, the superhero parody already feels tired. It predates the ascendancy of Marvel Films: The Tick (animated … Continue reading →
From the mouth of Matt Damon himself: he won’t be playing Captain Kirk in JJ Abrams’ reboot of Star Trek. Talking with IGN, the actor seemed actually warm to the idea of playing Kirk, saying that William Shatner had even given him his blessing. But it’s all a rumor, Damon says, and they’re actually casting … Continue reading →
Cate Blanchett is the best thing that ever happened to Shekhar Kapur. Nine years ago, their Elizabeth was a modestly produced portrait of The Virgin Queen’s rise from tentative ruler to ruthless monarch. The film has its fans, but I’m not one of them; yes, the performances are uniformly great, but Kapur’s overheated direction smothers … Continue reading →
Why am I so tingly about Iron Man? I don’t like the character all that much – I think the only Iron Man comics I have ever purchased were Civil War tie ins, and those are real recent. Even the much-vaunted alcoholism story, while interesting, never really floated my boat. But while the comic book … Continue reading →
So my first thought when I see the poster above is that they’ve remade Zardoz with Javier Bardem in the role of the giant gun-spitting floating head and Josh Brolin as a more clothed take on the Sean Connery character. I’m extraordinarily excited to see No Country For Old Men, the new Coen Bros film … Continue reading →
In just a few hours I’ll be seeing The Bourne Ultimatum, and I’m psyched. I loved the first two movies a whole lot, and I’m excited to see Jason Bourne tear some shit up in New York City, and in many stops along the way. Jeremy and I will also be hitting the Bourne junket … Continue reading →