It’s possible that my take on the teaser poster for The Grudge 2 is skewed by the fact that I thought the first film was a piece of shit and that the 400 previous Japanese versions were pieces of shit and that director Takashi Shimizu is a talentless waste who doesn’t even pretend to insert … Continue reading
Word is that Chris Tucker is illiterate (but boy can he do math – look at his Rush Hour 3 payday), so the idea of seeing him play a gangster who pretends to be a doctor when his parents visit and then decides to actually become a doctor to impress the woman he loves – … Continue reading
Avi Arad is stepping down as Chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios. He will stay on as Creative Advisor for Marvel through the remainder of 2006, but will be turning his attention to independently producing films through his Avi Arad Productions. He’ll remain involved in some current productions, such as Spider-Man 3, Iron Man and … Continue reading
I had to make sure no one spiked my coffee this morning when I read that the Weinsteins want to cast George Clooney in a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. I’m going to give you a moment to let that sink in. Apparently the Brothers W are hot to remake the film, adding CGI-assisted … Continue reading
Baz Luhrmann is a filmmaker who I really admire, which is why it bugs me so much that he hasn’t made a movie in years, and that every time he tries to get one going, it seems that bad luck takes him down. After the masterpiece of Moulin Rouge I thought Baz would sail right … Continue reading
In the time it’s taken another Die Hard to come together, I could’ve (hyperbole alert) gone through police training, made detective, had my own improbable encounter with terrorists and shot my own movie about the experience. After a decade of rumors (Justin Timberlake as John Jr.? Tony Jaa as the villain?) and false starts and … Continue reading
It seems like the marketing monkeys have finally figured out how to sell Bryan Singer’s franchise-defibrillating Superman Returns: by focusing on chipmunk-cheeked villain Lex Luthor and his nefarious plot to cover the planet in black crystal or some nonsense that probably seems like a good idea at the time. My interest in the Superman character remains … Continue reading
Mel Gibson is apparently shifting his focus completely away from acting and concentrating on work behind the camera. He’s already shown us every single moment (or what felt like it anyway) of the beating of the Jesus, and now he’s pulling back the curtain on the lost society of the Mayans, even though we already know … Continue reading
A couple of months ago I had the opportunity to see some footage from Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth and I was absolutely floored by it. It was vicious, delicious stuff and the logical evolution of the man’s work through years of ingesting fantasy and horror like a glutton and honing his craft with amazing … Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 X-men: The Last Stand $120,100,000 $120,100,000 1 2 The Da Vinci Code $43,000,000 $145,400,000 2 3 Over the Hedge $35,300,000 $84,300,000 2 4 Mission: Impossible III $8,500,000 $115,800,000 4 5 Poseidon $7,000,000 $46,600,000 3 6 RV $5,300,000 $57,100,000 5 7 See No Evil $3,200,000 $9,100,000 2 8 … Continue reading