Earlier this week I ran an interview with Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime in the Transformers cartoon as well as the new Michael Bay movie. In the intro to that interview, I said this: “Cullen’s Prime is good voice work, and it doesn’t have the over the top silly quality of Frank Welker’s … Continue reading →
Even though it’s probably a damning commentary on the psyche of America that audiences (or, at least, filmmakers) seem so eager to revisit the blockbusters of their youth with late-in-the-day sequels like Rocky Balboa, John Rambo and Indiana Jones 4, I still get a little giddy when I hear talk of a Beverly Hills Cop … Continue reading →
When Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 came out there was a ripple of hope in my liberal circle of friends: this movie was going to make a difference. After four years of dealing with a man who was manifestly the worst president in history, a year after getting into a war that we knew was a … Continue reading →
I only just saw Brick recently. I’m embarrased about that, but also relatively OK with my lateness, because it’s one of those movies that’s so good I actually get a little angry. How dare some kid show up and mix all these elements together so they make perfect sense? As someone who writes the occasional … Continue reading →
It’s interesting that the film industry has just recently come around to the idea of treating the direct-to-DVD market as a viable entity for (low-rent) original content because black filmmakers have been running in this lane for sometime, but moreso out of necessity. After all, since the gatekeepers of the major movie studios have a … Continue reading →
The success of the Saw films is depressing for many reasons, but one of the chief ones is that it empowers Twisted Pictures, the production company behind the films, with carte blanche to not only make new mediocre horror films at will, but also to acquire and remake existing properties that are much better than … Continue reading →
Before the big fancy Hi-Rez trailer is on the official site (which you can check out right here) in all its splendor I figured I’d start your Friday with a peek at real footage from Grizzly Park, the feature debut of filmmaker Tom Skull. I was co-producer on this, which means I drank coffee and … Continue reading →
The story of a man wrecking his life over an invention as ingenious and trivial as the intermittent windshield wiper is incredibly ripe for tragicomic satire, and that’s why I wish a wit as sharp as Preston Sturges were still around to turn the odd life of Robert Kearns into a quirky feature film. The … Continue reading →