When I talked to Stephen Soderbergh two weeks ago, he mentioned that he and Benicio del Toro wouldn’t start filming their Che Guevera film, Guerilla, in earnest until next year, but that they would shoot some scenes in the UN this month. It seems that the UN building is doing some remodeling, and they wanted … Continue reading
Sarah Michelle Gellar will be briefly appearing in The Grudge 2 to pass the curse on to some other hapless TV veteran – Amber Tamblyn, daughter of West Side Story dancer Russ and former star of Joan of Arcadia. The Grudge 2 will continue with the bold plotlessness of the first one, as well as … 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
Today I had a chance to interview Sir Anthony Hopkins about his new film, The World’s Fastest Indian, based on the true story of Kiwi motorbiker Burt Munro. At one point the conversation turned to why he got into acting and he revealed his deep hatred for Dave Davis: I became an actor because I … Continue reading
Steve Carrell, who unjustly won the Golden Globe for his work on the American version of The Office (while the show is funny, Carrell’s character has none of the charm of Ricky Gervais’, and just comes across as a sociopath due to Carrell’s deadpan performance, and not as a desperate loser), has warned America that … Continue reading
A couple of years ago I interviewed Benecio Del Toro and he ended up telling me about the time he met Lou Reed. It turns out that all Lou wanted to talk about was The Hunted; it’s like his favorite movie.Now that we’ve established his cinematic bona fides, let’s talk about Factory Girl, the film … Continue reading
Spider-Man 3 keeps steaming along, adding new characters to what is already a fairly complicated web. The latest actress to join up with Sam Raimi’s crew is Theresa Russell, who will be playing Sandman’s wife, a character I don’t even remember from the comics. Apparently the couple is being described as villainous, so expect Russell … Continue reading
With 80s nostalgia escalating (I can’t wait for pegged pants and that “tidal wave” high-hair to come back into style) and studios continually mining the recent garish past for material, the big-screen version of Magnum P.I. was inevitable. I suppose everything is inevitable, or it wouldn’t happen, but it’s too damn early in the day … 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
My friend Brady Hall is a filmmaker in the Pacific Northwest. He has three low budget features under his belt so far – I’m not wild about his first two Troma-esque films Polterchrist and Jerkbeast, but his latest, June & July, is a really great little film. It’s about a brother and sister living in … Continue reading