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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…

BLACULA 2007

My apologies to the legion of Blacula fans out there. I just couldn’t resist borrowing the name to tie Ernest Dickerson and the new Dracula film together. To be fair, this isn’t a Dracula film, exactly. It’s all a little bit confusing. A few weeks back, word arrived that Jan de Bont was producing a … Continue reading

MARLON WAYANS IS SUPER BAD. LITERALLY.

My membership fees in the black race are way past due, and honestly, I’m thinking about telling them to fuck off and canceling. What am I getting for my money these days? An eloquent, yet vacuous robo-candidate for President. A signature genre of music that’s been taking over by prison and street culture. Not one, … Continue reading

POINT BREAK 2: BODHI’S WAR

While I appreciated the nod to the endlessly entertaining surfer crime flick Point Break in the splendid comedy cop brilliance that is Hot Fuzz, I never considered the film to have such a brand name and enduring appeal that we would actually see further adventures with Johnny Utah and Bodhi. But I guess if Road … Continue reading

THE LOVELY TINTIN

It’s useless to brag "I knew there was another project coming!" after Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks snatched up Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, but, damn it, someone intimated to me a week ago that there was another project coming. What my source failed to mention was that the project was already a year in the … Continue reading

THE CROP REPORT – 5/15/07 (REDBELT)

The Crop: Redbelt The Studio: Sony Pictures Classics The Writer-Director: David Mamet The Producer: Chrisann Verges The Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Alice Braga, Emily Mortimer, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay The Premise: A principled martial arts instructor struggling to keep his modest dojo operational succumbs to the lure of Hollywood. The ensuing flirtation is a … Continue reading

THE CHUD KILL LIST #83

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. Enjoy!* # 83 – Maniac "I’d like a number three value meal with Mr. Pibb … Continue reading

ELI ROTH’S TRAILERS OF TEARS?

Just to make this more interesting, read the following paragraph in your head in the voice of the Movie Trailer Guy: In 1977, we got The Kentucky Fried Movie, a movie consisting entirely of segments that were takeoffs from everything to commercials to every genre of movie imaginable. In 1987, we got Amazon Women on … Continue reading

DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP: 5.14

— If you loved Kissing Jessica Stein, you’ll absolutely love Ira and Abby. At least, that’s what Magnolia Pictures is hoping in their distribution pickup of Jennifer Westfeldt’s film festival rounder Ira and Abby, which follows two folks who fell in love too quick and all the affairs and misunderstandings that follow. The "divorce comedy" … Continue reading