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We could simply cut and paste stories from Variety, but we don’t. We’re too amazing for that. We RETYPE articles from Variety…

MEGATRON FIRES BACK AT DEVIN

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

BEVERLY HILLS COP MORE

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

WILLIS, BARTON AND WILLIS GET BRICKED

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

DON’T HATE VIVICA FOX, HATE THE GAME

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

TEASER TRAILER: GRIZZLY PARK

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