Yesterday, Devin debuted the resoundingly deja-vutastic I Am Legend theatrical poster. The one-sheet is uninspiring, doing nothing more than advertising "Hey! A Will Smith movie! And he’s carrying a satchel!" Fortunately, hot on its CMYK comes the trailer, which is still Spartan in its execution– but in a way that’s won my love. Wisely (and … Continue reading →
Oddly, and sadly, enough, I found myself musing a few days ago as to what happened to Dr. Uwe Boll. A thoroughly untalented, yet determined filmmaker, Boll has earned a special status as the Ed Wood of our times with his almost unbelievably shitty body of videogame movies, all financed through some odd Ponzi scheme … Continue reading →
Earlier today, I thought I’d amuse myself by liveblogging the series premiere of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, if only to get even with the sitcom for its incessant advertising campaign that nearly ruined the NBA Eastern Conference Finals (thank god, then, for LeBron James and Boobie Gibson). So I settled in with a Racer … Continue reading →
I can’t make any bones about my feelings for Tideland, and I don’t think anyone would argue with me that The Brothers Grimm is barely watchable, much less Terry Gilliam himself. But those two projects don’t change the fact that Gilliam is among the most interesting filmmakers alive, and I get a little thrill every … Continue reading →
Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass may be done with the Bourne franchise, but they are far from done with each other. The pair are planning their third collaboration – their first of the non-summer blockbuster variety – with an adaptation of Imperial Life in the Emerald City, Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s account of the United States’ catastrophic … Continue reading →
Sometimes you’ll look back at a movie that’s a few years old and have a real head-thumping moment of realization. Like, in 2001 I saw Jump, Tomorrow which at the time was a well-written, slightly too self-aware indie in the same mold as so many other well-written, self-aware indies. Now I look at it and … Continue reading →
I’m getting ready to leave for a screening of Hostel Part II, and I can’t help but think about how angry everybody is with Eli Roth before they’ve even seen his new movie. David Poland of Movie City News not only bought a bootleg copy of the film on the street, he watched and reviewed … Continue reading →
Knocked Up aside, this summer’s been pretty disappointing for me thus far, so I find myself already looking to the traditionally meatier Fall schedule where one film towers above all others for me: American Gangster. From the moment I first heard of the film’s central trinity of greatness – Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and director … Continue reading →
The hardest part of writing this article was deciding whether it should be illustrated with Mischa Barton or the babes from t.A.T.u.* As I don’t find Barton’s skeletal physique all that appealing, I have gone with the faux-sapphic duo, who I do find so, so appealing. Barton is going to star in Finding t.A.T.u., which … Continue reading →