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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…

MAN, MENDES MAKES A MIDDLEMARCH MOVIE

What is it about historical English novels and films that instantly cause American eyes to glaze over? Is it the surface stuffiness of cultures like the Victoria Era? Is it the stories of social climbing and forbidden love that cause kneejerk reactions of revulsion? Is this material simply too “British”? All of the above? I … Continue reading

JOKER’S NOT THAT WILD

Quint at Aint It Cool has received a picture that is claimed to be a make-up test for the Joker in The Dark Knight, the sequel to Batman Begins. I don’t know if this picture is the real deal or not – it doesn’t even look that much like Heath Ledger to me – but … Continue reading

JASON STATHAM’S FRANKENSTEIN

Devin’s been all over the idiocy of Paul W.S. Anderson’s satire-free remake of Death Race 2000, which, according to The Hollywood Reporter, will now bear the imaginative moniker Death Race. Devoid of camp or parody, the movie is ludicrous; it’s about a cross-country race where contestants are awarded points for running down civilians. If Anderson … Continue reading

SIENNA MILLER IS THE NEW LINDSAY LOHAN

There was a time long ago, way back in 2004, when it appeared Lindsay Lohan might become her generation’s Ann-Margart tinged with a bit of Lucille Ball, but somewhere between Mean Girls and flashing her cooter to the public without charging so much as a quarter, she became the laughing stock of Hollywood (i.e. when … Continue reading

OUR BRAND IS REMAKE

Over the last few years documentaries have found a small amount of mainstream acceptance, part of which comes from the fact that documentary filmmakers have been approaching their movies as entertaining narratives and not dry educational lectures. I keep seeing docs that I think would make for great narrative features (the latest was Crazy Love, … Continue reading

WB WANTS BACK IN THEM PANTS

Ever since not seeing 2005’s The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, I’ve been desperate for a sequel that would specifically send the quartet of girls to Turkey, Greece, New York, Vermont and Providence. Why, these locations seem positively ideal for some estrogen-injected hijinks! Now that Variety has made me the happiest cad in the world … Continue reading

HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SUICIDE MISSION… IN 3D!

James Cameron’s 3D space war epic, Avatar, is currently scheduled for a Memorial Day 2009 release. The distance between now and then isn’t only important for Cameron to actually make the damn thing, but for enough theaters to be equipped with the kind of 3D display technology needed to actually show it. There are about … Continue reading

TOUCH OF GREY HULK

When the Incredible Hulk made his first appearance in a Marvel comic, he was grey. That look was quickly ditched and by the second issue of his title he was green, and everybody pretended that the Hulk had always been that color. But with the world of comic books being endlessly self-referential, like a four … Continue reading

DELLAMORTE’S B.O. WRAP – 4/22/07

Title Weekend Gross Per Screen Gross to Date 1 Disturbia $13,460.000 (-39.4%) $4,464 $40,654,000 2 Fracture $11,175,000 $4,574 $11,175,000 3 Blades of Glory $7,808,000 (-43.5%) $2,257 $101,082,000 4 Vacancy $7,600,000 $2,979 $7,600,000 5 Meet the Robinsons $7,088,000 (-43.1%) $2,360 $82,211,000 6 Hot Fuzz $5,837,000 $7,075 $5,837,000 7 Are We Done Yet? $5,200,000 (-41.9%) $1,766 $39,591,000 … Continue reading