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THE CROP REPORT – 5/30/07 (FROST/NIXON)

The Crop: Frost/Nixon The Studio: Universal The Director: Opie Cunningham! Opie Cunningham! Opie Cunningham! The Writer: Peter Morgan The Producers: Howard, Brian Grazer, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner The Actors: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones, Matthew Macfadyen The Premise: British talk show host David Frost’s televised interrogation of Richard M. Nixon in … Continue reading

THE DEVIN’S ADVOCATE: THE LOVE TRAIN

The other day my brother said to me, ‘Everything you write in The Devin’s Advocate is about something you hate.’ I don’t agree with that sentiment*, but I see where he’s coming from. Like all brilliant, creative people I crave feedback, so I tend to write things that are geared to get a reaction. Plus … Continue reading

PAUL NEWMAN PACKS IT IN

ABC’s Good Morning, America is one of those shows that broadcasts to folks a couple generations ahead of me. People who saw The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in their first runs. This might, in part, explain why Paul Newman chose a relatively quiet appearance on the show last last week to … Continue reading

DON’T WRITE OFF MASTER CHIEF JUST YET

With the ever increasing PR thunder surrounding Halo 3, it’s been easy to forget the video game franchise with low-hanging balls of titanium also had a film aiming to beat the "video game movies suck" standard of property licensing. Many swore the project would fail. I remained the optimist*, which had me weeping pathetic and … Continue reading

THE CHUD KILL LIST #79

Doing this the right way, counting back as it was back in the day. One a day. Discuss it right here. Previous deaths: 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 88, 87, 86, 85, 84, 83, 82, 81, 80. Enjoy!* # 79 – Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood … Continue reading

FIDO THROWS US A HIGH DEFINITION BONE

One of the films I most wanted to see at Toronto last year was Fido. It’s the story of a zombie-infested town that has been ‘saved’ by ZomCon, a company that specializes in zombie control. The sleepy burg (which is als o appraently stuck in the ’50s) now has zombie mailmen, housekeepers and, when little … Continue reading

GRIZZLY PARK VIDEO #8

This week will see the next series of mini-featurettes about Grizzly Park, my maiden voyage into producing a feature. Directed by the enigmatic Tom Skull [I don’t know his legal name], it’s a nice cocktail of horror and comedy that we’ll hopefully be seeing in theaters later this year. Here’s the eighth video, Trevor Peterson … Continue reading