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SUNPISSED

Speaking of Danny Boyle (Ponte Tower), his new movie Sunshine has revelaed itself a US poster.And it’s incredibly uninspired. I saw this poster and it was for Zathura. Or Armegeddon. Or any other heroes walking toward you with their objective in the background. Shoot- it even reminds me of that crazy NASCAR on the rings … Continue reading

WALL-E… REVEALED

I know a few Pixar fans (and animation fans in general) were disappointed by Cars. I would respectfully disagree. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen the movie upwards of 10 times thanks to the miracle of DVD and children’s ability to watch the same movie over and over. And over. And over. Regardless, it’s a pleasing … Continue reading

DIE HARD INTERNATIONALE

I still think the rest of the world is getting a better title out of Die Hard 4.0 than the US is getting with the wretched and embarassing Live Free or Die Hard. Stop with the clever titles. The thought of the gimmick that’s taken full rabid control of DVD edition titles moving to mainstream … Continue reading

DAMAGED GOODS

" Psychological thriller" is such a misnomer when pigeonholing a film. Isn’t anything that involves fear and mystery, ultimately, psychological? Bah. Philosophy be damned. I’ll follow tradition.Speaking of, Actor/TV Director Joe Rassulo’s had a good time lately, as he’s finished up a film, Bull Run, and his self written (soon to be self-directed), based-on-true-events story … Continue reading

STRANGE BUT EW

There’s been a couple high-profile stories in the last few months about people who are discovered living in so much squalor and filth, their homes are put under quarantine and closed off as unfit for human inhabitance. I’ve tried showing those stories to my lady-friend who doesn’t appreciate the clothes pile I leave in the … Continue reading

A MADE WOMAN

I have a lot to be thankful to Shane Black for. He’s written some of my favorite movie lines of all time. He not only got a movie starring Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer made (in 2005, no less) but also (somewhat) theatrically released, and it was fantastic. But perhaps his greatest contribution to … Continue reading

BOYLE HEIGHTS

Danny Boyle is not slowing down. With all kinds of Sunshine going on, he’s jumped into the pilot’s seat for the architectural biography Ponte Tower. And by architectural, I actually mean thriller set in the Joburg landmark.The landmark itself has a fascinating history and plays into all kinds of American themes like sprawl, immigration and … Continue reading

FOR KRIS’ SAKE

A couple of years ago, Scholastic published a new book from children’s author Tony Abbott called Kringle that basically asked the question “Wouldn’t the myth of Kris Kringle/Santa Claus be a lot more interesting if it were actually The Chronicles of Narnia with a few names and details changed?” And despite Narnia briefly touching on … Continue reading

PLAN FOR THE WORST

Relatively inexpensive CGI family films have been the cinematic growth story of the past couple of years. Once a cool-looking curiosity, these babies have all but monopolized the family film marketplace, and as long as you can rope up a few name actors to do voices and can recycle an old story into a new … Continue reading

WORLD WAR Z SLOWLY BUILDING

I’m going to gush here. I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to the big screen adaptation of Max Brooks’ fantastic zombie apocalypse memoir World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. I finished the book on Sunday and while I’ve never been a huge fan of the zombie genre (despite … Continue reading