With Renny-Harlin craziness that is the hit and miss mostly miss lately, (The Excorcist: The Beginning, Mindhunters, The Covenant), Harlin’s pushing through his nine lives like they’re braided belts and the knots that dangle them (there’s no denying– you know you wore them). The guy rebounds flop after flop and still gets hired. There’s something … Continue reading
The Zodiac Killer case is one of America’s great murder mysteries. He terrorized San Francisco between 1968 and 1969, killing at least five people, and continued to taunt the authorities with letters for years to come. His letters contained cryptograms, and three of them remain unsolved to this day. The letter above is a scan, … Continue reading
With a successful debut under his belt (the Dawn of the Dead remake) and excitement for his stylized adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300 at a good level, Snyder is in a good place in Hollywood right now. Accordingly, Warners, who’s not only making 300 but also Watchmen, with Snyder has decided to give his production … Continue reading
In America we get all worked up about a school shooting that kills a kid or two. Compare that to the terrifying ordeal and death toll of the hostage crisis in a Russian school in September of 2004 – Muslim Chechen terrorists took over a school in the Russian town of Beslan, holding hostage 1200 … Continue reading
Miramax – at least during the Weinstein era – gathered a pretty savage reputation both as careless acquirers of Asian film and hounds for Oscar-baiting prestige material. People tend to forget that they had some nice, smaller films – generally romantic comedies – that didn’t make too much noise. Now, firmly in the post-Weinstein era, … Continue reading
One of the all-time great documentaries about the making of a movie is also one of the least seen – Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse. It’s filled with unflinching behind the scenes footage of the legendarily difficult Apocalypse Now shoot, and in many ways the documentary is as compelling as the actual film, and … Continue reading
In the fall we brought you the news that Joe Carnahan would be directing an adaptation of White Jazz, James Ellroy’s sequel to LA Confidential. Later it was announced that George Clooney would be starring as dirty cop Dave Klein, sending interest in the film through the roof. Carnahan has said that he would like … Continue reading
Note from Nick: I don’t expect you to be prepared for an unbiased look at the behind the scenes shooting of the film I’m a producer on. This is more like a shared experience and because I was knee deep in being involved in the day-to-day of the movie I certainly wasn’t the person to … Continue reading
Before Poltergeist came out, kids in my elementary school would shut out the lights in the bathroom and turn around three times in front of the mirror droning, "Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary." After the movie Poltergeist scared their pee out, kids ditched that silly tart and started shouting "Poltergeist! Poltergeist! Poltergeist!" to pretty … Continue reading
Although we’ve enjoyed some great laughs from recent comedy smashes like Anchorman and The 40-Year Old Virgin, it’s also been great to see the supporting players in these films like Seth Rogen branch off and find their own starring vehicles to excel in. One guy who’s been on deck for a bit is Paul Rudd, … Continue reading