I’m about to announce a New York City screening of a very impressive foreign film, and I’ve just run the piece on The Warriors playing at Coney Island, so I decided to go for the New York City-centric trifecta by alerting you to the Lady in the Water premiere tonight. There are a lot of … Continue reading
If I ever moved out of New York City, my choice for a new locale would be Austin, Texas. It’s a great little town, with excellent bars, friendly and cute women and the Alamo Drafthouse. If I were to list the things that attract me to Austin the most, the Drafthouse would be number one … Continue reading
I have my TiVo set to to record any Billy Wilder movie that comes on TV, and I think that the film that gets played the most is Witness for the Prosecution (I also have it taping any Scorsese, and Cape Fear seems to be on like weekly). Maybe some studio chief stumbled on the … Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest $62,100,000 $258,200,000 2 2 Little Man $21,700,000 $21,700,000 1 3 You Me and Dupree $21,300,000 $21,300,000 1 4 Superman Returns $11,600,000 $163,600,000 3 5 The Devil Wears Prada $10,400,000 $83,500,000 3 6 Cars $7,500,000 $219,600,000 6 7 Click $7,000,000 $119,700,000 … Continue reading
The Bourne Ultimatum is gearing up to start filming in the coming weeks, and rumors are leaking out about some interesting casting. A spy tells Cinescape that Matt Damon will be reteaming with a hirsute fella who helped him get famous in the first place – Robin Williams. According to the scooper, Williams will be … Continue reading
Brooklyn home boy Dan Fogler is stepping into the ‘cock of a master – Alfred Hitchcock, that is. The film is Number Thirteen, and it’s a Hitchcockian thriller featuring Hitchcock himself as a murder suspect. The concept is kind of cool – in real life Number Thirteen was a 1922 silent film by Hitchcock that … Continue reading
When I ran my piece about spoilers, I asked you guys for your opinions. Man, did you ever come through in a big way. This was the biggest influx of mail I have ever gotten that didn’t mostly consist of people wishing me dead. And best of all, almost every single email was long and … Continue reading
I’ve often said that one of the only reasons the comic industry still exists is to provide a platform for intellectual properties, because it’s far less complicated to plunk an issue of finished storyboards on a studio suit’s desk than go through all that pitching nonsense. The fellows at comic publisher Boom! are taking advantage … Continue reading
It seems like the studios are unleashing a lot of their material before Comic Con, so I hope they’re sitting on the really tasty goodies until we arrive… The Spider-Man 3 marketing department have decided to utilize technology from cereal boxes and variant comic book covers, crafting a new teaser poster with a lenticular design. … Continue reading