Oliver Hirschbiegel was a pretty hot commodity in Hollywood coming off his one-two punch German films Das Experiment and Downfall, and Warner Bros snatched him up for their film The Invasion, an updated version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Produced by Joel Silver, the scifi film stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, and I … Continue reading
You thought Peter Jackson’s King Kong couldn’t get any longer? Oh, how wrong you were! I’m starting to think that Jackson won’t rest until he’s made a single film equaling the length of the legendary lost original cut of von Stroheim’s Greed. The new Deluxe Edition DVD of King Kong is three discs, and the … Continue reading
Nic Cage has always been Hollywood’s biggest comic book fan – his stage name comes from Luke Cage, noted anal sex buddy of Marvel Comics superheroine Jessica Jones. He was attached to star in Tim Burton’s Superman movie, a film that would have certainly been more rousing than Bryan Singer’s, as it would have at … Continue reading
In the remaining weeks of 2006, American audiences are going to be treated to a succession of films that are stunning achievements, absolute masterworks. Any year end top ten list that doesn’t have one of these three movies in the top spot will be, to me, highly suspect. To have one of these films come … Continue reading
This past weekend I had a chance to see Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain again. When I first saw the film in a small private screening at the Warner Bros offices before the summer, I was awestruck. The film moved me emotionally and stirred me intellectually and filled me with huge philosophical ideas about life, death … Continue reading
The Ben Affleck Rehabilitation Project is underway! And this time it’s not about substance abuse – it’s all about getting that career back on track. The first step was choosing decent films and not always insisting on being the lead, and it went well: Affleck got many kudos – and a Venice Film Festival award! … Continue reading
Great moments in junket history #2743: Eva Green, star of Casino Royale, turns to Ed Douglas from Coming Soon and says, “You’re kind of a pervert, aren’t you?” She’s beautiful, she’s sassy and The Dreamers proved that there’s no aspect of her body she won’t let us look at. She’s also quite good in Casino … Continue reading
I’m going to be honest with you guys: I haven’t actually watched a new episode of The Simpsons in a few years. Part of the reason for that being I just felt the show wasn’t as ‘fresh’ as it used to be. I have, however, been anticipating the movie for quite some time. It’s been … Continue reading
Are you creative? You are going to have to be in order to enter Warner Brothers’ newest contest for Darren Aronofsky’s epic, The Fountain (Devin’s review). Much like the folks behind Slither did a few months back, Warner Bros. wants you to create a "musical mash-up" to help promote their film. From what I gathered … Continue reading
You could create a chubby, socially awkward subterranean Utopia from all of the fanboy ejaculate fired across theaters and computer rooms this past weekend as the Spider-Man 3 trailer made its way past optic nerve centers. For a good reason, I suppose. It’s a pretty cool trailer if not a little too "kitchen sink" for … Continue reading