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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…

GET A DIRECTOR OR DIE TRYIN’

It was obvious a long time ago that 50 Cent saw himself as more than a rapper. The guy has been branding himself and G-Unit like a seasoned marketing executive, and part of that plan means diversifying, so we’ve had to suffer through a couple of embarrassing forays into the world of acting from the … Continue reading

GEARS OF NEW LINE

November ’06 was a pretty big month for video games, primarily thanks to the drooling/panting anticipation of the XBOX 360 exclusive Gears of War. The merits of the game can be debated all day long by brand loyalty soldiers and the people who love to incite them, but fact is, Gears of War jumped to … Continue reading

HIRSCH MOVES TO POLE POSITION

After a good bit of time idling and doing practice laps, Speed Racer appears to be picking up a decent bit of momentum as it prepares to head into a major box office battle where it’ll take endless left turns with the likes of Iron Man and the next Narnia flick during the May kickoff … Continue reading

THE USUAL THETANS

Tom Cruise’s United Artists is looking more like a way to get the publicity-challenged actor work more than anything else*. The newly revived UA made Lions for Lambs, a Robert Redford drama about the military, its first production, and Cruise got a job in that. Now UA has bought a WWII thriller for Bryan Singer … Continue reading

RETURN OF THE OUTSIDERS

Cineastes the world over have been rejoicing at the news that Francis Ford Coppola is back making movies – and back making personal movies – with Youth Without Youth, based on a novel by Mircea Eliade. Expectations have been tempered, though, as Coppola has begun showing the film, first to friends and colleagues and now … Continue reading

HIS CAREER IS NOT YET SPIRITED AWAY

UPDATED AT THE BOTTOM! When his son Goro was named director of the upcoming Ghibli Studios adaptation of Ursula K Le Guin’s Tales From Earthsea, fears about Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement grew. Would the most celebrated living animator give up active creative participation in Ghibli films? Today, the answer is definitively, wonderfully, ‘no’. Toho Studios has … Continue reading

HELP THE POLICE

One of my favorite bits in Hot Fuzz involves Adam Buxton playing a small town journalist. I wasn’t very familiar with the guy before the film, but have developed a keen interest in him since. That interest has turned to complete and total fandom with this video, which Edgar Wright turned me on to. It’s … Continue reading