We’ve been giving you lots of news lately on Jim Carrey, and most it has been bad as the guy has been struggling to get his film career back on the superstar track. Projects are falling through left and right, and those that he’s actually gotten into production…well, you know the deal. Still, I wish … Continue reading →
First off, give it up to James Wan. Not as a writer or director or anything…after all, I can’t stand the Saw movies and I never even bothered with Dead Silence. But with his latest film, Death Sentence, he’s managed to hook me before I have seen a single frame of film. Hell, before I … Continue reading →
For a while there, it looked as though 2007 was gearing up to be one of the worst movie years in film history. Typically, a couple of difficult-to-market gems turn up in February or March, but, this year, it was all dross: the studio stuff (Ghost Rider, Wild Hogs, Norbit, Epic Movie, etc.) was wretched … Continue reading →
When my parents split up my dad left behind a treasure trove of LPs and books. Going through them all proved to be incredibly influential on my development and my life choices; one of the books that really changed me on a serious and deep level was The Tales of Hoffman, a book that presented … Continue reading →
I know they’re for kids, but I’ve got nothing left. Nothing. I’m weak from the continual onslaught of flimsy YA fiction adaptations being optioned, filmed, trailered and jammed into theaters under the marketing-centric trappings of "beloved" and "magical". And yet- here comes Savvy.You may have already guessed the production company (Walden). You inevitably know the … Continue reading →
If there’s one rule destined to piss off the lonely it’s this: It’s not what you know- it’s who you know. Ah, Cronyism– The universal truth. And that’s a good thing for Charlize Theron because without knowing herself, she may never have been hired to star in The Burning Plain, the upcoming film she’s Executive … Continue reading →
You probably know how much I love Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, so it should come as no surprise that I am psyched to hear that there’s some chatter of a sequel happening. Obviously the movie, which was Anchor Bay’s first theatrical release, didn’t burn up the box office, but I’m hearing … Continue reading →
You may have noticed that I’ve been more or less absent from the site for the last couple of days. That’s because I’ve been balls-deep in my California move; now I’m coming at you from a laptop in a coffee shop in Long Beach, getting ready for the next phase, which is actually going to … Continue reading →
Michael Regina, the guy behind the RorschachsJournal and TheVeidtMethod websites, contacted me in response to my editorials about his sites. In the interest of fairness, here is his letter, unedited and without comment. An open letter to Devin Faraci concerning ‘THE DEVIN’S ADVOCATE: THE VIRAL MARKETING IS MUTATING’ (http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=10986) posted July 10th, 2007.Being the authentic … Continue reading →
I told you Harry Potter was going to be huge. Oh, what? I didn’t? Well, I should have. Actually, except for the times I see Penelope Cruz’ name attached to a project and know that girl is pooooisonnnnn, I’m short on prophetic power. Still, everyone saw Harry Potter raking in cash from 5,280 feet away. … Continue reading →