David Cronenberg, cruelly snubbed in the Oscar nominations in favor of a man named for blood sausage, has finally decided on his next project, and it’s going to be Bruce Wagner’s Maps to the Stars. The Canuck auteur has been trying to figure out what the hell he would film after A History of Violence … Continue reading
Wong Kar-Wai, the masterful Chinese director behind films like In the Mood For Love, 2046, Chungking Express and Happy Together, is coming to America. He wants to make a movie based on Hurricane Katrina, based on true stories in and around the massive disaster. Wong wanted to shoot the film in New Orleans, and went … Continue reading
James Cromwell has joined the cast of Spider-Man 3 as Captain Stacy, Gwen’s doomed cop father. Doomed in the comics, at any rate – what happens to him in the movie is up for grabs. As is much else. Last week Rich Johnston’s semi-reliable comics gossip column Lying in the Gutters revealed that Theresa Russell … Continue reading
Rank Title WeekendGross CumulativeGross Weeks in Release 1 When a Stranger Calls $22,000,000 $22,000,000 1 2 Big Momma’s House 2 $13,300,000 $45,400,000 2 3 Nanny McPhee $9,900,000 $26,600,000 2 4 Brokeback Mountain $5,600,000 $59,700,000 9 5 Hoodwinked $5,300,000 $44,100,000 8 6 Underworld: Evolution $5,100,000 $52,700,000 3 7 Something New $5,000,000 $5,000,000 1 8 Annapolis $3,400,000 … Continue reading
There’s never been a better time to jump on the Werner Herzog bandwagon. His recent film, Grizzly Man, is a masterpiece that all right-minded film lovers must own on DVD. His next movie, Rescue Dawn, is a fictionalized retelling of the true events of his documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly, and it stars Christian … Continue reading
IESB has been on the trail of the Iron Man movie for some time now, and they recently brought us all the rumor that Alex Proyas, the guy who fooled many of you into thinking that Dark City was worth sitting through even once, would be directing. Now Moviehole has info – which comes from … Continue reading
The Super Bowl, which I guess is happening today, is sort of like the Oscars for people who are still impressed by fire. It’s an exciting day across the land when millions of people who have not watched 1 minute of football for the past calendar year gather round TV sets, drink beers, and potentially … Continue reading
We know that a Fantastic Four sequel goes before cameras later this year, and just the other day we heard that returning director Tim Story spilled a couple of beans about Dr. Doom making another appearance (although without context — theoretically he could just be a big statue). But in all likelihood, the FF will … Continue reading
Here’s something that ought to be of particular interest for our British audience – half of the Little Britain comedy team will dress in a brand new outfit, specifically the distinctive jowls of legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. He directed a couple of films you might’ve heard of: Psycho, The Birds, North by Northwest… Strangers on … Continue reading
What is this? Every single day of the week (almost), a new "Graboid", a single moment grabbed from a random movie, appears on this site for you to guess the name of the film, share with your officemates, or discuss on our message boards. Sometimes the Graboid will be very easy and sometimes it’ll be … Continue reading