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…

DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP 1/15/07

— Aaaah-aaaaaaah! Flash! Fire up the rocketship and prepare for Ming the Merciless. Flash Gordon is getting a rebirth thanks to Sci-Fi and the guy who brought you Legend of Earthsea. That’s right. Twenty two episodes of poor special effects and theatrics based on an 80 year old comic have been green-lit by Sci-Fi. The … Continue reading

LIVE GOLDEN GLOBES COVERAGE!

There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that Nick is doing a live Podcast of his Golden Globes coverage. The bad news is that means Devin (aka me) will be the one doing the text commentary in this space. I can’t hope to match Nick’s infamous stream of consciousness and reference-laden … Continue reading

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE REPORT

Rank Title Weekend Gross Cumulative Gross Weeks in Release 1 Stomp the Yard $22,000,000 $22,000,000 1 2 Night at the Museum $17,100,000 $185,756,000 4 3 The Pursuit of Happyness $9,100,000 $134,479,000 5 4 Dreamgirls $8,122,000 $64,963,000 5 5 Freedom Writers $7,117,000 $18,441,000 2 6 Children of Men $6,432,000 $21,398,000 3 7 Alpha Dog $6,142,000 $6,142,000 … Continue reading

THIS LOOKS JUST SHITTY ENOUGH TO BE REAL

Scooper Brendan O’Neill sent us a link to this picture, which is apparently the first image from Alien vs Predator 2, and it’s a doozy. And by doozy I mean a complete piece of crap. There’s something about the rubbery Xenomorph suit that calls to mind the crummier Godzilla movies. The Predator looks good enough, … Continue reading

SILENT BOB DIES HARD

Coming Soon “caught up”* with Kevin Smith and talked to him about some of his upcoming projects, most of which will hopefully keep him in front of the camera and not behind it. The biggest thing he had to talk about was his five days of work on Live Free or Die Hard; the Jersey … Continue reading

RUSSIAN RADIATION RACE!

Last week we told you about Johnny Depp’s production company and Warner Bros optioning the rights to an upcoming book about mortally irradiated Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Now Columbia Pictures and Michael Mann are getting in the act – they’re optioning a book called Death of a Dissident, which is being written by Alex Goldfarb … Continue reading

52 WAYS TO BLEED YOU DRY

A couple of weeks ago I ran an editorial about why I had quit monthly comics in 2006. Today DC Comics announced something that made my decision look positively prescient, and makes me wonder what kinds of dopes their reading audience is. Last year DC Comics had an “Infinite Crisis” – a big crossover miniseries … Continue reading

OSCAR AND THE INVISIBLES

I’ve been holding a bitter grudge against the Weinsteins for nine years. It all started when Shakespeare in Love pranced away with the 1998 Oscar for Best Film thanks to a marketing coup, “stealing” it from Saving Private Ryan– a film which actually meant something. I know it’s frivolous. I just can’t shake the injustice- … Continue reading