The original: Scanners.The remake director: Darren Lynn Bousman.The remake writer: David Goyer.The exploding head: mine. I should just leave it at that. What else is there to say when Dimension hires the Saw III and IV director to helm another movie, regardless of what it is? Giving the project the benefit of the doubt, however, … Continue reading
Nothing like a non-descript High School comedy built as a starring vehicle for teen heartthrob-thing Zac Efron (um…who?) and the people who know him. Apparently, I’m way too far removed from the Tiger beat.New Line has just acquired an untitled pitch written by comedy mastermind Jason Filardi (Bringing Down the House and upcoming Gangsta M.D.– … Continue reading
During the recording of last week’s Oscar podcast, Robert Downey Jr.’s name came up as we saw the guy on TV looking good and flying high. Well, maybe not the last part so much. But it is incredible that he’s seem to overcome demons that have plagued him again and again, and even though he’s … Continue reading
For a lot of folks, Alan Arkin’s Oscar win for Supporting Actor was the equivalent of waking up with three beautiful women and a squirrel in your underpants. It was that surprising, considering a lot of people were leaning toward the Eddie Murphy "it’s due" theory, including Eddie Murphy (who is rumored to have quietly … Continue reading
BREAKING! Multiple bits of Hot Fuzz news! Mr. Edgar Wright has sent us an email* containing an invitation for all the goodly Londoners out there: Myself, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will be signing copies of the Hot Fuzz soundtrack on Wednesday 28th February at 17.30 in the Virgin Megastores Picadilly London. All welcome.Hardly hardhitting … Continue reading
No matter what happened at the Oscars this year, Children of Men was one of the very best movies of 2006 – hell of the last decade. And fuck you if you disagree. One of the things that makes the film so damn great is how immersive the world is, and that’s partially achieved through … Continue reading
James Cameron is causing all kinds of undue fuss about his discovery (er… Israeli discovery 17 years ago) of some tomb with the bones of some of people named Jesus and Mary. Well, Charles Darwin isn’t gonna take that faith-smacking junk lying down. By evolution! He’s going to be the agnostic firebrand in this century … Continue reading
It’s William Monahan Day in the trades, it seems – not only has the shaggy writer and recent Oscar winner for The Departed just signed on to his next film with Martin Scorsese, he’s also inked himself into a film with Leonardo DiCaprio. Looks like somebody’s about to install an herbal Jacuzzi at his new … Continue reading
Walking out of the office yesterday I saw the above poster on the side of a phone kiosk. Then I went home and suffered through another episode of Heroes, and the commercial embedded below came on. The official Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer advertising campaign has begun! Most interesting from the commercial – … Continue reading
White America got a pretty good glimpse at so-called “chitlin’ plays” (gospel music-based morality tales that play almost exclusively to black audiences in smaller theatrical venues) once Tyler Perry and the film adaptations of his sledgehammer-subtle Medea stage productions starting making a whole lot of money for Lionsgate. But he’s not the only hack around … Continue reading