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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…

JESUS CHRIST, ELI

I never thought I would see the day, but a movie poster has made me nauseous. I’ve been made sick to my stomach by a poster. Of course it’s for an Eli Roth movie. The film is Hostel: Part II, and it’s the international poster that premiered at IGN. You can see some of it … Continue reading

STORMS A-BREWING AT DIMENSION

Dimension Films recently picked up distribution rights to Storm Warning, the new film directed by Jamie Blanks, in North America, Austrialia, and New Zealand. Storm Warning is about a yuppie couple lost in a swamp seek refuge at an isolated farmhouse only to discover they’ve been captured by deranged killers. Blanks is no stranger to … Continue reading

HOW SPIDEY GETS HIS GOO BACK

There was Tobey Maguire interview in the Los Angeles Times the other day, in which he reveals some more information on Spider-Man 3.“Basically, there’s the goo, right? The symbiote which has, like, a dark energy, like the goo from the thing that creates Venom."To those less articulate than Mr. Maguire, he goes on to explain … Continue reading

ANOTHER DICK ON TV

Last semester, I took a Films and Literature class. A big part of the course was the novels of Raymond Chandler. Philip Marlowe, a character Chandler created, had been the star of many of the books and films we studied. I hated the character at first, but he eventually grew on me. He’s a fantastic … Continue reading

SMILIN’ JACK RUBY: THE POSTER

Somehow I missed this over the weekend: there’s a poster for the new Pang Brothers movie, The Messengers, and if you have microscopic vision, you should be able to make out the name ‘Mark Wheaton’ on there as screenwriter. That name may not be very familiar to you, but perhaps you’ll better remember his nom … Continue reading

D’OH

Things are looking up for The Simpsons Movie. The first teaser trailer, which featured Homer being smashed around by a wrecking ball (a gag from 1926 that holds up so well it feels more like it’s from 1933!), was, without a doubt, the worst teaser for a cinematic endeavor ever (unless that video of Screech … Continue reading