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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…

BRODY AND BEAUTY BLOOM

Rian Johnson’s follow-up to Brick has been slowly percolating behind the scenes. Months ago we learned that Rachel Weisz had signed on to The Brothers Bloom, Johnson’s take on a con man movie. Now there’s finally new casting, and it was worth the wait. Rian emails us from freezing cold Belgrade (it’s not so warm … Continue reading

THE MIRROR HAS 24 FACES

Good work, Mr. Sutherland. Kiefer Sutherland is such a survivor I think that cockroaches and rats build little shrines to him. He fucking DID it, parlaying the seemingly trapping role of Ace Merrill (oh, and Jack Bauer) into a true A-List career, the odiferous The Sentinel notwithstanding. 24 still manages to deliver, even though it … Continue reading

FANGORIA JOINS HOLLYWOOD

Fangoria was always one of two dirty magazines for me as a kid. The first was Cosmo – you know, before I discovered it wasn’t filled with naked ladies, but just the cleave-heavy one on the front. Fangoria, on the other hand, never blueballed. I knew if I saw some dude with an axe in … Continue reading

CHUD CLASSES UP THE JOINT

If you’ve been hanging around these parts for a little while, you’ll remember that I did extensive interviews with Paul Greengrass when he was set to direct an adaptation of Watchmen (way back when it was still set up at Paramount). When that project didn’t happen we stayed in touch and I ended up doing … Continue reading

MCP: GAMING NEWS ROUNDUP – 2.5.07

Impatient with the slow trickle of titles for the Wii’s Virtual Console service? Perhaps you’re philosophically-opposed to purchasing a downloadable game when you already own the original cartridge. There’s a brand-new product on the market to set your troubled mind at ease. It’s called the FC Twin, and it contains full chipsets for both the … Continue reading

MEDIA REPORTS (2.5.07)

1. FADE IN MAGAZINE – VOL. 9, No. 4 "Entertainment" magazines are well and good for light reads and what have you. But if you really care about film as a medium and want to read magazines that reflect that, one of your best bets is Fade In. Despite a dull, "trade mag"-esque layout, this … Continue reading

WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE BUST THIS GHOST?

Sometimes you have to leave a good thing alone. Sometimes once is enough. Sometimes you really can’t go home again. Tell that to Dan Aykroyd, who made an appearance on a country music station and announced that a Ghostbusters III is happening. Despite Ghostbusters II. Aykroyd told the DJ that the new film would be … Continue reading

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Weeks in Release 1 The Messenger $14,500,000 $14,500,000 1 2 Because I Told You So $13,022,000 $13,022,000 1 3 Epic Movie $8,225,000 $29,369,000 2 4 Night at the Museum $6,750,000 $225,365,000 7 5 Smokin’ Aces $6,324,000 $24,955,000 2 6 Stomp the Yard $4,200,000 $56,001,000 4 7 Dreamgirls $4,048,000 $92,795,000 … Continue reading

CANNIBALIZING RUGGERO DEODATO

A month or two ago we ran a story about Jonathan Hensleigh’s Welcome to the Jungle, a down and dirty cannibal movie that was characterized by Fangoria as all but a remake of Cannibal Holocaust. Hensleigh and I actually traded some emails about the whole thing, and in the end I was happy when he … Continue reading