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…

NEWS ROUNDUP 12-20-06

— Hardy Boys fans can stick it. Nancy Drew has made her way to the Cineplex first, thanks to Warner Brothers. Want proof? Check out the trailer and all the pre-pubescent mystery here. — Rogue pictures has picked up and is churning Hack/Slash, a graphic novel inspired tale involving two bounty hunters (one wears a … Continue reading

SHOOTER-ING BLANKS

Bob Lee Swagger, what did they do to you? Swagger is the hero of Stephen Hunter’s excellent action novel Point of Impact, which has been adapted into the movie Shooter, starring Mark Wahlberg. In the book Swagger is a Southern boy from Arkansas – and this isn’t just a detail. It’s integral to who Swagger … Continue reading

DISNEY DOES THE RIGHT THING

When Disney announced the dissolution of its hand-drawn animation studio back in 2004, many saw it for the bullshit it was: A short-sighted knee-jerk reaction to the explosive success of Pixar, Blue Sky Studios and Dreamworks Animations CG features. In the aftermath of the 2004 2D studio culling, Disney tried to play catch-up, releasing The … Continue reading

PARAMOUNT GETS CROFTY

I don’t know if you’d heard, but with all the excitement over Mr. Trump allowing Miss USA keep her title, things are shaping up to be a banner day for busty, one-dimensional ladies getting second chances. In the secret labs of what can only be described as the Hollywood/Video Game Consortium of Mediocre and Downright … Continue reading

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT

Over the last couple of weeks I have been seeing as many movies as possible – first because I needed to be up to speed for voting in the New York Film Critics Online awards, but also because I wanted to be able to have a decent Top Fifteen at the end of the year. … Continue reading

SUPERFRIENDS, MEXICAN STYLE

2006 was an amazing year because it saw three geniuses from Mexico at the top of their moviemaking game, all releasing films within months of each other. And they’re all good friends. The trio is, of course, Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth), Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men) and Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel). They’ve been buddies … Continue reading

HAVE A BUTCHER’S

We recently showed you the international teaser poster for Eli Roth’s Hostel: Part II, which consisted of a giant close-up of nasty, nasty meat. The full size image made me more than just a little queasy, but I figured I would only have to deal with it on a computer screen – after all, there … Continue reading

SWIMMING WITH MADMAN

It’s taken years, but Robert Rodriguez is finally getting his Madman movie. The filmmaker has been lusting after Michael Allred’s comic book character for at least as long as I’ve been writing pithy news stories on the internet and now Dimension Films has made the deal to turn him into a live-action character. But Rodriguez … Continue reading

OH DANNY BOY, THE CUT N’ PASTE IS CALLIN’

After receiving a pulse-pounding thrill-ride from the first official screenshot (It’s Matt Damon, George Clooney and Brad Pitt sitting! In an airport!) of the upcoming film Ocean’s 13, we now have the official movie one-sheet, which, while acknowledging world (RED) day, is not quite as hyper-stylized as its predecessors. In fact, it looks downright wonky. … Continue reading

FUNDING NEVERLAND

Peter Pan, J.M Barrie’s saucy tale of flying kids and the punk-ass who leads them (a tale since bastardized to describe the “syndrome” as to why so many patrons of Comic-Con enjoy video games, super hero movies and refuse to move out of their parent’s homes) will see yet another iteration- this time in the … Continue reading