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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…

WHEN BASQUIAT MET BOND

The final pieces of the Casino Royale puzzle have fallen into place. As many expected, the beautiful Eva Green has taken the role of Vesper Lynd. More surprising is the casting of Jeffrey Wright, and honest to Christ actor, as the CIA agent Felix Leiter. Wright won’t be the first black Leiter in the series … Continue reading

SATURN AWARD NOMS

If you aren’t familiar with the Saturn Awards, it’s basically the awards show geared for geeks (and since you’re reading this site, you’re basically one too. Geek!). The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films’ 32nd annual ceremony will be held on May 2nd, when genre-friendly movies, TV shows, DVD releases and even videogames get their … Continue reading

DAILY GRABOID 2.16.06

What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading

HE’S SO MADS AT JAMES BOND

In the story before this one, I wrote about the annoying parade of Batman 2 rumors. To be fair, the franchise that is plagued with the most annoying rumors for the last few years has been the James Bond films – we’ve seen every possible actor and concept trotted out as being involved in the … Continue reading

BATMAN BULLSHITS

I am looking forward to the official announcement about the sequel to Batman Begins just so we can end the rumors that have been flying across the internet for the last few months. I wonder where these things start – are they honest to God reflections of the thought processes of the people behind the … Continue reading

HOLIDAY IN THE SUN

Are Michael Winterbottom and Takashi Miike in some sort of international competition to see who can make the most movies? If so, I think Miike is definitely winning. Still, Winterbottom is giving him a run for his yen, with his take on Tristram Shandy just opening and the debut of his next film at the … Continue reading

CATCH A RED STAR AND PUT IT IN YOUR WALLET

Even though it’s just now finally seeing official release here in the US, the Russian supernatural blockbuster Night Watch was slick enough to get hard-to-say helmer Timur Bekmambetov a few new gigs. The Russian director has grabbed the comic series The Red Star for development, making it the second comic book project he’s adapting for … Continue reading