About 95% of my belongings are in boxes right now, and I’m hoping that a couple of grand makes its way from my saving account at one bank to my checking account at another so that my payment to the moving company (I’m using ‘moving pods’ – if the experience is good, the company will … Continue reading →
Sidney Lumet’s last attempt at a "comeback" feature (Find Me Guilty) ended with Vin Diesel growing his hair out while tanking in glorious fashion at both the domestic and international box office. DVD sales fared even worse. Still, as the old adage goes, what better way to bounce back from the last comeback failure than … Continue reading →
You know it’s a slow news day when you’re reporting on no news coming from the anticipation of news from an event promising all kinds of news that’s still 3 weeks away. Of course, I refer to the upcoming Comic-Con taking place in the kiln-fired heat of a San Diego July. As for news there … Continue reading →
Hollywood may be on Operation Holiday Shutdown, but the town is still abuzz over some breaking bit of news over at Variety: Transformers has made some money. A whole bunch of it, actually. And inside sources at Dreamworks/Paramount are indicating that more money will be made throughout the week. Debuting all over the country last … Continue reading →
The Saw films are mystery movies. See, there’s a general consensus of their crappiness and interest seems to be waning, but damned if they don’t make a haul every time. Either everyone’s lying and the films deserve their own Anonymous Guilty Pleasure thread or the films have a Paris Hilton-esque case of shortest backlash half-life … Continue reading →
Spike Lee does a lot of talking. In the past, this has gotten him into a lot of trouble; he is an intemperate conversationalist who too often sees a proffered microphone as an opportunity to vent about whatever’s bothering him at that precise moment. For example, at an Ohio University lecture back in the 90s, … Continue reading →
In The Traveler, John Twelve Hawks introduced readers to a dangerous world inspired by the modern technology that monitors our lives. Under constant surveillance of the ‘Vast Machine,’ a sophisticated computer network run by a ruthless group, society is mostly unaware of its own imprisonment. Gabriel and Michael Corrigan, brothers who were raised "off the … Continue reading →
Taking shameless advantage of his friendship with Guillermo del Toro (and, as we all know, del Toro does not make friends easily), Neil Gaiman has traveled to Budapest and posted the very first, and very unofficial, pics of Hellboy 2 to his official website. This unfortunate episode only grows more sordid when you realize Gaiman … Continue reading →
See below for the update! In April, we got our first glimpse at The Bourne Ultimatum with a teaser that was indeed nifty, but also half rehash of the two preceding films. Finally, the full trailer is out, and it’s slightly less action-oriented, but just as kickass. It’s also just as lacking in Paddy Considine, … Continue reading →
One movie apart was all they could take. The cast list for Woody Allen’s next film, to be shot in Spain, has been released, and headlining once again is Scarlett Johansson. Rounding out the cast is Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn, Chris Messina, Zak Orth and Pablo Schreiber. The cast was announced … Continue reading →