John Cameron Mitchell’s Shortbus, the sexually explicit follow-up to his awesome rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, was one of my Top Fifteen films of 2006. Mitchell and his cast took some real risks, including engaging in actual sex on screen, but never took the movie into boring art film territory. The sex in … Continue reading
Thanks to the internet I have seen a video of a man getting fucked to death by a horse. Now that’s an opening sentence. And it’s true*. The now infamous Mr. Hands incident – in which Kenneth Pinyan, known online as Mr. Hands, sustained lethal internal injuries while being fucked by a horse – has … Continue reading
With James Cameron’s pathological tendency to say “I’m going to do this” and then make wet documentaries for going on the past decade, I’ve taken the Indiana Jones stance on about everything he’s said: I’ll believe it when my ass is firmly parked in the theater seat. Incredulity aside, when you hear James Cameron talk … Continue reading
I hope more movie studios take a page from Fox Atomic’s playbook and send out pictures of people who have been massively destroyed as elements of their marketing campaigns. For instance, I think more people would have gone to see Miss Potter if Coming Soon had run an image of Renee Zellwegger wearing her own … Continue reading
Shannon Hall, my wonderful producer from the late, lamented (for the time being?) Filter on G4, sent along a link to an exclusive that the nerd channel is crowing about – they have the first look at the design of the monster from Outlander, the movie where an alien comes to Earth and beats the … Continue reading
Those of you who watch more TV than I do, or who watch it without the aid of a TiVo to skip the commercials, may have already seen this, but it’s news to me. Turns out that Bruce Campbell is the new spokesman for Old Spice, and he stars in a very funny – and … Continue reading
When District B-13 was released in the US last August, the future based actionfest quickly came and went (a total theater bow of 151 and a little over $1 million in ticket sales didn’t help), despite the bone-chipping “Holy jumpin’ Frenchmen! Did you see that?” viral clip that probably made it into your inbox at … Continue reading
This weekend was the junket for The Hitcher, the latest remake from Platinum Dunes. At the junket press conference producers Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller confirmed that they were moving ahead with their remake of Friday the 13th at some point in 2008. But when I talked to them in an exclusive interview – which … Continue reading
The last few years have seen many of my dreams come true, but one that remains tantalizingly out of reach is still getting killed in a movie. Growing up on horror films, I came to believe that the better the killing, the better the role, and I have long harbored the desire to get disemboweled … Continue reading
I don’t know what’s been going on behind the scenes at Universal when it comes to Children of Men, Alfonso Cuaron’s absolutely brilliant new film. I mean, bully for them for releasing the film and going wider with it this past weekend, but why the heck has the marketing been so botched? The movie hasn’t … Continue reading