David Poland has a good analysis of the weirdness behind a new Hollywood Reporter article that’s getting a lot of traction the last couple of days, one where reporter Anne Thompson says that while X-Men may have beat Superman at the box office, Warner Bros comes out the winner in the long term. What? The … Continue reading
Skip the end of this for the list of Transformers that will be appearing in the movie! You have to give Paramount some credit for knowing how to tease their Transformers coverage out – they’re doing a live webcast tomorrow where the film’s writers will reveal the most shocking secret of all… The names of … Continue reading
A scooper with a cameraphone has sent in these two posters for Black Snake Moan, the new film from Craig Brewer, the director of Hustle & Flow. The trailer was supposedly attached to Snakes on a Plane last night, but the only thing I have heard from those screenings was how great the movie was … Continue reading
Universal is making a big-budget action flick based on the comic series Wanted, and who better to lead the cast as a superpowered assassin than… um, the guy who played the forest-dwelling goat-man in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? James McAvoy ditches his horns and hooves for twin pistols in the adaptation of … Continue reading
Don’t believe the IMDB! This lesson has been reiterated today with a new casting announcement for The Golden Compass, the first book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy – while the IMDB and much of the internet has been saying that Paul Bettany would be playing Lord Asriel, it’s been revealed that the role … Continue reading
The line-up for the New York Film Festival, happening from September 29 to October 15 at Lincoln Center, has been announced, and I have to say that it’s one of the best at any festival anywhere in the world this year. There are a couple of movies I was hoping to see on the schedule … Continue reading
Right now in my office I have a six pack of Beerfest beer. From what I understand the Broken Lizard boys brewed this up themselves; I have one on the shelf for posterity and the rest will be going home, first to my refrigerator and then to my belly. Beerfest, the Broken Lizard peon to … Continue reading
Polish movie posters are the best thing since the Earth was built by aliens and left cooking in the sun long enough so people thought they were civilized and followed the rules of a God. Let’s just say this… if there is a God, chances are good that he made his daily wage designing polish … Continue reading
While doing a phone interview with New York City morning DJs Scott and Todd, Prison Break star Dominick Purcell (also known as Blade: Trinity‘s awful Drake) was asked if it was true that he would be playing Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk, the sequel/reimagining to Ang Lee’s Hulk. “Uuuuhhhhhhmmmmm,” Purcell said. Take that as … Continue reading
Midnight Cowboy is one of the great films. It’s a movie that’s heartbreaking, funny, honest, full of great lines and has a young Bob Balaban as a shy gay guy getting beat up in a Times Square grindhouse bathroom. It’s a movie that I love to revisit because of the depth of character and the … Continue reading