Movie News

We could simply cut and paste stories from Variety, but we don’t. We’re too amazing for that. We RETYPE articles from Variety…

OLYPHANT WILL HIT YOU

The long rumored, oft-delayed big screen adaptation of the IO/Eidos video game Hitman is up and running. With the recent announcement Luc Besson will be co-producing, (I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again- he’s everywhere! Those underpants you’re wearing? Besson actually produced them), fans of the series will see garrote-centered action much sooner … Continue reading

THE MIST ENGULFS TWO MORE

The Mist is rolling into production, and the Frank Darabont film (his third take on Mr. Stephen King) has added two new cast members: Andre Braugher – a guy who should really be more famous and more of a leading man than he is now – and Laurie Holden, who last met up with the … Continue reading

THIS IS ENGLAND, INTERLUDE

I got back from the UK yesterday afternoon. For the first time in my life, I slept through almost an entire flight – between take-off and the final descent into JFK I think I was awake for about 20 minutes. This means I don’t have much more by way of critique of A Game of … Continue reading

MCP: GAMING NEWS ROUNDUP – 1.26.07

To resurrect a dead horse for a moment, word is circulating around that Sony Pictures Entertainment has enforced a takedown of all media relating that that faux-Ghostbusters game that we (and everyone else) reported on last week. Developer Zootfly no longer mentions the game on its website, and the footage has been removed from YouTube. … Continue reading

FULL MUTANT JACKET

It is a time when the earth perilously balances on the brink of devastation as war, famine, and plague grip the age of man. A time when a menacing threat is uncovered that could destroy our world forever. The grit of World War One and modern day desperation combine to reveal a vision that is … Continue reading

WATCH THIS

Will Smith is probably the biggest movie star on the planet. Hell, strike the "probably." There was once a time when you could dismiss that notion given the track record and megabucks generated by the likes of Cruise and Hanks. But recent missteps from both those guys coupled with Smith’s apparent infallibility have made it … Continue reading

MAD LATIFAH

You’ve got to wonder what agents and the actors who follow them are thinking when they sign up for certain projects. Take lovely lady lumped Queen Latifah, for example. She won the hearts of Academy voting boxes with an Oscar nomination for her role in Chicago and things looked as if she was destined for … Continue reading

KNIGHT FALLS ON MRS. CRUISE

Devin’s out of town and having a great time abroad. And that means you have a rare chance to enjoy some main page material on the Batman Begins franchise free of venomous snark (You’re welcome). And based on the following tidbit, it’s earned the reprieve. According to the scoopers at Latino Review, one of the … Continue reading

THE ROAD TO NOWHERE STARTS HERE

One of the most interesting things to observe in the movie industry is the trajectory an actor’s career takes once they gotten some awards recognition for the first time. Too often, they’ll exchange the kudos for big paychecks courtesy of crap studio films, rationalizing that they’ll do “one for them” and “one for me,” ostensibly … Continue reading

MCP: GAMING NEWS ROUNDUP – 1.25.07

The least newsworthy, and most buzzworthy, of stories in the last twenty-four hours has been the Pope’s publicized condemnation of certain trends in entertainment as "perversion[s]". Video games are explicitly mentioned, as is Benedict XVI’s further opinion that such media marketed to children is "all the more repulsive." I’m not exactly sure what he thinks … Continue reading