At the conclusion of Wednesday night’s Beowulf presentation at the now thankfully concluded 2007 San Diego Comic Con, I muttered to Devin and Russ that any 2-D trailer of Robert Zemeckis’s picture would almost surely be negatively received. By the time we got back to our hotel room (at the rather advanced hour of 4:30 … Continue reading →
This is the third year Richard Kelly has attended the San Diego Comic Con to promote Southland Tales. I’ve been conducting an informal poll over the weekend, and the consensus seems to be that this is some kind of record. The cynics amongst you might say this is a dubious achievement, and, if Kelly were … Continue reading →
When you ask a guy about the dangers of obsession and his answer turns into yet another dissertation on his obsession, you know you’ve got the real deal. Robert Graysmith, the basis for Jake Gyllenhaal’s character in David Fincher’s Zodiac, is that real deal. I talked to Robert when the movie first came out, but … Continue reading →
When we got offered a phoner with Rob Zombie for his remake of Halloween, I jumped at it. The publicist explained that they were hoping to get some preview pieces from journalists, especially since they’d be presenting some stuff from the film at Comic Con this week. For me this was an opportunity to cut … Continue reading →