Way back in 2004, we brought you word that Spike Lee was interested in making a movie about black soldiers in Italy in WWII. With an Inside Man and a When The Levees Broke under his belt, it seems that Spike can finally get this movie made. Hooray! The movie will be based on Walter … Continue reading →
While other movie studios continue to find interesting talent to attach to their major superhero projects, Fox just keeps on going after the lamest directors possible. I’ll admit that I found both Fantastic Four and X3 passable and basically enjoyable, but does anyone really think that they were as good as they could have been? … Continue reading →
Anna Faris is hot enough that I’d typically be happy to run two stories in a day about her onscreen antics. But if you thought the Playboy bunny/sororoty house/inspirational flick Micah wrote about this morning sounded like horseshit, it’ll seem like a rose-scented blast of fresh air compared to what Cinematical is reporting. Namely, that … Continue reading →
1. BLENDER – JUNE 2007 Ostensibly a music magazine, Blender is really more a somewhat music-based pop culture rag. You’ll get your share of record reviews and interviews as they copy much of the look/format of England’s far superior Q magazine, but there’s a distinctly American spazziness that makes this an unpredictable, light, and usually … Continue reading →
Judd Apatow has blossomed into the Guy Who Can Do Anything. Seriously, if he showed up on Christmas Eve instead of Santa Claus I wouldn’t be surprised at all. If I saw him walking down the street at this point I’d expect to see flowers and bunnies and rainbows blossoming at his feet, with a … Continue reading →
It’s not my party; I’ll cry if you want me to. Here I am at the fifth installment of this column, in which I parade my lack of understanding of film context for your entertainment. So far, I’ve had a blast encountering Battle Royale, and Die Hard, as well as relating what it was like … Continue reading →
June 15 sees the arrival of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which I find myself anticipating moreso than any of the remaining blockbusters this summer despite me hating the first film. All the previews thus far have surprised me in the best way possible, and now with less than two weeks to go … Continue reading →
It’s taxing to love Anna Faris. I don’t mean personally, although I’m sure if I met her, something would occur that would eventually result in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department getting involved. So, yeah, personally too. But I’m talking about the dame’s career. Ever since I saw her in the first Scary Movie, I’ve … Continue reading →
A few days ago I posted a snarky piece about Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix moving its release up two whole days wherein I posited that it was merely a harbinger of things to come as summer films are increasingly under pressure to use gimmicks to squeeze every last dollar in their … Continue reading →
On one hand, it’s preferable that Brian De Palma’s Dressed to Kill is being remade as a direct-to-DVD feature, if only because it will do the least amount of damage to the classic erotic thriller’s legacy (in much the same way that Marlo Thomas’s made-for-television, gender-inverted variation of It’s a Wonderful Life barely harmed the … Continue reading →