And there it is. He doesn’t look cranky, mumbly, and/or surly. Perhaps Spielberg snuck up on Ford at the tail end of a rare moment of off-camera amiability just before he snapped this first official photo from the new film. It’s best not to ponder these things.
Has anyone seen Dom DeLuise lately? I’m beginning to worry. It’s no trick to piss off the level-headed, if all you want is to piss off the level-headed. Despite DVR-ing it, I didn’t actually watch the American Film Institute’s uncalled for update of its 100 Years, 100 Movies list, which blocked out all three hours … Continue reading →
Fair or not*, TV’s traditionally been seen as the retirement home for film actors whose stars have a lost a little sparkle over the years (despite the recent trend of some fantastic television). So what’s it called when TV staples make the occasional sojourn to the big screen? The Teri Polo (previously known as the … Continue reading →
Like most kids, I used to think dogs were for me. Until I grew up, owned one and subsequently sold it. Now they’re nothing more than a barking, crapping reason to further loathe my neighbor. That and a great way to manipulate audience sympathy after killing off hundreds of men, women and children.Nevertheless, I don’t … Continue reading →
The first ten years of the Millennium are quickly turning into the decade of the Young Adult fiction. "The beloved _______, soon to be a major motion picture" novel cover just can’t get enough of itself as book after book takes a swing at making it the C.S. Lewis/Potter way. And thus, my apologies to … Continue reading →
We all know that there’s one thing a superhero sequel can’t have enough of: characters! And a scooper to Coming Soon has confirmed a long running rumor about yet another character who appears in The Dark Knight: The Scarecrow. Said scooper claims to have seen Cillian Murphy on the Chicago set of the bat-sequel, where … Continue reading →
After one of the stronger debuts – Kicking and Screaming is now a Criterion DVD (and no, not the Will Ferrell one) – Noah Baumbach made some more excellent movies that never quite hit the popular consciousness and then faded away for a couple of years. Co-writing The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou with Wes … Continue reading →
1408 is not a sequel, or prequel, to 2046. Such a shame, really. THE MOST INTERESTING FILM OF THE WEEKLast summer Universal unleashed Miami Vice on the world. It was given a mixed reception, with some (such as myself) falling all over it, while others found it to be a tad too… dull? Anemic, story-wise? … Continue reading →
There’s going to be big Star Trek casting news in the weeks to come, with lots of info hitting the web before Comic Con, or so I’ve been told. But if a gossip story running in the New York Daily News is to be believed, one name you won’t be hearing in the cast list … Continue reading →
In real life, Kate Hudson ended her marriage with faithful neo-hippie singer Chris Robinson when she got a taste of the supposed Butterscoth Stallion AKA Owen Wilson. Apparently, there’s a karmic price to pay for that because she’s just signed up to be the new ‘tang for Dane Cook in his upcoming romcom Bachelor No. … Continue reading →